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Category Archives: Snacks & Treats
Homemade Dill Pickles
It was nearly 50 summers ago, when I first tested my dill pickle making skill using my Aunt Jo’s recipe. I was a bit edgy about how the pickles would turn out after warnings from my family that if I … Continue reading
7-Layer Tex-Mex Dip
This is a recipe that’s been around for a long time and each time I make it, it’s like I’m tasting it for the first time. Terry Webb, a firefighter’s wife from Kent, Washington, shared it with me back in … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Dinner Express, Healthy Eating, Snacks & Treats
Tagged appetizer, dip, Tex-Mex, tostada
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Chocolate Snack Cake
This is a cake with many aliases. Crazy Cake is what Mom called it; Vinegar Cake is a handle I’ve seen used in old cookbooks; One Bowl Cake, Busy Day or Everyday Cake (all popular in the 40s and 50s); … Continue reading
Posted in Cakes & Crisps, Snacks & Treats
Tagged cake, chocolate, chocolate snack cake, Cynthia Briggs
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Salmon Sandwich
The fish sandwich started with a quaint restaurant called BlackFin Bistro in Key West, Florida that my husband and I discovered while trying to get some relief from the heat last September. We ordered lots of water and a red … Continue reading
Apple Brickle Dip
A welcome wintertime fruit dip, Apple Brickle Dip, is meant to be served with fresh apple slices. But why not think outside the dip bowl and add pretzel sticks, regular or chocolate graham crackers, vanilla wafers and crisp apple chips … Continue reading
Posted in CB's Apple Recipes, Snacks & Treats
Tagged Apple Brickle Dip, apple recipe, Cynthia Briggs, fruit dip
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Ask Cynthia a Question – May 18, 2012
DENISE ASKED: I love Lemon Curd! I want to find a fool-proof, non-double boiler method. Do you have a favorite recipe? MY ANSWER: Personally I’ve never made Lemon Curd. Is all I’m able to do is pass on a few … Continue reading