5 Days of Frosting
I, jodiann cates, resolve to stop complaining about my lack of frosting skills. I either have what it takes to make the simplest of recipes…frosting! OR I am a failure, must buy 16 tons of frosting in a tub, and shut my mouth. I have bought 4 bags of powdered sugar measuring in at a total of 5 plus POUNDS, 4 lbs of Cream Cheese and 5 lbs of butter as well. I have located my vanilla and cocoa powders. Yes, plural! Doesn’t everyone keep 3 kinds of powdered chocolate on hand? DO I have...
Read MoreCake SO Wrong!
…yet tastes SO right! Rosemary H, sent me this wonderful book for Christmas. Thanks Honey! I was SO sick then I could not make a cake, but I sure LOVED paging through. It kept me dreaming and wishing for someday. NOW I can and I am so grateful! Thanks God! Thanks Friends who pulled for me in everyway you knew how. I can make cake now…and SO much more! Weeee! I grabbed Dillon to help with this, because since the man-children of mine were little bits I enlisted them to stir and I would...
Read MoreChocolate Truffle Cookies
This might be enough chocolate? Maybe. Chocolate Truffle Cookies. “A very dark, rich chocolate cookie for the true chocoholic. This recipe uses relatively little flour, resulting in dense, fudge-like cookies. ” See this recipe at allrecipes.com to add to your grocery list or get a printable version. Ingredients: 4 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 6 tablespoons butter 3 eggs 1 cup white sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 cup...
Read MoreKey Lime Cupcakes
Let’s bake! Key Lime Cupcakes 1 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup self-rising flour 1 cup butter, room temperature, divided 1 1/4 cups sugar 2 large eggs 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons finely grated lime peel, divided 1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring ( optional) 3/4 cup buttermilk 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Line muffin pan with paper liners. Whisk flours in medium bowl....
Read MoreLime Meltaway Cookies
My Jodiann is mixing, baking, freezing and pickling today. She knows its Challenge Tuesday and believe it…she is challenged!~ Yesterday’s Jury Duty was abruptly cancelled shortly after the roll call was taken at the courthouse, so no great stories to tell, except her favorite Bailiff, Cliff was looking mighty spry. So, she came home and got the kitchen bug again, it just slopped over to today! LOL! Here is a great recipe to hold you over till tomorrow… Lime Meltaways Original Recipe...
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Welcome to life without the instruction book, cooking without looking at the recipe, and straight up NERD worship. I married one, I birthed two and happily call myself one. My heroes have always been nerdests...Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Nikola Tesla, Winston Churchill, and foremost my Dad. Come Ride The Arrow with me awhile.
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