Molasses Cookies

Molasses Cookies

I can remember coming home from school as a child and walking in the house to the smell of these cookies. Absolute heaven. They evoke autumn, the Holidays and Christmas. When they are warm they just melt in your mouth…and amazing mixture of spices melting on...
Apple Zucchini Muffins

Apple Zucchini Muffins

These muffins may well be my husband’s favorite thing that I bake. They are really SPECIAL. Apples, carrots, zucchini, coconut, almonds, orange peel and cinnamon! What an amazing mixture of goodness. This recipe comes from a good friend back in my Oregon days,...
Cider Stew

Cider Stew

I woke up on the morning of my 10th birthday and helped my mom and dad load my four younger siblings into our friend’s car along with our luggage to go to the airport. We moved from sunny Florida to cool Pennsylvania in the middle of October. Living in Florida...
Apple Harvest Salad

Apple Harvest Salad

Autumn finally arrives and it is BAKING TIME but you still want a good salad sometimes, right??? So here is the answer. APPLE HARVEST SALAD. Fresh salad greens with apples, cranberries, nuts and goat cheese. Holy cow! But I feel like the real magic is in the...
Apple Pancakes with Cider Syrup

Apple Pancakes with Cider Syrup

When September hits it’s all things apples for me! Growing up in Spokane, Washington, we were in Apple Country. I remember going with my mom to the local apple orchards and buying a couple of crates of fresh apples every fall. We would walk through the cooler...