Easter baking.....

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you got a chance to enjoy your family and/or friends today. 

Have you ever just had a hankering to bake? I can't really explain the feeling if you haven't ever experienced it, but this morning when I woke up....I just wanted to bake. I have had this recipe for bookmarked for awhile, so decided it was finally the day to roll up my sleeves and do it! She calls it a Loft house- style cookie, but my boys know them as those good cookies from Walmart, so apparently someone on either end of the coast(or the mid-section for that matter) has seen these and adapted them.(Maybe a copycat version?)

Anyway, here is the rolling of the dough, notice, my 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter? it's actually the lid off of an applesauce jar, measuring exactly 2 1/2 inches.

Ahhhhh.....can you smell them yet? Here they cool on the rack.

Frosted glory!!!!!

My baking urge has subsided and now we have fresh cookies for our lunches all week long!


Now that I have committed to the wedding afghan here is a tidy little pile of squares......

See you soon, have a sublime Sunday!

Tasty Tuesday!

Hi all! We're on Spring break here in the heartland and when I opened my cupboards, there were no cookies! What? No sweets in a house with 3 boys and me???!!!! Have no fear, here is the quickest and easiest way to get a delicious chocolaty, crunchy fix if you ever need one.

Colossally Crunchy No-Bake Cookies

Adapted by Caroline C. Chrisco

Ingredients:

1 pkg. (12oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 pkg. butterscotch chips

3/4 c. smooth peanut butter

4c. of crispy rice cereal

• In a large microwave-proof mixing bowl, add the entire package of chocolate chips, half the bag of butterscotch chips, and the peanut butter.

• Place bowl in microwave and heat on high for 1 minute. Remove and stir.
• Put back in microwave and heat for 1 more minute. Remove, stir until all the chips have completely melted and the mixture is smooth and creamy. (If you feel like it needs to be zapped further, do it in 30 second increments, so you won't scorch the mixture.)
• Add the crispy rice cereal(if you note, I use a heaping 4c. measurement, because I don't want any mix left at the bottom of the bowl!) Stir with a large spoon until all the cereal is coated with the chocolate mixture.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls on baking sheets.
• Place sheets in refrigerator for at least 45 minutes(these actually set up fast, check back on them sooner if you can't wait.)
• Keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator at all times.
• Enjoy!