A moist banana cake for your overripe bananas, with three frosting options passed down through three generations. Banana, buttercream, or cream cheese.

Adeline's old fashioned peanut brittle, cooked to hard crack and broken into shards. A candy thermometer and about half an hour is all it takes.

Old fashioned peanut patties, chewier than peanut brittle and a Southern holiday staple. Raw Spanish peanuts, a candy thermometer, and someone to help you stir.

A traditional German lebkuchen from my husband's Grandma Norma, passed down from her grandmother. Honey and clove, a three day rest, and a cinnamon icing.