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Cooking Tip: Make Hamburger Crumbles the Easy Way

Chili for Family or FriendsI discovered a quick way to crumble hamburger to use in pasta sauce, tacos, lasagna, sloppy Joe's, chili, chili dogs, etc.  This only took me how many years to realize?Last night I plunked 3 pounds (cooking for the freezer) of raw ground meat into my large skillet and proceeded to break it up with a large cooking spoon as … [Read more...]

Sweet Potato Pie to Love

If it's Thanksgiving, there is sweet potato pie on many tables.  It makes a great dessert all year long too.  You only need 1 pound of sweet potatoes for each pie.  So much flavor and goodness from one sweet potato!  Sweet potato pie has a slightly different taste and texture than pumpkin pie.  It gets a honey-like sweetness from the sweet potatoes … [Read more...]

Clafoutis: Bing Cherries in Custard Pie

Clafoutis ("clah-foo-TEE") is a delicious treat from France. It's easy to make, not expensive, and delicious. The batter is a cross between a flan (custard) and pancake batter and can be made with other fruits. From wikipedia:"The clafoutis comes from the Limousin region of France and while black cherries are traditional there are numerous … [Read more...]

An Easy Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree and Frugal Christmas Baking Tips

The link has several tips to save on Christmas baking.  One person says she adds a teaspoon of real vanilla to cake mix batter to give it a more homemade flavor.  Another person says she uses real butter to grease pans for baking to give extra flavor.  You can use the paper that butter quarters are wrapped in to grease them with.Another person … [Read more...]

Chocolate Pecan Pie

For some, a pecan pie must never change.  Yet a silky chocolate pie topped with pecans is good in its own right.  You might want to try this decadent pie for a holiday meal or whenever you want a deeply chocolate pie.  From the reviews:"I have tried several different recipes for Chocolate Pecan Pie (my husband's favorite!!). This is by far the best … [Read more...]

My Very Favorite Pumpkin Pie

I know, I should say just My Favorite Pumpkin Pie, but this pie is so good I had to violate some grammatical rules! Somehow this pie is soul food--it feeds my soul. The recipe orignally comes from the Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk can label, and they called it Perfect Pumkin Pie. Indeed.My only change is that I use a graham cracker crust … [Read more...]

Make Ahead: Peach Pie Filling

This is a repost, but I wanted to bring it up to the "front page" again. If you have lots of peaches, you can make this peach pie filling & freeze it to use later. Be sure to freeze it in portions that you would use for a single recipe. Otherwise you'd have a big frozen mess, impossible to deal with. Ask me how I know! lolIt's not only good … [Read more...]

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