Chocolate Castles

  • Savory Caesar Mushroom Caps

    Great appetizer from Paula Deen. 12 large whole mushrooms 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 ( 8oz) cream cheese, softened 1 teas onion flakes 2 tables roasted pecans (chopped) 1 table olive oil 1/4 teas ground cayenne pepper 3 Tables Briannas Asiago Caesar Salad dressing Preheat oven to 350. Spray a baking sheet with cooking… Read more

  • Pumpkin Spice Cookies

    Taken from our Frisco Style Magazine I tore this recipe out and can’t wait to make these cookies. Our daughter from Phoenix is coming in for a few days on Thurs. I told her that in celebration of her sticking to a new exercise program and following a healthy diet plan, I will have cookies… Read more

  • Cranberry Cheesecake With Cranberry Orange Sauce

    What a great time of year, when there is nothing better than sitting inside, watching the cold fronts come in all the while, looking through magazines to find new recipes that just seem like you have to jump up and make them right then. This cheesecake will be sitting on our dessert buffet table this… Read more

  • Strawberry Italian Cream Cake

    The Fall weather just keeps me in the baking mood. Yesterday caught me making a strawberry Italian Cream Cake for our DIL birthday and the fresh apple cake is for a party we are going to tonight. When Mandy ask that I make either a strawberry cake or an Italian Cream cake, I went looking… Read more

  • Halloween Happenings

    BOO! today is not only Halloween, but our first grandson, Jaden’s, birthday and one of our daughter-in-laws, Mandy. I love it when the streets are full of children walking around with their parents, going door to door, asking for candy. It just makes life seem so normal, like we should look up and down the… Read more

  • Peter Pumpkin Goes to the Polls

    Had lunch with a friend today who is extremely involved with the political scene. She and her husband are now Precinct Reps to the State Republican  Convention and take their jobs very seriously. I was sharing with Peggy today about how I finally went to get my new Texas License so I could vote. She began… Read more