This is the final day of my cookie and candy making. I made from top left of the bottom photo (red bowl) Cream Cheese Mints, Million Dollar Fudge, Divinity, (second row) Fattigmann, Cranberry Orange Biscotti, Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprints, Scottish Shortbread, (bottom row) Berliner Brot. (Items without links were in prior days post). We have … [Read more…]
Well as you can see, I got a bit more done today. Another cookie and a candy. I made Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprint cookies. This is always a favorite and I think this is the 3rd year I have made them. I have also made Cream Cheese Mints. Another favorite that I believe this is … [Read more…]
I got some cooking done today. The cookies on the left are Scottish Shortbread that I made with dark brown sugar. The one on the right is Divinity. I grew up LOVING Divinity. Sadly I grew up in the Pacific Northwest though so this meant that making Divinity was EXTREMELY hard. Humid, rainy or about … [Read more…]
I am really trying to write on here everyday. Today is one of those days where I don’t know what to write. So I think I am going to ramble for a bit and then many years from now my children can at least see how I think at this time in my life. I … [Read more…]
We went to a restaurant yesterday that we have been wanting to go to for years now. We pass it nearly everyday. However last night was the first we have stepped foot in it. It was a tavern that has been around since the 1700’s. It was very nice inside. Tony says come the summer … [Read more…]