Each bite of these tasty bars is a mouthful of peanut buttery, marshmallow, chocolaty, and Rice Krispies goodness. Easy to make using refrigerated cookie dough. Treat your ghosts and goblins to these this Halloween! It’s that time again when we load on the sugary treats. Halloween is just around the corner! For some adults, it’s the most wonderful time of the year; they go all …
Make-Ahead-Batter Cake with Fudgy Frosting
Whipping up a from-scratch cake on a busy day is doable with this easy make-ahead cake batter. This yellow cake is frosted with a rich, chocolaty, and fudgy frosting made with sweetened condensed milk. If you’re anything like me, there have been times when you refrained from making a made-from-scratch cake for a get together because of the multiple steps involved. The batter preparation requires …
Banana Stuffed Fried Dough-Part Two Of Fried Dough Month
Just when you think fried dough can’t get any better, this Fried dough stuffed with banana and sprinkled with powdered sugar is going to change your mind! I am excited to reveal the second of my Month of August Fried Dough Celebration recipe. As I mentioned in a previous post, I love warm bananas. Well, this is just another way to get me more of them! …
Ice Cream Sandwich Skinnies
Ice Cream Sandwich Skinnies allow you to indulge without all the guilt. The soft chocolate cookies are made from scratch and entirely hand mixed. Customize the sandwiches with a lighter and healthier ice cream variety of your choice. Keep some in your freezer to satisfy pesky snack attacks! The content of this post has been refreshed since its original publication on July 3, 2013 for …
Cavacas (Portuguese Pastry)
Cavacas is a popover-style Portuguese pastry. It is light and airy, and the glaze has a hint of lemon. Delicious! My friend Ria brought Cavacas to my house when she and her husband visited one day. I have never had it before, and it was love at first bite! It was crusty and sweet on the outside, soft, eggy, and air-pocket-filled on the inside. With …
Double Chocolate Bread in a Can
Cocoa powder and chocolate chips morsels flavor this moist and dense Double Chocolate Bread in a Can. The cake is baked in a can for a fun, rustic, and simple presentation. The inspiration for this bread came from Trisha Yearwood of the Food Network. She baked raisin bread in cans to give away as gifts on one of her shows. I loved the simplicity and …
Glazed Funfetti Cookies
These Glazed Funfetti Cookies are shortbread style cookies with a funfetti glaze scream springtime. They are perfect for the Easter dessert table. Happy Spring!! Or, is it? Not here. Looking outdoors, it seems to be a distant dream. The four foot wall of snow created by my husband’s snow blowing, the predicted high temps in the 40s, the seemingly lifeless brown trees swaying in the …
Macaroon Filled Chocolate Cupcake with a Meringue Top
Macaroon Filled Chocolate Cupcake with a Meringue Top is a chocolate cupcake with a macaroon center and meringue top. It comes out of the oven self-frosted and ready to eat. Do you like chocolate cake…coconut macaroon… meringue? If the answer is “yes”, “yes”, and “yes”, here is something for you. It’s a tasty little cupcake with all three components, ready to eat straight from the …