Mini Top Hat

This is a pattern for a crocheted mini top hat or pork pie hat. It uses front post crochet and is worked by measurement rather than a set number of rows.

Broccoli Casserole

Combine mushroom soup, celery soup, cheddar cheese, and Ritz crackers with broccoli for this casserole from my grandmother, Thelma Beatty.

Caramel Icing

Lynn’s favorite frosting. I have two versions though. This one is from my grandmother Thelma Beatty.

Mrs. Miller’s Springerles

This is the recipe for Christmas springerle cookies.

Chocolate Sheet Cake

This recipe was from my Aunt Doris, who was married to my grandfather, Russell Beatty’s, brother Willard Beatty.

Carrot Salad

Canned carrots with green peppers, onions, sugar, and tomato soup. Doesn’t really sound appetizing to me, but the recipe came from my grandmother.

1.2.3. Plain Pastry

Just a simple pastry dough recipe.

Shrimp Creole

I actually didn’t really like this recipe when I was a kid. My mother made it on occasion. I haven’t tried making it as an adult, but think that I would actually like it at this point.

Pumpkin Chaffles

These are one of my favorite recipes for chaffles. You would never know they were made of cheese!

Snickerdoodles

These are one of my all time favorite cookies. Wish there was a more diabetic-friendly version.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This was a really good chocolate frosting. I used it on the Darn Good chocolate cake recipe for Dakota’s birthday.

Souplantation Chicken Pot Pie Stew

Souplantation Chicken Pot Pie Stew

  Souplantation Chicken Pot Pie Stew I tweaked this very slightly from the original Souplantation recipe. I added corn, which was not originally called for. 1¼ lbs red potatoes (¾” cubed )2 Tbsp canola oil1 lb raw chicken breast (cooked and sliced into bite size...

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