Hope your New Year is the best ever (that’s my plan). Christmas day we had a power outage for about 3 hours, and we’ve decided to leave our emergency heater in the house, just in case. We’re enjoying a quiet holiday season, and a little on-line shopping! Dixie and I got a new storm door…
Category: Sweets
Pecan Date Cake
This is my mom’s recipe, and she always made it for the holidays. It’s one of my in-laws’ favorite things, so I usually make it more than once a year. Now that we’re having a bumper crop of pecans, I don’t feel like I need to ration it so much. I make regular loaf size,…
Peach Cobbler
Cooking at Lodge – Day Seven There was another new group this evening, but no one to feed this morning, so I rested up. From the looks of the plates, dinner was a big success. There were thick pork loin chops that need to be used, so I seared, then roasted them (with butter of…
Fruit and Pecan Shortbread
Right now I don’t seem to have the energy to make my in-laws their favorite fruitcake, which is really a cherry and pecan nutloaf. I do need to use up some pecans to make room for the new harvest, and these cookies are so scrumptious, I know they’ll forgive me. One of the best things…
Pumpkin Flan
Flan is a favorite in our house, and Thanksgiving is a great excuse to make it. It’s hard to go wrong with any flavor of flan. We’ve been know to have chocolate, vanilla, cream cheese, and now is the perfect time for pumpkin. It seems like a bit of a fussy recipe, but once you…