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Tiny Tarts: How to make Pie in a Jar. I love giving thoughtful homemade gifts to friends and family.

Tiny Tarts: How to make Pie in a Jar

I especially love it when the gift is fun to make and frugal to buy. So when I discovered the delicious and super cute world of goodies in a jar, I decided to put a lid on it and bake up a batch of pie in a jar. I’ve written about jarred gifts before in 8 Homemade Gifts in a Jar — so check it out if you’re less into pastry and more into mixes in a jar. Pie in a jar is just that — it’s a small single serving of fruit pie made and baked in a tiny mason jar. These pies are frugal to make, awesome to gift, tasty to serve, and fun to sell at bake sales where there’s more than enough standard cakes and tarts to go around. Double Decker. Double Decker by Mike for £5.00 26th September 2011 Here is my Double Decker Pimping Attempt.

Double Decker

Here is the Original which I shall use as a blueprint for the pimpage. Internal analysis. Here are the preliminary ingredients. Boiling pan of water...CHECK! Chocolate on top...CHECK. 5mins later... Initial layer, eventually will be the top of the bar. Puppy Chow Recipe. I LOVE LOVE LOVE when some of the most yummiest treats are also the most easiest to make.

Puppy Chow Recipe

Ten years ago my friend Nancy gave each woman in our small group a beautifully packaged container of Puppy Chow aka Muddy Buddies. Better-Than-Crack-Brownies. I’m sorry for doing this to you.

Better-Than-Crack-Brownies

I really am. But see, last Friday while I was on a 10-hour road trip heading for vacation, I received this recipe from a reader named Liz. Liz, I love you. Cake Pops. Chocolate Nutella Scotcheroos. Chocolate Nutella Scotcheroos This spin on the classic Rice Krispies Treats is kicked up with the addition of peanut butter, chocolate, Nutella and butterscotch.

Chocolate Nutella Scotcheroos

These delicious no-bake Chocolate Nutella Scotcheroos cookie bars are the perfect answer to those of us who want a little indulgence but don’t want to turn on the oven during this scorching heat. Central Illinois is under another heat wave and with tomorrow’s temperatures heading towards 98 degrees, there is no way I am turning on the oven. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip. A Taste of Koko: Hot chocolate. Uncategorized.

A Taste of Koko: Hot chocolate

Behind the bar: lauren fister’s melon rumballa. There is something extra tasty about melon balls when you’re a child.

behind the bar: lauren fister’s melon rumballa

Perhaps it’s because melon balls are only ever made from the best bits of the melon (whoever heard of a melon rind ball?) , or maybe it’s because they remind us of cool, refreshing snacks on long summer days. Whatever the reason, I could never eat enough of them during the late summer months. Twix Cheesecakes. How To Make Perfect Brownies.

I’ve tried lots of brownie recipes: Boxes, scratch, frosted, plain, nuts, chips, fudge … Each of them has something to like, but depending on my mood I might want a change of pace.

How To Make Perfect Brownies

Not any more. Never Enough Thyme - Recipes and food photographs featurning southern cooking. Do y’all remember me saying how sometimes I get a recipe in my head and I just can’t forget it until I make it?

Never Enough Thyme - Recipes and food photographs featurning southern cooking.

Even if it’s not the right time of year? Even if it’s a family tradition for Christmas and it’s the middle of August? Yeah. It happened again. Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries. Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries These cheesecake stuffed strawberries are the perfect dessert treat!

Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

Miniature-reeses-cheescakes-with-peanut-butter-glaze from sweettmakesthree.com. The Pink and Blue Blog: Brace Yourself for a Chocolate Peanut Butter 1-2... Pies from Scratch. Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars: My October Secret Recipe Club Entry. This month I was assigned to check out all the recipes at Delicious Existence and choose one to make my own, for this month’s Secret Recipe Club . The majority of Danielle’s recipes are raw, vegan or vegetarian, so there were tons of healthy options to choose from, but wouldn’t you know one of her desserts was just calling my name. Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars looked and sounded like the perfect dessert for this brisk fall weather we’ve been having, so I began my baking adventure. I had to laugh, reading through her post, as it turns out this recipe was one she made for her Secret Recipe Club selection. I don’t have many of the ingredients in my kitchen that Danielle used in her original recipe, but I was able to substitute things from my own kitchen with great results.

This recipe turned out absolutely delicious and we’ll definitely be making it again, though I think we will substitute our favorite cheesecake crust recipe, next time. Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars Ingredients. Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip « Slice & Dice. 6 Oct This dip might put me into rehab. It is so addicting. Honeyed Pears in Puff Pastry. Poaching fruit is one of my favorite things to do when cold weather arrives.

It's so warming to stand over a boiling pot of fragrant spices and lose yourself in thought. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie. I made you a pie. Well, okay… I made you the filling of a pie.