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Until I find some new (and good) uses for Halloween candy, here’s a list of things I’ve made in the past. Hershey Bars Cookies With Milk Chocolate – Can’t really go wrong here Milk Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cake – Todd loved this – it was more of an ice cream pie Hershey Bar Pie – [...]
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Candy anyone? Fuzz made quite a haul! I guess no one could resist a cute little fairy with a hockey injury? That, and it was Halloween. That little brown dot by her eye is a scab forming from last Wednesday when she got hit with a hockey stick in P.E.. So Halloween is done. …
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Happy Halloween, Ghouls and Ghosts! Today was the day we were supposed to “paint” that pie pumpkin. As it happened, we didn’t paint it at all. Instead, Fuzz’s class had to weigh and measure their pumpkins, then gut them and count all the seeds by ten. Sounds like party to me! See, our …
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Today’s second cookie was something I threw together at the last minute, my excuse being that the cookies would be perfect for Friday’s class Halloween party. Since the party is not until Friday, I prepared the dough, shaped it into little balls, and baked a few cookies so I’d have something to photograph and review. [...]
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When I was little, my mom made a fresh pumpkin pie using the guts of a Jack-o-Lantern. I didn’t like pumpkin much to begin with and that pie turned me off to it completely. Years later, I tried pumpkin pie again; this time, from a typical recipe using canned pumpkin. Thanks to its mild flavor [...]
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I came up with the idea for this cookie last night. It was inspired by Martha Stewart Living, where they did something similar with brownies. Wanting to do something a little different, I tried making a cookie version by combining a chocolate and pumpkin dough. This was the end result. The cookies tasted pretty good, [...]
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Fuzz’s class is having their monthly play date/Halloween party this afternoon, so I decided to bake some cupcakes. The first batch was vanilla and the second batch was based on this prize winning Taste of Home recipe submitted by Mary Bilyeu. The original title is Special Mocha Cupcakes, but if you are a real mocha [...]
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The original recipe is from Maida Heatter, but I got it from Katy G. who is pretty much the queen of pound cake recipes. Thanks Katy, Maida Heatter and Nabisco. And Nabisco, please keep making Halloween Oreos. Maida Heatter’s (Spooky) Oreo Bundt Cake 18 whole Oreo cookies (Halloween Colored) 2 3/4 cups (330g) all purpose [...]
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