Simply Sensational Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies

As I write this column from my little patch of heaven, snow is melting and the girls/chickens are beginning to lay eggs again.  Valentine’s Day is on the winter horizon. This year, I’m skipping chocolate treats and instead, baking batches of a beloved, buttery, sugar cookie flavored with both vanilla and almond extract.  I first tasted these light golden cookies when Jane Cervantes, a West … Continue reading Simply Sensational Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies

Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings

It’s a favorite in the blogging world and I have to say crescent roll apple dumplings deserve the praise. I first tasted these when my former neighbor, Sandy, brought some over. Oh my gosh, they were so good. “The dough is crescent rolls”, she said. These dumplings are not low cal but you know what? As I told Matt Swaim today on the Sonrise Morning … Continue reading Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings

New Fangled, Old Fashioned Oat Meal Cookies

I don’t need a thermometer to know the weather is in bone chilling single digits. A glance at the East Fork of the Little Miami river from my kitchen window tells it all. Still flowing, but very slow, with both sides of shore frozen.  The extreme cold snap across our nation this week has most of us nesting indoors.  I’m fine with that, since it … Continue reading New Fangled, Old Fashioned Oat Meal Cookies