30 Minute Dinner Rolls

And finally one last thing for Kristen’s dinner, homemade rolls.  Now I am a pretty decent cook and baker but I always seem to have trouble with recipes that call for yeast, I just haven’t quite got the hang of it yet but this recipe is the find of the week!  I know I will … Continue reading

Toffee Bars #2

Can’t take dinner to someone without taking treats too (at least I can’t!) so made these for Kristen and her fam too.  I must confess that I kept one for me so I could try it and they were so chocolatey and gooey, it was delightful!  The recipe comes from the Midwest Living website. 1/2 … Continue reading

Brown Sugar Pound Cake

This is one of my new favorite cakes!  It was so yummy!  My niece is starting her service today as a missionary for our church and so last night the family had a little get together to send her off and wish her well.  I made cakes!  I made the Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake which … Continue reading

German Chocolate Cake Bars

Courtney and Jaren came over last night for treats and games so I threw these together while we were visiting.  They were super easy and really delicious!  In fact, there aren’t many leftovers today.  The recipe comes from “Six Sisters” Stuff”, love them! crust 1 box Devil’s Food cake mix (not the kind with pudding … Continue reading

Pasta with Basil, Tomatoes and Garlic

Dinner last night, trying to take advantage of all the fresh tomatoes and basil from our garden.  The recipe comes from “My Recipes”, easy and yummy! 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 1/4 pounds (1 quart) small cherry and teardrop tomatoes (I used a … Continue reading

Lemonade Cupcakes

The Young Women were over at my house last night.  We made jewelery holders and visited and ate cupcakes.  I made lemon cupcakes from a box of lemon cake mix, topped them with the Lemon Truffle Filling from the Kneaders Raspberry Lemon Truffle Cupcake recipe, frosted them with buttercream icing dyed pink, sprinkled with yellow … Continue reading

Transformers Fondant Birthday Cake

Ngati wanted a Transformers birthday cake.  The cake is two 6″ Key Lime flavored layers, covered in buttercream and then Duff’s fondant again from Michaels.  Cort made all the decorations and did a great job.  She had to reinforce with toothpicks and skewers since there wasn’t time to let the tall pieces dry very much … Continue reading

Purple Tangled Doll Fondant Birthday Cake

Courtney called me at like 7:00 Monday night and announced that we had to make two birthday cakes the next day for Ngati and Ngaio (they are the children of some good friends of Jaren, Courtney’s hubby) so I started baking right away and then she came over Tuesday and we spent most of the … Continue reading

Lunch Lady Brownies

I can’t even begin to describe to you how good these are, except to say that I am still trying to watch my weight and count calories and I ate 2 of them yesterday!  Even now I know that they are down there in the kitchen taunting me and I so badly want to go … Continue reading