Recipes

Almond Joy Cookies

I helped my son make some cookies to take to his coworkers last weekend. This is a cookie he has made for a couple years now and is a staple on his…

Green Chile Corn Bites

I recently went to a birthday party where they were serving chili. I thought these would make a good addition. I used Paula Deen's recipe for…

White Texas Sheet Cake

A birthday celebration yesterday. Since I was a teen I have been making the chocolate version of Texas Sheet Cake. I've had the vanilla/white…

BUTTERMILK COFFEE CAKE

KEY LIME PIE

A Simple Classic

I am almost embarassed to post such a simple recipe, but these have just a little twist that I think makes them special. When traveling to Austin,…

Pumpkin Muffins

Another treat for work and pumpkin was the main character. I took some liberty with these muffins and put a dollop of cream cheese in the middle of…

School House Rolls

When I was in elementary school the lunch ladies would make the most wonderful yeast rolls. Sometimes I would just have rolls for lunch with a glass…

Lavender Sugar Cookies

Back in June I took a trip to the Texas Hill Country to see the Lavender Festival. Sadly due to the drought and excessive heat this year the…

Church Lady Strawberry Cake

Sorry for the messy picture but I forgot to snap one before everyone dug in. I call this Church Lady Strawberry Cake because I think it is in most…

Cinnamon Roll Pumpkin Sheet Cake

One of my favorite blogs in my Google Reader is Jenny from Picky Palate. She recently posted a recipe for this…

Banana Pudding

I recently had my son's girlfriend's family over for dinner. This was requested for dessert. I think I have finally found my true recipe for banana…

Black Magic Chocolate Cake

There are probably 100's of recipes for chocolate cake. I have several here on my blog that I've done and all were good but I think this might be…

SOPAPILLA CHEESECAKE BARS

We recently moved our office to a new location. We decided to do a meet and greet with our new 'neighbors' in the other side of the office. We had…

Chocolate Velvet Cake with Coconut-Pecan Frosting

Another birthday at work last month. I had saved this recipe from Southern Living from December 2003. This…