Chocolate Caramel Cookies

As you may have noticed, I really like the combination of chocolate and caramel, especially with pecans. So it’s a no-brainer that I would like these cookies.

This cookie recipe is another Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe, and it won a $2000 prize in 1990! It appears in several different Pillsbury cookbooks, which is just a [...]

Truffling With Your Affections

Today was the farewell for Mrs. V. The astute reader may remember there was a farewell last fall but only Mr. V. left us for TX at that time. Now their house has finally sold and they will be reunited (*yay!*) but we are sad to see them leave (*boo!*). Once again [...]

Dipping With The Daring Bakers

Once again it’s time to see what the Daring Bakers have been whipping up. This month our hostesses, Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms and Deborah of Taste and Tell, selected Cheesecake Pops from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey by Jill O’Connor.  There were mixed results among the Daring Bakers and mine weren’t among the best [...]

Shakin’ It Up

Last Friday morning we were awoken by a rattling sound and a shaking sensation. Concerned that the kid in the room next to us had fallen out of bed, we checked on her — sleeping soundly. Next The Husband checked for an intruder or things falling in the garage. Nothing. I [...]

Turtle Cheesecake

This is a chocolate overkill dessert! When I make desserts for Easter, I always have a chocolate dessert and several years I have made cheesecake, usually plain with fresh fruit toppings. This year I decided to make a chocolate cheesecake, but not just any chocolate cheesecake, I wanted it to be a real ‘wow’ dessert [...]