Enjoy this delicious homemade Peanut Butter Easter Chick this year for Easter.
The boxes in the basement labeled Easter are still in there. I have a feeling they will end up staying there this year. Too much going on in the house right now.
I better at least dig the baskets out, or the kids might riot.
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Hello Spring! Can we just talk about how happy I am that you are here? I know we had the mildest winter ever, but thank you for coming early.
The cold, gray, winter days get depressing. I need sunshine and warmth to get me motivated to clean my house, or to read a book on the deck and pretend that the dust doesn't exist.
Everything is so fresh and full of life. Flowers blooming, birds chirping, and kids playing outside.
Now this is a much better way to spend the days. The warm wind is blowing through my windows and carrying all those sounds and smells inside.
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These decadent looking Milky Way Brownie Cups are a great way to end dinner. The best part...they only use 4 ingredients.
My sister and her family are coming in a few days and I decided that the our big bathroom needed to finally be redone...with less than a week to do it.
It is the last room in the house with wallpaper from when we moved in.
These sweet Toffee Latte Scones are loaded with toffee bits and have a soft, yet crumbly interior. Relax with a cup of coffee and a batch of warm scones for breakfast.
Well, it has happened. I am not smarter than a 7th grader, or a 5th grader for that matter. Shoot! I was struggling to do 4th grader work yesterday.
Someone just hand me the pan of Homemade Chocolate Chip Brownies and a container of Brownie Batter Coffee Ice Cream, so I can drown my sorrows in sweets.
My daughter and I have been studying so much lately, so that she can get better grades. Poor girl! She actually has to study like mad to just get B's & C's.
And we are ok with that because she is trying so hard. That is all we ask of her.
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Two layers of fudge and cookie chunks makes this Mint Chocolate Cookies and Cream Fudge kind of hard to resist.
Today is my reveal for the secret recipe club.
This month I had the priviledge of choosing a recipe from Hilary's blog, Baking Bad.
I was pretty excited to get hers because she lives about an hour from me, but we have never met...one day, maybe?
[Read more...]Adding fresh fruit to the top of brownies makes a delicious dessert to serve at any party. These Mini Brownie Fruit Pizzas would be perfect for showers or parties.
We have had such a mild winter this year. Lots of warm spring like days. Not a lot of snow.
I could get used to a winter like this for sure.
Where is the wooden table to knock on? Because I may have just jinxed the rest of February and March for us.
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Whatchamacallit Blonde Brownies have caramel, peanuts, and rice krispie cereal in every bite. The ultimate candy bar taste in a delicious blonde brownie.
I know what you are thinking. Do we really need another blonde brownie recipe?
The answer to that is a very loud YES!!!
But I knew you would need more than a picture to convince you, so...I came prepared with some excellent reasons on why you need to bake them. (like today)
These little Peppermint Marshmallow Brownie Bites are a fun and delicious treat to add to your holiday cookie trays.
Happy day before love day! Honestly, we aren't super mushy people, and we don't really celebrate Valentine's Day.
I say "don't really" lightly because my husband has been known to buy me flowers and surprise me.
This year he is taking me to one of my favorite stores...IKEA!
It wasn't for Valentine's Day though. It just happened to fall on heart week. (Yea for some fun new furnishing and food props)
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Let's talk about red hots. I don't know why, but when I think of red hots it reminds me of Valentines.
Can I tell you a secret?
I don't really like red hots (unless it is in this Crock Pot Cinnamon Strawberry Applesauce, or this Red Hot jello), but I discovered that if you melt red hots into vanilla frosting it turns into a yummy, slightly cinnamony goodness that is hard to resist!
Believe me I know...because I didn't resist it very well!
It is super easy to make because it only takes 2 ingredients. I love no fail fudge.
Melt the chips...melt the frosting...chill. Yummy fudge in less than 30 minutes.
Now that's my kind of fudge!!!
This is technically 4 ingredient fudge because I added cookies and candies, but still super easy to make...and to eat.
My biggest advice about this fudge...use a food processor to crush the red hots if you have one. I put mine in plastic baggies and
tried to smash the crap out of it with a wooden spoon.
Did you know red hots are super hard? It took a lot of effort to crush them. But once I tasted the fudge it was well worth the muscle
I had to put into it.
See how pretty it looks?
Believe me...it tasted as good as it looks too! Tasted because mine is all gone...that makes me kind of sad.
Two layers of chocolate and vanilla fudge with Oreo chunks and red hot candies mixed in.
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