Last night at church we had an event to celebrate the Young Women who have graduated from high school and are getting ready for college and the next phase in their lives. I was on treat duty so I found this recipe on a website called http://www.spoonforkbacon.com and decided to give it a try. It … Continue reading
I hosted Bunco last night at my house and these were the treats I made to serve for dessert. The recipe comes from “Martha Stewart Living”, the December 2009 issue. I felt a little like Martha yesterday as I made these treats and then I made treats for everyone to take home as part of … Continue reading
Bob got me the ice cream maker attachment for my KitchenAid mixer for Christmas and I’ve been wanting to try it out so here is the first batch. It was pretty runny as it needs to be put in the freezer after mixing it in the mixer but no one wanted to wait so we … 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
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
I signed up to bring a dessert to our Christmas Bunco tonight and this is what I brought. It is from the Pampered Chef cookbook called “Chocolate” which is awesome! And this torte was awesome too! mousse: 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream 8 oz white chocolate, finely chopped (I used my Dove Chocolate Discoveries white … 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
Oh, Christmas! I get to bake and bake and bake and then bake some more! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! 🙂 These couldn’t be any easier to make and look how cute they are! The original recipe has them dipped in baking chocolate but I had a bag of red … Continue reading
Here is my Red Velvet Cake story! A friend of Courtney’s requested a birthday cake from us for her daughter’s birthday and she wanted the cake to be Red Velvet. I had never made a Red Velvet cake before so I asked my good friend Ann, who is a spectacular baker, if she had … Continue reading
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