Welcome to Amanda's Atomic Home

Welcome! I am Amanda Kennedy, an avid Mid Century Lover! I started this blog to share the recipes I recently discovered at an Estate Sale. I hope you enjoy discovering these recipes as much as I do!

Contact

Thanks for your interest in Amanda's Atomic. For more information, feel free to get in touch and I will get back to you soon!

amandasatomic@gmail.com

Amazing Bread

What an amazing bread! It really did exactly what bread is supposed to do. I love that I got to start the bread in the mixer. It is...

Mar 27, 20232 min read

They Stay Soft

I love a soft cookie. Especially when they stay soft! I made these cookies on a Monday. I make a dessert of some type every Monday. We...

Mar 26, 20231 min read

Unnecessary Cheese Sauce

I served this recipe with my Corned Beef With Mustard Sauce. If you are having corned beef, you simply must have cabbage and potatoes as...

Mar 25, 20231 min read

Delicious Sauce

It was time for our annual corned beef dinner. As I type that I realize that I do actually make this more than once a year, but I always...

Mar 24, 20232 min read

Great Use For Leftover Chicken

It seems that I often have leftover chicken from when I make broth. My freezer is usually full of Ziplock bags of cooked chicken. I love...

Mar 23, 20231 min read

Thick and Creamy Chocolate

I was a little skeptical that the boiling water would melt the chocolate properly. And yet, it melted perfectly. Using gelatin gives the...

Mar 22, 20232 min read

The Perfect Cream Pie

This is another recipe I made for Pie Day. I think people believe cream pies to be difficult to make because of the double boiler use. It...

Mar 21, 20232 min read

Oops, I Forgot To Add The Sour Cream!

This soup is packed with vegetables, which makes it nice and hearty. The turnips cook well, so they are soft and release a bit of...

Mar 20, 20231 min read

Traditional Pastry

This recipe produces a pastry that is super easy to work with! There is just enough moisture in the boiling water to pull the dough...

Mar 19, 20231 min read

Sweet Pineapple Curd

I love a citrus curd. Probably because I love citrus. It really is one of my favorite things for a dessert. And a curd is pretty simple...

Mar 18, 20232 min read

Soft Dough, Fluffy Pastry

This recipe produces a much moister dough than a traditional pastry crust. This caused the dough to be a little more tricky to work with,...

Mar 17, 20231 min read

Never Made This Before

This is a very interesting pie. Interesting flavor and interesting technique. The flavor is very molasses forward. Molasses can be...

Mar 16, 20231 min read

A Little Too Much Crumble

So I made that coffee cake for my husband to take to work. I didn’t even get to try it before I sent him away. So I was craving some...

Mar 15, 20231 min read

They Were Crusty

This recipe produces a nice amount of rolls that are perfectly crusty! I liked the proportions of this recipe. Some of the roll recipes I...

Mar 14, 20232 min read

Turkey, Not Just For Thanksgiving

For some reason we in America have an aversion to eating turkey if it isn’t Thanksgiving or Christmas. In October, November, and December...

Mar 13, 20232 min read

Dressing With A Twist

I grew up eating stove top stuffing. My mother was not a fabulous cook, so most everything we had came from a box. I expanded my...

Mar 12, 20232 min read

Delightfully Fast, Easy and Delicious

My husband likes to take baked goods into his office when he has meetings and such. Usually he lets me know when there is a meeting, so I...

Mar 11, 20232 min read

Delicious Comfort Food

Chicken and Dumplings is by far my daughter’s favorite meal.And of course, there are several ways to make it - from quick to laborious....

Mar 10, 20232 min read

Fudge and Pecans

There is so little flour in this recipe I really wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out. Well, if you like a thick’s cake like brownie,...

Mar 9, 20231 min read

Delicious and Simple

I always thought cream puffs were a complicated thing. Certainly not something to be made at home. Only bakeries can make these...

Mar 8, 20232 min read