Easter Cookies taken from a fall favorite

We have always made these cookies into candy corn in the fall, and

I have always thought I could make them look like an Easter Egg.

I think they turned out ok.

If you want to see the post and recipe it is here.

5 Minute Chocolate Cake

End of March

We are greatful for wonderful friends that find fun things for us to make and EAT!! Friends from our old neighborhood came for a playdate and brought a fun activity for everyone. We made 5 Minute Chocolate Cake. Really, it takes 5 minutes to mix, and cook (microwave), and not much more time to eat. We had a fun time and have tried it 2 more times since.

Here we are sharing our fun with our Tuesday playdate.
We thought Grandma and Grandpa would enjoy it and they did.

They went home with a copy to make it at home.

If you want to enjoy some cake also, here you go...I warn you, read the warning at the bottom before you start.

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons cocoa

1 egg

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons oil

3 tablespoons chocolate chips

(optional)a small splash of vanilla extract

1 large coffee mug (We do not have large coffee mugs so I used a soup mug and a small bowl )

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts (high). The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

Cookie Week

In our house, we usually do a cookie day. That is we try and get everything done in one day and by the end we are VERY tired and have really sore feet. This year, we had Papa Popcorn here for a whole week so we spread things out and did a little everyday.

I LOVED it and so did the kids.

Here is a list of what we made this year:

Cut Out Cookies (frosted )

Gingerbread Men and Women (frosted)

Star Cookies

Chocolate Covered Peanuts

Bugles with Almond Bark and M&M's

Mound Balls

Popcorn Balls

Turtles

Peanut Brittle

Butter Horns

Things we missed this year:

Caramels, Chocolate Krinkle Cookies, truffles....

(I think some will have to be done for Valentine's day.)

Papa got these new bands for his rolling pin and help us roll the dough the same everytime.

It makes a GREAT cookie.

The kids love sprinkles and we taught Milk Dud to help also.

Here are some of the cutout cookies we made.

These are the Bugles "Ice Cream Cones" we made.