A few family favorites; there’s nothing like an ice-cold treat from the freezer on a hot summer day!
popsicles
sorbet
frozen desserts
frozen beverages
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Coffee Cakes
Obviously, I need to make more coffee cakes! Here are some of my faves.
In the United States, coffee cake generally refers to a sweet cake intended to be eaten with coffee or tea (like tea cake). Coffee cakes, as an accompaniment for coffee, are often single layer, flavored with either fruit or cinnamon, and leavened with either baking soda (or baking powder), which results in a more cake-like texture, or yeast, which results in a more bread-like texture. Wikipedia
coffee cakes
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Best Basic Pancakes (Betty Crocker)
One Saturday morning, I woke up to two beaming youngsters. My daughter had pulled out a couple of cookbooks and found this recipe in an old Betty Crocker cookbook. To my mind, it’s the first thing she ever really made, and she was around 10. I’m still boggled! The logistics of making and cooking pancakes is a lot for a child that age. Heck, it’s a lot for me (not a morning person.)
Pies & Tarts, Sweet & Savory
A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Wikipedia
pies
tarts
partially pie
savory pies & tarts
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Kung Pao Chicken with Noodles
There’s some things that just go together. Salt & pepper, peanut butter & jelly. Chocolate and caramel. And now: Kung Pao Chicken with Noodles.
Simple Cherry Tomato Salad
My folks love tomatoes. Any tomatoes. Me, I’m a sucker for a fresh garden tomato and otherwise they leave me cold. So when I come across tomatoes that could use a little help, I jazz them up a bit. Not that these lovelies in the photos needed any help, mind you.
Strawberry Rhubarb “Baby” Cakes
Ever since I picked up my little cake pan tray, below, I’ve been dying to make something in them. When I came across a pic of Panera’s Strawberry Rhubarb Mini Cakes, the anticipation became an obsession. They were so darling!
