Category: Holidays

Thanksgiving 2022

Thanksgiving 2022

Sitting at the table with a cup of coffee, waiting for the butter rolls to rise. Grandma Conner’s recipe and the family holiday favorite. My first Thanksgiving without my husband Jim. I’m so thankful to have my family in the house. I’m a bit of jelly today, but I’ll get through it.

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

MMMMM—– Now You’re Cooking! v5.82 [Meal-Master Export Format] Title: Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies Categories: Christmas, cookies Yield: 4 doz 1/2 c shortening 1/2 c butter, softened 1 c packed brown sugar 3/4 c white sugar 1 c peanut butter 2 eggs 1 1/2 c all-purpose flour 2 ts baking soda 1 ts salt 1 c…

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Turkey dregs on the bubble…

Turkey dregs on the bubble…

Here it is, the day after our Thanksgiving holiday. Some folks do the so-called black Friday holiday shopping, but I’m not much on that. So I’m puttering around the house. The turkey is stripped of most of it’s meat, which is in the fridge for lunches and at least one dinner. The carcass is in…

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Sunday before Thanksgiving…

Sunday before Thanksgiving…

Here it is… the Sunday before Thanksgiving. I got a great deal on a 24 1/2 pound turkey at Price Chopper for only 39 cents a pound. That’s the holiday bird. And I got another 15 lb at the same time for the freezer. There was a limit of two, so I stopped at Hannaford…

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Mama’s Pumpkin Pie

Mama’s Pumpkin Pie

It has been pretty chilly here in Southern Vermont. They had a couple inches of snow just the other day around Wallingford. One good thing is that it’s more of a pleasure to fire up the oven and do some baking. And before we know it, it will start the holiday cooking season. MMMMM—– Recipe…

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