Ginger Snap Cookies

Somebody please shoot me before I eat all the ginger snap cookies. I really can’t stop and it’s getting to be a problem. If you enjoy the problem of irresistible cookies, then these gingersnaps are for you. They are snappy! They are gingery! They are really really good with milk and this coming from someone…

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Fruit Tart

Fruit Tart Recipe video – scroll down for printable recipe Lest ye think I just make whatever food I want to without regard for your feelings, I made this fruit tart in response to a viewer request for a “Summer Berry Tart with Pastry Cream”. Partly because it sounded like a delicious idea that everyone…

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Lemon Bars

I’ve mentioned my Cousin Patty before, that old Texas gal, bless-her-heart. This is her recipe for lemon bars. It’s different than any other recipe I’ve found in that the crust is put together more like a cookie than a pie crust, and the filling has baking powder in it. S’weird, I know. The end result…

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Mexican Hot Chocolate

Dudes, listen up, okay? Stop what you are doing. Seriously. You guys? Pay attention, please. I have to tell you about this very important thing called Mexican Hot Chocolate. This is the best hot chocolate you will ever have in your life and I am not even lying right now.

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Grape Ice Cream

grape ice cream

This is an ancient family recipe that was passed down from my great-grandma to my grandma to my dad to me and now to you. Don’t tell anyone I broke the blood-chain. I remember making this in our old rock-salt, hand-cranked ice cream bucket on the porch. It’s really fun to have a hand-cranked ice…

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The History of Labor Day and Ice Cream Sandwiches

Labor Day is almost here and that means only one thing: No Work! (Unless you work at Wal-Mart and/or the Emergency Room, then you probably do have to work and in that case, thanks for still letting us purchase your wares and stitching our heads back together after we all fall onto barbecue forks.) But…

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How To Make Peach Cobbler

how to make peach cobbler

This is my mama’s peach cobbler recipe. It’s a Southern style cobbler with lots of fruit and a sweet, soft crust. It’s the greatest! You will love it. I promise.

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