Inside my recipe box
I make treats for my kids every Tuesday. The other four school days, I’m a stickler for healthy snacks. On Tuesdays, however a mid-day dessert is waiting when they come home from school. They always walk in the door asking, “What is Treat Tuesday?” and I always keep them guessing by challenging them to identify the treat by smell. The only downside of this tradition is I hear about it if I have a particularly busy Tuesday and don’t get around to making the treat. That rarely happens because I can’t stand the groaning! (OK, and I’m a sucker for their appreciation for TT’s, even into their teen years.) When you see a dessert recipe with a TT next to it, you know it was one of our Tuesday Treats!
I feel like Chicken Little…”the sky is falling!” Or maybe we are going to be sucked up into the sky as we have spent the day on storm alert. Best way to deal with disaster? Bake a cake! Not just any cake for such an …
Really the title says it all. Chocolate, marshmallows, peanut butter…wow. These live up to their name. Speaking of name, I looked up why “Mississippi” gets some credit here. Apparently during World War II this dessert would be made using simple ingredients that could be found …
The title alone makes this recipe enticing! The cake is super moist and you put the frosting on top while the cake is still warm. Once it cools slightly, the frosting oozes down the sides of the cut piece and the flavors together make you …
Have you ever had a drink called “Arnold Palmer”? Named after the golfer, it is a refreshing beverage of Iced Tea and Lemonade. A friend of mine spied this recipe and sent it to me. She knows I like to bake for occasions and thought …