1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
4 - 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Colored Sugar (Green and Red)
In a large mixing bowl, combine the first 5 ingredients until well blended. Beat in the baking soda, cream of tartar, [...]

Every year, right about now, I start shopping for calendars for the upcoming year. I like to have one in each of the rooms I live in the most, and I love for the calendar to reflect the room it’s gracing. In the home office, we like large calendars that can be [...]

If you look to the left, you’ll find a delicious list of Thanksgiving recipes I’ve rounded up for you. Click on each for the recipe. I’ve already printed out about 4 to give a test run before Thanksgiving - I’m very much looking forward to the Oven Roasted Corn, Chive Mashed Potatoes, and [...]

Something I’ve discovered - from this side of the equation as well as that side of the equation - is that cookbooks and cooking dvds make wonderful gifts. What cook wouldn’t want to open a present and find Paula Deen smiling at her/him, like she is on the cover of Food Network Paula’s [...]

I’ve got a new to-y! I’ve got a new to-y!
Well, that was mature - except for the part where it wasn’t.
I got the new Reynold Handi-Vac Vacuum Sealer and, of course -like all kids with a new toy - had to try it out right away. Fortunately, my husband had made [...]

1 package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (110 to 115 degrees F)
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
3 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
1 egg white mixed with 1 tablespoon water
In a small bowl, sprinkle yeast over the warm water. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cut shortening into flour, sugar, and salt until consistency [...]

As exciting and glorious as Thanksgiving and Christmas are, they’re also a little hectic. Buying this, buying that, getting this ready, getting that ready. I absolutely love it, but there’s a lot to be said for January 5th when all you have to do is sit back and look normal square in the [...]

This is deliciously cool. One of the causes/charities I support the most is Make a Wish - there’s something special about putting a smile on a face that may have forgotten how one even feels. In a nutshell, it makes life worth living. So what does one of the most amazing organizations [...]

I love, love, love cranberries and I love, love, love Ocean Spray - so when the two get together, I’m there! Smiling.
Ocean Spray is kicking off the Thanksgiving season by transforming NYC’s Rockefeller Center into a 1,500 square foot cranberry bog. A what?!? A Cranberry bog! (To read [...]

Nearly 5 million frozen Pepperoni pizzas have been recalled due to the usual suspect: E. coli. Click the link below to see which Totino’s and Jeno’s SKU numbers you need to check your freezer for. Personally, if I had ANY Pepperoni pizzas in the freezer I’d show them to the door irregardless [...]