Chocolate Castles

  • Happy New Year

    Welcome to 2010. This year has begun with a new sense of cleaning out and reorganizing like never before. We have been over to Randy’s parents home cleaning out the entire apartment. Yesterday when we went to take his mom to live in the nursing home, because she has to have 24 hour care, reality… Read more

  • Fruit Compote

    My sister-in-law gave me this recipe after I went crazy over the one she served at Christmas brunch a few years ago. It is just delicious and everyone always wants the recipe. 6 coconut macaroons crumbled into a 9×13 pyrex which you have sprayed with Pam. Layer each of the following: drain each can before… Read more

  • Black Forest Cookies

    1 11.5 oz package milk chocolate morsels 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup softened butter 2 eggs 1 teas vanilla 3/4 cup flour 1/4 teas baking powder 1 6 oz package of dried cherries or Ocean Spray cherry flavored cranberries Preheat oven to 350. Delicately melt 3/4 cup of the chocolate over low heat until… Read more

  • Whoopie Pies

    Before you even read this recipe, I want to warn you……..it has something in it that will make all you “uh…..how do I say this nicely?………Health conscious fans out there…actually weep!” That ingredient is………Crisco…yep that right, a pure cup of pure Crisco. Now you can quit reading any further, or you can read on and… Read more

  • A Glance Back

    We are coming upon a fabulous day, when we celebrate the closing of one year and the beginning of another year! What a great time to think about all the blessings God has poured out on us all. This past month, as you have read here on the blog, we lost Randy’s dad. A friend… Read more

  • Stuffed mushrooms

    Stuffed Mushrooms 1 lb of mushrooms, cleaned and stems cut out. Buy a pint size container of parmesean, artichoke dip from the deli. In a greased pyrex dish, place the washed mushrooms cut side up. Drizzle with olive oil which you have added some garlic powder, over the mushrooms. Bake mushrooms for about 20 to… Read more