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!
What’s the holidays without a little booze?! For some reason, Bailey’s Irish Cream drizzled over ice cream or mixed in my coffee, screams holiday! For that reason, these brownies have become a tradition in our house on Christmas Eve, post enchilada dinner. The batter is …
The critics in my house scoffed at today’s Treat Tuesday. Apparently all treats are supposed to have some form of chocolate in them. Ok, I may be partly responsible for that mindset, but it is Christmas and cranberries must get a turn in the baked …
Do you have kids that might be hard to please? This peanut butter, chocolate confection is sure to win them over! Adding little bitty m&m’s make this dessert worthy of Santa’s “Nice” list!! You start with graham cracker crumbs and confectioners sugar with peanut butter …
I started taking out all my Christmas boxes to decorate this week. My Christmas tree cookie jar was unboxed and looked really sad without any cookies inside! So amid decking the halls and fighting with the Christmas lights, I knew I needed to make some …