Chocolate Cherry Shortbread Cookies are ready to bake in about twenty minutes. About 15 minutes in the oven and they are done. Remove to a cooling rack and go to bed. Seriously, the cookies will taste much better the next day if you let them set overnight after baking. It’s worth the wait, I promise!!! The first time I baked these cookies, the guys inhaled them and said they were good. I wasn’t so sure. But when I tasted them for breakfast the next morning, I was sure. It’s a classic good news, bad news situation. Good news – I was impressed at how quickly I could turn out several dozen cookies. Bad news – you’ll need to wait a few hours for the amazing taste to come to full bloom. I’m usually all about quick and easy, so this Make and Wait is a new discipline for me! For ... [Read More]
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Cherry Banana Fruit Pie
My sister Vee contributed this pie to Thanksgiving dinner. Soo good that I asked if I could share with y'all. Cherry Banana Fruit Pie is one of her go-to recipes. Easy to make because you only need to bake the refrigerated pie shells according to directions and stir together the filling while the shells cool. Pour the filling into the shells and pop in the refrigerator until time to eat. So good that the recipe she uses, titles it "Out of this World Pie". The combination of fruit is a little unusual but that is part of it's charm. Because the pie is refrigerated it makes a great summer dessert. But don't save it for any one season. Fruitiness is good anytime. The original recipe is from a community cookbook. Vee made it according to directions and we enjoyed it! Treats in ... [Read More]
Cherry Almond Chews
Cherry Almond Chews topped with bright red cherries are festive chewy cookies. They are the perfect choice for a cookie exchange – pretty, chewy and won’t fall apart with handling. They also freeze well so you can make them ahead of time. Bonus! Resist the urge to make these cookies bigger than a teaspoonful. Keeping them small allows the cherry to be the star it deserves. Cutting the maraschino cherries in half is the most time consuming part of this recipe – put a whole cherry on top and solve that problem! However you choose, just relax and enjoy the whole process – these cookies are worth it! Cherry Almond Chews Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 12 mins Total time 32 mins Topped by a bright red cherry, these chewy cookies are festive AND ... [Read More]
Pina Colada Squares
OMGG. Oh my, great goodness! This refrigerated Pina Colada dessert is sooo good. It’s made with cream of coconut for extra richness and flavor – just like the pina colada. You’ll find cream of coconut with the drink mixes. It’s an investment ingredient because it is enough to make another batch later. One can cream of coconut will make one dessert and 2 pina coladas to drink (the recipe is on the back). Or two desserts. Since I was serving luncheon for a group I made two desserts. :-) Assembly is quick and easy. Drain the maraschino cherries first and let them dry, then pat them with a paper towel to absorb excess moisture. This keeps the juice from turning the dessert pink. Of course, if you want it pink in a tie dye sort of way. . . . . don’t worry about this step. The ... [Read More]
Rhubarb Cherry Jam
Rhubarb is one of the best things about spring – a season full of wonderful things. I love it! Mom’s garden always had half a dozen hills of rhubarb. She kept an eye on them every spring until the stems were just the right size and then send a “big kid” out to harvest. She taught us to harvest only about one third of the stems on each plant. When the stems became skinny, around the Fourth of July that meant the harvest season was over and the plant was allowed to replenish itself until the next year. To harvest pull gently on each stem until it gives way and breaks cleanly from the clump. Break or cut off the big floppy leaves and dispose of them. Head for the kitchen, wash each stem and cut into one inch pieces. Cook with sugar until it is soft. Hot or cold – doesn’t matter. ... [Read More]
