Cherries are my favorite summer fruit, so you’d better believe I’m loving life right now. Cherries are only available for a month or two each year at my local supermarket– and when Dennis and I both brought home bags recently, I needed to find a use for the surplus.  Hello, turnovers! These turnovers have been our […]

For YEARS now, I’ve been hearing about Tam Hodge’s infamous Tamolasses Cookies. My friend Brandi has been making them for her family for a while, and she boldly claimed that they were “the best cookie recipe ever.” This is a woman with a LOT of great recipes, so I was  intrigued when she made this […]

There’s not much better than buying a carton of fresh blackberries at the farmer’s market in the summertime, or better yet, picking them yourselves. Blackberry cobbler is the best way to eat them. I grew up eating all kinds of cobblers–  this is my favorite blackberry cobbler recipe of all I’ve tasted.      INGREDIENTS […]

The next time you’re looking for a way to keep your little ones occupied, get out the cookbooks! I keep a small selection of kids’ cookbooks on a kitchen shelf that’s in easy reach of both my children, and I’m amazed by how often they will take out a book, gaze longingly at its photos […]

Let’s say you want to make brownies for the kids, but don’t have an hour to wait for them to bake. These brownie cookies are made from a box of brownie mix, and only take  12 minutes in the oven! From 7-year-old Punky: “These are the best cookies I’ve ever tasted in my whole life.” […]