Last night my girls from church came over for a Christmas party so I thought a craft would be fun for the party and since I am the food lady I thought this cupcake ornament was just perfect! And while it isn’t a food item with a recipe like I usually do on this blog, … Continue reading
Christmas Day dessert! YUM!!! I got this recipe from the lid of a Sticky Toffee Pudding candle that I bought at Bath and Body Works. It says “my candle recipe contest Best Recipe Winner”. The candle smells so tasty and this pudding/cake tastes almost as good as the candle smells. 1 1/2 cups pitted and … Continue reading
I found this recipe on http://www.ezrapoundcake.com where she said that she adapted it from Nigella Lawson’s “How to Be a Domestic Goddess”. They smelled so yummy while baking and tasted great! 1 1/3 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/3 cup sugar freshly grated nutmeg juice of 1 – 2 clementines … Continue reading
We had our annual Christmas potluck at Book Group tonight and I was trying to figure out what to bring and my neighbor Karin asked if I was going to make these and at first I said no but then I thought why not? so this is what I took. I found this idea on … Continue reading
This recipe comes from http://www.bettycrocker.com, a 2nd variation on the cookie cup idea, also very tasty! garnish: 3 oz semisweet baking chocolate 1 tablespoon shortening or Christmas sprinkles cookie cups: 1 pouch Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix or chocolate chip cookie mix 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 egg filling: 2 cups dark chocolate chips 3/4 … Continue reading
Target had Betty Crocker cookie mixes on sale for $1.55 this last week and I had a bunch of .40 cents off coupons so they ended up being only $1.15 a pouch so I bought about 6 pouches in various flavors (chocolate chip, peanut butter and sugar cookie) and then decided to experiment so this … Continue reading
Here are the other cupcakes I made today – snowmen! This idea comes from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson’s other cookbook called “Hello, Cupcake!” which I also love. The cupcakes are vanilla using their “Perfect Cake Mix Cupcakes” recipe from the same cookbook; I used a white cake mix and added 1 tablespoon of vanilla … Continue reading
Today was Christmas cupcake day and a good day it was too! These cute little guys come from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson’s “What’s New, Cupcake?” cookbook which is awesome! I highly recommend it! Mine are a little different than theirs as I used pretzels for antlers in order to make it a little easier. … Continue reading
DON’T THROW AWAY THE LEFTOVER CHOCOLATE! After you’ve dipped anything (truffles, cake pops, candies, etc), there is usually some chocolate left over after you’ve dipped everything, don’t throw it away! When I know I’m going to dip anything, I always buy a bag of pretzels for the leftover chocolate. Who doesn’t love chocolate dipped pretzels? … Continue reading
And now some green truffles to go with the red ones! These are also a Kraft recipe but there are 2 different websites listed, http://www.kraftfoods.com and http://www.bakerschocolate.com where you can find this and other fun recipes! I think the red and green truffles will look so cute together in a gift container. 2 1/2 packages … Continue reading
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