These cupcakes are so decadently delicious! The recipe comes from Taste of Home Cake Mix Treats, and if you love chocolate and peanut butter you’ll love these cupcakes!!!! Ingredients: 1 package chocolate cake mix 1 1/4 c. water 1/2 c. peanut butter 1/3 c. canola oil 3 eggs 24 miniature peanut butter cups Frosting: 12 [...]
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Published by June 2nd, 2010 in 5 Stars, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Dessert and Kid Approved. 0 CommentsEasy Peasy Hamentashen
Published by March 2nd, 2010 in 4 Stars, Cookies, Dessert, Easy Preparation and Kid Approved. 0 CommentsThis hamentashen recipe is so easy. I’ve got a family recipe that calls for the dough to be refrigerated overnight, and whenever I look at that recipe I just want to make these cookies right now! So this easy recipe is perfect and tasty too! This recipe is from allrecipes.com. Ingredients: 1 (18.25 oz.) package [...]
Chocolate Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies
Published by December 15th, 2009 in 5 Stars, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert and Kid Approved. ClosedHave you seen the new dark chocolate mint chips by Nestle? I absolutely love mint, so I knew these were right up my alley! -s is the cookie baker in our house, so he found a chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe on Food Network, and used that recipe to make these most delicious cookies! If [...]
Jelly Donuts
Published by December 15th, 2009 in 5 Stars, Dessert, Entertaining and Kid Approved. ClosedWho knew homemade donuts were so easy to make? I surely didn’t, but I think we will make this an annual tradition. It was so much fun and the kiddos all enjoyed decorating the donuts. Recipe adapted from November 2009 issue of Southern Living. Ingredients: 1 (25 oz.) package of frozen yeast rolls, thawed according [...]
Cranberry Jello Salad
Published by November 27th, 2009 in 5 Stars, Dessert, Easy Preparation, Entertaining, Family Recipe, Kid Approved, Quick and Easy, Salad, Sides, Thanksgiving and Vegetarian. ClosedJello salads and molded jello salads were all the rage in the 70′s and they still are for my family in the Pacific Northwest. Most jello salads I don’t particularly care for, but I eat enough to be polite. There is one exception. My Great Aunt Arlene makes this wonderful raw cranberry jello salad every [...]
Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Published by November 26th, 2009 in 4 Stars, Cooking Light, Dessert and Thanksgiving. ClosedWe went to Thanksgiving dinner at a friend’s house this year and we were tasked with desserts. We brought a traditional pumpkin pie, chocolate chip cheesecake bars, and pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. The pumpkin cake was pretty good, especially if you love pumpkin and spice cakes, and for that reason I would give [...]
I found this recipe at A Year in the Kitchen, and the recipe is adapted from a recipe by Dorie Greenspan. This blueberry crumb coffee cake is really delicious, and even has enough crumb topping for -s! Ingredients: For the Crumbs: 5 TBSP unsalted butter at room temp 1/4 c. sugar 1/3 c. light brown [...]
I love fruit desserts. What happens when my kiddos pick out apples at the grocery store and then refuse to eat them when we get home? The apples find their way into something delicious, and tonight it was apple crisp. Delicious on its own or topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Ingredients: 5 [...]
-s loves oatmeal scotchies. He whipped up a batch this afternoon, and the cookies are delicious, with the added bonus of making the house smell heavenly…kind of like one of those really yummy smelling candles. The recipe is courtesy of Nestle. ***If you are making a double recipe do one recipe at a time, because [...]
Oatmeal Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
Published by December 9th, 2008 in 4 Stars, Chocolate, Cookies, Cooking Light, Dessert, Easy Preparation and Kid Approved. 0 CommentsThese cookies were really good, although I thought the toffee kind of got lost in the cookie, so maybe add more toffee bits than the original recipe calls for. This recipe is adapted from the oatmeal toffee cookies found in the December 2008 issue of Cooking Light. Ingredients: 3.4 ounces all-purpose flour (about 3/4 cup) [...]
