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 cake mix -- any kind. I used a devil's food mix that I had stocked piled when cake mixes were on sale. Pour the mix gently into the jar. Add a heaping 3/4 cup of Andes Mint Chips. Add lid. Print Chocolate Andes Mint Cookie Mix Tags Add tag and decorate jar to your heart's content. To make cookies, follow the simple directions. Chilling the dough makes it easier to handle, especially if you are forming the cookies by hand. I used a cookie scoop to measure and place cookies on the baking ... [Read More]
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Toffee Blondies Gift in a jar
Rich, buttery Toffee Blondies are a great gift for any occasion. The gift jars are so easy to make. Just layer the ingredients in the order given, packing each down tightly. So easy but they look spectacular! If you want to add to your gift, tie a small whisk or rubber spatula to the jar. Perhaps the recipient will be a new cook and would appreciate an 8x8 baking pan or a can of cooking spray. Don't forget to add a copy of instructions: Tags for Toffee Blondies You can use a canning funnel if you have one. If you don't have a funnel, see this post Potato Soup Mix for directions on how to make one with a disposable cup and for other hints. You can find more ideas on my pinterest Gifts in a Jar board. Toffee Blondies Gift in a jar Print Prep time 10 mins ... [Read More]
Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Banana Bread becomes a necessity around here once in a while when the bananas don’t get eaten as quickly as predicted in the grocery store. It’s a classic supply and demand situation. The supply quickly exceeds the demand when schedules change, the supply of other fruit surges or whims of resident banana consumers shift with the Nebraska “breezes”. That’s anything less than 55 miles per hour – which is considered a blizzard force only if accompanied by snow. But that’s another story. . . . The idea of Cream Cheese and Bananas kept tickling my fancy – maybe you could say it was blowing in the wind. No, no – must concentrate. Anyway, I found a couple of recipes and mooshed them together, then tweaked the results. I baked them last night and the aroma that gently swept through the ... [Read More]
Honey Plum Tartlet
Honey Plum Tartlets – Quick, easy, three ingredients, looks fabulous, and tastes as good as it looks! Just the right size for a touch of sweetness after a good meal. At our house, plums are a seasonal thing. Wheels loves to eat them out of hand, but there are always two or three left setting in the bowl for several days. This is a good way to use those last fruits of the season. If you want a crispy pastry, prick each square several times with a fork before arranging the plums. I like puffy, crispy flakiness so I just leave them. For guests, a little “real” whipped cream on the side or a small scoop of very good vanilla ice cream is wonderful. Honey Plum Tartlet Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 25 mins Total time 30 mins Quick, easy, three ... [Read More]
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Open Danish
Officially these cinnamon cream cheese treats are called Cinnamon Cream Cheese Open Danish. Cinnamon Flats is the name Wheels gave them and how they are known around our house. Leaving off the top layer usually given a Danish and spreading the dough in a larger jelly roll pan instead of a 9x13 reduces the carb count without reducing the deliciousness. You could serve these for breakfast. You could probably also eat them at lunch – I’m pretty sure you can. Maybe even serve them for a brunch or a tea party. We use them for dessert at dinner. Cinnamon and cream cheese baked on a crescent roll base – good any time. I use Pillsbury Crescents. And I prefer the sheets, if they are available. If not, just be sure to pat the perforations closed. (This is a great job for little ... [Read More]
Blushing Peach Pie
“Peach pie is my favorite.” Wheels didn’t tell me that until we had been married for at least eight years. Apparently, Wheels believes new information keeps marriage fresh because he springs this kind of stuff on me every once in a while. Come to find out his mom and sisters made wonderful peach pie that was the stuff of dreams. I know when I am outclassed in the competition so we just kept that special peach pie a mom/sister thing. But this year, for his birthday, it was time for me to make Wheels a birthday peach pie. Actually, his sister – 1000 miles away – kept mentioning the peach pies she was making for the freezer and got his taste buds all wound up. I had the recipe and he bought some peaches. The pie turned out beautifully and tastes wonderful. Do you smell conspiracy ... [Read More]
