World’s Best Apple Pie

Now, I love chocolate as much as any other red blooded American female.  But, I have to tell you, there is something that beats out even the most delicious of chocolate desserts.  Yes, my friends, it’s true.  Apple Pie is what does it for me.  Not just any apple pie, though.   No, no.  It has to be truly spectacular … Read More

Mrs. Briggs’ Pumpkin Cake

It wasn’t until high school that my taste buds ever decided that they like anything Pumpkin flavored.  My whole life, for Thanksgiving dessert, I would have a spoonful of cool whip because I hated Pumpkin Pie and Pecan Pie.  (Why no one ever made an apple pie, I don’t know.)  But that changed when I mustered up every ounce of … Read More

Toasted Coconut Caramel Apples

Fall.  Oh how sweet it is.  And what sweet treats it brings! Before there was Pinterest, there were actual, paper magazines to tear good looking things out of.  (Hint Hint, all you cyber geeks- there still are!)  I have a binder full of recipes I’ve torn out of magazines, had passed along to me, and printed out.  When given a … Read More