Tag Archives: sugar

National Strawberry Shortcake Day!! Welcome Summer!

Posted on June 14, 2023 by HelenFern

Strawberries are the first indication that summer has arrived! And it’s often celebrated with strawberry shortcake – but one man’s short is another man’s cake!

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Lavender Sugar

Posted on October 1, 2022 by HelenFern

I love cooking with lavender. You can make a latte, hot chocolate, cook your clams in the lavender broth, make scones, and all kinds of other wonderful things that lavender can flavor. With the holiday season coming and all the … Continue reading →

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Super Easy Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Posted on April 26, 2022 by HelenFern

I’ve been craving some cinnamon bread, but I’m not fond of raisins and the loaves in the store, well, all have raisins. And I just happened to have some frozen white bread dough in the freezer – This bread is … Continue reading →

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Brown Sugar and Pecan Baked Apples

Posted on January 27, 2022 by HelenFern

Our local apple farm put all their apples on sale for $1 a pound!! I bought a lot!! And with some of them I made dessert. Well, we ate it all in one sitting so I guess it was more … Continue reading →

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Dried Sugared Orange Slices

Posted on January 11, 2022 by HelenFern

I’ve seen dried orange slices in the craft store, but I never thought of them as a snack (Please don’t eat the ones from the craft store). At one of our visits to Trader Joe’s (yes, we shop there often), … Continue reading →

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