Nana’s Old Recipes

Plain & Simple Sugar Cookie Recipe

September 21, 2011

Here’s a great simple sugar cookie recipe I hope you’ll try. With each passing year, I find myself drawn to recipes that are simple and delicious. And this these old-fashioned sugar cookies totally fit the bill. I’ve found –  through lots of trial and error – that the healthiest thing I can do is treat [...]

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Vintage Cookbook Collector

June 8, 2011

As I work to simplify my cooking, eating and living, I find myself becoming a vintage cookbook collector in the process. Why? Because old cookbooks are treasure troves of easy recipes for basic simple food, the kind of food I want to cook and eat these days. I’ve been a cookbook collector for decades; a [...]

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Grandma’s Muffin Recipes

May 20, 2011

I’m a big fan of grandma’s recipes, especially for old-fashioned homemade muffins like grandma used to make. They are usually quick, easy and delicious and so much better for you than the kind you buy today, which seem more like big cupcakes than the muffins from my childhood. Most of the muffins you get today are [...]

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Date Bars

April 6, 2011

Here’s an easy homemade date bars recipe from my Nana’s recipe file that’s scribbled on an old recipe card in her distinctive handwriting. Just holding it and reading it brings her back to me. I love classic simple homemade dessert recipes like this that have been passed down through the generations.  I’ll take these old-fashioned [...]

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Nana’s Birthday Cake

March 27, 2011

Today my grandmother, who died just two weeks ago, would have turned 94. For as long as I can remember, my Mom and Nana, whose birthdays are just a day apart, have celebrated them together. And Mom has been making Nana the same birthday cake since she discovered it at a bake sale more than [...]

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Nana’s Crunchy Jumble Cookies

October 1, 2008

Did you know October 1 is Homemade Cookies Day or that October is National Cookie Month? Many foods have days honoring them, including many different kinds of cookies. On a more serious note, October is also National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So in honor of my 91-year-old grandmother, a breast cancer survivor, I made a [...]

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