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No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies

December 6, 2016 by Lindsey 8 Comments

No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies

 These No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies are soft, crunchy and chewy all at the same time! The sweet peanut butter flavor will have you reaching for another! Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! Confession. I botched the first batch of these No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies. It takes a certain kind of… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Family Recipes Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, brown sugar, chewy, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, fast, gluten free, heirloom, heritage, Holiday, no bake, old fashioned, peanut butter, vegan, vegetarian

Butterscotch Chews

December 4, 2016 by Lindsey 3 Comments

Butterscotch Chews

These easy Butterscotch Chews combine the chew and brown sugar flavors of blondies with a little holiday ginger spice! Day 2 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! Chewy, nutty, addicting. It’s no secret that I have a blondie obsession. I think I made it pretty clear here and also to anyone who works with me… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Christmas Cookies - Wisconsin Electric Power Company (1957), Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, brown sugar, chewy, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, ginger, heirloom, heritage, Holiday, old fashioned, refrigerator cookies, walnut

Shoofly Pie

November 25, 2016 by Lindsey 14 Comments

Shoofly Pie

This shoofly pie has all the flavors of a molasses ginger cookie mixed with a buttery streusel in a flakey pastry crust. The rich, spicy, sweet filling just melts in your mouth bite after bite (slice after slice) When Chef hints about his favorite kind of pie (hint, hint: it’s shoofly), you make a mental… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Desserts, Pie Tagged With: Christmas, crumble, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, heritage, Holiday, molasses, old fashioned, pie crust, Thanksgiving

Grandmas Raspberry Rhubarb Crumble

June 19, 2016 by Lindsey 15 Comments

Grandmas Raspberry Rhubarb Crumble

Grandmas Raspberry Rhubarb Crumble is the perfect balance of tart and sweet! The rhubarb is tender and still has a little bit of sour bite. And the cinnamon crumble on top…don’t even get me started! This recipe is an adaption of my Dad’s mother’s recipe for rhubarb crumble. All I did was throw some raspberries… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Cobblers, Crisps, Crumbles, Desserts, Family Recipes, Fruit, Uncategorized Tagged With: crisp, crumble, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, fast, heirloom, heritage, old fashioned, raspberry, rhubarb

Moravian Christmas Cookies

December 15, 2015 by Lindsey 8 Comments

Moravian Christmas Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies Moravian Christmas Cookies are paper-thin, crispy, spiced molasses cookies. Sweet and gingery, they taste a bit like gingerbread but are waaaay more addicting! Let me boil down my college experience for you. At Wake Forest I learned a lot about math and French, a little about everything else including keg… 

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Filed Under: American Heritage Cookbook, Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Heritage Cookbooks Tagged With: brown sugar, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, crispy, dessert, epicurious, ginger, heritage, Holiday, molasses, old fashioned, spiced, vegan, vegetarian

Nana’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

December 14, 2015 by Lindsey 6 Comments

Nana’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

 12 Days of Christmas Cookies Nana’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are sweet and chewy with the perfect ratio of raisins and oatmeal to cookie dough!  Flashback to Thanksgiving: I had baked and photographed 8 cookies (in addition to my regular job) in three days and, as I sat on the train to my grandparent’s house in… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Pillsbury Best Loved Foods of Christmas Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, chewy, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, dessert, easy, epicurious, fast, heirloom, heritage, Holiday, oatmeal, raisin

Old Fashioned Date Pinwheels

December 11, 2015 by Lindsey 11 Comments

Old Fashioned Date Pinwheels

12 Days of Christmas Cookies These Old Fashioned Date Pinwheels are soft, chewy cinnamon brown sugar cookies with a pecan date filling! They may be old fashioned but they are absolutely sensational!  These cookies are delicious and I don’t even like dates! The brown sugar cookie dough is something that legends are made out of…. 

