Category: Recipes

Let me introduce you to my favorite cookie from my favorite cookbook, and the special nickname Lucy has given them. Continue reading ““Great News Cookies””

To celebrate reaching my goal weight (hooray!), I thought I’d share my favorite sandwich these days. We call it “The Mama Special.” Continue reading “It’s not an Egg McMuffin recipe. Really.”

Last year, our “spider cookies”:/news/2009/spider-cookies/ were a hit, but this year I invented some extra creepiness! So I’m updating you with the recipe and a few simple modifications. Continue reading “Spider cookies, 2010 edition”

Last weekend, we attended the “wedding”:/news/2010/our-joyful-storehouse-of-memories/ of some good friends of ours — with the most well-organized potluck reception I’ve ever experienced. We brought pie to feed 64. Continue reading “Pecan slab pie with chocolate and bourbon”

I’ve finally landed on a recipe for a baked pancake that lives up to the standard of the classic German Pancake from Walker Brothers — and figured how to get it out of the pan easily. Continue reading “German pancake”

You know it’s Halloween at the Boyds’ house when we start eating bugs. Continue reading “Spider cookies”

This is my favorite tortilla soup recipe — quick, easy, light, and warming, with a zing from lime juice. Continue reading “Tortilla soup”

I’ve been looking for the perfect banana bread for a few years now, and I think I may have found it. Continue reading “Buttery Banana-Walnut Bread”