Russian tea cakes (aka Mexican wedding cookies) are dense cookies with chopped walnuts rolled in confectioners’ sugar that look like little snowballs. It has become a staple cookie in our home during the holidays. While this cookie is rolled in confectioners’ sugar, it’s not overly sweet and almost a little salty even though there …
After making fudge last year, I wondered if I could come up with a quicker and easier way to make fudge. The Peanut Butter Fudge from last year had me pondering if I could do something similar with chocolate. After a couple of tries, this fudge is what I came up with. It is a …
A couple of my daughter’s classmates are allergic to eggs, so for her Thanksgiving Day lunch I made vegan sugar cookies. These are very similar to my regular sugar cookies. Her school is also nut free, so I omitted the almond extract. A quick tutorial on how to decorate these and other cookies without the …
No bake Disappearing Maple Bars are an easy and fun treat to make with the kids or by yourself. With the holiday season in the near future, these bars make a great gift for friends, family, neighbors, and teachers. I call them Disappearing Bars because they do not last very long. Disappearing Bars are vegan …
I made chocolate peppermint mini-cupcakes several weeks ago for my second tasting at Savory Spice Shop. It was the sleeper hit. Most folks would initially gravitate to the salted caramel mini-cupcakes, but they would then try the chocolate peppermint and be surprised at how much they liked it. They were even more shocked to find …
Maple and pecans make me think of cool brisk breezes, red and gold leaves on the trees, and the warmth of comforting foods of autumn. Yes, I know it’s summer and it’s been in the 90’s here, but that’s all the more reason to reminisce about the lovely cool weather in the latter months of …