Category: Desserts
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My son’s favorite food and beverage pairing… to date
I know I write about food and wine a lot, but those aren’t the only perfect pairings. Last week my son suggested one to me and, although I thought it sounded strange at first, he was right! Chick-fil-a Lemonade and Ice Dream (their version of ice cream) makes a super delicious match. Really. Take a…
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Nutter Butter Snowman Cookies & Best Party Recipes for Sharing
My daughter loves to decorate cookies. She also loves to bake and cook just about anything with me in the kitchen, but most recently we came up with a sweet treat we knew we had to share with you: Nutter Butter Snowman Cookies! Natalie took one snowman to school yesterday in her lunchbox and she’s already…
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‘Cupcake Wars’ winner Kyra Bussanich’s gluten-free cookbook
Who can resist a gorgeous, decadent cupcake? Unfortunately, my friends who eat gluten-free have had to resist for far too long. But that is about to change. This summer I had the delight of meeting Kyra Bussanish in Portland, Oregon, where she has a very successful gluten-free bakery called Kyra’s Bake Shop. Yes, you read…
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Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
This Mother’s Day my daughter gave me one of those sweet cards she makes at school where she completed sentences like “I like it when…” and “My mom’s the greatest because…” On the card she mentioned how much she loves my peanut butter cookies and that she loves it when I bake. Life has been…
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Light Strawberry Cupcake Recipe
Yesterday a friend of mine posted on Facebook about the cupcakes she was sending to school for her daughter’s class and how the kids would have no idea how low cal they were. (That’s her photo from Facebook right there. Doesn’t that cupcake look awesome?!) Of course I had to investigate and she was kind…
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Caramel-Wrapped Chocolate-Covered Pretzels
Amy over at Amy’s Finer Things is sharing a very simple and very yummy recipe for caramel-wrapped, chocolate-covered pretzels. Just reading the recipe makes me want to run back to the grocery store so I can make some myself! If you are looking for a treat to serve or give as a gift, this just…
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Waffle Iron Brownies
Brownies in the waffle iron? Oh yes… watch and see. (Recipe and why I decided to give them a try to follow the video.) When I was at The Happy Housewife’s house this summer, she decided to make chocolate chip cookies in her waffle iron and they actually worked! They tasted great, were simple to…
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A special dessert for a lady party… and my family
While I was cutting angel food cake, whipping cream and washing berries to make a trifle yesterday, my son came up to me. “Is this for dessert?” he said, expectantly. “Oh, honey,” I said, “This is for my lady party. I’m going to have dinner with some friends tonight.” And then the gravity of my…
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What are your favorite milkshakes and smoothies for kids?
My nine-year-old son, who is a skinny guy to begin with and has been told to gain weight, has just had a dental appliance put into his mouth that he finds rather uncomfortable. Poor guy, he is even having trouble swallowing liquids. But today is just the first day, so I have no doubt things…
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OOPS! Flourless Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Earlier in the week I decided to make some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies as an after-school treat for my kids. I had made some from a jar of mix that Connie of Smockity Frocks had graciously given me a few weeks ago and they were delicious, so I searched her site and found this recipe…
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Famous Peach Cobbler Colonial by Judy Douglass
Batter: 1 ½ cup flour ¾ tsp salt 1 ½ tsp baking powder 4 ½ Tbsp butter, softened 1 cup sugar ¾ cup milk Sift and measure flour. Sift with salt and baking powder. Cream butter, adding sugar gradually. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Mix well. Should be thin enough to pour, but not…
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Homemade Marshmallows? WOW!
Most of the time I like to go for the super-simple approach in the kitchen. But sometimes I like to take just a little bit of extra effort and go for the WOW! I came across this recipe for homemade marshmallows, and it is definitely one of those that goes for the WOW! Plus it…
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Butterfly Cupcakes
I am soooooo excited about my latest creation with my daughter. We made these this afternoon for a friend…
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Ready for the next step
I’m making some special cupcakes and have to stop to run an errand. But my kitchen waits… ready for the next step. (I can’t wait to try it out in a bit!!)
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Last week I lost 5.6 pounds!
This past week I lost 5.6 pounds following the Weight Watchers plan. I’m thinking Weight Watching Wednesdays will be back with a vengeance!! That’s a lot to lose in a week, so I think I should explain… I re-joined WeightWatchers last Monday after struggling with a few pounds. I am a Weight Watchers Lifetime member,…