FOR GREGORY. He was not a VICTIM of ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, he was a HERO!

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Friday, December 18, 2015

The Season

Pine. Apple. Cinnamon. Rosemary. Roasting Cashews, Ginger, Peanut Butter, Oatmeal. Yummy.

The Christmas Season is always full of wonderful smells. I didn't think I would be baking for the holiday because of missing Gregory but ended up NEEDING to! 

It started with peeling and cooking a batch of apple sauce with apples that were about to be tossed due to old age. A touch of butter and a dash of cinnamon. Yum.

The smell of cinnamon forces me to make more. Ginger bread cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, and peanut butter cookies. Didn't make my mom's Walnut Balls or Gregory's Great Grandma Barbara's German Spice Cookies. Maybe next year. 

Also made, as gifts for friends, Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Rosemary Cashews. Maybe the departed can still smell their favorites, if so I think I made Gregory happy!

Apple Sauce

Rosemary Cashews

Ginger Bread (left)
Peanut Butter (top right)
Oatmeal Raisin (bottom right)

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  1. Jean CampbellDecember 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM

    Rosemary Cashews look and sound wonderful. When I searched for the recipe, it looks as if cooks in the South tend to use pecans because pecans are what we grow.

    I'm still sorting through the last 20 pounds we had cracked. I have Rosemary in my garden. He Who Mows mentioned the other day that pecans might taste good toasted as I hoarded quarts for later. Fine idea. Thanks.

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    1. Michael HorvichDecember 19, 2015 at 2:27 PM

      Never tried them with pecans. Didn't like them with walnuts. Will try the southern way :-)

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