Posts tagged as:

chocolate

Sweet Treat Surprise: Carmelita Bars

Welcome back!Last night I felt like making a sweet treat I could share. So, I whipped up some Carmelita bars, and they are ready for delivery today. I had one little one for a morning treat. A little taste for the cook, right?
(A few recipes follow.)

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Black Forest Bread Pudding

This is a guest recipe from Margaret Lukens, a fellow foodie I met through NAPO. She was gracious enough to allow me to share is luscious recipe with you.  Personally I’m going to go for broke and trying this with croissants or brioche…

Black Forest Bread Pudding
Measurements are approximate. Any bread pudding recipe that you [...]

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I love oatmeal. I love chocolate. I love cookies.
Last night I was a little stressed, and decided to do a little stress baking.  I found this recipe on the back of the flour bag.  I adapted it a bit, and offer it here for you to enjoy. 

Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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Waffle + Cookie = Delish!

It was quite a sight…
Fall is in the air… and the lovely children of our neighborhood were out raking up the leaves.  I was also proud to learn that my little one was the instigator!  He was the “boss”, and was out directing his friends to work together and rake up all the leaves in [...]

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Joy of the Kitchen Link Roundup

Just because it’s Friday, and I’m in a sharing mood.  A few little links to whet your appetite… 
Make your own seasoning mix:  Simple Mom’s guest writer posts about making your own spice seasoning mixes, complete with recipes.
Egg “Muffin” Omelette:  Such a cool idea!  Making a omelette/quiche/fritatta type egg thingy in a muffin tin.  [...]

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Lil Chocolate Cupcakes

How fun are these?  I used my chocolate cake recipe, and make these little mini-cupcakes for my hubby for Valentine’s Day.
Oh, what are those crumbs?  Well, most of the cupcakes disappeared overnight. 

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Hot Chocolate

What can you do on a cold, snowy, icy winter day?
Drink hot chocolate of course! My obsession with recipe tinkering continues with this one.  This hot chocolate recipe is what I make when I’m craving a cup of frothy, liquid chocolate.  (It also easily doubles to share with a friend or sweetie.)  It’s [...]

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Chocolate Cake, My Way

I’m a baker first, cook second.  I’ve been searching for a chocolate cake recipe for a very… long… time.  I’ve made no secret that I’m a Barefoot Contessa fan, and I own nearly every cookbook she’s written.  I love how simple the recipes are, not to mention they are delish.
Sometimes I just can’t leave well [...]

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Smores at Home

We love camping, but here in the Northwest, we have only about 2 1/2 months of good camping weather.  And who doesn’t love smores?  Sometimes a girl needs toasty marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers beyond the campground.  You’ll be surprised how easy it is!  So when you need Smores during the winter months, here’s how [...]

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