Chocolate blender mousse. I struggled on exactly what to call this deliciousness. It is probably most like mousse, except not quite as light and airy as that. The texture is however fantastic and wonderfully chocolatey and smooth. It is also richer than and not quite right being called pudding either. Maybe half way between pots de crème and classic chocolate mousse. But really who needs to quantify it when it is so delicious and so easy to make?!
Continue reading Easy Chocolate Blender MousseEver feel the need for chocolate and peanut butter together?! This household does often. We also LOVE a good rice crispy square. As well as a perfect chewy crunch combo. These bars meet all the criteria. And they are easy. Basically not much more than a melting, stirring and assembling the ingredients.
Sweater Cookies. Searching for some winter cookie inspiration?! Look no further than these delightful little white on white cookie cable knit sweaters and mittens!
Continue reading Winter Sweater Sugar CookiesThe Gingerbread House Cake. Gingerbread houses, but make it more of a snow dusted, hill top village on a two layer cake!
This easy week night pasta and sauce came about as a ‘I am tired and not looking to follow a recipe and want dinner on the table in 30 minutes meal.’
It became immediately known as ‘Quinton’s Pasta!’ In part because he alone had 5 helpings and because everyone, especially said 2 year old nephew, proclaimed it was great. And furthermore I really needed to repeat making it, but also write the recipe down for others to follow. So, who am I to argue, I did just that and here it is!
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Cheesecake is delicious! There is nothing to argue there. But it can be finicky and require a great deal of cream cheese in many recipes. So these are technically more of a cheesecake bar with a shortbread base and fresh berry swirl. And they are completely, deliciously awesome!
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Strawberry cupcakes are a really great idea. I mean who wouldn’t want a strawberry cupcake? My strawberry cake has been such a hit for years, I thought it was about time to adapt it into cupcakes!
Continue reading Strawberry CupcakesBye bye Braces!!! When we could finally bid farewell to our teen’s braces a cake was in order. I mean when isn’t a cake in order?! A tasty moment to celebrate and decorate with some of the previously ‘off limit’ candies for brace wearers.
These individual skillet brownies are one of my new go-to must have chocolate recipes. They come together so quickly with pantry staples and only take 22 minutes to bake. They are also unbelievably good when eaten warm right out of the oven, straight from the skillet.
These chocolate peanut butter oat bars are incredibly crave-able! Something about the texture of the combined sweet and salty chocolate and peanut butter combo with the chewy, granola bar like crust. Hard to walk by the fridge and not want a piece. I have even been known to whip up back to back batches when the first one runs out, because I am not ready to no longer have them waiting when I open the fridge.
