desserts Archives - Fresh From Oregon

New Year’s Traditions … Bake some Good Luck!

Even though I live here in Oregon (8 years) I am originally from a town just south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We had many great food traditions that I have not seen here in the Pacific Northwest. I grew up on Pork & Sauerkraut on New Year’s Day, Isaly’s chipped ham made into BBQ sandwiches, Holuski […]

Snowball Cookie Fight…

One cookie with so many names… Snowballs, Russian Tea Cakes, Mexican Wedding Cookies and I am sure there are more names. Whatever you call these delicious buttery, melt in your mouth cookies they are always in my cookie tin. These cookies are rolled twice in powdered sugar but there are many versions. You will also […]

Homemade Pop Tarts with Jam

I recently did a presentation at Bauman’s Farm and Garden in Gervais, Oregon on unique jam and jelly recipes. As I was preparing for the presentation and deciding what I would talk about I started to realize that jams and jellies are not just for toast and biscuits anymore. I use them in many different […]

Krusteaz Honey Cornbread Poppers…

I met so many great food vendors at the IFBC 2014 in Seattle. One of my favorite sessions was presented by Krusteaz . Krusteaz’s Culinary Specialist Malia Hasegawa and event stylist and entertaining personality Jennifer Sbranti of Hostess with the Mostess had a fun filled session where they gave us “out-of-box” recipes and some […]

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