I was kind of half joking on Twitter when I said that I would call these ‘Awesome Bars’. It turns out they are really quite awesome so I felt no qualms about adding it to the title. So, what are ‘Awesome Bars,’ you might ask?. Well, they are a dense, buttery cake bottom with a [...]
Last year I gave you all a round-up of cookies perfect for the holiday season … and I plan to do the same again this year! I mean, what is better than contemplating cookies to help you get over your turkey hang-over? Next week I will be posting my entry for Challenge 8 of Project [...]
Welcome to Week 2 of the Ten in Ten Challenge! Believe it or not, I really like food that is terribly bad for you (I’ll wait while you pick your jaw up off the floor). The fastest way to wreck a healthy eating plan is to say that certain foods are forbidden. All that does [...]
If you love chocolate then this recipe is the one for you. My husband, who used to work in restaurants, would make this for me years ago when we were dating. I found his old book of formulas and remembered how good this simple cake was and decided to go about making it. His formula was [...]
We recently had an ice day I got to stay home with my husband and our three dogs. On such occasions, which are few and far between in my part of Texas, I like to make a big breakfast to celebrate a day of unexpected freedom. So, I made a big stack of fluffy homemade [...]
Have you ever had a bag of apples sitting around and you don’t know what to do with it? Well, I found myself with that problem a few weeks ago and I decided to get creative. The results were outstanding and I want to share. Green apples are tops in my book. They bake well, they slice and [...]
Last night I began my holiday cookie fest. I made Chocolate Chip Bars and Nigella’s Triple Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies. Mmmmm. I doubled the recipes for both and I now have five containers of cookies ready to eat/give/serve in the freezer. I will be doing Jam Thumbprints and Peanut Butter Cookies sometime this week, and this [...]
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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