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Cooking Through Vintage Recipes: Quick Yeast Rolls

Cooking Through Vintage Recipes: Quick Yeast Rolls

In going through my aunt’s recipe box, I recognized the handwriting on this recipe as belonging to my grandmother, my aunt’s mother. I don’t know how old this recipe is, but my grandmother passed away in 1997, so it came from a time prior to…

Cooking Through the Recipe Box: Spicy Oatmeal Cake

Cooking Through the Recipe Box: Spicy Oatmeal Cake

The first recipe I tried from my aunt’s recipe box was Spicy Oatmeal Cake. I was looking for something to make that didn’t require me to go to the store and I had the ingredients for this one! I was skeptical at first because I…

Life Fully Cooked: Cooking Through Heirloom Recipes

Life Fully Cooked: Cooking Through Heirloom Recipes

Over the past few months, we have moved my elderly Auntie Carol into memory care and have sorted through her belongings. One of the things that I’ve always had in common with Carol is that she loves to bake and cook, and I do as…