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I am so glad you stopped by. A couple of months ago I saw the movie Julie & Julia, where a young woman decides to take a year and make every recipe in Julia Child's French Cookbook. I enjoyed the movie very much and became intrigued. Maybe I could do something like that, so, I got out my barely used, 13 year old, Better Homes Cookbook and started flipping through. Thus began my cooking experiment.

Cooking is something I have always hated to do, it was a chore for me, not a pleasure. I am not a professional cook, and never will be, but the movie ignited a spark in me and revealed a new discovery, cooking can be fun!

I am learning that with patience, motivation, and good recipes anyone can be a good cook. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I hope you will experiment along with me and let me know what you think of the recipes I share.

I will post each new recipe I try along with a picture (I can't stand cookbooks that don't include pictures!) so you can see the final product. I will also share tips that I have learned along the way. For you seasoned chefs, the tips may seem like common sense, but for those of us who are dummies in the kitchen, they are epiphanies.

Happy Cooking!

Nancy

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Mini Cherry Crescent Pies


Last night I was looking for an easy dessert recipe and came upon this. I had leftover cherry filling from my Brie, so this was a great way to use it up. I put in a tbsp. of cherry sauce, hence mine probably look sloppier than the actual recipe would look.


Ingredients:

8 oz. tube refrigerated crescent rolls
12 oz. can cherry pastry filling
2 tbsp. butter melted
2 to 4 tbsp. sugar
cinnamon to taste

Directions:

Separate dough into triangles; place on greased baking sheet. Top each triangle with 2 to 3 teaspoons cherry filling. Roll up each triangle, starting at short end; brush the top of each crescent with butter. Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon to taste. Bake at 375 degrees for 11 to 13 minutes. Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes.

Servings: 8 (or 4 if you're my family)
Gooseberry Patch: Almost Homemade

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None of the recipes posted on this site are mine, they are all taken from other sources, or given to me to try. I am not nearly creative enough or good enough in the kitchen to have come up with any of them.

I also cannot promise that any of these recipes are going to turn out good, or taste good for that matter, so you try them at your own risk.

Enjoy!!! Nancy
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