Hidden Candy Cookies – Pulled

butter sugar vanilla extract flour nuts mini candy bars While waiting in line at the grocery store I saw a Christmas cookie book and decided to buy it. One of the recipes in the book gave me the idea for the above cookies. I had a bag of mixed popular mini-candy bars and decided to try them. I also used caramel squares cut in half. Yes I did try one of each and they are all great. Each one has it’s own special flavor. So go wild with this one. It’s a great way to use up leftover Halloween, Christmas and even Valentine candy. You can also change the flavor with the nuts. I used almonds but pecans and walnuts will work too. You can make these pretty by drizzling colored icing over them but they are really perfect as they are. Now that I have your attention I

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Milk Chocolate Frosting – Stretch

Today was not only Valentine’s Day but also my roommate’s birthday. Last night he put in a request for a 3 layer yellow cake with chocolate frosting. The last time I made a cake with chocolate frosting, I made the frosting from scratch. He didn’t like it. He wanted the kind that comes in a can. I do keep that item on hand but don’t really like it’s taste. Plus, I don’t eat chocolate and it isn’t my birthday so if that’s what he wants, that’s what I’ll use but I also knew that 1 can wouldn’t be enough to frost a 3 layer cake and I didn’t want to go to the grocery store. I decided that I would try something and if it didn’t work I would throw it away and hit the grocery store anyway, to buy more frosting. But it did work and from what I was told by those that ate it, it was great. I put my 1 can of frosting mix in a mixing bowl, melted 1 cup of melted chocolate chips and mixed them until they were well blended. I had plenty of icing and several people wanted the recipe for my “Milk Chocolate Frosting.” I did give it a taste, even though I don’t like chocolate, and it didn’t taste anything like what came out of the can. It was rich and creamy. It also gave it just enough stiffness that when I wrapped a piece in plastic wrap, the icing didn’t stick to the wrap. I think I’ll try this with some cream cheese icing using white chocolate chips next.

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A little box of chocolates

I just received my March 2009 issue of Seattle Metropolitan magazine entitled “Top Sweets” today. It suddenly hit me that I still haven’t written up a little review of my Valentine’s treats. Valentine’s Day has never been a very successful holiday for us. It’s not that my husband isn’t sweet or romantic, because he is quite a thoughtful gift giver. But we’ve never been able to make a date and go out on this

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What a wonderful year it has been as I reflect back …

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