I always loved my Grandma Pheifer’s Sour Cream Cookies at Christmas – the cakey, not-too-sweet cutouts were my ideal! I only remember enjoying them plain, but they are the perfect vehicle for a rich frosting avoiding an overall cloyingly sweet cookie.
GRANDMA’S EXCELLENT FILES Today would have been my Grandma Cole’s 96th birthday and one of my favorite dishes of hers was Herbed Red Potatoes with Lemon & Butter – a side dish that made an appearance at nearly every holiday meal growing up! Grandma always […]
Grandma’s Excellent Files: I returned from a trip home last summer with 100s of recipes from both grandmas – some were classics I grew up with, others I’d only heard about, and others I can guarantee I’ll never attempt (looking at you pickled cow’s tongue). […]
When my paternal grandfather, who was postmaster in a small town in Ohio in the ’60s, spotted a recipe for red velvet cake in a magazine at work, I doubt he had any idea that nearly 60 years later that cake would have reached legendary […]