This is another recipe I made last year and it was so good I had to make it this year too. The recipe comes from Made by Rachel's blog. It's an adaptation to the Cheesecake Factories recipe. Inspired by The Cheesecake Factory Crust Ingredients: 2C chocolate cookie crumbs (or 22 regular oreos with filling –…
Category: Deserts
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
This is an old recipe that my Uncle Bill used to make at Christmas each year. It's still yummy. 1 1/2 cups crushed pretzels 4 1/2 tablespoons white sugar 3/4 cup butter, melted 1 cup white sugar 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed 1 (6 ounce) package…
Strawberry Upside Down Cake
This was a recipe I found on pinterest. We have so many strawberries this year. They're crazy. This was a great recipe though I was leery of the marshmellows in it. Strawberry Upside Down Cake 2 cups crushed fresh strawberries 1 (6 ounce) package strawberry flavored gelatin mix 3 cups miniature marshmallows 1 (18…
Marshmallows
Homemade marshmallows are definately worth the work. I used a recipe from foodnetwork.com and it was Alton Browns. We did an in between recipe and used a sheet pan but didn't spread it all the way out because we wanted not so big and not so small marshmallows. Tim called me crazy for making marshmallows…
Pumpkin Roll
This was my Grandma Anderson's recipe and I can't believe I've never posted it before now.. She made it always for Thanksgiving and Christmas. And now looking back it makes me stop and think. Grandma was a diabetic and couldn't eat hardly any of what she baked but man could she bake. I miss her…
Blackberry Cornmeal Cake
This was a recipe I found from Martha Stewart living. When Mom brought me those beautiful blackberries a few weeks ago I made this and it was really good. You could use blueberries also. Blackberry Cornmeal Cake 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled) 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon…
Pineapple upside down cake
Pineapple Upside Down Cake 1/2 cup butter 1 cup packed dark brown sugar 1 (20 ounce) cans sliced pineapple 6 maraschino cherries, cut in half lengthwise 1 (18 ounce) packages duncan hines supreme pineapple cake mix 1 (4 ounce) boxes vanilla instant pudding mix 1 cup pineapple juice, from canned pineapple with a…
Pumpkin cheesecake
This was a recipe my cousin Jessica made several Thanksgivings ago. She used gingersnaps instead of graham crackers for the crust and it was so good. I used graham crackers this time around and it was still very yummy! We also added a bit of honey bourbon to the filling. Yum! Pumpkin Cheesecake Crust: 1…
Easy Peach Tart
I had a bunch of fresh peaches and didn't want to go to the trouble making a pie but this is like the lazy girls pie with minimal work. I added blueberries to it also because I had them. This was delicious with vanilla ice cream! Easy Peach Tart 4 cups frozen peaches, mostly thawed,…
Miranda’s Reeses Chocolate Pudding Surprise
This is my friend Miranda's recipe that she made for the party a couple weeks ago. It was so yummy, she shared the recipe with me. Enjoy! Reeses Chocolate Pudding Surprise 1st Layer Crust: 1/2 cup butter (melted) 1 cup peanut butter (melted) 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 pkg graham crackers crushed 2nd layer…
Cooking With Mimi, I made this stuff up 