All that someone has to do to get me to look at a book is to put chocolate in the title, so when I was at the library the other day and saw a cookbook called, Chocolate, Chocolate you can imagine what happened.
The pictures are beautiful, and I plan on making several of the recipes before it is time to take the book back.
This cake is perfect with coffee in the afternoon or as a finish to dinner. It is homey and good, doing duty as an after school snack or an elegant dessert depending on the plate you put …read more

O.k..it is week 5 of the Christmas Cookie (and baking) Countdown! I know alot of people have commented on their blogs about how weird I am to be doing Christmas now. Yeah, I DO check my links.
That’s o.k…I have alot of Christmas to do, and my life is busy. Really busy. I will even be as bold to say that it is busier than most. Preparing for Christmas early allows me to have a peaceful, stress free holiday with my family, and to be generous with my gifts. I enjoy not having to …read more

I know..I know..blondies aren’t strictly a brownie.
My dad was a banana addict. He was born in 1917 and grew up during those hard years which culminated in WW2. As you can imagine, living in a rural area in Michigan he didn’t have many bananas. Well he made up for it when he became an adult. The man had at least one banana every day of his life that I can remember and passed his banana infatuation on to his grandchildren, who can make a case of bananas disappear in one day.
These are excellent. I used a recipe from …read more