Ingredients
- 1 (9-inch) deep dish, prepared pie crust
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 tsps vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 tsps yellow cornmeal
- 1 T white vinegar
- 1/4 tsp salt
Caramel Chess Pie
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” David Mamet My grandmother Taylor (we called…
Ingredients
- 6 cups clean snow
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Snow Ice Cream
“Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!” Snow is a rarity in my part of NE Texas. We might…
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 3/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp Sea salt
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- Optional: colored sprinkles or granulated white sugar
Whipped Shortbread Cookies
“Cookies make the world a better place!” My introduction to shortbread was when friends served it to me during a visit…
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. flour
- 1 Tbsp. corn meal
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs, well beaten
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 Tbsp. lemon zest
Lemon Chess Pie
“When life gives you lemons …..” After years of growing two lemon trees in large containers, we finally have a decent…
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (8 T) unsalted butter, melted in baking dish
- 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided into 1/2 cup and 1 cup
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup buttermilk, low-fat
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Dash of salt
- 3 cups fresh figs, halved, cooked
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Buttermilk Fig Cobbler
“I’ll order anything that has the word ‘fig’ or ‘crusted’ in the menu description.” – Michael Carbonaro Figs have long been…
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 3/4 cup Turbinado sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons powdered malted milk
- 3/4 cup of chopped pecans (if desired)
- 1 1/4 cups boiling hot coffee
Southern Chocolate Pecan Cobbler
“Chocolate is happiness that you can eat.” My inspiration for this recipe was truly a classic because it was printed on…
Ingredients
- 1/2 c unsalted butter (1 stick)
- 1 1/2 c self-rising flour
- 1 1/2 c sugar
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes (or sea salt or Kosher salt)
- 3/4 c milk (preferably whole milk)
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 2 c turbinado sugar (or light brown sugar)
- 1 c chopped pecans (optional - remember, some people have nut allergies)
- 1 1/2 c boiling water
Salted Caramel Cobbler
“I think love is caramel …. once tasted it is never forgotten.” After posting the “Banana Cobbler” recipe, I had several…
Ingredients
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Self-Rising Flour
- 6 to 8 Peaches
- 6 Tbsp. Butter
- 1 Egg, beaten
- 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
Peach Cobbler
“Life is short, eat dessert first.” Here’s another recipe from the Koenig Family Cookbook (my wife’s family); this one was contributed…
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix (Duncan Hines)
- 1 3.4 oz box vanilla instant pudding
- 1/2 cup Canola oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup water, plus 2 T
- 1 tsp red food coloring
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 6 oz white chocolate chips
- 6 oz Cookies & Cream chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Red Velvet Cake Mix Brownies
“A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it‘s almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies.” -Linda Sunshine…
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup plus 2 T sugar, plus an extra 1/4 cup for sprinkling
- 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 7 T unsalted butter, melted, plus 1 extra T for skillet
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups blueberries (fresh preferred, frozen is okay)
Blueberry Cornmeal Skillet Cake
“The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.” – Thomas Jefferson I wonder how someone figured out the tasty results…
Ingredients
- 2 cups butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar (optional)
Walk-To-School Cookies
“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand!” Recently I came across a small stack of recipe cards, held together…
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Red Velvet Cookies
“Cookies make the world a better place.” Red Velvet Cake has been around for a long time so I guess that…
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) melted unsalted butter
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1 T baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 medium sliced bananas
Banana Cobbler
“Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!” -Helen Keller Someone once said, “Boredom always precedes a period of great…
Ingredients
- ½ cup Nutella
- 1 large egg
- 5 T all-purpose flour
- 12 Hershey’s milk chocolate kisses (chopped nuts can be substituted)
Kristen’s Nutella Muffins
“Chocolate doesn’t ask silly questions; chocolate understands.” Our seven year old niece’s favorite food is Nutella so it was only natural…
Ingredients
- 6 T butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 4 tsp corn meal
- 1 15-oz can canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filler)
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- 3 large eggs
- 1 (9-inch) prepared pie crust, deep dish (or you’ll have lots of batter leftover)
Pumpkin Chess Pie
“Dessert is like a feel-good song and the best ones make you dance.” Normally I am not one for desserts whether…
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 to 2 sticks of butter, cut into pieces, plus more for greasing
- 8 slices hearty wheat bread slices, diced
- 3 apples, preferably Granny Smith, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 1/2 packed cups brown sugar, plus more if needed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (Ree didn't use this ingredient)
- 1/2 cup water
Apple Brown Betty
“Baking is only fun when you lick the spoon.” This is considered to be a classic recipe because it has been…
Ingredients
- 1 can pumpkin, 15-ounces
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 package butter-flavored yellow cake mix, 15 ½ oz. box
- 2 cups chopped pecans (orig. recipe called for 1 cup)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
Pumpkin Crisp
“Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.” C. Claiborne…
