These are so amazing and believe it or not they are pretty easy to make....really! I grew up 90 minutes from New Orleans. I have tried many and I mean many different pralines. Some yum ~ O and some not ~ O, I have tried many countless recipes as well. Some are great if the weather is cool and it has … [Read more...]
Meringue Cookies
These cookies are so very pretty and make such a beautiful presentation. They are great for a special party, shower or tea party. These are great to make a head. You can make them any color to match your party theme... … [Read more...]
Toblerone Short Bread Cookies
Okay, I have been baking away this week...how about you? Well, you ask why no post well...see I made many of the same things last year. You can see them in old post just look over to your right. See I have old favorites and everybody wants the same thing from year to year. I let everyone pick one … [Read more...]
Glazed Pecans
Oh goodness this is one of those things that are oh so easy yet oh so wonderful. Please try them and you will agree they are wonderful. I had a customer bring them in to us with the recipe and we all went NUTS over them....heeee heeee. I have made them every year since. They are additive so be … [Read more...]
Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Treats
We love rice crispy treats as most people do....but, mix them with chocolate and peanut butter. Yum....Yum! I made a few batches for Halloween. We are lucky to live in a neighborhood we have many little trick or treaters. They are so cute all dressed up in their little costumes. I just get so … [Read more...]
Chocolate ~ Chocolate Cake
This is one of my favorite cakes to make. It is a chocolate cake with a chocolate icing. It is chocolaty but not to overly chocolate or rich. It has a hint of coffee in it but not an over powering flavor. It is just right in every way....love it, love it!! Chocolate Cake 1 3/4 cups all~purpose … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Rolls
Cinnamon rolls...when you walk in and smell of them baking, oh dear me. The aroma is so inviting and it invokes such wonderful memories. They are not hard to make at home really they are not. Like almost all breads made at my house start in, you got it the bread machine. This time of year when it is … [Read more...]
Home Made Carmel Sauce
This is a great thing to have a around to add to many different desserts. We all love it on ice cream or on hot brownies. It is a great item to make for gifts to give at Christmas time. Homemade Carmel Sauce 1/2 stick of butter 1/2 cup of sugar Put the butter in the heavy pan and … [Read more...]
Puppy Chow Chex Party Mix ~ Gluten Free
This is one thing that is known by many names...White Trash, Chex Mix, Party Mix, Puppy Chow and if you have ever had a puppy you do know it does in deed look like puppy chow. This is so easy to make. I love it and will eat all I can get my hands on. I will make 2 batches of this over the holiday … [Read more...]
Golden Chex Party Mix
Chex Mix # 2 A friend gave me this recipe to try ~ since I like the other so much I though hey what the heck I will try it how bad could it be right....well, it is pretty yummy! But, I still like #1 best! Okay the more I eat the better it is! Really Golden Party Mix 3 cups Cocoa Puff's 3 … [Read more...]
Hot Chocolate on a Stick
This is a wonderful gift to give to teachers, friends or any one on your gift list. It is so pretty made up and it taste wonderful on a cold day. I will package up several, get a really cute mug. Make some homemade cookies and then put it all together and you have a really nice homemade gift to give … [Read more...]
Thumb Print Cookies
My boys love these cookies. They are a really good cookie. They keep for a week or more really well. They are pretty and look great on a cookie platter or in a gift box. Thumb Print Cookies 3 sticks of butter 1 cup packed light brown sugar 2 eggs separated 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoon … [Read more...]
Angie’s Everything Cookies
This are my favorite cookies and they are a cookie I make often. I put everything in them ~ hence the name...they have oatmeal, skor candy bars, dried cherries, chocolate and walnuts. What more could you want? hummmm more cookies heee heee these poor things are not the prettiest but they are the … [Read more...]
Old Fashioned English Toffee
I have always loved toffee...a client of mine would send me toffee from Engstrom's Almond Toffee years and years ago, oh I was in love. For years I would send this as our gift to others. I loved it...well it is rather expensive. But, well worth it I will add. I love a buttery light crispy crunchy … [Read more...]
Cheese Straws
Cheese Straws are great thing to have around during the holidays in case some one stops by so you have something to offer with a glass of wine. Cheese straws are a very southern thing. I have about 100 different recipes, all the same and then all different in one way or another. These are light … [Read more...]
Sand Tart Cookies
Sand Tarts I am not sure just why they are called Sand Tarts?? My Granny made these little cookies and this is her recipe. Many cultures have something similar to these cookies. Kinda like a wedding cookie. They are great, why ~ easy, they last, everyone likes them. 1 cup butter 1/4 cup … [Read more...]
Tiny Gingerbread Houses
This came out so cute...These are kinda like the one I put in the bake shop large house, I posted yesterday but these do not have as much detail. I took the same pattern I used on the large house and reduced it some where around 75-78%. I made one for each place setting. Cute...Cute!! It takes a … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Houses
I can remember as a child my grandmother making gingerbread houses. I was just amazed by them each year. Not only did they look beautiful but they had the smell of Christmas, sweet and spicy. After Christmas she would let us eat them. Yuk! Is what I think now but oh my when I was a kid that was … [Read more...]