by RetroRuth | Nov 13, 2013 | Desserts, Pie
Most of you know by now that I have a weakness for weird ingredients in desserts. Tomato soup? Bring it on. Sauerkraut? Hello. Pork fat? Done it. Pinto beans? Please. But this week I picked something a little unusual. The mystery ingredient this week is peanut butter,...
by RetroRuth | Oct 30, 2013 | Best & Worst, Desserts, Halloween, Holiday, Pie, Thanksgiving, The BEST
Well, since tomorrow is Halloween we thought we would do things up right around here and make a recipe from Vincent Price! And yes, it is because the Vincent Price Cookalong is going to be this Monday, November 4th. We are pretty excited around here, and so we decided...
by RetroRuth | Oct 16, 2013 | Desserts, Pie, The BEST
It’s grape season here in Michigan, and this year I decided to take some of our bounty and make a grape pie! This is Concord Grape Pie from the 1966 printing of Better Homes and Gardens Pies and Cakes. There were actually quite a few grape pie recipes in my...
by RetroRuth | Oct 2, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
My obsession with weird-ingredient desserts continues. This week we are making a cake with a fun addition: Pinto Beans! It’s called, unsurprisingly, Pinto Bean Cake. I found this recipe in a stash of newspaper clippings from the 1970’s that I recently bought on eBay....
by RetroRuth | Sep 25, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
I think I run this post every year, but this cake is seriously that good and we make it all the time! Since it is apple season here in Michigan and I am breaking out the tested and delicious apple recipes from my collection, I thought I would remind everyone how good...
by RetroRuth | Aug 26, 2013 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
This week we have something simple and fun that I have always wanted to try: chocolate syrup brownies. As a kid (and as a child-like adult) I enjoyed chocolate syrup chocolate milk and pouring the syrup on my ice cream. But I always wondered, was the...
