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Dessert Recipes

Homemade Dessert Recipes From Grandma's Country Kitchen



Grandma McIlmoyle's Dessert RecipesDo you want easy dessert recipes? Are you wondering what delicious treats you can serve to your family tonight? Or what delectable dish you can take to that party, a dish that others will absolutely rave about?

Perhaps you just want to treat yourself to something truly decadent and delicious. Something extraordinary. After all, you deserve it, don't you? Well, look no further...

I have the tasty solution for you.

Here's a unique collection of easy dessert recipes specially chosen from my Grandma McIlmoyle's favorite old fashioned recipes.

You'll want to add these traditional family recipes to your personal collection. They're that good!

Grandma's Old-Fashioned Recipes For Desserts

Grandma worked long, hard days as a pioneer rancher's wife near Airdrie, Alberta. She watered cattle, groomed horses, forked hay, and tended her large vegetable garden. She also had to quickly prepare hearty, delicious meals for her hardworking husband and nine hungry children.

Back then, nothing topped the meal off or brightened a day on the Alberta prairie like a tasty dessert. Because Grandma's time was limited, she chose quick and easy dessert recipes, the ones she knew would always turn out.

Now, Grandma's Best Dessert Recipes Are Yours



Don Bell'

Hi,

Don't you just love homemade desserts?

I can recall growing up in the 1950s and attending many family birthdays, anniversaries, and weddings where the tables fairly groaned under the weight of old-fashioned homemade treats. Can you imagine the sight?

There were yummy fruit pies, rich and flaky pastries, thickly iced layer cakes, colorful sugar cookies, crumbly date squares, nutty cinnamon rolls, fruity puddings topped with real whipped cream, and all kinds of sinfully sweet confections -- all made by my aunts and my Mom using Grandma's old-time dessert recipes. It was a dessert lover's dream!

You see, my Grandma McIlmoyle was a great cook. Her cakes, cookies, and pies were the talk of her neighborhood. She was born in 1877, and throughout her long life she collected cookbooks, clipped recipes from the old weekly newspapers, and exchanged favorites with friends and family members. Grandma also cherished the handwritten recipes passed down from her mother.

Grandma taught her six daughters how to cook. As a young girl, my mother baked several cakes and a dozen pies each week. Mom became a fantastic cook. She loved cooking and, like Grandma, she clipped the best dessert recipes from magazines and collected them in scrapbooks. She also wrote out many of Grandma's favorite recipes to use after she was married.

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Discover Mom's Cooking Secret

Desserts were Mom's specialty. She knew the "secret" of how to make them. It's really quite simple. To make extraordinary desserts, you just need extraordinary recipes -- Grandma's.

Eventually, Mom inherited many of Grandma's best recipes. They were well used when I was growing up on the farm. We scarcely had a meal that didn't end with a delicious pudding, or a pie warm from the oven.

My wife Vicki and I still have those remarkable old cookbooks and recipe scrapbooks, plus vintage cookbooks of our own, and I would love to share their contents with you. Now, you can unlock the secrets of how to make Grandma's quick and easy desserts.

This website is dedicated to Grandma and Mom, and to you... a dessert lover like me who can appreciate the old-fashioned homemade taste.

I know you'll want to add Grandma's recipes to your own recipe collection so please bookmark this site and return often. You won't want to miss out!

Enjoy your visits.

Sincerely,

Don Bell at Homemade Dessert Recipes
Don Bell
homemade-dessert-recipes.com

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You've Never Tasted Desserts Like These

Grandma's dessert recipes can be made from scratch with simple ingredients. All-natural ingredients like fresh fruit, eggs, milk, cream, butter, sugar, and flour -- no artificial flavors or harmful trans fats here. These are healthy dessert recipes, the genuine article. True, there are calories involved, but there's nothing wrong with calories in moderation. So don't worry. Just enjoy the delicious taste.

