Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Crispy Rice Cereal Bars

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Crispy Rice Cereal Bars Feb 29th 2012, 11:05 Kids, young and old alike, love these sweet and crispy bars, Crispy Rice Cereal Bars a.k.a. Rice Krispies Treats Prep Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 1/4 cup* butter One 10 ounce package (about 40) regular marshmallows -----or----- 4 cups miniature marshmallows 6 cups crispy rice cereal Preparation: Lightly grease 13x9 pan. In a large, heavy saucepan melt butter. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat and add cereal. With large wooden spoon, stir until cereal is coated. With lightly greased waxed paper or buttered spatula, evenly press mixture into pan. Cut into squares when cooled. Rice Cereal Easter Eggs Instead of putting cereal mixture in the pan, shape mixture into Easter eggs. To make 12 eggs, use about 1/3 cup of mixture for each one. Use store-bought or homemade icing to decorate eggs. *I prefer the original recipe which calls for 1/4 cup butter. Most recipes today use a more health-conscious amount of 3 tablespoons of butter. It's your choice.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: St. Patrick's Day Cookies

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St. Patrick's Day Cookies Feb 29th 2012, 11:05 Don't have a shamrock cookie cutter? Not to worry, follow these instructions for making your own St. Patrick's Day themed cookies. Prep Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Ingredients: cookie dough, homemade or store-bought green peanut M&Ms green frosting green gel frosting Preparation: Bake some of your best homemade Sugar Cookie Dough or a store-bought dough if you have to. (I promise not to tell.) As soon as the cookies come out of the oven*, place 3 candy-coated chocolate pieces in the shape of a shamrock. When the cookies are cool, use green glaze or green icing with a round tip to draw the stem. Spreading green icing on top of your cookie or just drawing a shamrock with green gel could also be hits at your St. Patrick's Day party. *As you can see in the photo, the candy pieces in the biggest cookie have sunk in the cookie. This is why I recommend putting them on after the cookie has been baked. Placing the candies while the cookie is still hot will help them stay on better. Terri says: "To make shamrock cookies without a shaped cutter roll dough into small marble sized balls. Place the balls in groups of three. Flatten very gently with bottom of glass that has been dipped in powdered, granulated or colored sugar crystals. Bake as usual. They turn out really cute…cool and decorate as desired."

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Coca-Cola Cake Recipe

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Coca-Cola Cake Recipe Feb 29th 2012, 11:05 I just threw this recipe together for a last minute holiday party. Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 29 minutes Total Time: 54 minutes Yield: 12 - 16 pieces Ingredients: ----Cake---- 1-18 ounce chocolate cake mix 3 eggs 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1-1/4 cups Coca-Cola* soda ----Frosting---- 6 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup cocoa 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 pound box powdered sugar 5 tablespoons Coca-Cola soda 1 cup lightly toasted nuts**, optional Preparation: Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 9x13 baking pan. Combine cake mix ingredients. Mix with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Pour into pan. Bake for 29-24 minutes. Frosting: While cake is baking, combine frosting ingredients in top of double boiler. Stir occasionally until completely combined and melted. Remove cake from oven to wire cooling rack. Spoon frosting over warm cake. Spread quickly before frosting hardens. Allow to completely cool before serving. **I made mine this time without the nuts.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Bread Making 101

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Bread Making 101 Feb 29th 2012, 11:05 Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of all feasts. James Beard Why should anyone make bread from scratch? A loaf of bread can be purchased for a dollar or so. Or take a mix, add some water and throw it in the bread machine to make a loaf. But good breads are more than that. They are a link to centuries past. Just about everyone has a special bread, or bread story, in their past. For me, making bread has become a very satisfying experience. Bread has been around for over 10,000 years. The Egyptians are credited with inventing the oven and discovering leavening agents. Flour milling is credited to the Greeks. The Romans improved on the process, and then brought the art of bread making to Europe. From then until now, bread has developed a more festive quality. There are certain breads baked for special holidays. Even today, generations that have come to the new world, may not have passed on a language, but have shared the family bread recipe. My history of bread making began with my father. He had a job that was very frustrating. Instead of taking his frustration out on Mom and me, he sent that energy another way. He got rid of it by kneading bread. Over the years he made many different types of bread. My favorite bread is Julekake, a Christmas bread from his Norwegian heritage. There is nothing like making a loaf of bread from scratch. Unlike a quick bread, a bread made with yeast is so much more satisfying. Yes, it is time consuming, but it's worth every minute. It's extremely gratifying to mold and knead with your bare hands. It's a very basic, earth connecting experience. The suspense is exhilarating waiting to see if the dough will rise. Then the best, or almost the best part is the aroma. There is absolutely nothing that smells better from the oven than fresh baked bread. The smell can linger for days. Nothing says "home" like the fragrance of freshly baked bread. Of course, biting into a piece of warm bread with butter melting on it, isn't too bad either. Ingredient List - Necessary Equipment - Step-by-Step Instructions with Photos

