Recipes & Stories

Discover Sibby’s favorite recipes, stories, and Hill Country finds—where food, culture, and life intersect.

Summertime in a bowl! Who knew peaches and fresh corn went together? Mother Nature, that's who!
Yes, she's pretty, but she's refreshing too! Made with Empress Indigo or your favorite gin, the lovely purple "float" is courtesy of all natural Butterfly Pea Pollen Powder. With the
Good anytime of the year. Great on a charcuterie platter!
This tastes like an old fashioned, simple shortbread cookie with the added crunch of sprinkles! Could not be more festive and crowd pleasing.
There's no doubt about it, this one is for special occasions! We made this in our "Holiday Company Dinner" class recently and it's a show stopper.
Everybody has flour, salt and yeast at home, right?! Well, now's the time to make sure you do. Even though this bread is a two day event, it is super
Pie Baking

Slab Pie Dough

This is one of my favorite go to pie pastry recipes. It’s been around a long time. I found it in an old pie book, can’t recall where but I’ve

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Fall Squashes

Sweet Potato Biscuits

These sweet biscuits can be made with leftover sweet potato puree or pumpkin puree. They are great for breakfast, brunch or dessert. I sometimes split them and make little ham

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Mixed Berry Scone Cobbler

I found this recipe in a new cookbook I bought called “Holy Sweet”, by Peabody Johanson. She has a wonderful blog, sweetrecipeas.com, which she calls, ‘evil recipes from a nice

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Pound Cake with Berries

Pound Cake

Thoughts on Pound Cake… Pound cake, for me, is one of the best classic examples of old school Southern baking.  Although its earliest written history goes back to European roots,

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