Chocolate Castles

  • Caramel-Pecan Cheesecake Bars

    I have found one of my dream desserts. This is from a 2005 Southern Living that came out of storage this weekend and for some reason, I had missed seeing it on page 177. I keep thinking about how many times these past 6 years I could have been eating this. So will have to… Read more

  • Pumpkin Streusel

    This is a great alternative to traditional pumpkin pie. If you are not wanting to fool with crust spray 6 ramekins with Pam and fill each one 3/4 full with the pumping pie recipe I posted on Nov 16th (Not Your Mothers Pumpkin Pie) Bake for 15-20 min or until sides appear to be firm… Read more

  • 2 Days before Thanksgiving and Counting

    This is the most wonderful time of the year! Days are cooler, ovens are baking and families are gathering. We are reminded just how blessed we are in so many ways. Devotion books remind us, preachers remind us, commercials on radio and tv remind us, but the ultimate reminder is when we receive a phone… Read more

  • Setting Up For Christmas on Saturday

    We might have overdone it just a little this year. We just returned from storage where we piled as many Christmas boxes as we possibly could in our Mercedes Pickup, knowing all the while that it would take us probably 5-6 trips to get all the “Christmas Treasures”,or as Frosty calls it,”Christmas Stuff” from the… Read more

  • Friday With Friends

    Tomorrow night, we are having some friends over for dinner. With the cooler weather here, Randy requested that we have Swiss Steak with tomato gravy over mashed potatoes, so that is what we will be having. This is a great dish for company because you can put it in the crock pot and just let… Read more

  • Not Your Mothers Pumpkin Pie

    1 9″ pie shell (deep dish) 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk 2 eggs 1 teas pumpkin pie spice Mix pumpkin, milk,eggs, and seasoning in a large bowl until smooth. Pour into pie crust on large foil-lined baking sheet. Bake in preheated 425 oven 15 min. Reduce oven temp… Read more