Hummingbird Cake and Homecoming

Hummingbird Cake and Homecoming

Homecoming, also known as Dinner on the Ground (it’s a southern thang!) in 1978, somewhere among all those familiar dishes and desserts was a cake we had never tasted before. My mother had found a new recipe she wanted to try. Hummingbird Cake. And since that time, it became one of our holiday favorite cakes.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

As a child, nothing smelled better than walking in the door from school with the smell of something, anything, baking in the oven. One of my favorite memories is when my momma would bake her peanut butter cookies, and they were ready fresh out of the oven when we walked in the door from school. Get the recipe…

Cinnamon Toast and Childhood Memories

Cinnamon Toast and Childhood Memories

Baked Cinnamon Toast brings back memories of my childhood days. We wasted nothing at our house, so when a loaf of bread was too dry for sandwiches, Mama used the dry bread to make French toast or cinnamon toast instead of biscuits. It was always a treat!