Even if you don’t care for Sweet Potatoes, chances are you’ll like this pie.
Gingersnap Cookies Crust:
25 gingersnap cookies
4 Tbsp. (1/2 stick) melted butter
Filling:
1 good sized sweet potato, peeled &; chunked
1 1/2 Tsp. flour
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
3/4 tsp. ginger
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. (or a pinch) of ground cloves
1/4 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 cup [...]

Apple sauce can be made at anytime of the year because apples are always available. But I wait until the temperature drops into the 50’s or very low 60’s; to me that’s the perfect time and around here that happens in early October. Give it a try. Ask the kids to join in.
16 large apples [...]

This was created out of pure necessity of getting my family to eat this vegetable. There are a ton of recipes out there for casseroles using these and yams but they are so cloyingly sweet that I went back to the basics and wow! Even our dog eats them!
3 large sweet potatoes or yams
3 Tbsp. [...]

Being a quick bread, you can toss this together in no time, and have it on the table for a Sunday afternoon treat with a hot or cold beverage.

2 cups flour (half white & half wheat is good)
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup vegetable oil (NOT olive oil)
3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 [...]

I tweaked a recipe I already had for a basic applesauce bread. This version is so much better. The Mott’s company sells packets of instant Hot Spiced Cider in a couple different flavors. Someone gave me some packets and so I thought, “Why not?” I shared with my sister, but in the future I will [...]

This is a crumb-topped apple pie simply because I forgot to make a 2-crust pie dough today when I was preparing this! Oh well, mistakes sometimes turn out to be delicious!

Single crust pie dough
(Refer to my “Pies” Section)

Filling:
8-10 granny smith apples, peeled & chunked
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
1-1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. nutmeg
1 [...]

I must make 10 loaves of this each Autumn & Winter. This recipes yields 2 loaves - 1 to keep (they freeze well) and 1 to give away. I never, and I mean never, ate pumpkin anything until I tweaked a recipe I found for this, and it’s been true love ever since. As soon [...]

I just love baking a ham. The house gets that homey, everything is good kind-of smell. This dish is true simplicity and an absolute crowd pleaser.

8-10 pound uncooked ham
3-4 cups apple juice
3 tsp. kosher salt

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Take the ham out of the fridge and place skin side-up on a rack in [...]