Baking
I have been baking since I was a little kid. My mother baked almost every day: casseroles, breads, popovers, pies, cakes. She made a daily masterpiece dessert for my father. I was my mom’s helper since I could climb in the kitchen red step chair. And of course, I got to lick the bowl and spatulas.
Arepa – Dominican Corn Bread
This corn bread was a poor man's dish that became a Christmas special treat in my house as I was growing up. We did not eat it all year and it was a very special thing to have it at Christmas. Now, there is a town in the Dominican Republic on the way to Jarabacoa that...
Corn Bread
This recipe came on the Dixie Lily Yellow Corn Meal box years ago. I still have the cutout of the recipe in my recipe box. I have made this since the 1970s. Lately, I have added corn kernels to it and it makes a moister corn bread. It is a very simple recipe to...
Honey Whole Wheat Bread
Honey Whole Wheat Bread Recipe that I have been making since I was a teenager. My friends, the Buchanan's mother was making this bread one day I went to visit and I was hooked. Not only was I hooked about the whole process of baking bread, but I was hooked on this...