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 have always loved Apple Butter. As a kid I would spread it on toast, english muffins, and I would make peanut butter and apple butter sandwiches. My sister-in-law gave me a jar of Apple Butter from Buc-ee’s. I must stop here and give you …
It started innocently enough, a trip through Trader Joe’s to pick up some oatmeal. I accidentally went down the wrong aisle and I ran into these mini peanut butter cups. They are about the size of a chocolate chip, but with peanut butter inside of …
It’s the month of Cupid! Have you decorated your shoebox to collect your Valentine cards yet?? This is one holiday following Christmas where you can really have a lot of fun in the kitchen. I had a blast making these cupcakes! The recipe is a …
It was one of those days. Chocolate was needed. When I came across this recipe I knew it would meet the need. This is brownie/fudge/brownie…not to be confused with a “fudgey” brownie. You start with chocolate. A lot of it. Chocolate chips and unsweetened chocolate …