Sun-dried tomato dip

This is one of my favorite dips. I had this originally at a family birthday party this past summer. Kylie brought this dip of hers to the party and it was gone in just a short time. With our annual wine party coming up, I knew this was one of the dishes I wanted to [...]

Peppermint cream cheese frosting

mmmm what a perfect topping for chocolate cupcakes at the holidays. This had just a slight peppermint taste, just enough to go perfectly with chocolate. I used my Hershey’s perfectly chocolate cupcake recipe I have previous used and topped them with this fantastic frosting!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
1  (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1  cup  butter or margarine, softened
1  (2-pound) package [...]

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 [...]

Candy Cane Biscotti

Holiday baking goes on. I found this great recipe on Pennies on a platter and thought it was perfect for the girl’s night out I was going to. I loved this recipe because the dough is a perfect basic biscotti dough and you can add in all kinds of treats to your liking. I also added crushed [...]

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 [...]

Gingerbread biscotti

Well my Christmas baking has begun. Today we put all the turkey day decor away, all the fall dishes, and pulled out everything Christmas, even all the Christmas baking items. First on the list was to bake for H garage buddies where he works on his car. I have been doing Christmas baking for so [...]