1.5 cups melted clarified butter 1/2 cup oil 40 leaves phillo dough 4 cups finely ground nuts – your preference cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, etc to taste 1.5 cups evaporated cane juice (sugar) 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice 1/2 Tbsp brown rice syrup or honey Mix butter and oil.  Cut dough to the shape of the [...]

If you aren’t Norwegian – or know someone who is – you may have never heard of lefse, but if you have, you know that this is a tasty treat that goes with both sweet and savory. Lefse can best be described as a Norwegian flat bread, not unlike tortillas. It is often made with [...]

Tis the season for baking!  Add in the fact that we have been buried under 2+ feet of snow, and I’m really glad that I had a 50lb. bag of flour and 48 eggs in the house! Yes, Christmas is this week, and we spent the weekend being snowed in and baking.  It was a [...]

I found this recipe while browsing about the web looking for cookie recipes and we liked it so much that I decided to post it here so I can find it again (yes, I hate looking for things again!).  That and I wanted to share it with you. We cut the molasses in half and [...]

Christmas is almost here, and it’s a snow day today to boot – which this week seems to equal a longer Christmas break!  What’s a house full of girls to do? Bake cookies, of course! Growing up we had a recipe for a short while that was simply labeled “Susan’s Sugar Cookies.”  However, I can [...]

I have had some requests for chocolate that is vegan and good for diabetics.  I’m not sure on the diabetic front, but these use alternatives to sugar, so they just might fit the bill.  And they taste great too! For those with wheat allergies, I’m sure you can sub in a gluten-free flour and these [...]

1- 8 oz. pkg cream cheese 1 cup powdered sugar 1/8 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla extract 1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream In a large bowl, combine all ingredients and beat until smooth. OR In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, salt and vanilla until smooth. In a separate chilled bowl, whip the [...]

I received an email feed from Smitten Kitchen the other day with something utterly delectable… a photo of food that instantaneously caused your mouth to salivate in anticipation of taking a bite of something that is on the other side of the country. Cruelty, plain and simple. What was this photograph? Bourbon Peach Hand Pies. [...]

I made this for the group on our recent camping trip, and it was a HUGE hit!  It is basically my great-grandmother’s cobbler recipe, but modified for cooking in a dutch oven.  Because of the nature of a dutch oven, you don’t need to prepare the fruit to be like pie filling – saving a [...]

This is a quick, easy recipe that will have you staying away from those little boxes at the store in favor of homemade! Really, it only takes 5 minutes. I will warn you, this is a darker chocolate pudding when made with coconut cream, but even my “I hate dark chocolate” daughter loved it. Secretly [...]