These classic dishes are inexpensive to make, and they taste country-style delicious. They're the standard by which today's desserts are judged. Most are relatively simple to make, while some are fancier and may take you a little bit longer to prepare. After all, there are times when you won't want to rush perfection. But, with your modern kitchen appliances, you'll make them faster than Grandma ever dreamed possible.

Not only will you love experimenting with these easy dessert recipes, but you'll enjoy reading them too. They offer us a rare, nostalgic look into the type of treats people were eating over a century ago and the methods they used to prepare them. Ingenuity and patience were woven into Grandma's recipes, as the cooks of her day could only use the ingredients and equipment they had available.

I know you'll enjoy tasting the actual treats that your great-great-grandparents once loved to eat.


"Thank You"

"I had a wonderful afternoon at home trying out the old Hermit recipes from 1929, 1880, and 1896. The end result of those recipes tried was very successful and filled the house with the fragrance of spices. Thank you for an interesting website."

Gill,
Alberta, Canada
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Your Gold Mine Of Easy Dessert Recipes

In the coming months, I'll be pouring through Grandma's old cook books looking for her best recipes, the genuine nuggets. I'll publish all her favorites including the ones Mom laughingly called "Grandma's top-secret recipes." Many were written by the best-known chefs of the 1800s. You're sure to find the perfect dessert to serve for every occasion:
  • pies
  • cakes
  • candies
  • cookies
  • puddings
  • ice creams
  • soft drinks, sodas
  • Valentine desserts
  • St. Patrick's Day Desserts
  • Easter candy treats
  • Halloween candy
  • Thanksgiving desserts
  • Christmas baking
  • International desserts
  • Plus, authentic Elizabethan and Renaissance desserts
It's an outstanding collection of sumptuous treats and confections. Visit often and search through the many pages. When you see a recipe you like, just print it out, and try it.

In the Holiday and International sections you will find lots of additional ideas for cookies, cakes, and squares. Some items may be familiar to you, while others might seem unique and unusual; but, all will taste absolutely delicious.


"Looks As Nice As The Desserts"

"Thanks for providing the world a nice dessert website that looks as nice as the desserts themselves!"

Rick,
U.S.A.
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"So Many Wonderful Recipes"

"I have to say that I have never encountered a website as welcoming as this one. There are so many wonderful recipes as well."

Elizabeth,
U.S.A.
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It's All Here For You To Enjoy

You'll have fun trying the old-fashioned dessert recipes and serving the sweet treats from Grandma's day. Extraordinary treats that will delight your friends and every member of your family. They'll be amazed at how good they taste, and even more amazed to learn that you made them yourself.

You'll also get to read some of the helpful household hints and tips that the old cookbooks were famous for. Tips that Grandma used every day in her kitchen and laundry to save herself time and money. Now, you can benefit from them too.

I now invite you to pour yourself a hot cup of your favorite tea or coffee, get comfortable, and have fun browsing through this unique collection of Grandma's easy dessert recipes. You will find them all listed in the categories below.


Easy Dessert Recipes Blog
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Grandma's Party Line Fun Page
Join us on Grandma's party line. Share your comments and thoughts, reminisce timeless memories, take a dessert poll, and more.

Great Dessert Recipes
Does your family have great dessert recipes to share with other dessert lovers? We would love to have them! Check out these family favorites.

Lost Recipes
Find lost recipes with the help of my free Recipe Finder. Get great recipes and relive treasured memories.

Easy Dessert Recipes Ezine
Love Grandma's easy dessert recipes? Subscribe to my free Easy Dessert Recipes Ezine and keep informed of all the new dessert recipes and site features I add, plus special offers only for subscribers.

Dessert Cookbooks - PDF Cookbooks
Classic dessert cookbooks (PDF cookbooks) featuring Grandma's old-fashioned recipes for ice cream, frozen desserts, candy, and soft drinks.

