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Chocolate Mint Cookies From A Cake Mix
My Mom used to make a chocolate mint cookie that I think she made from a cake mix. They were soft and kind of moist. She would also dust them with powdered sugar. Can you help me find a recipe? – Marie B. From The Hillbilly Housewife: I have a recipe in one of my […]
Continue readingPickled Leeks
Reader Question About Pickling Leeks A friend of mine recently asked me if I had a recipe for Pickled Leeks. He says his aunt used to make them using the wild leeks from her yard and they were very good. She told him they were easy to make “just pour brine on the clean leeks […]
Continue readingCrisp Meringue Cookies
I’m looking for a recipe for Meringue cookie. My mother used to make these and I loved them so much. Hers were light and did not fall apart as much like I found my last attempt did. Hers were like a soft cookie but with a slight crisp. Janie Britton From The Hillbilly Housewife My […]
Continue readingPineapple Upside Down Cake
I am 65 yrs. old and am looking for a pineapple upside-down cake recipe like my grandmother used to make when I was a little girl. I do make mine in a cast iron skillet – but the cakes are too soft. Hers used to be heavier and denser and not on the sweet side. […]
Continue readingRhubarb Cake Recipe
I am looking for a cake that my mother used to make. It was a little like apfel kuchen (apple cake) but it had rubarb on it. She made it when we were stationed in Minnesota and we had lots of wild rhubarb around the farmhouse we were renting. Any ideas would be appreciated. Patricia […]
Continue readingSweet and Sour Sauce – Chinese Takeout Copycat Recipe
I’ve been trying to find a recipe for the sauce that comes with take-out sweet and sour chicken. Everything I’ve found has had too much vinegar or is too sweet. – Mary Ann Whetstone From The Hillbilly Housewife Here’s my recipe for sweet and sour sauce. You can spice it up by adding some red […]
Continue readingGingerbread Cookies With Anise
As a kid my neighbor made cookies with anise she rolled a dark dough into a long “snake” then cut it into pieces. I’ve been unable to find a recipe for it…help, please! Marla From The Hillbilly Housewife I could be wrong, but it sounds like a gingerbread cookie. Below is my favorite recipe. You […]
Continue readingGarlic Corn Dogs
My mom used to have the best garlic corn dog recipe. I’ve asked her & she can’t find it. I remember it was really tasty, thick, and garlicky. So yummy! Thanks – love your newsletter! Cathy From The Hillbilly Housewife I have to admit I’ve never tried or even heard of garlic corn dogs. The […]
Continue readingChewy Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies
Hello from North Pole everyone. I’m hoping to find a oatmeal cookie recipe. It was in an old Soldotna cookbook. It used vegetable oil and butterscotch chips and was very soft. Thank you. Christina P. From the Hillbilly Housewife One of the things I love about these “I’m looking for” requests is that they often […]
Continue readingVegetarian Lasagna Recipe
I had a recipe that was published in the old FEDCO magazine. It was way back in the 80’s some time. It was a delicious marinara sauce and spinach, egg & mozzarella filling. I used this recipe so much and it disappeared in a move at some point. If any reader has it…none of the […]
Continue readingStrawberry Cookies
Hi there, long time subscriber. I have a recipe I have been looking and looking for with no luck. I made these cookies back in the 1980’s and lost it in a fire in the 90’s. It is a strawberry cookie. I used real strawberries with orange juice, flour and Not sure what else. No […]
Continue readingSunshine Pudding
There was a recipe that my mom made. It was custard-y, and it was made with orange Kool-Aid,orange juice and sweet potatoes and carrots.I believe it was called ” Sunshine Pudding,” and it was in a diet cookbook. I cannot find it anywhere.Can you help? This is a great childhood memory for me,and my mom […]
Continue readingHomemade Powdered Coffee Creamer
I am looking for a homemade POWDERED (french vanilla ) coffee creamer. Thank you, Pamela From The Hillbilly Housewife I like the idea of a keeping a powdered coffee creamer around and started with a base of dry milk. I looked at some recipes online and played around with some basic ingredients. Here’s what I […]
Continue readingApple Mince Pie Recipe
My Granny used to make an apple pie that reminded me (texture wise…i.e. no discernible chunks/slices of Apple) of mince meat pie. It was one of my favorite things she used to make and unfortunately she is now suffering from Alzheimer’s and she never cooked off of a recipe, always by memory! Any help would […]
Continue readingSpice Cake Recipe
My grandmother made a blackberry spice cake with a caramel cooked icing, lost my recipe, anyone out there who could help me? From The Hillbilly Housewife I don’t have a recipe for the exact cake you’re looking for. I do however have a great plain recipe for a spice cake that might work well as […]
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