The Walsh Cookbook

It is a well-known fact that I am slightly crabby and less pleasant to be around when I haven't eaten anything in a while, so I have to make sure I always have food available.  Mostly for the safety of the people around me...  But these are delicious, and have healthy stuff mixed in too, so they're perfect!  It's basically a combination of a granola bar recipe from my grandma (Tutu) and rice krispies.  I just make a batch, and then individually wrap them and keep them stashed all over the place to prevent any outbursts.  And really, you could substitute basically whatever you want in here, so give it a shot! what you will need 1/4 cup butter 1/3 cup peanut butter (crunch or creamy) 1 bag (10 oz.) mini marshmallows 3 cups rice krispies 1 cup shelled pistachios 1/3 cup dried blueberries 1/3 cup dried cranberries 1/3 cup dried cherries 1/3 cup rolled oats

I made this recipe for the first time for my friend Dustin's birthday. He is a connoisseur of all things sweet and when he approved of it, I knew we had something good.  The bread pudding recipe is from Smitten Kitchen and as she points out on her blog, "it combines two great pleasures in life: pumpkin pie and baked French toast". Better yet, it's not slimy like pumpkin pie! Even my dad, who is very weird about textures and refuses pumpkin pie, liked this. In case you find that the bread pudding isn't quite sweet enough, you can add a sweet cream sauce. I like to drizzle condensed milk over the top but I bet caramel sauce would be delicious too.  

Molly kindly offered to model for the picture... We got this recipe, along with the starter from my friend Trisha's mom, Jeanne Potucek.  You do need a starter from someone, but then you can keep it going forever if you want, and share it with many friends.  This is a moist, rich coffeecake kind of bread which keeps well and is delicious.  You just have to plan well ahead for when you want to serve it, though I have cheated it out of a few days sometimes and it does fine.  We usually bake two breads at a time and either give one away or freeze it. Day 1                    This is the date it was prepared: Do nothing Days 2,3,4,5         Mush the bag Day 6                    Add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk.               ...

Our mom has  been making this since we were little.  This recipe is quite different than most in that the peel is done without removing the white pith, which is supposed to result (according to all other recipes I’ve seen) in bitterness.  I’ve tried the other way several times (which is a lot more trouble, too) and have found that I like the tenderness that this method delivers-- and it is not at all bitter.   The recipe is from one of our mom's favorite cookbook authors and artists, Susan Branch, from her wonderfully illustrated, “Christmas from the Heart of the Home”.  It is wonderful as is, dipped halfway in chocolate, or my favorite way, chopped up and put into cooked cranberry sauce for the holidays. Susan’s notes: “This works with all citrus and you can double the recipe so you’ll have extra aroud to add to all sorts of Christmas recipes.  It’s delicious in stuffings, cookies, muffins, vegetables—anywhere you want the deliciou...

This cinnamon sugar glazed bread is cut into perfect little sections that allow you to grab one piece as you walk by...all day. And all day the next day (if there's any left that is!). I made it for my dance team one day. I set it down, went to change, and came back and there was one piece left. Luckily I ate about 5 pieces while I made it, then I went home and made some more. Also, please ignore the halo effect on the pictures. My camera had a run in with a cup of beer on Halloween and lost.  __________________________ Monkey Bread Recipe adapted from The Pioneer Woman 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 1/4 cup butter  2-3 teaspoons cinnamon (if you like cinnamon do 3, if not as much do 2) 3 cans buttermilk biscuits (non-flaky kind!) 1 cup sugar 3-4 green apples (peeled and cut into 3/4 to 1 inch pieces) 

Every year my family hosts a bunch of other families  to have a Gingerbread House Party in December. All the kids decorate a gingerbread house (we have made 28+ houses some years!) and all the adults slurp down a variety of soups--always 6-7 different kinds, all of which are delicious (soup recipes to come one day!).  My mom's friend, Julie, usually brings a bunch of these sugared cranberries to the party every year and now my sister, Erin, is addicted. Of all things to be addicted to, cranberries are a good one. Especially these cranberries. Yum!  I suggest making more than one batch. They tend to disappear within hours.