Grandma Recommends - Gifts & Supplies Especially For You
Grandma recommends handpicked items with old-fashioned quality, usefulness, and value. Treat yourself to something special.

Cake Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's homemade cake recipes are now yours. You have never tasted cakes as good as these. Add them to your cake recipe box today.

Cookie Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's cookie recipes make the best cookies ever. They're so easy to make you'll want to try them all.

Pie Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's pie recipes make homemade pies bursting with flavor. You'll love Grandma's easy pie recipes.

Pudding Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's pudding recipes make the best homemade pudding desserts you ever tasted. Bread pudding, rice pudding, and many more.

Ice Cream Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's ice cream recipes and secrets are now revealed. You'll love making these frozen custard recipes!

Candy Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's homemade candy recipes are the best! You will love the old fashioned taste of this delicious homemade candy.

Soft Drink Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's old-time soft drink recipes make authentic soda pops and homemade soft drinks. You will love the refreshingly good taste!

Best Dessert Recipes From Mom's Favorites
Here are some of the best dessert recipes from my old-time recipe collection. These are the old-fashioned recipes Mom often used in the 1950s to make delicious desserts for her family.

Holiday Dessert Recipes
Grandma's holiday dessert recipes make delicious pies, cakes, cookies and candies that are perfect for all your holiday get-togethers. Holiday recipes can make your family occasions extra special.

Valentine Dessert Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's Valentine dessert recipes make delicious cakes, cookies, candies and hand-dipped chocolates that are perfect for your St. Valentine's Day party!

St. Patrick's Day Recipes From Grandma
Colorful St. Patrick's Day recipes to make your celebration special. Choose a St. Patrick's Day dessert recipe and make a green treat for your loved ones.

Easter Dessert Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's Easter dessert recipes are perfect for your Easter Day celebrations. Enjoy the delicious homemade taste of old-fashioned dessert cakes, cookies, puddings and easter eggs.

Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes From Grandma
Grandma's Thanksgiving dessert recipes make perfect pies, cakes, and treats that you will be proud to serve at your Thanksgiving table and throughout the year. You will love these traditional treats.

Halloween Recipes From Grandma
Searching for easy Halloween recipes? Grandma's old-fashioned candy, pies, cakes, cookies, and sandwiches make the perfect treats to serve at your next Halloween party.

Christmas Dessert Recipes From Grandma
Celebrate an old-fashioned Christmas with Grandma's Christmas dessert recipes. These Christmas party recipes will make your holiday meals special.

French Dessert Recipes
Traditional French dessert recipes that are easy to make yet taste so good. You will enjoy eating these classic French desserts on any occasion.

German Dessert Recipes
Traditional German Dessert recipes from Grandma's recipe collection. Make traditional German desserts that taste absolutely delicious!

Italian Dessert Recipes
Traditional Italian dessert recipes are something very special. Enjoy the authentic taste of Old Italy in these delicious homemade Italian desserts.

International Dessert Recipes
Grandma's international dessert recipes have that traditional Old-Country flavor you have always enjoyed. Enjoy the best desserts from around the world.

Renaissance Dessert Recipes
Authentic Renaissance dessert recipes from the days of King Charles I and Lord Cromwell. Perfect for serving at Medieval banquets, Renaissance faires, Elizabethan weddings, or on any occasion!

Old Fashioned Recipes
Now you can try old fashioned recipes from Great-Grandma's day. Some of these old-time desserts are well-known, some are unusual and not so well-known, but all are truly delicious. Enjoy.

Basic Cooking Tips From Grandma
Grandma's basic cooking tips will assist you in using the old fashioned dessert recipes. Old fashioned measures, oven temperatures, and more.

Helpful Household Hints And Tips
Grandma's helpful household hints and tips may be old-fashioned, but they can still save you time and money today!

Recipe Search
Use Recipe Search to locate your favorite old-time dessert recipe on this site. If you've been hunting for a special dessert like Grandma used to make, you'll likely find it here.

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