What a springtime muffin!
Batter:
2 cups flour
5 Tbsp. white sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 cup thawed, frozen lemonade concentrate from a 6oz. can
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup melted butter
1 large egg
Glaze Topping:
1/4 reserved lemonade concentrate
1/4 cup white sugar
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Grease the bottoms only (use something like Pam spray) of 12 muffin [...]

The Mott’s company sells packets of instant Hot Spiced Cider in a couple different flavors. Someone gave me some packets and so I tossed them into my basic applesauce bread recipe and it worked wonderfully. See for yourself.
1 cup white sugar
1 cup applesauce
1/3 cup oil (NOT olive oil)
2 eggs
3 Tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. pure [...]

Monterey Jack cheese and herbs blend together to form these flaky, delicious, savory biscuits. Enjoy these with a dinner, or make your own breakfast sandwich out of them.
4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. dried basil (or McCormick’s makes an excellent basil & garlic blend)
1 tsp. dried thyme
1 tsp. dried rosemary
4 tsp. balking powder
1 tsp. salt [...]

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 [...]

These are crispy, not chewy. If you like a more chewy cookie, look under my Cookies & Bars category.
1-1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup white Crisco shortening (NOT butter-flavored)
1 stick of margarine (NOT butter)
1 egg
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. kosher salt
12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips - or any flavor.
Preheat [...]

What would the cold weather season be without some delicious gingerbread? Whenever I smell this baking it takes me back to school days when I’d kick through the fallen leaves walking home from the bus stop.

1 cup water
2 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. allspice
1 stick (1/2 [...]

Very rich, very good and you don’t need a stove - it doesn’t get much easier than this!
16 oz. sour cream
16 oz. (2 8 oz. blocks) cream cheese
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup cooled, black coffee
2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup
2 pkgs. (3 oz. each) ladyfingers, split
1-2 Tbsp. sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
Take the [...]

Feathery light.
Batter:
1/3 cup Crisco
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1-1/2 cups cake flour
1-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 cup milk
Topping:
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 stick butter, melted
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and grease a 12 muffin tin.
In a bowl, cream the Crisco, sugar and egg. In a separate [...]

This is a delicious yeast-based coffee cake that tastes like pastry. It’s great to serve any weekend guests and makes 2 beautiful cakes.
Pastry Cake:
1/2 cup warmed water
1 Tbsp. dry yeast
1/2 cup warmed milk
2 large, beaten eggs
1/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. grated orange rind (McCormick’s brand is great)
6 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/2 [...]

These eggs are courtesy of Marek, a Polish friend of mine from work. He brought in 3 samples for me to try; I brought them home for the “real” taste test and we were fighting over them! That makes it a keeper in my house. Quite different from American deviled eggs because you keep the [...]