Chocolate Castles

  • Pumpkin Poppers

    Yesterday Peter & Penelope Pumpkin wandered around the Americana, stopping to have lunch and then to the movies to see Gravity. Afterward, we wanted just to sit outside with Starbucks and people watch, which is free and we enjoyed that much more than Gravity. Guess we aren’t sci-fi people, we are more people watching people.… Read more

  • Apple Cake

    I didn’t realize that I apparently had forgot to post this recipe when I made it the last 100 times. it is a keeper! Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil 2 cups sugar 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1… Read more

  • Pumpkin, Caramel & Pecan Cheesecake

    What better way to celebrate Fri than with a new recipe! It has been a very stressful morning. Decisions, decisions. We are going to some friends home for dinner and guess who volunteered to bring dessert? Knowing that I wanted to make something “fallish” two different recipes came to mind. This new recipe from Philadelphia… Read more

  • Butter Baked Chicken & Gravy

    If the first word in the title doesn’t hook you, I bet the last one will. Butter and gravy…two of the best things ever! This dish is such a comfort food it will warm your hearts and satisfy the most fussy eater. 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 cup flour 11/4 teas salt 1/2 teas black… Read more

  • Baguette Pot Pie

    First of all, thanks to so many who responded to helping test recipes for my cookbook. Recipes are distributed and already in the mail. So appreciated your response. In an old Southern Living magazine I was leafing through, (I used “leafing” as it goes so well with Fall) I came across this idea. It caught… Read more

  • Recipe Testers Needed

    As many of you know, I am in the last stages of finishing a book. The lady who is editing the pages, suggested that each recipe be tested for accuracy, for ease of reading the instructions and to just make sure each recipe has been tested for flavor and appeal. I am needing about 6… Read more