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Chocolate Cookies, Chocolate AND Cookies, Chocolate but no Cookies… that is how we have arrived at today’s No-Bake Chocolate Treat! All you need in some melted chocolate (hello microwave), some chopped pistachios and some dried cherries or cranberries. Wanna talk about easy + impressive + …
At Christmas Time, people are baking batch after batch after batch of cookies. All of those cookies are absolutely fantastic, but today I have an impressive change of pace from cookies! These Christmas Trees are made all from store-bought supplies (Reese’s Cups and Hershey Kisses). …
Before I got so into cooking, I was quite the crafty lady! I am now trying to find time in my life to balance my two loves (make that four loves, since I have to find time for the dogs and hubby in there too). These Cupcakes combine two of my favorite things – food (cupcakes to be exact) and crafts! Blogging is also near the top of the list for my favorite things with my family (and food). I love going to school and seeing my students grow into fantastic leaders, I enjoy teaching and hopefully making a positive impact on their lives. I enjoy being a big-kid at heart and making others smile. OH YEAH – making others smile… if you don’t want to whip up a batch of Cupcake Ornaments, you can WIN some at the bottom of this post 🙂
These adorable little cupcake ornaments can be made in about a million different colors Continue reading Homemade Cupcake Ornaments with a Giveaway
Welcome to December… the Season of Giving & Eating & Lights & Cookies & Shopping & Baking & Friends & Food & Family & Entertaining! During this busy season, many Cookies get baked and eaten. Another holiday Classic (which I just recently discovered many people …
Seven Layer Cookies, Rainbow Cookies, Tri-Color Cookies, Italian Layer Cookies… it doesn’t matter what you call them – if you have ever eaten them, you probably love them! Growing up, these always seemed to be one of my favorite cookies (as well as my Dad’s, …
The Great Blogger Cookie Exchange was awesome! I baked 3 dozen cookies & sent them around the country and in return I received a dozen cookies from each of 3 different bloggers (more on that later).
While we are all here & enjoying cookies, I have a confession to make… I am cookie challenged! Yes, I admit it, I struggle to make cookies (they always stick to the parchment paper or spread too thin or this or that). So I signed up to the Cookie Exchange partially to challenge myself to make a really good cookie! This recipe is everything that a Cookie Should be & even I could not mess it up!
