These delightful little cookies are light and buttery, but the almond cream filling adds a fluffy substance to the cookies. This is an all time favorite cookie recipe, although it's smart to save it for special occasions since they are sinfully rich.

Pass along this bread and starter, and your friends will have the building-blocks for terrific homemade bread -- and more gifts to pass on to THEIR friends.

Chutneys are a great sauce for turkey, pork and other types of protein. You can find many varieties of apple chutney recipes that are all equally simple and delicious. Apple cranberry chutney is a great chutney to make during the fall to accompany your Thanksgiving dinner.

First, prepare enough basic pastry dough for a double crust. 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup butter, very cold 2 teaspoons salt, if using unsalted butter 1/2 cup water Blend flour and butter until it has the texture of coarse meal. You can use a food processor if you have one, or you can use a pastry blender to mix flour and butter. Alternately, you can blend with your hands or with two knies. Next you add the water. The amount of water depends on the flour and the butter, you want to add enough water so that the flour and butter begins to adhere together. If it forms one mass without being pressed together, you have used too much water. After adding the water, form the dough into two flattened disc shapes. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until you are ready to use. When you are ready to use the dough, roll it out and cut into four squares of approximately the same size. You will have some extra dough, but its better to have too much than too little.

Delicious apple-oat cookies!

The perfect afternoon camping snack.

A nice hot artichoke and spinach dip, served with toasted baguette is a great appetizer for any occasion.

This is a red sauce that tastes great on all sorts of pasta, including lasagna. It is flavorful, filling, and delicious for any occasion. If you do not eat meat, simply leave out the sausage.

This traditional Irish dish serves four and is perfect on a chilly winter evening.

One of the best meals is breakfast for dinner. There is nothing that can beat a waffle, or omelette or stack of pancakes.