M and M biscotti

I love making biscotti. It is so easy to whip up, makes a great dessert or breakfast and is always well received. I found this recipe on Pennies on a Platter and made the candy cane version as well, but this time I swapped out the candy cane pieces for red and green m and m’s.
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
2 1/2 [...]

The best cutout sugar cookies

Ahh nothing better than a decorated tree, Christmas music going, crisp cool air, and cookies in the oven. I found this new cutout recipe on Allrecipes and it was perfect. Easy to roll out–score! and easy to bake and tasted great. Definitely bake these up a few days before as the butter and vanilla flavor deepens [...]

Chocolate Eggnog Truffles

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! A great recipe I made for our neighbors! I found this recipe on the back of the Land-O-Lakes butter pack!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
1/3 cup regular fat eggnog
1/4 cup butter
1/2 tsp rum flavoring
1/4 tsp gr nutmeg
2 cups milk chocolate chips
powdered sugar
almond bark white for dipping
nutmeg for dusting
Directions:
Line large baking sheet with waxed paper; set aside.
Combine eggnog, butter, [...]

Creamy chocolate fudge

This week H and I are going to see some of our friends to give their kids their Christmas presents since they will be in Brazil for the holidays and we wont get to see them. So of course since we were going over to see them, I just had to bring treats. I brought [...]

Pecan Snowballs

Holiday baking continues with one of H favorite holiday cookies. Snowballs are deep in flavor and so delicious. I found this recipe in my Real Simple magazine and H loved each and every one!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
1  cup  pecans
1  cup  (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 3/4  cups  confectioners’ sugar
1/2  teaspoon  pure vanilla extract
1/2  teaspoon  pure almond [...]

Eggnog Cupcakes

My Christmas baking for H garage continues with these SOOOO GOOD eggnog cupcakes I found on Annie’s Eats, adapted from Baking Bites. Once again I was surprised I liked them as I am not an A) eggnog fan or B) a huge nutmeg fan, but I was very very very impressed with these and happy [...]

Hot Chocolate Muffins with Marshmallow Cream Cheese Centers

Ok these are A-MAZING. Enuf said. I recently saw these on Culinary Concoctions and fell in love!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
Hot Chocolate Muffin:
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 ounces hot chocolate (powdered)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½  tsp baking soda
½  tsp salt
2 large eggs
½ cup buttermilk
½ cup sour cream
4 ounces unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla
Marshmallow Cream Cheese Filling:
8 ounces cream [...]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Whipped Cream PB Cream Cheese frosting

I have had this recipe bookmarked for quite a while now and drool over them everytime I look at it. But for some reason I just have not made them, until today. My brother and his family were coming to town so this was the perfect opportunity to bake them!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
For the filling and cupcakes:
2/3 cup [...]

Cream Cheese Brownies

For my brother’s visit I wanted an easy and fun dessert that the adults and kids would both enjoy. So I thought of brownies! Who doesnt like a rich, chewy brownie??? I found this recipe and was very impressed with it!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
2/3 cup All-Purpose Flour
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
6 oz Bittersweet Chocolate
1 Stick Unsalted Butter
1 [...]

Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

MMMMMM I love cranberry at the holidays. So when H came home and said there would be a bake sale at his work funding their holiday party, I knew I wanted to make something holiday-ish! I had a new bag of cranberries in the cupboard and whipped these up pretty quickly! I found this recipe on [...]