baking

Happy Thanksgiving: A Pecan Pie to Peruse

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Pecan pie anyone?  This one is extra special! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Today the family headed over to the Yurack Family’s house.  Jim and Amy are friends from my dorm at Penn State way back when.  Amy lived across the hall my freshman year!  20 years ago!  The Yuracks have three kids, and let me tell … Read more

Getting in the Holiday Spirit…

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It’s been hard this year.  The media has been inundating us with holiday-related retail commercials and the radio stations are already playing Christmas music.  I guess it started the same week as Halloween, which seemed pretty crazy to me.  Has it always been this early? Don’t get me wrong…my family and I LOVE Christmas, we … Read more