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!

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Soft Ginger Cookies

I like the taste of ginger. I also really enjoy ginger cookies. I am not a fan of gingersnaps. They tend to be hard, crunchy disks. I...

Dec 17, 20221 min read

Delightful Orange Cranberry Cookie

This is another recipe from the Betty Crocker Cookie Cookbook. Despite having that cookbook since I was a child, I have never made this...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Rich, Creamy and Decadent

I absolutely love truffles. Not the mushroom kind, although, I don’t hate those either. . . This recipe make a delicious, decadent...

Dec 15, 20221 min read

Gooey Chocolate and Coconut

This was a first for me. And they were quite interesting. They are not the traditional macaroon, which to me, is more of a coconut candy....

Dec 14, 20221 min read

Lovely Fudge

I know that there are easy ways to make fudge. Marshmallow fluff and the microwave and such. But there is something about old fashioned...

Dec 13, 20221 min read

Creamy Caramel

If you had told me that I would be making candy two years ago I would have never believed you! But here I am, making caramels. The candy...

Dec 12, 20221 min read

Buttery Mess

This is not my first attempt at making butterscotch lace cookies. This is also not my first failure. For some reason I can not get this...

Dec 11, 20221 min read

Lovely and Light Almond Cookie

I love a spritz cookie. They are light and simple and usually have a great buttery flavor. The best part of the cookie is that you can...

Dec 10, 20222 min read

A Wonderful Classic

This is another of the recipe’s I have been making for years. The recipe comes from the Better Crocker Cookie Book that was published in...

Dec 9, 20221 min read

Peanut Butter Candy

My dad grew up in Ohio, so this recipe was not unfamiliar to me. We always had them at Christmas time growing up. The buckeye is the...

Dec 8, 20222 min read

Beautiful Presentation

What a lovely pumpkin spice cake! We had a potluck at my husband’s work. While looking at the sign up sheet I noticed there were no...

Dec 7, 20222 min read

Don't Try This At Home

I will start by saying that you should probably not try this recipe. It was not good. It sounded interesting, so I wanted to try the...

Dec 6, 20222 min read

Perfect For Football Sunday

I first discovered this recipe about twenty years ago. I was at a work Christmas party at my boss’s house. This was one of the appetizers...

Dec 5, 20222 min read

Delicious Moist Meatloaf

I never like meatloaf growing up. My mother used to make it at least once a month. I have mentioned before, my mother isn’t that great of...

Dec 4, 20222 min read

Very Filling

What a simple recipe! I will start by saying that I think there was about 1/2 cup too much biscuit mix. It was tricky getting the mixture...

Dec 3, 20221 min read

If You Like Figs

I really do enjoy figs. My love for figs started when I was in my early twenties. My best friend had a neighbor who had ten to fifteen...

Dec 2, 20223 min read

You Don't Have To Buy It

I wanted to make the Fig Coffee Cake and it called for almond paste. I was hoping that I would be able to find the almond paste at the...

Dec 1, 20222 min read

We Liked It

What a great way to make a statement with a side dish! The Mid Century cooks did love to make things in shapes. Sometimes, they are not...

Nov 30, 20221 min read

Broiled To Perfection

I don’t really cook a lot of steak at home. Or at least, I didn’t use to. I was always worried that I would over cook it and waste money....

Nov 29, 20222 min read

Better Than Expected

I wasn’t really sure what to expect with this dish. Who knows what Irish Italian is? I honestly wasn’t expecting to like this dish....

Nov 28, 20221 min read