Katy's Peach Cobbler
This beloved cobbler was once served aboard the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, affectionately known as “The Katy.” Originally published in Dinner on the Diner by Will C. Hollister, the recipe called…
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Category: Baking
Key Lime Spritz Cookies
Nothing says the holidays quite like the scent of freshly baked cookies filling your kitchen. These festive holiday spritz cookies are a timeless classic, offering buttery goodness in every bite…
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Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sweet, Tangy, and Totally Irresistible Nothing says down-home charm quite like a classic red velvet cake—and this version takes it to the next level. Moist, tender, and rich in flavor, these cupcakes…
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Fruit Filled Kolaches
Photography by David Mayes This recipe was featured in the story "Wildcat Dining Star." The first step is making sweet yeast dough. Sweet Yeast Dough INGREDIENTS • 2 cups milk • 2 eggs, slightly…
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Cranberry Orange Muffins
Recipe shared from WheatFields Bakery & Cafe in Lawrence INGREDIENTS Dry Ingredients 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour ¾ tsp salt ¼ cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder (sift together or use a whisk dry mix well)…
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Classic American Cobbler
With available ingredients, including freshly ground wheat flour and fruit from the orchard or foraged berries, early settlers created cobbler, a dessert that is now considered to be an American…
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Dawsons’ Cowboy Corn(ey)bread
Ingredients 2 (8.5-ounce) boxes Jiffy Cornbread Mix 4 large eggs 1/2 cup (1 stick) melted butter 1 cup sour cream 1 (14.75-ounce) can creamed corn 1 (7-ounce) can Mexicorn, drained 1…
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Apple Butter Bread
This recipe was featured in Emmett's Place, from our 2020 fall issue. Ingredients 3/4 cup Louisburg Cider Mill Apple Butter 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 cup…
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Peppernuts a Kansas Baking Tradition
The dainty, big-flavored cookies we now call “peppernuts” were originally baked in European kitchens as a part of yuletide celebrations. Germans called them pfeffernüsse , the Dutch knew them as…
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Kansas Harvest Popcorn Balls
Featured in the 1983 fall issue of KANSAS!, recipe by Linda Hlavacek INGREDIENTS 2 quarts popped popcorn 1 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup honey 1/3 cup water 4 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie…
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