Walnut Applesauce Bread

A wonderful moist quick bread that is full of walnuts and cranrasines and topped with brown sugar walnuts. I was astonished at how good the recipe turned out when I made it the first time. This quick bread makes a wonderful gift or to share with a friend. The recipe makes one standard loaf or…

Applesauce Spice Bars

A tender moist bar cookie that is lightly spiced and sweeten. The bar cookies are easy to make from applesauce, raisins and nuts with only one egg. This bar cookie has been my family’s favorite since the 1970’s. The recipe came from McCall’s Magazine and included in some of their cook books during that decade….

Onion Soup Mix (DIY)

Have you passed up a recipe because you didn’t have dry onion soup mix? It is one of those items that you don’t think to buy unless you are preplanning a meal. But you can make it from items that are usually in your pantry and spice rack. Making your own dry mixes will help…

Peanut Butter Fluff Filling for Whoopie Pies

This is a simple easy filling for cookies. The problem with regular marshmallow for a cookie filling is the top cookie will slide off. My grand kids insist on marshmallow fluff for their whoopie pies and after pies sit on a plate they slide all over the place and they get sticky. One of the…

Whoopie Pies From Cake Mix

When I was shopping, I noticed a display of whoopie pie fall mixes on a end counter.  It reminded me that I had this recipe already written in my drafts to make.  I go through my recipes and pick things to make in the future for my blog  or I stumble over a low cost…

Cream of Something Soup Base (DIY)

This is a simple mix that you can keep in your cupboard to use in cooking. It is something that can be made when the food budget is small. I received this month dry milk in my food pantry box. This gave me the opportunity to share this DIY and make some more to use….