What else is there to do on a lazy afternoon but make some old fashioned tea cakes))) It has been a while since I made them, but they call for pretty basic ingredients so I knew my pantry could handle ...

There’s something special about cookies that bring back sweet memories of family gatherings and cozy afternoons. These ...

Some cookies never go out of favor like this old-fashioned recipe. Combine ingredients using electric mixer. Dough will be stiff. Place dough on floured surface and knead flour in until dough is thick ...

There’s something about certain letters that reaches out and plucks at our heartstrings. For whatever reason, Snohomish cook Dorothy Trethewy’s recent request, dare I say, is one of those ...

Every Southern cook I know has a different way of making tea cakes. Even my grandmother and her sister, Earnestine, had different recipes for the delicately flavored sweet treats. Aunt Earnestine’s ...

We asked several L.A.-area pastry chefs and cooks to contribute their favorite holiday cookies. Each is a simple, homestyle cookie that reflects each contributor’s memories of holidays past. While ...

I have quite a large repertoire of recipes, varying from the unique and strange to the good old family-tradition kind, either written and saved in an old scrapbook, or in my large collection of ...

Duff Goldman says his go-to, bake-to-impress cookie recipe comes from his great-grandmother. He said he made them for his wife's family before they got married and they helped seal the deal. Goldman ...

Looking at these powdered sugar confections you're thinking, what a nice little buttery tea cake. Then your tongue gets smacked by a two-by-four of maple flavor. Well done J. Loraine Barbeaux of ...

Note: In Southern Appalachia, the number of cake layers — in this case six — is considered a measure of the host’s popularity. 1/2 cup all-vegetable shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/3 cup ...

Far away on a distant sea lies the Island of Old-Fashioned Baked Goods. There, slices of applesauce cake play in the tall green grass. Charlotte russes dance in the dappled sunlight. Coconut cream ...

I am looking for an old recipe for tea cakes like my grandmother used to make. Yvonne Bickley, St. Louis Jody Gibson of St. Ann turned to a 1950 edition of a Betty Crocker cookbook and came up with ...