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Desserts / Baking: Almost Wordless Wednesday - Chocolate Chip Shortbread

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Almost Wordless Wednesday - Chocolate Chip Shortbread Feb 29th 2012, 01:40 Looking for something different to have with your afternoon cup of coffee or tea? Try this recipe for Chocolate Chip Shortbread. It's delicious! More About Wordless Wednesday Sign-up for my FREE Weekly Newsletter Like me on Facebook Follow me on Twitter

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake

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Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake Feb 28th 2012, 11:05 Chocolate-Orange Guinness Cake has a slightly sharp taste due to the Guinness (beer). Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, softened 1-1/2 cups dark brown sugar 2 cups self-rising flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons cocoa powder zest of 1 orange 4 eggs 1/2 cup Guinness Stout (or strong beer) --- Icing Recipe --- 1/4 cup butter, softened 1-3/4 cups powdered sugar zest and juice of 1 orange Preparation: Preheat oven to 375F. Grease 2 8-9-inch cake pans. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa into a bowl. Add the orange rind to the creamed butter and beat in the eggs, one at a time, including a spoonful of the measured flour mixture with each one, and beating well between additions. Gently mix in the Guinness, a tablespoonful at a time, including another spoonful of flour with each addition. If there's any flour left over, fold it in gently to mix; blend thoroughly without over-beating. Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth down, and put the cakes into the center of the preheated oven. Reduce the heat to moderate (350F) and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the cakes are springy to the touch and shrinking slightly in the pans. Turn out and cool on a wire rack. Icing Instructions - Cream butter and sugar. Blend in orange juice and zest. Ice bottom layer with 1/3 cup icing. Place second layer on top. Ice sides with half remaining icing. Use the rest of the icing on the top. Store cake in an airtight container. Thanks to ShadoeRose for this recipe.

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Desserts / Baking: What's Hot Now: Love in a Lunch Box

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Love in a Lunch Box Feb 28th 2012, 11:05 Summer Vacation Ends - New Clothes - School Supplies - Going to Bed Early - Alarm Clocks - Rushing Around the House - Packing Backpacks - Heading Out Door - Hurrying to Catch the School Bus - New Beginnings - Moving On - First Day of School The day's finally come. With excitement and great sadness, our lives have entered a new dimension. Once my baby put her foot on that first step, she rode out of my life (until 2:40 p.m.) on a big yellow school bus. It's the beginning of 13 years of first days back to school. Will she have a good time? Will she learn a lot? Will she make new friends? Will she be scared? Will she remember I still love her? Of course, she will, because I've put a little love in her lunch box for her first day back to school. It doesn't take much to say "I love you" in their lunch boxes, lunch bags or brown bags. Here are a few ideas just for you: Let Them Choose Their Own Lunch Box Making decisions help make children more confidant. Even better than choosing a lunch box, why not have them help you make one. It's so easy. Just follow these simple step-by-step instructions complete with photos from our guide to Sewing, Debbie Colgrove. Adding a little note or photo will do the trick. Make sure it isn't so small they'll miss it, but not too large so that their classmates won't laugh at them. Photographs work good, too. Pictures of your child at an event having fun or them with the family pet, all say love. Another way to show your love is in the presentation of what's in the lunch box. Cookie cutters are not just for sugar cookies anymore. Use them to make creatively shaped sandwiches. Even the meat or cheese can be cut in this manner, as well. I've also used them to cut shapes from banana bread. Other quick or sweet breads will work, too. Use colorful (rose, purple, yellow, green and so on) plastic wrap to wrap the food. Colorful napkins add a nice touch. Any child will feel special when you bake for them. Here are just some of the goods I plan to add to my daughter's lunch box: Bread Whether it's from scratch or a machine, it's still made with love. Brownies Nothing beats chocolate and brownies are the best way to get it. Cake Mix Cookies There's a tremendous variety of flavors that can be made with this recipe. Golden Treasure Cookies Your child will feel treasured with these cookies made with chunks of chocolate and lots of brown sugar. Granola Bars These are a healthy and very satisfying treat for any lunch box. Peanut Butter Cookies These are my favorite mood food cookies. Scottish Shortbread These are a great little treat for the little ones in your life.

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