I can’t wait to try this for my crafters night/cookie swap next week! This is super cute and so easy, such a wonderful little presentation for a gift or party…I’ll let u know how it goes!!
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Category Archives: Entertaining
Jello Shot Art…
This is the coolest website I’ve been to in a long time. It is page after page of jello shots that look like everything from bacon and eggs to steamboats. I cannot wait to try a few of these! Now I just have to decide which one to try first, I just spent the last hour looking through some of them, maybe mini cosmos to start?!
Check it out at myjelloamericans.blogspot.com and let us know your favorite!
easy peanut butter & chocolate fudge…
Growing up in Kentucky we always went to the state fair, it was a big deal! Flea market, rides, animals, overpriced stuffed aliens and corn-dogs, uh yes please! But the best part was always the homemade fudge that made it’s way home with us. Chocolate-peanut butter was always my choice. It’s still one of my very favorite things on this planet and here is a lovely little recipe that is both easy to make and delicious! I’m excited to try the next batch with christmas cookie cutters, I’m thinking a gingerbread man with red and green m&m buttons! YES!
Let us know how they turn out for you!
Happy Fudge-Day, I mean Wednesday!
Chocolate and Peanut Butter Squares
courtesy of Colleen at soufflebombay.blogspot.com
1 pound white chocolate
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips or 12 ounces of chocolate
1/2 cup heavy cream
*I happen to have a silicone “pan” with 24 squares in it – which I use when making this. In the past I have just used a 9×9 baking pan.
Line your pan with parchment or waxed paper, leaving an overhang. (you can also use foil however you will need to spray it with cooking spray).
Melt your white chocolate in your microwave for about a minute, stir until the chocolate is melted and creamy. Add in the peanut butter and stir until blended and smooth.
Spread mixture into your pan.
Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until a bit firm.
In a saucepan, combine your milk chocolate and your cream and heat over medium high heat until melted and smooth, stirring constantly. Pour/smooth over peanut butter mixture.
Chill for at least 3 hours or overnight. Later, lift out the candy and cut into small squares.
Feel free to “bedazzle” these for Valentines or any holiday. I made some with sprinkles, glitter gel, candies and silver dragees. Put some parchment paper in a pretty box, type up the recipe on a cute and there you have it…a gift better that the store to give.
You can also cut into shapes with a quality small cookie cutter
Waffle Iron Cookies…
Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Waffle Cookies
These cookies sound amazing! A use for the waffle iron hiding in the cabinets and a way to keep me from eating more than a cookie or two at a time! If you make up a batch of batter and store it in the fridge you could make them for a week or so and have hot fresh cookies anytime you want them, plus they look really cool, especially with tea for some reason. I like it, anyway to control me from eating 24 cookies at a time is a winner to me. Let us know how they turn out!
Recipe courtesy of finecooking.com
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbs. firmly packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1-1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Nonstick cooking spray
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1-1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (not instant)
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Nonstick cooking spray
Tip: For the best results, measure your flour by weight instead of volume. (1 cup of all-purpose flour equals 4-1/2 oz.) If you don’t have a scale, be sure touse the proper technique when filling your measuring cups.
Heat the waffle iron according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
In a large bowl, whisk the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Whisk in the eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in the oats and chocolate chips.
Coat the grids of the waffle iron with nonstick cooking spray. Use a tablespoon or small ice cream scoop to portion out a cookie onto each waffle square. Close the iron and cook until set and beginning to brown, 1-1/2 to 3 minutes, depending on the heat of your waffle iron. Use a thin metal spatula to transfer the cooked cookies to a wire rack and repeat with the remaining dough, coating the grids with spray as necessary.
Stamped Cookies…
Forget paper! This is my new favorite rubber stamping technique. I have a ton of cute stamps for all occasions that would make the cutest cookies. My thought… Initials for birthday cookies or a monogram for a wedding or baby shower! And I’m baking, I’m baking…
Treat Bag Ornaments…
Such a SUPER cute idea!! I have a huge Christmas Party every year and I am always looking for a new and inventive way to do the treat bags! I found these bags at my local paper-source store or paper-source.com (they were only $4 for 25 of them!). And they are super easy to print on! They even had the little round labels to use for the top in a plethora of colors, I got a gorgeous teal color called pool. I am going to print a thank you on the outside and then hang these on the tree with fresh cookies inside for everyone to take as they leave! I can’t wait! I’ll post my step by step and finished product soon! But here are the supplies that I bought to change it up just a bit and make it more festive…
The bags…
the labels: (I already had a hole punch for the center)
the twine:
And I bought this adorable stamp! (I’m going to put it on the bag above “from us” maybe and then glitter in their little buttons! YAY!)
top photo courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/candlemomo/4475805995/
