Chocolate Castles

  • Chocolate thumbprints

    Am trying to write blog from new phone and cannot figure out why it will not post the picture Read more

  • Chocolate Caramel Thumbprints

    Cookies that I posted on Wednesday! Delicious but next time to get more of a caramel flavor I will use caramels instead of caramel filled kisses! Read more

  • Chocolate Caramel Thumbprints

    Before leaving Phoenix last Saturday, we stopped at a place called Kneaders to grab a bite, and a sack of cookies, just in case something should happen and we were trapped in the desert for a couple of hours with no chocolate in the car. The chocolate caramel cookie with sea salt called my name… Read more

  • Dutch -Processed Cocoa Powder vs Natual Cocoa Powder

    I have been baking for more years than I care to reveal but have just learned something about cocoa. Being a true Paula Deen follower and a admitted chocoholic, I thought I knew more than I ever wanted to know about cocoa. It just goes to show you that there is always something to learn… Read more

  • Woad (oops, Road, sorry, Ive been around grandkids to long) Wisdom

    Our friends back in California sent us home with this blessing last week, “we are so glad you are going home before we all sound like Paula Deen”. Seems that our friends there pick up the southern words of ya’ll and all ya’ll quickly. Stopping back by Phoenix to break up our trip, (who am I kidding, we… Read more

  • Blueberry Salad

    While we are here in California friends here are being so thoughtful to fix us dinners and have us over, which blesses us so much! The other evening some friends, Barbara and Ray came to dinner at the Welches home, where we are staying for a few nights! Before we dug into Bonnie’s cherry pie,… Read more