Category: Desserts
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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…