Ginger Brook Hollow - Recipes for this week's treats

There is always something happening at Grandma Sunday’s house and she usually has good things to eat. Along with her standard recipe for gingersnaps, this is where to find out what else she has to share today. Enjoy printing and trying the recipes you find here or share them by sending them to friends. They change often and most of them will not be repeated, so check back soon so that you don’t miss special things Grandma Sunday makes for her seven orphan girls.

Recipes for this week's treats

These cookies are a favorite for visitors of Grandma Sunday. Even when she can’t get spices at Harold’s General Store, she can still make these tasty cookies using wild ginger that grows along the brook in Ginger Brook Hollow.

Almost anyone would like this chocolate and cream cake, but Grandma Sunday made it so that April would feel extra special on her tenth birthday. Creampuff didn’t want to be left out, so Grandma even let her have a taste of whipped cream. A fun surprise is the extra piece of cake.

As a special Valentine treat for her seven little orphans, Grandma Sunday made these yummy heart-shaped pies. They ate them on pretty china plates with little chocolates and a glass of milk. Of course each girl also carried home a valentine, too.

These go perfectly with the Chicken Noodle Soup!

This cake is a favorite treat in the winter at Grandma Sunday's house. She can store apples from her orchard in her root cellar almost until spring and they are a welcome part of the things she bakes. Often cake such as this one or boiled puddings were served with sauce rather than iced. This cake is equally delicious with a lemon or apple pie sauce, but because lemons were a rare treat, the most common would have been this carmel sauce.

Kathryn loves lemon tarts made with these shells, and you can find that recipe in the Baking Memories booklet. However, it is in Grandma's pantry especially for Friends and Neighbors for Valentine's Day. If you read the email, you'll know why.