The Beginning

I am starting this blog in memory of my Grandma.  Even as I write that it doesn't sound right.  It's hard to believe that she has left us to go be with Jesus.  We will miss her more than words can express.

My Grandma Pauline loved to bake and has many wonderful recipes.  I have many of them and I don't want them to collect dust.  I am going to use this blog as an outlet for her recipes.  Before I get to baking I wanted to give you a little bit of a background on who my Grandma was.  She was born to Swedish immigrants.  Her parents owned a bakery in Red Oak, IA.  They were open during the depression when sugar was rationed which you can imagine would make it hard to bake.  People would give them their rations of sugar in exchange for baked goods.  Clever, I'd say.  As I go through the recipes she's given me I think of all the people that were fed by my Grandma.  So many stories...  I can't wait to start.