Sugar Cookie Fruit Pizza

Last night the Young Women and Young Men came over for a swimming activity at my house so I decided to have a pizza party along with the swimming, a dessert pizza party!  This one started off from a Pampered Chef recipe simply called “Dessert Pizza” which I started making and then changed a little … Continue reading

White Chocolate Cupcakes with Truffle Filling

And now for my favorite part of any party or bridal shower as the case may be, the dessert!  These are a Pampered Chef recipe from their cookbook called “Chocolate” of course!  They were awesome, super sweet, just a warning and if that warning is coming from me then you know that they must be … Continue reading

Chocolate Raspberry Dream Torte

It was our Christmas Bunco dinner last night and I actually got off work in time to go and then I actually won!  Woo Hoo!  I made this Pampered Chef torte for dessert.  It is supposed to be topped with raspberries but they didn’t have any fresh ones at the store so I went with … Continue reading

Bacon Chicken Grilled Pizza

I’ve been wanting to try out my new Pampered Chef BBQ Pizza Pan and so today was the day and it came out great!  Picture perfect and delicious!  Here’s how: 16 oz frozen pizza dough (Bob went to Winco for me but they didn’t have any frozen pizza dough, they did however have fresh pizza … Continue reading

Giant Rocky Road Cookies

Here’s another recipe from Pampered Chef’s “Simply Sweet” cookbook which I highly recommend investing in if you like to make desserts like I do.  I did not make my cookies giant size, just regular size and they are for the grips at work who always take care of me and make sure that I have … Continue reading

Strawberry Cream Cupcake Desserts

We had some friends coming over for treats last night so I thought about this recipe that I’ve been wanting to try and it seemed right since summer is here (or is here and gone, here and gone, due to the unpredictable weather!)  It’s a Pampered Chef recipe and usually those are a guaranteed success, … Continue reading

Oven Fries

As I think I’ve mentioned before, Bob and I have been trying to count calories and lose some weight and I have been missing french fries something fierce so I thought I’d give oven fries a try and they came out pretty good.  I took 2 russet potatoes and sliced them into thin wedges, brushed … Continue reading

Homemade Potato Chips

I’m back!  The movie is finally over and I have until the end of April before I start the next one so I’m hoping to get in lots of cooking and baking and blogging! Bob and I are on a quest to lose some weight and get in shape (again!) so on January 30 (the … Continue reading

Chocolate Caramel Oatmeal Chews

These are for Bob’s Christmas work lunch today.  The recipe is from Pampered Chef.  Looked like a whole pan of gooey goodness! 2 cups quick or old fashioned oats 1 3/4 cups flour, divided 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup butter, melted 1 cup butterscotch or caramel ice cream topping … Continue reading

Fudge Torte with White Chocolate Mousse

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