We’ve all (or at least most of us) had our share of frozen pot pies – usually chicken. This is different. For one thing it used up the rest of our holiday ham. For the other I used purchased puff pastry and only for a top crust. Puff pastry is light, flaky and easy…. All things we love. Make it in 2 single serving dishes as I did, or 1 larger dish. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →I had thought that Zimsterne were a Swiss cookie…. At least, that’s what my mother told me. She had a Swiss grandmother. But borders were a bit blurred back then, around and before WWI. When I looked up the origin of the cookie I discovered it could be Swiss or German or Alsatian – which would make it either German or French depending on the year. Whatever, they’re delicious. And light. … Continue reading →
Think of these as Ginger Snaps (old-fashioned cookie) meet Chocolate Chips and fall in love. I can’t get chocolate chips, of course, but you get the idea. When one can’t buy chocolate chips one makes chocolate chunks. One of the first kitchen utensils I bought at mon mari’s favorite DIY store was a chocolate hammer. I have since bought other tools – for grating, shaving, etc. but the hammer was … Continue reading →
I would call these Caramel Refrigerator Cookies, but it’s my mother’s recipe and she called them Butterscotch Ice-Box Cookies, so there you have it. Whatever they’re called they are really easy and have a great caramel (butterscotch) flavor. The best part is they can be left in the fridge for a few days, then sliced and baked when you have a few spare minutes. You can bake all of them … Continue reading →
I’ve decided to re-post my favorite Christmas cookies. The original posts are so old that they’re not really ‘searchable’ on Google, Bing, etc. (wrong format – don’t ask). Besides, they’re so good and so easy they’re all worth sharing again, right? And these could really be considered healthy – peanut butter, oats…. Breakfast of champions – at least for me. I really love sweets for breakfast. I blame it all on … Continue reading →
Baking / roasting times for hams (and turkeys) are all over the charts…. And I’m not doing a chart. For a ham the number of minutes per pound depends on whether it’s boneless or bone-in, fully cooked or not cooked and the weight of the ham. A larger ham takes fewer minutes per pound than a smaller ham. Of course the oven temperature makes a difference as well. Some like … Continue reading →
