Classic Family Recipes for Everyday Life

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Classic Family Recipes for Everyday Life.

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Desserts

Everybody loves dessert!  These classic and easy dessert recipes will please a crowd if you're making something for a potluck or will be loved by your family after dinner.  This category has it all!

My favorite dessert recipe for a crowd is the chocolate cherry cake.  It can be made the day before which makes it super simple to make when you're busy.  If you're looking for the real classics, I always love a good pie recipe. Pumpkin pie and cherry pie at the end of dinner is always a winner.

And lastly, if you need great seasonal recipes we have that too!  These peanut butter blossoms are always a favorite or you could go with something simple like this microwave peanut brittle.

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    Chewy Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

    A thick chewy oatmeal cookie forms the base of these chocolate peanut butter bars. Topped with a layer of creamy chocolate and peanut butter then covered with chocolate chips and nuts –

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My desire is to help women who feel overwhelmed weave time-honored recipes into their routines to create a sense of simplicity. Most of my recipes come from the treasured recipe box passed down from my great-grandma, grandmother and mother. And I want to share them with you.

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