Flaky Pineapple Squares – Holiday Recipe #7


This will be the final recipe in this series of posts, and you can thank my Mom for just about all of them.  This one, Flaky Pineapple Squares, was found by her in the Boston Sunday Globe magazine.  When, I'm not sure, but I'm told it was at the same time as the Minty-wiches recipe.  … Continue reading Flaky Pineapple Squares – Holiday Recipe #7

Minty-whiches, Holiday Recipe #6


If you haven't seen a pattern in the recipes I've shared so far it is that they all came from my mother. My mom is well-known among us for tearing recipes out of magazines and the newspaper or writing it on the back of a random empty envelope;  and if she was not using it right … Continue reading Minty-whiches, Holiday Recipe #6

Not Your Average Pumpkin Bread – Holiday Recipe #5


This is another of my Mom's recipes (thanks, Mom) from back in the day, but we still make it...often.  For many, many years it's been made as holiday gifts for teachers or neighbors. As far as I'm concerned it’s not the holidays without a few loaves of Harvest Bread.  It's one of a few recipes I'll … Continue reading Not Your Average Pumpkin Bread – Holiday Recipe #5