Lemon Sauce

This recipe is my go-to this year for gifts for people who you just need to say: "Hey, thanks for all you do for me, I think you rock, I appreciate you and I hope you have a merry Christmas! Oh ya, enjoy this lemon sauce on top of some Christmas pancakes or waffles while your at it" Love, (your name!)

Lemon Sauce
1/2 C sugar
1 T. cornstarch
1/8 t. nutmeg
1 C water
2 T butter
1/2 t. lemon zest
2 T lemon juice

Stir together sugar, cornstarch and nutmeg in a small saucepan; add water. Cook over med heat until thick and bubbly; cook and stir for an additional 2 min. Remove from heat; add remaining ingredients. Stir just until butter melts. Serve warm.


I am putting mine in cute little Bell jam jars w/Christmas fabric in the lid and a package of my Grandmothers FABULOUS buttermilk pancakes! (minus the wet ingredients of course)

Grandma Antoninos Buttermilk Pancakes

These are probably going to be the best pancakes you have ever or will ever eat, so just do yourself a favor and STOP buying those pre-packaged pancake mixes...this is better and cheaper and so super simple. Plus, your family may do super nice things for you all day long because you make these for them, and that alone is reason enough!


1 C flour
1 1/4 C buttermilk
1 egg (beaten)
1/2 t. baking soda
1/2 t. salt
1 T sugar
2 t. baking powder
2 T oil

-Beat egg and buttermilk and oil together. Add all other ingredients. Top with syrup, jam or my new favorite, THIS!

Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies

by Carol McClain

2 Cups butter

2 Cups sugar

6 Eggs

4 tsp. vanilla

6 tsp. baking powder

7 Cups flour

Cream together, then add flour mixture. Roll out dough & cut.

Bake @ 350 for 8-10 min.

Frost and decorate

This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe.

Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin Cookies
Talia Hudson

2 boxes Spice cake mixes
1 Large can pumpkin
1 bag chocolate

Mix together, then add chocolate chips.

Bake at 350 for 16-18 min.

Frost after cooled with Betty Crocker cream cheese frosting.

YUMMY!!!!!!

Refreshing Fruit salad

This is all I eat lately! Its so satisfying in the summer!

1 pint blueberries
1 pint blackberries
1 pint raspberries
1 sm container of strawberries
2-3 t. mint
1T. lemon juice

*Wash all berries and put in large bowl. Add lemon juice and minced mint. Top with fresh whip cream! YUM!

Stuffed Peppers

Love. Love. Love this recipe!! I don't make this very often, but I should...its a crowd pleaser every time!

Stuffed Peppers
4 large & fairly evenly shaped green peppers
2C cooked rice
1 can diced tomatoes
few shakes of Worcestershire sauce
1 lb. ground beef
sm can of tomato sauce (optional)
Salt/pepper
Garlic salt

*Cut tops off of peppers and clean veins, seed out of the insides. Brown beef with onion, drain. Mix all ingredients together and fill peppers. Bake, covered at 350* for about 60 min or until the peppers are cooked through. Sometimes I add a little shredded cheese to the top during the last 15 min of cooking.

Yummy Veggie Dip

Vegetable Dip
Julie Cornwell

2 cups Sour cream
2 cups mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. bon appetite spice
2 Tbsp. dill weed
2 Tbsp. onion flakes
1 Tbsp. parsley flakes
shake of pepper

Combine all ingredients and it’s best if you let it sit in the refrigerator overnight. This dip lasts in a plastic container in the fridge for 3 to 4 weeks. This is my family’s favorite dip to go with vegetables, chips, etc. So good!