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Filed Under: Baking, Christmas Cookies - Wisconsin Electric Power Company (1957), Cookies, Desserts, Heritage Cookbooks Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, brown sugar, chewy, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, dates, dessert, epicurious, heritage, Holiday, make ahead, old fashioned, refrigerator cookies

Spiced Crinkle Cookies

December 9, 2015 by Lindsey 4 Comments

Spiced Crinkle Cookies

12 Days of Christmas Cookies These Spiced Crinkle Cookies are soft pillows of molasses and spice. They are rolled in sugar like all good cookies are… It wouldn’t be Christmas without a molasses spice cookie and that is a fact. Bonus points for rolling that cookie in granulated sugar. These cookies are softer and more… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Good Housekeeping Cookbook 1955, Heritage Cookbooks Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, brown sugar, chewy, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, dessert, easy, epicurious, heritage, Holiday, molasses

Healthy Chipotle Chicken Chili {Shaker Cornbread}

October 25, 2014 by Lindsey 49 Comments

Healthy Chipotle Chicken Chili {Shaker Cornbread}

Awaken your tastesbuds with this spicy Healthy Chipotle Chicken Chili! Some of the heat from the chilis is tamed with a touch of maple syrup and cinnamon. Unconventional? Yes. Unforgettably awesome? Absolutely! Chili is apparently the savory version of my Chocolate Chip Cookie obsession: I have more recipes for chili on this blog than any… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Bread, Cast Iron Skillet, Chicken, Main Courses, Soup, The Best of Shaker Cooking Tagged With: chili, chipotle, comfort food, cornbread, easy, gluten free, healthy, heritage, kitchen tip, warm

German Chocolate Cupcakes with German Chocolate Ganache Filling

May 11, 2014 by Lindsey 32 Comments

German Chocolate Cupcakes with German Chocolate Ganache Filling

Legend has it that my Mom’s favorite cake growing up was German Chocolate Cake. Nana (you remember Nana, right?) would make it for her birthday every year! The last time I was at home I snapped a photo of the recipe card for Nana’s German Chocolate Cake and decided to turn them into adorable little… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Desserts, Family Recipes, Frosting / Icing Tagged With: chocolate cake, freezing tips, german chocolate, German's, heirloom, heritage

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I’m overjoyed that you have stopped by! This blog combines my passions for cooking, baking, recipe development, cookbooks, and American history. I post a smorgasbord of heirloom and heritage recipes, my personal creations, and modern recipes that are just too good not to share!

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These Chocolate Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies with a cream cheese crust! Based on my great-grandmother's recipe!

Chocolate Pecan Tassies

All Butter Pie Crust Video Tutorials for 5 different methods! Get a perfect flakey crust every single time!

All Butter Pie Crust Tutorial: 5 Methods {Videos}

Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes with Homemade Marshmallow Frosting | Everything you love about sweet potato casserole in an adorable cupcake!!

Sweet Potato Casserole Cupcakes {Homemade Marshmallow Frosting}

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These Chipotle Chorizo Tacos are smoky, spicy and complex! The homemade sweet potato tortilla temper the spice with a little bit of sweetness and a mezcal lime slaw brightens the flavors and pulls the whole taco together!

Chipotle Chorizo Tacos

These Pecan Puffs (a.k.a. Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes) are the perfect combination of crumbly and soft. They literally melt in your mouth!

Pecan Puffs

These Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and thick just like your favorite chewy chocolate chip cookie but packed with peanut butter flavor.

Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

These festive Holiday Spritz Cookies are a light, delicate butter cookie flavored with vanilla and lemon.

Holiday Spritz Cookies

These sensational Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti are a little bit spicy and bit sweet! They have notes of ginger, orange, cardamom and cinnamon all baked to crispy perfection. Perfect for dunking in coffee or just snacking!

Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti

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I love that each part of our vast Nation has distinct gastronomic differences, and I cannot wait to explore where we have been and where we are now with you!

These Chipotle Chorizo Tacos are smoky, spicy and complex! The homemade sweet potato tortilla temper the spice with a little bit of sweetness and a mezcal lime slaw brightens the flavors and pulls the whole taco together!
These Pecan Puffs (a.k.a. Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes) are the perfect combination of crumbly and soft. They literally melt in your mouth!
These Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and thick just like your favorite chewy chocolate chip cookie but packed with peanut butter flavor.
These festive Holiday Spritz Cookies are a light, delicate butter cookie flavored with vanilla and lemon.
These sensational Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti are a little bit spicy and bit sweet! They have notes of ginger, orange, cardamom and cinnamon all baked to crispy perfection. Perfect for dunking in coffee or just snacking!
These 5 ingredient 0No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies are soft and crunchy and chewy all at the same time! The sweet peanut butter flavor will have you reaching for another!
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