A modern Appalachian woman's kitchen adventures
I’m not too proud to admit that baking with yeast intimidates me. My first efforts at making yeast bread were pretty much a flop so I avoided any recipe that called for yeast. I decided I just didn’t have the touch for making bread. When I received Magnolia Table Volume 2, I couldn’t help but…
This recipe has been in my collection since my college days. In fact, the original recipe typed out by my friend Emily may have been typed out on a Brothers word processor. (We old, girlfriend!) I’ve been faithfully watching this year’s Holiday Baking Championship and the bakers competing there love some booze in their baked…
I’ve done WW on and off for the past 16 years, and when I rejoined the most recent time in 2018, “two ingredient dough” was all the rage. I’m not sure who created the idea (and not sure anyone knows) but the premise is simple: make a dough using fat free Greek yogurt and self-rising…
Once during early time together, my husband asked if I’d ever made a cake with pudding on top instead of frosting. I had not but was game to try it. So I did, I made a cake with prepared pudding on top. And it wasn’t bad, I mean, it was cake with pudding but I…
This recipe is so simple I was afraid I might insult y’all by even putting it up here. But the season for cookies is upon us, and I thought you might enjoy this quick trick for baking up some semi-homemade cookies. I stumbled upon this idea a few years ago when I was preparing a…
Each Fall my friend April makes these delicious Pumpkin Puffs and shares them with her friends. I’m blessed to call her my friend for many reasons and these Pumpkin Puffs are just icing on the cake. She brought a batch over along with dinner right after I had my son and I remember popping one…
I’ll admit to judging books by their cover but please don’t judge this cake by the poor photographs that I have of it. I didn’t try to do a step-by-step photo spread because it didn’t seem necessary. And I didn’t think that either the chocolate batter or the chocolate frosting would show up well. This…
Back before she got so orange and loud and over-the-top with the butter thing, I really loved Paula Deen. The early episodes of Paula’s Home Cooking on Food Network featured some really good, down home cooking. Like many of Food Network’s cooks, she wasn’t a trained chef which made her very relatable to people watching…
As you may have noticed if you’re a regular around here, I am very fond of pie. It’s not as mainstream, it seems, as cake or as trendy as cupcakes but to me, pie is the quintessential Appalachian dessert. My mom makes delicious made-from-scratch cream pies like chocolate and coconut. She doesn’t have a recipe…
This is one of my favorite recipes and one of the most popular dishes that I’ve ever served. For years these apple dumplings were a tradition at our homecoming gatherings. People always ask for the recipe and are shocked when I tell them the ingredients include…Mountain Dew! Believe it or not, the soda and butter…