July 4th bake desserts recipes costing less than $1.5 per serving

Best Blueberry Bread Pudding with Lemoncello Sauce

This is cooking school 101. Easy - and impressive, which takes it to graduate school! Besides, I also have…

Moravian Sugar Cake

Lititz, PA was founded in 1756 as a closed Moravian community and remained that way for 100 years. The town is built around the Moravian Church…

Incredible Chocolate Chip Cookies

We all know there are many recipes for chocolate chip cookies, with many things added to them. But for a soft,…

Rhubarb-Ginger Upside-Down Cake

Rhubarb cake gets a delightful update with the spicy-sweet addition of crystallized ginger to its caramelized topping. Cake flour provides an…

Saint Hildegard Cookies of Joy

Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1098. She was a visionary, a Benedictine abbess, a scholar and correspondent with popes, scholars, kings and…

Aunt Birdie’s Easy Sour Cream Coffee Cake (Two Versions)

This recipe brings fond memories of a favorite aunt who was a terrific cook. (My cousin and I used to say the…

Peanut Butter Cookies

Easy, delicious peanut butter cookies. The kids love them and can make them on their own, they're so easy.

Applesauce Honey Cookies

These sweet, moist, spice-scented cookies are a cinch to make.

Rhubarb and Strawberry Layered Delight

OMGoodness - this trifle-like beauty will steal the show at your next dinner or event. Don't let the 3 layer…

Chocolate Boston Cream Cake

Glazed Apricot, Orange, Lemon Bundt Cake

Many recipes of glazed cakes are out there to be enjoyed. Try this one. It is quick, easy and delicious. Has…

Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies

*Using shortening instead of butter produces a thicker more ‘cake-like’ cookie. Don’t use margarine or butter substitutes!

Potluck Apricot Cobbler

An old-fashioned cobbler makes a hit with crowds and one of my favorite cobbler fruits is apricots. These perky golden first fruits of summer have…

Rhubarb Cream Pie with Almond Crumb Crust

When I think of spring, I think of fresh wild asparagus, daffodils and tulips, and rhubarb. I don’t know why I…