Original publication unknown As I said in my earlier post, I needed to use my last three eggs before they expired. Well, the Irish Butter Cookies only used one egg, so I needed to find something else to bake. I had pecans and marshmallows left over, and while the pecans would keep for a while, …
Original publication Challenge Dairy With all the panic buying going on, the last time I went to the store, there were no eggs available, so I had to make sure that my last three eggs didn’t go to waste. My friends would have just told me to save them as a protein and either scramble, …
Original publication unknown Since I was a little girl, my grandmother would always bring over cookies and pies at least twice a month when she wasn’t jet-setting around the world. While she couldn’t cook very well, she was a good baker. Czech Kolacky and Rohlicky, Plum Dumplings, Pumpkin pies and Bohemian Rye Bread were a …
Original publication unknown I have to laugh every time I watch a television show, which depicts the mother making a hot breakfast for their children every morning before driving them to school. I don’t know about you, but the only time I had anything other than cereal for breakfast was on Sunday mornings. Every Sunday …
Originally published in Saveur Magazine I was looking for a new recipe to bring in to work for the holidays, so I thumbed through my binder to find a recipe I hadn’t tried yet and also for something I could make with what I had on hand. This was the perfect choice. I used to …
From Betty Crocker. This is a favorite Christmas cookie. I started making it about eight years ago when a friend said that she loved the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey Kisses. I search for a recipe and found this one on the Betty Crocker website. How can you get better than Peanut Butter and …
Based on Apricot Pecan Thyme Crisps by Judy Barbe on livebest.info. For a long time, I have been complaining about store-bought crackers and chips. You buy an 11 ounce box of crackers, but when you open it, it’s only half filled, and they can cost anywhere from $2.50 to $5.00. So I went in search …
Original posting unknown. Each year, at my day job, we throw a department Thanksgiving party with all the fixings. It’s basically a huge pot luck, where the company provides the ham and the turkey. As usual, I decided to provide one of the desserts. Usually, I bring in one of my standard cookie recipes, but …
Based on Snickerdoodle V recipe by Amy Barry on Allrecipes.com. Many years ago, my coworkers and I were talking about our favorite cookies. I told them that while I usually prefer crispy cookies, the one soft cookie I really enjoyed was a Snickerdoodle. They had never heard of this cookie. I assumed it was because …
Baking with Marilyn 