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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients 2  extra ripe bananas                                         2  eggs 1 cup packed brown sugar                                1/2  cup melted butter 1 tsp vanilla   […]

Auntie Cynthia’s cranberry orange bread

Ingredients 1 orange2  Tbs cold butter1 large egg1 cup chopped cranberries1 large egg1/2  tsp salt2 cups flour1-1/2  tsp baking powder1/2 tsp baking soda1 cup sugar1 cup chopped pecans (if you desire) Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a sharp knife scrape the colored rind from the orange and mix it with the cranberries. Squeeze the juice of the orange into a measuring cup […]

Great Grandma Mabel’s English Scones

Ingredients: 1/2 tsp salt                               2 tsp baking powder2 cups  flour                             4 Tbs sugar6 Tbs butter                       […]

Irish Scones

3 cups flour                      ¾ cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder       1 tsp salt1 1/3 cup milk                  1 egg slightly beaten ¾ cup butter melted        1 1/2 cup  raisins         Instructions Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix dry ingredients together.  […]

Rhubarb Nut Bread

Ingredients:1-1/2 cup brown sugar2/3 cup vegetable Oil1 egg, beaten1 cup buttermilk1 tsp baking soda1 tsp salt1 tsp vanilla2-1/2 cups flour1-1/2 cup rhubarb cut into small pieces1/2 cup chopped walnuts Topping1 Tbs butter 1/3 cup sugar Instructions Preheat Oven to 350 degrees. combine brown sugar, oil, and beaten egg . In a small bowl mix together […]

a moment of reflection

Today has accidentally become a morning of reflection. It started when I received a photo that reminded me of a past that I had stuffed deep in the attic of my brain. Things I really did not want to remember but things that have also been keeping me from being able to enjoy some beautiful […]

confession of a 50 year old crime

When I was around 6 I heard that witches needed crystals to cast spells. My great grandmother Mabel had lots of lovely chandeliers with what I thought were crystals hanging from them so I decided to take /borrow a couple to do magic with. I am sure she wondered what happened to them or maybe […]

Childhood fun

As a kid I was often told to go play outside. For fun I used to put an old purse on a fishing pole, toss it out by the road and then hide in the woods across the street from our house. When people would stop to pick up the purse I would reel it […]

My life is a script from a Korean Drama! Part 2

BIG flashback to 1986. I was freshly divorced, and broke. A friend told me about an ad she saw in the paper which might be a way for me to earn some quick money. I called the number and was told to come in and fill out some paperwork, schedule some lab work and an […]