My husband loves dark chocolate and so do I. In fact, if he could find a bagful of Milky Way Midnight Dark candy bar in the fun size, he would be in heaven! When I saw the pie recipe, I knew I had to make it for us very soon and thought I would jazz it up a…
Sweets
Coconut Roulade with Rum Buttercream for National Cake Day
Every month, I look forward to the newest issue of Food Network Magazine. I peruse the pages trying to find a recipe that is appealing to our family, easy enough for me to make, and does not require a bunch of difficult-to-find ingredients. I am always successful although sometimes I end up preparing a fairly…
Freakin’ Delicious Fruitcake
My dad loved fruitcake. Secretly, I kind of liked it but always thought it could be much better tasting if it just didn’t have all those candied bitter bits in it and it had too many big nuts AND it was so heavy and dense! One year I decided to try my hand at it…
A Kinder Gentler Gingerbread Man Cookie
I love the look of gingerbread men cookies – but the taste is just too strong and intense for me. For years, I would see one and think that maybe this time I would like it – but I never did. That is, until today. For those of you who follow my Facebook page, you…
Super Easy Halloween Cupcakes
I made a bunch of cupcakes today and given that it is Halloween, I wanted to make them festive without spending all day in the kitchen. I used a cake mix and canned icing with a few extras and I think they came out pretty well! The first one – show at the top of…
Halloween Monster Toes!
These are fun and kind of messy and kids of all ages will love ’em! Also, no cooking!! Here’s what you need: Halloween Monster Toes! 1 package of Nutter Butters 6 squares of almond bark (or green candy melts) 10 drops of green food coloring Black decorating gel Purple decorating gel Melt the almond bark…
Halloween Brownie Treats
As you will see at the end of the post – it’s a good thing I’m not a perfectionist! If you don’t cook much but need some Halloween treats AND you have a fairly steady hand (mine? Not so much) you can have around 25-30 good sized treats in no time at all! All…
Small Fried Apple Pies
***This is the most important thing to remember when reading this post: Mr. Picky Eater LOVED them – he even complimented me. He didn’t get that nickname for throwing about admiration for my cooking skills, so this recipe is a great big success as far as I am concerned! As I was reading other…
Fresh Apple Cake
When my mother finally consented to give me the family recipe for apple cake, she insisted I call it “Fresh” Apple Cake – we had a conversation about “rotten” apple cake and the odds of THAT, but as mothers often do, she won out and so the official title of this post is Fresh Apple…
Halloween Ghosties !!
About 3 years ago, I started using allrecipes.com. I love it there and regularly save other people’s recipes. About a year ago, I put on my own family recipes that I wanted to access quickly if I forgot how to do it or something happened to the recipes written on paper. About 4 days ago,…