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Category Archives: Dessert
Sunday Morning Pancakes and Peach Cobbler
My children loved my Sunday morning pancakes. What they didn’t realize was what they were enjoying came from years, decades of experimenting and coming up with the “perfect pancake”. When I was a child I used to make my own … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert, eggs
Tagged buttermilk pancakes, pancakes, peach cobbler, Washington Buttermilk Pancake Mix
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Pastiera De Grano and Pizza Rustica
Cooking with Nonna in Florham Park I spent the early part of an afternoon at Nonna’s Italian Restaurant in Florham Park New Jersey. Rossella Rago was filming a webisode of Cooking With Nonna, the popular website that features Nonnas from different … Continue reading
Posted in Antipasto, Dessert, pizza, Ricotta
Tagged Cooking with Nonna. Rossella Rago, pastiera di grano, pizza rustica
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Old Fashioned Pecan Pie
OK, I’m straying again. But this was just too good not to share. Over the last 40 or 50 years I thought I was eating pecan pie. You would pick up a bottle of Kayro Corn Syrup and some pecans along … Continue reading
Arborio Rice Pudding
What could be more comforting than a dish of homemade rice pudding? And if it’s made with arborio rice, well, than it’s Italian Comfort Food! The perfect rice pudding should not have rice kernels that are al dent. Sorry, save that … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert
Tagged aborio rice, arborio rice pudding, creamy rice pudding, homemade rice pudding, rice pudding
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Aunt Mary’s Butter Cake with Nutella*
My Aunt Mary was my grandmother’s younger sister. Actually, she was the middle one. My Aunt Angie was the youngest. Aunt Mary was the baker in the family. She was a wonderful cook as well, but when it came to … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert
Tagged butter bundt cake with nutella, butter cake, butter cake with nutella, nutella
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Corn Muffins
Man does not live by Italian bread alone. I’ve loved corn muffins for most of my adult life. When I was a teenager, my friends and I would stop at the neighborhood candy store, BonBons, for a buttered corn muffin … Continue reading
Sicilian Fig Cookies
I was never a picky eater. But there were some things I just didn’t like as a child. As an adult my taste has changed for certain foods and I have really grown to love fig cookies. As a child, … Continue reading
Posted in Dessert
Tagged fig cookies, fig filled cookies, Sicilian fig cookies, Sicilian X cookies
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Red Wine Struffoli
My earliest memory of Santa Claus was when I was 4 years old. Yes, I met Santa. He came to my bedroom when I was sleeping and woke me from a sound sleep. Gave me a gift that I unwrapped, still … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving – Chocolate Pecan Pie
If Thanksgiving isn’t a food holiday I don’t know what is. And I’m sure everyone is going to have plenty of food on their table this Thanksgiving so you don’t need any more recipes from me today. But, just in case … Continue reading
Apple Pie
It’s the middle of September, the air is crisp and getting cooler outside. Must mean one thing…..IT’S APPLE PIE SEASON!!!!!! Neither my mom or grandmother ever made apple pie. It became an acquired taste for me later on in years. When … Continue reading
