Showing posts with label sweets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sweets. Show all posts
Friday, April 13, 2012

Portland Punches: Selections from Portland Women's Exchange

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One more punch post today -- this one is a round up of punch recipes from The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook Book . All these come in th...
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Exiled No More: Hot Spicy Candy

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The Midatlantic section of The County Fair Cookbook has more than its fair share of interesting-looking recipes. It made selecting just one...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Cooking the Books: Bacardi Rum Cake

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I said it was Cake Day, and Cake Day it is! I decided it was high time to make a Bacardi Rum Cake . I had all the ingredients in-house, incl...
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Cake Day!: Rhubarb Cake

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It's Cake Day here chez Take One Cookbook. I've got a Bacardi Rum Cake baking away in the oven as we speak, and the scent is heaven...
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Attractive To The Eye and Soothing To The Smell: Poppy Seed Buns

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When Mom got the Spratt/Bachman & Mellberg/McKenzie Family Cookbook 2008 , she wanted to know if it had "her" recipes, the one...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Spratt/Bachman & Mellberg/McKenzie Family Cookbook 2008: German Twists

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When I was a kid, every summer we'd have a big family picnic. My mom's one of 7 kids, and her parents were each one of several, and ...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Setting A Man Trap: Blueberry Boy Bait

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Okay, okay, once you see the size of the pan required, you may not believe that I chose this recipe based on the name and not the pan. But,...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Only Enough To Act As A Preservative: Bacardi Rum Cake

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Yesterday, I shared my love of the 9 x 13-inch pan. Growing up, all cakes were made in this venerable dish. My sister's must-have birthd...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

Diane's Ultimate Thumbprints; a.k.a. Sonja Henie Cookies

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When it comes to cookies, donuts, or sponge cake, I think the best can only be made better by adding jelly. Oh, for a jelly roll! Or a donut...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Deep Dark Stout Gingerbread

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Chefly Husband and I went to Ireland several years ago, and, while in Dublin, went to the Guinness museum. One of the exhibits was meant to ...
Monday, December 8, 2008

Candied Citrus Peel

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What do the lebkuchen and brandied fruitcake drops have in common? Besides both being from Christmas 101 , that is. The use of candied ci...
Sunday, December 7, 2008

Brandied Fruitcake Drops

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I love fruitcake. I never understood the gags about people passing around fruitcake year after year, because, well, my grandma made good fr...
Saturday, December 6, 2008

Christmas 101, by Rick Rodgers; Lebkuchen

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Happy St. Nicholas's Day , folks! Chefly Husband and I woke up to find our boots stuffed with goodies. Wine! Chocolate! Maple sugar Sant...
Friday, December 5, 2008

Divinity

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Filbert brittle makes me think of Grandma G. But divinity? Divinity makes me think of Grandma B. I don't have many memories of Grandma ...
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Homemade Marshmallows

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Nowadays, nearly every culinary or family magazine will give you a recipe for homemade marshmallows, but back in 1970, when The Farm Journal...
Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Filbert Brittle

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Though plates of fudge and cookies make me go back in my mind to my mom's family home, there are a few things that make me leap, mentall...
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Butterscotch Haystacks

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It's not very often I feature a recipe on Take One Cookbook that I know my sister would not only eat, but also enjoy. She's a very p...
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Monday, December 1, 2008

Sauerkraut Candy

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Be not afraid. There is no actual sauerkraut in this candy. (Though, let it be known, sauerkraut goes great in sweets, especially in chocola...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Cheddar Cheese Fudge; No, really.... cheddar cheese fudge!

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You've heard about the cookbooks that are all about sneaking something healthy into food for kids. A spoonful of peas in a plate of brow...
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Saturday, November 29, 2008

Homemade Candy, Farm Journal Editors; Kneaded Chocolate Fudge

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"How long has it been since you've cut creamy-smooth squares of chocolate fudge to pass on a plate to guests?" asks Nell B. Ni...