December 2009

Party Pimento Cheese

December 29, 2009

My mom has been making this recipe for several years now. I have to confess that I really hate pimento cheese. Really hate it. I wouldn’t try her recipe for a long long time. This fall, I finally decided to try some, and it was wonderful! It wasn’t all watery and gloppy like so many [...]

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Salami Four Cheese Biscuits

December 21, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, I was watching Giada on Food Network and she was making these salami & gorgonzola biscuits. I was immediately intrigued and wanted to make them. I had intentions of making these for our sunday school class, but at the last minute just decided to use up some packaged cinnamon rolls. [...]

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Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars

December 18, 2009

I have been baking and putting together my treat baskets to give away. I just love to do that every year. It gives me a great excuse to get in the kitchen and not be tempted to eat it!:) I came across these in my Martha Stewart Living (sorry for back to back Martha posts!) [...]

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Hot Chocolate Surprise Cookies

December 16, 2009

I was flipping through my Martha Stewart Cookies Cookbook when I was trying to decide what to make for my holiday baking and came across these gems. She describes them as having all of the flavors of hot chocolate and they certainly do. These turned out fabulously!! Adam tried one and immediately reached for another. [...]

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Peppermint Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

December 14, 2009

This past weekend I had a cookie swap to attend and so I went perusing foodnetwork.com to find a recipe. I came across these peppermint chocolate sandwich cookies by Giada and thought they sounded fun and looked festive. It called for refrigerated sugar cookie dough, but I decided to make my own using Ashlee’s Fabulous [...]

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Party Toffee Dip

December 10, 2009

Hey Everyone! Sorry I’ve been a bit MIA. I just got back from the Big Apple! It was a blast & I’ll be posting about all our adventures soon. Then when we got back I was a bit under the weather, so I apologize that you’ve had those cream puffs to look at for a [...]

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Cream Puffs

December 3, 2009

There are so many ways to do cream puffs, lots of different fillings and toppings. I chose to fill mine with cream pattiserie and top them with chocolate ganache. I actually made these last Thanksgiving, but just never got around to posting them. They were really good and everyone kept going back for more. I [...]

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Hot Apple Cider

December 1, 2009

This is a recipe that my mom has been making for years and years. It tastes wonderful and is so comforting on a cold winter’s night. It uses two ingredients and is so simple, but has a great depth of flavor. She always makes this every Christmas and also recently made this for a gathering [...]

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