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As I type I'm putting together my Easter dinner shopping list for Saturday. Why I always wait until the last minute to get everything together is beyond me. While I don't have the dinner completely planned out, I know exactly what we'll be having for dessert. Over the past few weeks I've tried out some new ideas, practiced a few recipes and come up with a variety of Easter desserts full of bright color and sweet flavors. LEMON CHEESECAKE … [Read more...]
It's a little crazy how quickly Easter snuck up me this year. If you're feeling the same way, don't fret because there's still time to put together and Easter dinner and dessert menu that will be fun for the kids to help make and delicious enough for everyone to eat. McCormick is offering a Spring Look Book that gives you a glimpse of dozens of recipes that cover, brunch, dinner, appetizers and of course, my favorite, desserts. One of those … [Read more...]
With Easter just a week away, now is the time to start planning all of your Easter desserts. It's always a tradition in our home to spend a weekend before Easter baking our favorites including sugar cookies, pastel Rice Krispies treats and of course dying Easter Eggs. In fact, my mom will be coming over tomorrow to spend the afternoon with me and the kids whipping up some goodies. If you're looking for some ideas, these Rice Krispies M&M … [Read more...]
Blondies. White Chocolate. M&Ms. Is there any better combination than that? I think not. Which is why I put them all together to create these mini blondie sticks. Yum! The weather started heating up last week ... crazy warm ... to the point I had to turn on the air conditioning. In March! Instead of reheating the house with oven I thought now would be a good time to pull out the KitchenAid Convection Countertop Oven I've … [Read more...]
It's hard to believe Easter Sunday is just two weeks away. Seems like I was just celebrating St. Patrick's Day not long ago and here we are getting the plastic eggs filled and baskets full of goodies. Among many of our families traditions, my favorite, dying Easter eggs is something the kids always look forward to. They get a chance to get messy and I get a dozen hard boiled eggs to munch on for breakfast. This year we started a new tradition … [Read more...]
There's a lot of things that can be said about the Pioneer Woman's recipes but the fact that one actually caused a marital spat is probably not one of them. Until now. You see, I had this great idea to turn her famous cinnamon rolls into a sweet Easter breakfast and decided to try the recipe out early one morning. The idea was to surprise the family with a made from scratch breakfast they could enjoy together. Instead, it started an … [Read more...]
Carrot Cake. Hmph. Truthfully, I'm not sure if I like this stuff. You see, I used a box mix, the Duncan Hines one with the real (dehydrated carrots and raisins). So this puts me in a position where I think I need to try a homemade carrot cake recipe before judging it because the box mix version was kinda gross. I suppose gross is a strong word but the spices in the cake batter were just way too strong for my liking. The density and moisture … [Read more...]
This is going to sound really odd but I loathe nuts. All of them. I can't name a single nut I like, including the widely loved peanut. But. I love Pistachios. Yes, I know they're a nut but they really don't taste like anything especially when they're mixed in with pistachio pudding. *Love* Growing up I loved when my mom would bring home a cup of pistachio pudding (which I later learned is actually called Watergate Salad) from the … [Read more...]
No matter the holiday, cupcakes are one treat you can dress up for any occasion. Green velvet cupcakes are no exception. Much like red velvet cupcakes, these have a velvet texture and vibrant color ... green for St. Patrick's Day! Making these green velvet cupcakes is extremely easy and comes with the added bonus of playing with food coloring. When I'm not working with coloring buttercream, I love using McCormick green food color to … [Read more...]
St. Patrick's Day isn't far off and I've got two things flooding my brain these days. Mint. Green. Together these two things make some tasty desserts that are festive enough to celebrate with on one of the greenest holidays of the year. I may not be Irish (but I am super pale, does that count?) I don't pass up the chance to make goodies for the kids. This is so easy to make there's really no "recipe" nessecary. Just pick up a … [Read more...]
