Chocolate Castles

  • Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars

    I felt that after posting the recipe for Possum I had better redeem myself and what better way to do that than with a chocolate dessert. There were several inquiries as to if that was a real recipe. Yes, it was a real recipe out of Randy’s family cookbook from his great grandmothers family. Because… Read more

  • Possum & Sweet Potatoes

    Yes you read right. When going through that same 1928 cookbook which has recipes from the Depression, I came across this and couldn’t believe what it was. Right in the middle of the recipes for meatball soup and Tamale Pie was “possum & sweet potatoes”. Randy told me I had to put this recipe on… Read more

  • Truly Different Cupcakes

    Have been going through a cookbook my sister-in-law brought over the other night which is dated back to the 20’s and has been in the Cox family for years. It includes recipes from 1928 to early 2000. This recipe caught my eye and am going to make them tomorrow. Today the weather is rainy and… Read more

  • Coconut White Chocolate Cheesecake

    The grandkids are gone so I can put away the chicken nuggets, mac & cheese, frozen pizza and get back to sugar. Since we have been entertaining kids/grandkids and have tried to cook all their favs while they were in town, we tried to convince them that we were “giving up” healthy foods just for… Read more

  • Lemon Blueberry Scones

    2 cups flour 1 tables baking powder 1/2 teas salt 2 tables sugar 5 tables cold unsalted butter 1 cup fresh blueberries Finely grated zest of 1 lemon 1 1/4 cups heavy cream Preheat oven to 400. Gently whisk dry ingredients together. Grate the butter on the coarse side of a box grater. (or use… Read more

  • Regello Lane vs Redneck Ally

    This week has been a week of self reflection. Since moving back to Texas from California, we have discovered that under the fine layer of sophistication that we tried to maintain around friends out West,lies the real Texas redneck demeanor that we tried to ignore is the real us. The last 9 days, 13 hours… Read more