Desserts

cheesecake
Desserts, Recipes

Cheesecake Recipe

          Cheesecake Recipe I’ve been making cheesecake for years. I’ve done it lots of different ways. Always looking for new twists on this old classic. Well, this is Poppop’s cheesecake recipe. There is just about always one in the fridge. A neighbor of ours has grandkids that spend weekends with them […]

Breakfast, Desserts, Italian, Quick and Easy

Pizzelle Recipe

  PIZZELLE RECIPE prep time 5 minutes – cook time 30 minutes – total time 35 minutes   This Pizzelle Recipe is for delicious crispy Italian cookies that originated in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. Some say that they date back to the days of the Roman Empire. Whenever and where ever they originated […]

Desserts, Quick and Easy

Cheater Cannoli

CHEATER CANNOLIS   Susan and Carmela were walking home from junior high in North Arlington, New Jersey. They grown up next door to each other on Stover Avenue and had been best friends since they could walk. Susan was thinking about her Cheater Cannolis that she was going to make. Carmela says to Susan, “So, what […]

cookies
Desserts, Gluten Free, Quick and Easy

Italian Lemon Cookies

Italian Lemon Cookies   I don’t bake. Well,  only when I make my Cheesecake and my Jersey Shore Crumb Cake. Then I stumbled upon a recipe for Italian Lemon Cookies and it brought up memories of growing up back in New Jersey. Gammy still insists that I haven’t grown up yet and I never will. […]