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A Pinch of Joy

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Skinny Chocolate Cake

Skinny Chocolate Cake -- A Pinch of Joy #Decadent Dessert

Super moist Skinny Chocolate Cake is a quick to make decadent dessert.  Five minutes and it is in the oven and twenty five minutes later the cake is cooling on the rack.  That’s the longest part of the process — waiting for it to cool down.  You can pass the time by stirring up the […]

5:46 am 5:46 am Charlene Filed Under: Cakes, Pies and More

Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake

.Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake -- A Pinch of Joy #QuickEasy Dense moist cake with the slight tang of buttermilk topped with fudgy rich frosting. Ready in 30 minutes.

A dense moist cake with the slight tang of buttermilk topped by decadent fudgy frosting, Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake is also quick and easy to make and feeds a crowd.  Perfect qualifications for contribution to a potluck dinner. Like  our recent family reunion.  We are usually a creamy concoction and all kinds of pie for […]

9:57 am 9:57 am Charlene Filed Under: Cakes, Pies and More

Chocolate Andes Mint Cookie Mix — Gift in a Jar

Four ingredients — two for the cookie mix and two more for the cookies.  How easy is that??  Chocolate Andes Mint Cookie Mix goes together in a flash and is super delicious, too.  You’ll want to make the mix for everyone — and yourself too! Use a wide mouth quart jar.  Add one box chocolate […]

6:34 pm 6:34 pm Charlene Filed Under: Cookies

Hot Chocolate Mix

Hot Chocolate Mix -- A Pinch of Joy

This is a basic hot chocolate mix. I always make the first batch of the season as soon as the temperature drops so we are ready for the cold weather.  Hot chocolate is also Christmas Eve tradition at our house.  An early supper – a lighter meal than dinner – is always planned.  Afterwards  there […]

4:42 pm 4:42 pm Charlene Filed Under: Beverages

Loaded Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Loaded Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake -- A Pinch of Joy

Meet the birthday Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake with Chocolate Ganache! ‘Tis birthday season at our house.  Bytes has a birthday at the end of March and Bytes Big Brother (the short one) has his birthday in the first half of April.   They had the same due date, too – neither one was on time!   […]

5:12 am 5:12 am Charlene Filed Under: Cookies

No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

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Bytes decided he was in the mood for Grandma Call’s  No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. Deep chocolate flavor, textured with oats and coconut, those cookies were a favorite of his.  And of Grandma’s thirteen other grandkids who wandered through her kitchen.   She always had some goodie tucked away for their visits and this was a […]

5:01 am 5:01 am Charlene Filed Under: Cookies

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Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!

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