I don’t know who Kittencal is but her recipe for sugar cookies is a good one! She also includes the recipe for icing that hardens but we never tried that as we were dipping in melted chocolate. I followed it exactly and it was perfect! INGREDIENTS 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla 1⁄2 teaspoon…
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Henry’s 14th Birthday Snickers Cake
This turned out really good but unfortunately the night we ate it on his birthday it was still too cold from the refrigeration. When the frosting has so much butter and cream cheese the refrigeration makes it so solid like butter that you feel almost sick eating it. The next day I warmed it up and it was a totally…
Chocolate-Glazed Almond Horns
These are one of my favorite cookies so I had to try to make them myself! They sell these at Trader Joes sometimes and have found them in some bakeries. This was going to be one of the cookies for the Christmas cookie party but since the recipe only makes 6 large cookies it didn’t seem like the right time.…
Angie’s Coffeecake
This is a recipe I made probably 20 years ago and still remember fondly. It is from the Silver Palette Cookbook that was popular back then. I followed it which two changes. I used almond paste chopped up instead of dates for one of the cakes. I also used all butter instead of the shortening and butter they have…
Henry’s Vanilla Macaroons with Double Chocolate Ganache
Henry went to a cooking camp at Sur La Table in the summer and learned how to make these. These pictures are from two different attempts. The first time the batter was too thick and had a little peak on top that kept them from laying level which was a problem because they kept slipping apart once the filling was…
Spiced Butternut Squash Muffins
This recipe I found online from Taste of Home. I had to use these cute little butternut squashes! It was a drizzly raining day and didn’t go out so this was a fun thing to make on a day like today. The only thing I changed was I used maple syrup instead of light corn syrup. I also doubled the…
Henry’s S’mores Brownies
This was Henry’s second attempt at S’mores Brownies. The first had the marshmallows cooking in the brownie batter and turned into a thick chewy but delicious candy like thing. These turned out much better and more like a real s’more. I would have added chocolate chips on top of the brownie to give it the strong chocolate flavor you expect…
See’s Candy Butterscotch Squares
Henry and I were in the Orange County Airport waiting for our flight back to NYC after 3 weeks in California. I opened Pandora’s box by contemplating buying a little bag of 12 butterscotch squares (my favorite See’s candy!) Henry didn’t understand why I was debating the purchase so much. I didn’t want to remind myself how much I liked them…
Blueberry Raspberry Peach Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
I had so much delicious summer fruit that I didn’t want to waste I came up with this variation of a recipe I like to make. I used lots of eggs maybe 6 or 8 and regular milk and buttermilk. I used my homemade vanilla since it seems to be almost ready. I wanted to see if it was effective…
Texas Sheet Cake
I have many this many times but I found this variation on a website that has a name so close to mine I thought I would check it out. It is called this is how i cook.com. She has some pretty cool stuff. This was a recipe I found there. The only difference from mine is that she uses coffee…