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I’m back with another cookie recipe. This time chocolate chip. I’m thinking that this was the most requested and popular cookie, well the monster cookies were a close second, at the diner and within my family. Today I’ll share this recipe that I think our daughter, Kate, perfected or received from a friend many, many…

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Hello from “just over the hilltop” in Norwood and not knowing for sure if recipes are still wanted, I decided to pass them on anyway. I don’t mind if they get scrolled past or disregarded. I do that for anything I’m not interested in. Today is muffin and cookie day. Since the quarantine began and…

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The calendar tells us we are in April. The temperatures tell us it’s still cool. The rain reminds us that May flowers will begin to brighten our days. And these recipes tell us that cookouts and picnics will be coming sooner than we think. Today I will share three of the most popular salads at…

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The quarantine days continue as well as my thoughts concerning the outcome and income of this seemingly imposed trial to our country and to individual families. Some we won’t know until it is over and the results are revealed and the information is investigated and studied for data and future directives. As far as the…

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Hello from just over the hilltop in Norwood where I bring you the last two recipes for the March Maple Madness. I hope you’ve had a chance to try one of these favorites maple recipes of both my family and the customers at the diner.  Today I have two pie recipes: Maple Walnut and Maple-glazed…

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Occasionally at Mom’s Schoolhouse Diner we served a dessert treat, though some asked for it for breakfast, which was the French Toast Delight. It was my famous french toast sprinkled with confectioners sugar and served with Perry’s Maple Walnut ice cream drizzled with Vermont fancy maple syrup. Several people asked why the Vermont syrup while…

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