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Old-Fashioned Peach Cream Pie: A Fresh and Decadent Bite of Summer

July 5, 2021 by Susan 32 Comments

This simple, classic peach pie recipe is made rich with cream. It’s bursting with summer flavor and is easy to make using just a handful of ingredients.

Peaches kind of scream summer, don’t they?

And there’s something about peach pie that is nostalgic just all by itself. Simple flavors and ingredients, dripping with sweet sentimentality.

But this particular peach pie is particularly nostalgic because it’s my Grandma’s recipe. My childhood summers were spent at my grandparents’ lake cabin and there was always something cooking in the kitchen. Always.

Grandma rolled and dried homemade noodles, fried raised doughnuts, made every variety of cookie from simple sugar cookies to her spicy ginger snaps, baked caramel rolls and custards, and made dumpling soup from her garden vegetables.

The Absolute Best Cinnamon Rolls

December 7, 2020 by Susan 8 Comments

This simple recipe can be made even by a complete beginner but is still my go-to recipe for the very best cinnamon rolls ever. Soft and gooey, with a sweet, maple-flavored frosting they are everyone’s favorite!

I’m about to tell you an embarrassing secret about myself: I kind of hate it when Christmas falls on a Sunday. Awful, right? I mean, it is Jesus’ birthday, after all. As a Christian I always feel like I’m supposed to say, “What better place to celebrate!” and ring a bell, or something.

But the reason is what’s so embarrassing: It’s brunch.

Christmas brunch is quite literally my favorite meal of the entire year. And we skip it when Christmas falls on Sundays (insert sad face)

Beef Brisket Recipe: Low, Slow, Simple and Perfect Every Time

July 27, 2020 by Susan 4 Comments

This recipe for braised beef brisket is surprisingly simple and turns out amazing every single time. Flavorful and tender, this one’s going to wow you!

I’ve been making Pioneer Woman’s brisket recipe with my own tweaks for years. When I made it recently for a family gathering, my sister (who had never made brisket before, nor tried mine) said, “Why isn’t this recipe on your blog?”

Good question, Amy. Here ya go!

Homemade yogurt is easier than you think!

April 17, 2020 by Susan 8 Comments

If you eat yogurt, you should give homemade yogurt-making a try. It’s not difficult, and tastes better than store bought!

Yogurt is something that I am always telling myself I should eat more of. And now that I’ve started making it myself, I finally am!

There’s something fresher about it that I just can’t get enough of. Plus, I get to play around with it a little to make it perfect for us.

I haven’t tried straining my yogurt yet to make thicker, Greek-style yogurt (which is what I usually buy if I’m buying yogurt), but it’s on the agenda! The thinner yogurt works better for us now, since I’m the only one who eats it as is. The fellas in my house will only eat yogurt if it’s in a smoothie (or in frozen yogurt form) so this is perfect.

White Chocolate Cranberry Pistachio Cookies

December 9, 2019 by Susan 4 Comments

Jam-packed with salty pistachios, tart dried cranberries and sweet white chocolate, this cookie is the perfect bite. It also looks beautiful on a cookie tray!

I made a cookie similar to these a lot of years ago for a work Christmas party and was told by one co-worker that they were the best cookies he’d ever had. They are kind of the perfect bite…sweet, tart, salty, rich. YUM!

They’re certainly perfect for Christmas with the red, green and white, and look pretty on a cookie tray. I think they’d make a lovely gift, too.

Chocolate Marshmallow Cream Pie

November 25, 2019 by Susan 13 Comments

This light, fluffy chocolate cream pie is made with marshmallows and tastes like a sweet candy bar. Easy to make and no-bake!

Pie is where it’s at.

Pecan pie is the standard at my house for Thanksgiving, but we always have to have an option for the non-nut eaters.

Even my picky-eating kids, who have categorically denied pie in the past love this. (How you can say “I don’t like pie” is beyond me…there’s only about a million kinds of pie, and you know you don’t like any of them??… Sigh, I love my kids.)

They have since decided that some pies…mainly chocolate pies…are okay to eat. God bless pie.

I’m a big fan of French Silk Pie. Rich and luscious perfection if you ask me. However, sometimes you want to make something a bit lighter, but still creamy chocolate perfection. This pie hits those notes.

Think candy bar in pie form, but fluffier.

By the way… if you’re looking for a great French Silk Pie recipe, my go-to is this one from Pioneer Woman ==> French Silk Pie

But today we are foregoing the cup of butter and half hour of mixing to whip up this sweet, fluffy confection.

The filling is pretty quick to make, it just needs some time in the fridge to chill before serving. This recipe will make two pies if you use the ready-made chocolate pie crusts or one deep dish homemade cookie crusted pie.