Gran's Best

Heirlooms & Discoveries

Pecan Praline Sauce

February 21, 2019 Gran

From David Lebovitz, the sauce that goes with Pumpkin Cheesecake. It also goes with a lot of other things and is pretty good eaten straight from a jar. 3/4 cup packed light or dark brown sugar1/2 cup heavy cream6 tablespoons unsalted butter1/4 cup maple syrup1/2 teaspoon … [Read more...]

Desserts, Recipes, Sauces

Grandma Miggie’s Chocolate Sauce

June 1, 2018 Gran

I am not sure where my mother got this recipe, but homemade chocolate sauce was often available in her kitchen. The chocolate sauce was always poured over vanilla ice cream.  Is there anything more delectable than melting vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce? Sometimes I … [Read more...]

Desserts, Recipes, Sauces

Chocolate Custard

January 20, 2017 Gran

Adapted from the English Custard recipe in Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer (1969).  This was the book that really taught me how to cook and I recommend it highly.   Chocolate custard was one of the major treats of my childhood.  My grandmother Ligia Botts … [Read more...]

Desserts, Recipes, Sauces Craig Claiborne, Ligia Botts Mish

Lemon Cream

October 20, 2016 Gran

David Lebovitz's ethereal lemon cream is a wonderful topping for ginger cake or gingerbread, whether you bake David Lebovitz's Fresh Ginger Cake or Claudia Fleming's Stout Ginger Cake or old-fashioned Gingerbread.  First you make a lemon curd, … [Read more...]

Desserts, Recipes, Sauces David Lebovitz, lemon curd

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 Gran likes to watch things grow. Grandbabies, bread dough, pepper plants, and stacks of books are a few of the things growing around here.

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