Cherry Fluff
A classic salad recipe for the church potluck, this recipe is sweet and light and very easy to make. You can double the recipe for a large group.
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Chocolate Eclair Dessert
This dessert has the right combination of the mellow sweet flavor of vanilla pudding along with the sharper sweet flavor of dark chocolate. This no-bake dessert is easy to make, but it’s not easy to make it look perfect! There are lots of pictures on …
Pie Crumble Topping
If you are using store bought pie crusts, or if you’re making pie dough and want to get two pies out of it, a crumble topping can be a delicious way to put a top on your pie. This is very easy to make and …
Dutch Oven Monkey Bread
A classic treat for kids and adults alike. This recipe is very easy to make and disappears quickly when it’s done cooking.
Dutch Oven Berry Buckle
This recipe combines tart and sweet berries with a soft, moist cake making for a light and delicious dessert in your campsite. The cake burns easy, so don’t place too many coals under the Dutch oven.
Peanut Brittle
This is part of our Christmas Candy routine, but this is a more involved process and can be made anytime so I included this as a separate recipe. The nice thing about making it in the winter is that you can set it outside to …
Christmas Candy
This is actually several recipes together, because the one shopping list will make them all. This is typically a project for us on the Saturday before Christmas, so we can share them with our neighbors before they have company over. All of our kids have …
Canned Apple Pie Filling
Every few years I’ll pick up a full bushel of apples to make apple sauce and apple pie filling for the canning shelves. This recipe makes a delicious caramel like syrup that goes good with tart apples. We like to keep canned pie apples on …