Teaching Culinary Arts class during Thanksgiving, I taught the students how to make a pumpkin pie from scratch. Making muffin tin pumpkin pies gave the students some mini pies to take home and share with their families. Last year we did the same with apple pies, making muffin tin lattice […]
I find myself posting and promoting healthy eating and cooking, but then the holidays approach and I love to make cookies. This recipe is neither heart healthy nor bone healthy. For that matter it’s downright just fun to make and eat on occasion! I hope that you enjoy the holidays […]
Pizzelles are an Italian cookie made with a Pizzelle iron. My Italian grandmother made these at Christmas time every year when I was growing up. She would use a metal iron press that sat on the stove burner. I bought my own electric pizzelle iron, a much easier option then […]
Kolache is a walnut-filled rolled cookie made with yeasted bread. I have several old, hand-written kolache recipes that I got a couple decades ago from both grandmothers, my mom, and an aunt. The recipe is from Czechoslovakia. My grandmother on my mom’s side had origins from Czechoslovakia, which is where I […]
Making Candy Cane Reindeer for the holidays These are fun, quick and simple to make. They are great stocking stuffers. I started with organic candy canes, made with no artificial colors or flavors. I bought them at www.NaturalCandyStore. You need a glue gun, candy canes, mini red pom poms, little […]
I love growing sugar pumpkins in my garden. I harvest them in the fall, and use them to make pumpkin pie every Thanksgiving. Sugar pumpkins are smaller and more tender than a large carving pumpkin. If you want to learn more about sugar pumpkins, Bon Appétit has a great article. […]
