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Friday, December 16, 2011
Kenmore Live Studio: Date Night Hero with Chicago Cooking Chick Vanessa Moses - Chocolate Treats
Here at the Kenmore Live Studio Vanessa Moses of the Chicago Cooking Chicks demonstrates how to prepare hand-dipped pink chocolate rice crispies. Click the "Like" button to become our fan at www.facebook.com to see the rest of the show and find other recipe videos, full shows, and more.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Mary Earle One Pan Desserts - Special Rice Crispy Treats
Hello I am Mary Earle this is one of several shows i have! subscribe to my site so we can chat : ) Special Rice crispy looks like your everyday rice crispy's but NOPE! I have 2 adorable and wonderful guest chefs with me Cooper and Conley Cheatham. These twins will be 2 in september. My chefs and i have come up with deas to spice up your boring rice crispy treats to something new and tasty! enjoy.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Scary Halloween Leftovers
I hope you were strong. I hope you didn't let the diabolical marketers who put the Halloween candy out in July or August entice you into buying it, seeing it around the house, and then eating it so you were forced to buy it again. Personally, I think there should be a law that stores cannot put Halloween candy displays out before September 15th (or later). Write your representative.
But the day is here, and in theory, adorable tots should be showing up at your door to remove all the calorie-laden goodness and take it home to ruin their dinners for many nights to come. But if you're like me, and you live on a major street in a safe, kid-friendly neighborhood, you've laid in enough candy to decorate every witch's house from here to Düsseldorf, and that means you're going to have leftovers. So unless you want to fit into that Santa suit without padding by Christmas, it's time to get creative.
The simplest solution is to avoid leftovers in the first place by becoming increasingly generous as the evening wears on. If you're giving out one or two pieces of candy early in the evening, and you can see that you're going to have more candy than you need, start passing out double portions. The older kids tend to be the ones out well after dark, so it actually makes sense to hand out more candy per trick-or-treater at 8:00 than you did at 6:45. If you play your cards right, you can empty your candy bucket and turn your lights out when the traffic dies (around here, that's between 9:00 and 9:20).
If November 1st still dawns with pounds of sugary bliss left in your living room, start looking for places to give it away. A lot of schools and churches have leftover candy drives. Take it your next meeting. Take it to the police or fire station. Do not take it to work, as it will sit in a bowl on your desk and you'll still eat most of it. Look for places to take it so that other people will eat it.
If you really want to get creative, and you can do some advance planning, start looking at the candy in a new way. If you do Christmas baking like I do, you will soon be buying the ingredients for that baking, and if you think about it, you're going to be buying a lot of the same stuff you just gave away. Next year, before you buy your Halloween candy, take a look at the recipes for your Christmas baking. M&Ms can go into cookies and Rice Krispies treats. Hershey Kiss cookies? Hershey's Special Dark bars and nuggets can be chopped into chocolate chips or melted down for icings, fillings, and more. Jolly Rancher candies and Life Savers make gorgeous "stained glass" cookies. Do a search for "leftover candy recipes" and you'll probably find some way to use up whatever you're stuck with, and you might find a new recipe you really like.
If you don't bake, you might have a neighbor who does, and you can work a trade of ingredients for finished baked goods. If you like toppings on your ice cream, you can crush most chocolate candy bars into sundae toppings. Crush them up and place them in well-marked bags in your freezer; that way, they'll be out of sight (and hopefully out of mind) and you'll use them by the spoonful instead of by the bar. If you are really virtuous, you'll simply buy candy you don't like yourself, so you'll never be tempted by the leftovers. Write and tell me what that kind of virtue feels like, because I sure don't have it.
The bottom line is, get them gone. Get them out of the house entirely, or earmark them for another purpose and get them into the freezer. Otherwise, you'll hear them calling you in their little chocolate voices every time you pass by the bowl. And you don't want to pack on extra pounds now, because turkey, stuffing and pie are waiting right around the corner. Boo!
Friday, December 2, 2011
This Valentines Day say "I Love You" with Cookies
What better way to tell your sweetie "I Love You" than with some fresh baked cookies? Give some of these sweet treats a try this Valentine's Day. Cupid himself would be impressed by these yummy creations. They are sure to be a hit with your Sweetheart, Children, Neighbors or anyone else special to you as well. Don't forget to get the kids involved! I still have memories of making Valentine's Day Cookies as a child.
Heart Shaped Cookies
Make you favorite roll-out sugar cookie recipe. Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut them. Bake, frost and decorate to your heart's content. You can sprinkle them with red or pink crystallized sugar before you bake them, or frost and sprinkle with some tiny candied hearts or pink sprinkles after they are baked. Use icing in a tube to write a message or draw a picture on the cookie.
Cookie Lollipop
Heart Shaped cookie lollipops are always a big hit. Start with basic sugar cookie dough. Roll it out to about 1/8th inch thickness (place the dough between two sheets of wax paper to keep the dough from sticking). Use a heart shaped cookie cutter and cut an equal amount of hearts. Place half a bamboo skewer, a lollipop stick (found at craft stores) or a Popsicle stick on the bottom half of the hearts. Place the remaining hearts on top and press them firmly together. Bake according to your recipe instructions and decorate as desired.
Tip - soak the skewers or Popsicle sticks in water before placing them on the cookies to keep them from getting burnt.
Valentine's Rice Krispies Treats
Make Rice Krispies Treats and while the mixture is still warm use a large heart shaped cookie cutter to cut them out. If you can't find a cookie cutter of the right size, draw a heart on cardboard and use it as a template. Just lay it on the sheet of Rice Krispies Treats and trace around it with a knife. For even more Valentine fun add a few drops of red food coloring to the marshmallow mixture for a pink version of the sticky treat.
Cookie Dough Jar
Place the dry ingredients of your favorite cookie recipe in a pretty jar. Write the recipe for the cookie on a heart shaped piece of paper or a valentine's note card. Tie it with a pretty bow around the jar. Make the glass jar even more special by drawing little red hearts on it with a permanent marker. These are so cute and easy!
Bouquet of Cookies
Bake up some of your favorite cookies. Get a pretty basket and line it with a red or pink cloth napkin. Arrange the homemade cookies in the basket. If you'd like, you can also add some heart shaped cookie cutters, Valentine's Day themed sprinkles, or some hot chocolate mix. Another option would be to use a piece of floral foam and arrange some decorated Cookie Lollipops within the basket and fill the bottom with Hershey's Kisses or other Valentine Candy.
All of these cookie ideas for Valentine's Day make wonderful gifts for a special someone that has a personal touch. They are
sure to be appreciated, after all, who doesn't like cookies?
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