Way back when, when our grandmothers did a lot of baking, they had some very basic cake recipes that could be tweaked into something special without a lot of effort. Taking a plain white cake and marbling in some chocolate to part of the batter was one of those things. This recipe does the same…

Whether in the late fall, when the first snow of the season may have started to fall or here, in mid-winter when the nights are still long and it seems like spring is still weeks and weeks away, the fragrance of something apple baking in the oven is a wonderful warming thing. Generally kind on…

Here is a hearty soup for a cold winter evening, perfect for vegans if you use vegetable broth, but still hearty enough for the most carnivorous family members. This warms up well too, so pack leftovers into single meal sized containers tot take to work or school for a quick warm up in the microwave….

I was looking for a dessert recipe that would use more than a cup of applesauce and would be something a little different than what I have recently tried. I remembered someone once talking about a “fabulous” applesauce pie they had had, so I started researching, not expecting to find many options. Wrong. A search…

Since today is only day 9 of this year’s Twelve Days of Christmas, it’s not too late to think about making some “figgy pudding” for those late cookie trays or mid-winter snacking. Yes, I know; figgy pudding should be steamed, but the original takes a lot of time and equipment to pull off. This adaptation…