Recipes for Real People
This past Valentine’s Day I chocolate dipped everything and it all started with this simple little Chocolate dipped sugar cookie. I dipped 189,987 strawberries, lol, and equally as many pretzel rods. I’ll be honest if I had more cabinet space I may have chocolate dipped even more things . In my opinion this cookie was the star of the show. This easy basic sugar cookie is one of my favorite recipes , and dipped in decadant chocolate it is over the top good.
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What is Christmas without Christmas Cracker Candy? I am obsessed with cracker candy this year and have played around with a couple of recipes. This White Chocolate Christmas Cracker Candy one of my new favorites along with my standard Christmas Cracker Candy. The great thing about this recipe is there is no tricky timing and thermometers . It is a great candy to make for beginners or the most seasoned cooks.
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The past couple weeks I have gianed ownership of several nordic bundt pans. Let me tell you, I am in love !! If you bundt cake lover , do yourself a favor and purchase just one . You will never want to bake in any other pan.
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Tis the season for Christmas goodies!! Seriously , what is Christmas without yummy treats? I have certain candies I make every year and this Christmas Cracker Candy is always at the top of my list. It is easy and quick so that fits into my busy schedule. This cracker candy I jazzed up a bit with festive sprinkles and mini M&M’s. This stuff is so addictive and believe me it is hard to stop eating . I usually double this recipe since my boys will inhale one pan in 5 minutes flat, LOL. While I love this buttery toffee cracker candy I also always make cookies. Lots of cookies!! Check out a collection of my all time favorite cookies 20 Classic Cookie Recipes.
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When the the weather starts getting cool and leaves begin to change it’s time for all the yummy baked goods full of the fall spices. These autumn oatmeal cookies ooze everything about this time of year . They are buttery , chewy and full cinnamon, pecans and dried cranberries and are seriously so good. I added a little apple butter and this gave this cookie ever more of a fall feel. Give me a big cup of warm tea and one these cookies and I am in pure heaven. Another one of my fall favorites is Apple Bread with Cream cheese filling.
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These Nutter Butter Football Cupcakes are the ultimate treat for the chocolate and peanut butter lover and just in time for football season. All the guys in my house love this combination so when I was making these they were circling the kitchen and waiting . I am a frosting snob and I have passed this trait down to my youngest son , he will only eat homemade creamy peanut butter frosting . He is with me on the no canned frosting rule , making it isn’t that hard and soooo much better.
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This Peach and Cherry Amaretto Crisp just screams summer and is a must try while the fresh peaches are still around. I walked in my local super market few days ago and the intoxicating aroma of the ripe white peaches were yelling my name. “Debbie ..PICK ME PICK ME!!”, and I did . I had cherries left from my Cherry Chia Smoothie and I couldn’t let those babies go to waste. This little bit of yumminess was then born. The amaretto with the peach and cherries is a great compliment . I used Disaronno but brace yourself, a cheaper amaretto could be used as a replacement in this case. You will rarely hear me say that about alcohol, I only use the good stuff if I am drinking it LOL. My rule of thumb when buying alcohol is eye level and up at the liquor store. Trust me on this one (wink wink) LOL
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This past weekend my husband and I had an adult get away to the hill country in Texas and San Antonio. The hill country we need another few days there in the future just to hit all the wineries in Fredericksburg. It was just a neat little community that I will return to soon. We were wanting a weekend of more than just shopping and wine tasting so the majority of our time was spent in San Antonio. While in San Antonio we stayed at The Menger Hotel which is like staying in a museum. This hotel is grand and rich in history, and it has a pretty cool bar,lol. The bar is where Teddy Roosevelt was said to have summoned and recruited The Rough Riders. They are very proud of their history and show it off in displays that I just find fascinating.
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I am going to be honest here, I am a cookie fanatic and these cookies are AMAZING!! Some warm fluffy chocolate chip cookies with a cold glass of milk is pure heaven for this girl. I am getting over a little illness and needed some comfort food…AKA chocolate chip cookies. One of our local super markets has these cookies in their bakery called muffin top cookies that are basically a fluffy cake like cookie. I have been on a quest to figure out how to make something similar . I have searched the internet on how to make cookies fluffier and came up with several ideas. One of the more interesting things I found was adding cornstarch to the flour mixture. I read it would soften the protein in the flour and make a more tender cookie. This little trick plus extra baking powder seems to have worked beautifully. I took my basic chocolate chip cookie recipe and altered it a bit and the results were fluffy, soft and super yummy. Another great cookie to try is Banana Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
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One of my favorite cookbooks I received as a newlywed back in the late 90’s was The Cake Doctor cookbook. I learned then that boxed cake mixes can be doctored up and made remarkably delicious and this is a perfect example . Another delicious example is my Lemon Cupcakes and I even make Cake Mix Cinnamon Rolls that are to die for. Once I discovered I could make a yummy cake pretty easily I then became a frosting snob. No canned frosting for me!! These cupcakes are perfect for any occasion from weddings , birthdays and showers. For these cupcakes I did a classic white frosting but that is totally up to you. Another bonus is this recipe makes around 30 average sized cupcakes.
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