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Magic Cookie Bars

Yummy yummy yummy you’ll love these magic bars in your tummy! In these magic cookie bars, you have found the ultimate comfort dessert and a treat for the ages! The coconut and nut pieces add some crunch to the sweetness of the chocolate and condensed milk. One of the best things about this is it’s an easy fix and yields enough for parties and friends. This recipe is one you can really have fun with.  As for myself, I used oatmeal flakes and even added some m&ms and heath bars to give it the sweetness it deserves. Take your time …

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is a staple in the dessert world. I mean who doesn’t love chocolate cake right? When I was preparing for this dessert I was watching my favorite show and drew some inspiration for this cake. I decided to make one using Ghiradelli chocolate chips and I followed it with a dark chocolate cocoa powder for the second cake.  So this inspiration I was telling you about actually came with the frosting! The smaller cake is where I used the chocolate chips which gave the cake a richer taste, I paired it with the maple walnut frosting…  It seemed …

Maple Walnut Cheesecake With Winter Raspberry Fruit Glaze

This dessert definitely screams happy holidays! It’s not time constricting and it’s easy to make. A few things to know about this recipe;  cornstarch is the best substitute for arrowroot! the biggest difference between the two is arrowroot freezes and thaws without change so if you can’t find arrowroot you do have hope! Another thing to weigh out is maple syrup vs maple extract, the extract gives the maple its flavor and is much stronger than the syrup. I wondered about using fresh fruit since it was going to have to defrost the fruit anyway, however, I found that frozen …

Walnut Applesauce Cupcakes

Who loves applesauce? I love applesauce! This simple yet hearty recipe will appeal to the applesauce-loving kid in all of us! I normally don’t change recipes but for this one I added brown sugar instead of white to give it small but healthier touch. Be careful not to overmix and dry the batter out.  If you are like me you may be tempted to fill the liners to make more full cupcakes but trust me you won’t need to. The rise on these is perfect.  I enjoyed the smell of these as they baked! Smells like the holidays in your …

Triple Treat Fondant

Working with fondant is one of the easiest yet rewarding items I have made in my kitchen. Before this, I had never worked with fondant and assumed it would be hard to make and even harder to work, so imagine my surprise to find that not only is it super easy to make (and very cheap) it is so fun to work with! remember kindergarten making food with play dough? Yep pretty much the same idea( except this dough is edible)  I think the best part for me besides bribing my twins to help me was adding the flavoring (we …