Kitchen Gift: Homemade Pancake Mix Jars. Christmas Recipes, Kitchen Gifts, Kitchen Tips & Tricks | 34 comments The past couple years we’ve taken the easy way out for teacher gifts and purchased a little something. This year I wanted to do something a little more special since this kids are getting older, but I didn’t want to send them with the same homemade item that everyone else is going to send.
We love this recipe for 5 Grain Pancakes with Flax so much. It’s been a huge favorite in our house this year, so I decided that this treat would be something special to share with the kids’ teachers. It was really simple to do and they turned out super cute. First, fold your fabric in half inside out. Cut the circles out and flip them right side up. I didn’t try this, but it would also be cute to do 2 circles per jar in different fabrics and have them stagger in size (i.e. one circle that is 1 1/2 inches larger in diameter and another in a different fabric that is 2 1/2 inches larger).
Fill the jar with whatever you are putting in it. Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes | Handle the Heat. Cookie Dough Dip. Go put on your stretchy pants. Seriously. Do it now. Some days, I find that certain recipes speak to me. Better-Than-Crack-Brownies, Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles, Cake Batter Bark… those things excite me. This only has happened a handful of times and when I find or create a delicious recipe that I am so passionate about, I can hardly wait to share it with all of you.
After all, these recipes wouldn’t be as much fun without you. This is the situation I found myself in late Monday evening. Or the couch from which I was laying on after eating 16 snickerdoodles. You can only imagine what I did first thing yesterday morning. So let’s hit all the major points: 1. 2. 3. Or you can do dirty things like eat it with a spoon. Cookie Dough Dip makes about 1 1/2 cups 1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 8-ounce block of cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cups chocolate chips Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Garnish with additional chopped chocolate.
Drinkopia : 12,000+ Mixed Drinks Recipes. Kitchen Tips. 1. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. 2. Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect shaped pancakes every time. 3. To keep potatoes from budding, place an apple in the bag with the potatoes. 4. To prevent egg shells from cracking, add a pinch of salt to the water before hard-boiling. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Clean a toilet-drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush. Five-Minute Chocolate Mug Cake. Sweet Potato Biscuits with Honey Cinnamon Butter. Have you given up on making biscuits? Do they seem like too much trouble for the end result? I was kinda in that boat. There are far more interesting things to make…or so I thought!
I made these for the first time last fall to go with some Thanksgiving leftovers. My family went wild for them! I have since paired them with lentil soup, beef stew, chicken curry and even a breakfast frittata. And to make a good thing even better, they always turn out great! And because I live in the land of biscuits and honey, we top it all off with some must-have honey cinnamon butter! Gather Up:2 cups cooked, mashed sweet potatoes 1 stick butter, melted 1 ¼ cups milk 4 cups self-rising flour Pinch baking soda 3 tablespoons sugar For the Honey Cinnamon Butter:1 stick butter, room temperature 3 tablespoons honey ¼ teaspoon cinnamon Pinch kosher salt Mix together the sweet potatoes, butter and milk until well blended.
Shape the dough into a ball and knead about 10 times on a well-floured surface. The Hazel Bloom: The Best Macaroni and Cheese Recipe Ever. I can say this is the best macaroni and cheese recipe ever because it's not really my recipe. I tweaked it a tiny bit - basically made it even more fattening - but otherwise, it's someone else's. It's from someone named Bev, who posted her recipe on Recipezaar and to whom I am eternally grateful. See, macaroni and cheese is pretty much my all-time favorite food. Always has been. Cases in point: One of my first-ever memories is of sitting down in front of the TV with a bowl full of macaroni and cheese and watching Emergency!
- and feeling pure bliss.Not long after that was when I realized that a single macaroni and cheese noodle was actually not called a "macaroni and chee. " I should probably stop there. So back to Bev. Bev is probably totally creeped out now too. I'm a total freakfest today. Oh - and this recipe is great with many noodles other than macaroni (like penne, yum!)
Okay, I'm shutting up now. (Conchiglie pasta - this organic Montebello stuff is out of this world:) Serves 5 - 6.