Desserts

This cobbler is more like delicious biscuits over fruit than the sweet crumble topping type of cobbler, and it is much better than strawberry shortcake.

We had these for the first time last night at our lovely homeschooling holiday potluck dinner, and my kids were so delighted with them that we made them to…

This recipe is from a cookbook that I blogged about recently. The author made gobs of this cake for her own wedding– she liked it that much.

This wonderful dessert my husband has made three times in the last couple of weeks out of peaches from our own peach tree. This is delicious and not too sweet, made all the better with

I got this recipe from blog reader Patti, who got it from blog reader Anne, who got it from someone else, who I think got it from the Barefoot Contessa.

  Here are the oatmeal raisin cookies my daughter makes… Easy Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Recipe 1 cup (1/2 pound or 2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 cup brown sugar, packed 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 … Read more

  Blog reader Ronna shared this recipe with us maybe ten years ago and we love it. (The dough is not overly sweet, containing the surprise ingredient of cream cheese.) We made these three times over the recent holidays. Yesterday we had the opportunity to share a few with Ronna and were told she herself … Read more

This is heavenly and one of my husband’s culinary specialties. He uses Julia Child’s recipe that we have in more than one of her cookbooks, but that you can find by clicking here. This one he made for our church Christmas party yesterday. Needless to say, we didn’t bring any home, even though the table … Read more

This is the pie we made to finish off our Thanksgiving dinner. My pottery teacher saw it in the newspaper and gave me a copy. We both made it and thought it delicious. It was nice to have something so different that was so good. It is easy to make, and would be a good … Read more

I first had this many years ago just after my brother-in-law’s funeral; it was made and shared with our family by my sister’s neighbor. We loved it so much we obtained the recipe and have made it ever since. We have come to adjust it slightly over the years, so I’ll share the original recipe … Read more

  By way of an update on our peach tree – I mentioned that we had lots, and I wasn’t exaggerating – the tree was so burdened with peaches that the largest branch of them actually broke off under the weight and came crashing down! This cobbler is the first thing we made with our … Read more

  We have made these literally hundreds of times. They are a particular favorite of my senior in High School that graduates tomorrow, but we all like them. Sometimes I think you can tell how good a recipe is by how dirty and worn the recipe cards is. To give you this recipe I took … Read more