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Baking and Christmas memories
My family doesn’t have many Christmas traditions but I treasure the ones we have. Baking sweet treats during the holiday is one of my favorites. My Grandma Rose was the master baker in our family. She played bridge with ladies each week and they took turns bringing a dessert. Between her friends and Grandma’s eagle eye for yummy recipes in the newspaper, she acquired the best recipes imaginable. When I was little, I’d sometimes stay overnight with my grandparents on Friday, and Saturday morning my Grandma and I would make cookies together. This was after she served her famous Swedish pancakes (crepes) for breakfast! She knew most of the recipes…
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A to Z Challenge: “Y”ummy recipes, Yummly™ website!
Several years ago I discovered Yummly™. It’s a website for tasty, easy-to-make recipes. I created a user name and password and then I was off – tagging recipes to add to my Recipe Box online. Warning – the photos will have your stomach growling with hunger in no time! Yummly aggregates recipes from multiple online sources. It has an intuitive search capability that allows me to look for the perfect recipe, based on ingredients I have on-hand or by holiday, cuisine, taste, diet, nutrition, allergy, cook time and even technique. With the Yummly app for iPhone/iPad (also for Android), I can even create a shopping list to take with me…
