Rich & Creamy Eggnog

Rich & Creamy Eggnog

Well, it seems I’ve just skipped through fall and Thanksgiving and jumped right into Christmas now that it’s just about mid-December! But is there a better way to celebrate the season than an absolutely decadent, divine Homemade Eggnog? Especially if it’s a Rich & Creamy Eggnog – and one that’s safe, at that!

Rich & Creamy Eggnog

Rich & Creamy Eggnog

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German Baked Apples Bratapfel

German Baked Apples Bratapfel

German Baked Apples Bratapfel takes me right back to childhood! I don’t think at the time anyone thought of them as being particularly “German.” They were, like so many recipes that were ubiquitous to the Midwest, just a part of small-town, down-home cooking. Baked apples appeared a lot-at our table for dessert.

German Baked Apples Bratapfel

German Baked Apples – Bratapfel; see all that deliciousness at the bottom of the pan!!

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Quick Old-Fashioned Pear Cake

Quick Old-Fashioned Pear Cake

When I was a child way back when there were dinosaurs, we used to have something we called “snack cake.” They were always small, simple cakes, and always unfrosted. They were the kind of cake that might be tossed out for after school snacks, sturdy enough to pick up and eat and perfect on their own with no embellishment. That’s what this Quick Old-Fashioned Pear Cake reminds me of.

Quick Old-Fashioned Pear Cake

Quick Old-Fashioned Pear Cake

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