Notes about Recipes in this book

• Orange pecan rolls

  • chefmichael on March 31, 2024

    Absolutely marvelous,

• Apricot scones with cranberries & white chocolate

  • hbakke on August 18, 2022

    Delicious scones! My oven was running very hot, so some of the scones were a bit scorched but were still tasty. I used eggs from a neighbor's chickens which resulted in a brightly yellow-tinged scone/glaze. I would make these again.

• Mom's sour cream coffee cake

  • tina_3w21vq on May 27, 2026

    Fabulous

• Strawberry buckle

  • heyksquared on April 20, 2026

    Worked exactly as described, and a delicious recipe. I made it with grocery store strawberries — can only imagine how good it would be with farm-picked ones!

• Flova's coffee cake (vegan & gluten-free)

  • TrishaCP on April 04, 2023

    I enjoyed this coffee cake, and my husband who is not gluten-free has also been happily eating it. The spices all play well together without overpowering the fruit (I used blueberries). The cake part does taste a bit powdery from the gluten-free flour, but it’s offset by the sandy texture of the crumble. I would reduce the amount of sugar in the topping next time for my personal preference.

• Blueberry & apricot bars

  • vglong29 on August 11, 2022

    The combination of blueberries and apricots is very good in these bars. The recipe says to bake in a rimmed baking sheet. I was afraid it would overflow that, so I baked it in a regular 13 x 9 metal baking pan for about 35 minutes at the same temperature.

• Pork tenderloin with rosemary & blueberries

  • doughet on August 21, 2023

    Might be the best pork tenderloin recipe we’ve tried. The blueberry sauce was lovely. Used apricot jam instead of peach andy that was fine.

• Mushroom-ricotta lasagne with Port sauce

  • MarciK on July 17, 2023

    A lot of work but so delicious. I made a half batch in an 8x8 pan. Cooking time was about the same as in the recipe, but I needed to turn the broiler on to brown it at the end.

• Nita's corn salad with tomatoes & basil

  • ginger2212 on August 26, 2025

    This is the perfect example of why I love this website! I just typed in corn, tomato, basil and it popped out with this salad. I've never gone through this cookbook - no idea why I have it! lol anyway it was DELICIOUS! Easy to scale - lovely flavors!

• Squash casserole with corn & crunchy bread crumbs

  • Babycarrot on July 30, 2023

    This makes a huge portion. This recipe doesn’t tailor to a home cook very well. I should have known 4 lbs of squash would be a lot but trying to combine all of that squash in a pan with the cheese mixture and the onions requires a very, very large pan which I don’t have so I ended up mixing everything together in the 9x13 which meant that there were clumps and the sauce didn’t really evenly coat the squash. I would make very sure your cream cheese is at room temp. It’s very rich which isn’t a surprise given the block of cream cheese and 2 other types of cheese. Feels like a mac and cheese dish sub zucchini. I felt like it created a lot of dishes which wasn’t worth the final product imo.