In my world of desserts, there is nothing I love more than baking and eating a cheesecake. I love cheesecake in any form and I could eat a scary amount of cheesecake. I have made several different cheesecakes from no-bake to fancy turtle cheesecakes. One of the things I love about it is how many … Continue reading The Perfect Cheesecake
About a year and a half ago, we stopped giving the grandkids things and started doing things with them for their birthdays. At Christmas that year, we gave gift cards and that wasn't much fun because we didn't get to see them "'get" their gifts. So, this year, we decided to get them all together … Continue reading Gifts or Memories
I saw and started using this recipe several years ago. It is one of those recipes that you can mix and match and change to your liking each time. It takes 1 box of cake mix, 1 egg and 1 container of cool whip. Mix together, make into balls, roll in powdered sugar and bake … Continue reading Cool Whip Cookies
My granddaughters and I watch cooking and baking shows together all the time. We talk about all the things we want to make and this past weekend we had the chance to try macarons for the first time. First, though, how fun is it to say "macarons?" That is part of the draw-you get to … Continue reading Macarons for the first time
What do you do when your cousins from New Jersey are a 4 hour drive away in St. Louis on July 4th? Of course you wake up at the butt crack of dawn and make the 4 hour drive to see them. We hit the road at 5:45 am and picked up our daughter and … Continue reading Cousins