Jan 2, 2013 | Cakes and Desserts, Christmas
I ran across several recipes for what people call “Christmas Crack” and I was intrigued. Crackers? Toffee? Hmmm. Seemed to good to be true. For this toffee addict, I wasn’t sure it would pass muster. There are like a dozen different ways to make it...
Nov 7, 2012 | July 4th, Memorial Day
Well, I’m glad that’s over. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had to have a Facebook moratorium while the criers and the gloaters get it out of their system. The only leftovers from this election that I want to talk about are these cool treats I made for the preschool...
May 24, 2012 | Cakes and Desserts, Celebrate Halloween
MONSTER COOKIES! Preschool was an eye-opener for us, the move to “big girl school” with uniforms and recess with older kids. Each of the brightly colored preschool classrooms had a theme for the school year, and Princess Cupcake’s teacher chose monsters. It was...
Apr 29, 2012 | Cakes and Desserts
Wacky Wednesday at school is wackily harder than you might think to come up with for treats for the kids. I mean, really. Wacky food? I’m all tapped out. So when I saw these Rainbow lollipop cookies, I knew they were perfect. All the fun of a lollipop with none of the...
Nov 20, 2011 | Cakes and Desserts
I grew up and went to school in Ohio. I went to grad school in Louisiana. When I moved to Texas, people called me a “Ya-jin.” Get it? A yankee-cajun? Yeah, I didn’t think it was that funny either. You can take the girl out of the Midwest, but you can’t take the...