Dessert

Red Velvet Popovers

January 29, 2012 By admin 2 Comments

What happens when you marry two food favorites? In my case you get Red Velvet Popovers. My love affair with popovers started as a child at Buffum’s department store. I was inspired by Joy’s Hot Chocolate popovers and thought why not Red Velvet? These could make someone swoon on Valentine’s Day. Hot out of the oven they are stuffed with Hershey’s Mini Kisses and topped with a marshmallow. Served with the Marshmallow Cream Spread schmeered (is that a word) over the warm popover puts it over the top. The spread is a mixture of mascarpone cheese and marshmallow fluff. My [...]

Filed Under: Chocolate, Dessert, Recipes Tagged With: Popovers, red velvet, weight watchers

Cowgirl Party & Chocolate Cake Push Up Cakes

January 17, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

Last weekend Olivia, my dear niece, celebrated her 8th birthday in Cowgirl Style. Her grandpa has horses, chickens and bees at house. What more do you need to celebrate? These cute hats became the starting point for colors. I created party printable using green checked paper with pink and black accents. The girls descended on Pa’s ready for adventure. He gave the girls safety instructions and they carefully listened. Olivia took the first ride with her grandpa. Her friends waited patiently for their turn. The girls decorated horseshoes with rhinestones and bows. My sister-in-law Joy created these adorable table settings. [...]

Filed Under: Cake, Chocolate, Dessert, Party Planning Tagged With: birthday, party printables, push pops

Holiday Traditions: Making Fattigman Cookies

December 20, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Saturday afternoon my niece and I set out for a cooking adventures with my Aunt Ginny. We were going to learn how to make Fattigman cookies, a norwegian cookie that my Nana Thorsen used to make every Christmas. My great grandmother came through Ellis Island when on her way from Norway to America in the early 1900′s. I feel fortunate that I was able to spend the time I did with my great grandparents. Nana Thorsen lived to almost 101 years old. I wish I had taken the time ask more questions but I was in elementary school and too [...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Cooking With Kids, Recipes

Italian Pizzelles: One family’s tradition

December 14, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Today is the first of a mini series on sharing Christmas cookie traditions. Trina, from the Dairy Council of California is sharing a tradition she and her boys have, cooking Pizzelles. Aren’t they adorable? These would be great for a Cookie Exchange. Paging through colorful cookie cookbooks is a December ritual that motivates my boys for the holiday baking season. We do not bake often, so this is a very special treat in our house. After paging through the recipes and photos one always rises to the top. It’s not in the photo-heavy cookbook—in fact, it’s not in any cookbook. [...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Cookies, Cooking With Kids, Holiday, Recipes Tagged With: family meals, traditions

Peppermint Creme Sandwich Cookie

November 28, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

The holidays are here – Cyber Monday craziness has started. I wanted to kick off our holiday cooking with a easy recipe using Pillsbury’s new Peppermint Sugar Cookie Dough. I like to make most of cookies from scratch but this cookie dough is really good and I have already thought of many ways to cook up some treats. These are Peppermint Creme Sandwiches that are rolled in peppermint candies, making them super cute too! They would be cute packaged up for hostess or teacher gifts. There [...]

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: Christmas, Cookies, exchange, holiday

This Week On Adventures In The Kitchen – Cookies with Joy Liefeld & Deanna White

November 17, 2011 By admin 1 Comment

This week we are talking about friends and holiday traditions. My sister- in-law Joy Liefeld and her friend Deanna White are joining me on Adventures In The Kitchen radio on KKLA 99.5 As newlyweds they started a day of baking Christmas cookies together each December and along the way they created a fun Christmas Christmas cookie decorating and exchange party. But the party is so much more than the cookies; it is about two friends walking through the ups and downs of life together. They have seen babies born, children adopted, heartbreak, illness and lot’s of laughter. Friendships are a [...]

Filed Under: Cookies, Party Planning, Radio

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes

November 4, 2011 By admin 2 Comments

It’s November, how crazy is that. The year is zooming towards the end. I have been feeling very arts and crafty lately making a Thankful Tree and Grateful Frame. I started making a set of party printable and had to bake some fall goodies to go with it. I came across these Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes on Annie Eats. Let’s just say oh, my they are good! Bless someone with a delivery of these this month. You won’t regret it and they will be very happy. My weekend holds birthday celebrations, my Friday with the kids and drinks with a [...]

Filed Under: Cake, Dessert, Fall, Recipes Tagged With: cupcakes, thanksgiving

Pie Crust Cookies

September 27, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

Tomorrow I’ll be back with Chile Rellenos featuring those amazing Hatch chilies I got from Melissa’s Produce. Today I have a fun little recipe, really not even that, you can do with kids. For the last nine years I have been cooking with my niece and nephews. As soon as they could pull up a stool they joined me at the kitchen counter. A few weeks ago my niece was over and I was working on this recipe for Pizza Pot Pie for Pillsbury. Have I shared with you that I recently became a blogger for Betty Crocker and Pillsbury? [...]

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