Joy of Country Living

Ended up making two different sugar-free cranberry sauces yesterday. One using the sugar free cranberry Jello and the other without using the Jello . . . for those that might have trouble finding the sugr free  cranberry Jello at their store. I think they both taste good (for sugar free) – but there is a [...]

Today it’s raining and the temperature is dropping – a good day to stay inside and bake. Thought I’d make some cream puffs. They are a little more labor intensive than most desserts – especially if you bake the shells from scratch – but they are soooo good. To make the puff pastry shells you [...]

You don’t hear much about fried pies anymore. It seems today that almost everything fried is demonized. But I like fried pies – and once about every ‘blue moon’ – I decide to make a batch. They had some beautiful peaches at the store so I bought a few with fried pies in mind. I [...]

Peach-plum crisp with crunchy topping is 50% no sugar added.

My salute to the Fourth of July was one of our favorite desserts – Cheesecake Crepes.    They are not that hard to make and make a great dessert for company. Ingredients:  1 package 10 crepes (purchase at store); 1  8 oz. package cream cheese (regular or low fat);  1  small tub (8 oz.)  Cool Whip;  [...]