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!
Happy July 1! It’s almost Independence Day and as I toyed with Treat Tuesday this week, I thought I could do a cobbler, or an apple pie, or even flag cookies. But what is more American than grilling?! I started with some cocoa that was …
“Eh…What’s up Doc?” I couldn’t help myself, how can you not think of Bugs Bunny when you peel carrots?? This cake does wonders for the basic carrot. Maybe this cake could count as a serving of veggies…maybe. This batter is made special by combining the …
Some days you don’t have time to make chocolate chip cookies. But some days you NEED chocolate chip cookies. That’s when you make these. It starts with delicious batter. When you mix brown sugar with melted butter, you get a wonderful caramel-like consistency. Add in …
These cookies are dangerous…the “can’t eat just one” type of dangerous. It’s like a gingersnap but instead of ginger it’s peppermint. Seriously addictive. Even the batter beckons. It starts out fluffy when the chocolate drizzles into the bowl. When the flour mixture is added the …