C – This will be great for little kids to get a sugar high. All the marshmallowy goodness, fine chocolate and sugar. It’s amazing I wasn’t jumping off of the ceiling with these. I had to sample a bunch when Jessica made them. I used to think fudge was made … Continue reading
Category Archives: Desserts
Gingerbread Cookies
C – We made a few hundred gingerbread cookies. We will be frosting these for a few days, too. Jessica and I fell in love with these small cookie cutters and thought it would be a great idea to make all of our gingerbread cookies small. Well, I guess we … Continue reading
Salted Caramels
C – Chewy and gooey, but it didn’t set. Even the professionals make mistakes. Luckily it wasn’t a big one. Candy making can be tough. You need the right tools and perfect timing to execute a recipe like this. Jessica has been on a quest to give Be Mindful. Be Human. … Continue reading
English Toffee
C – This English toffee is so addicting. I think it’s the best toffee I have ever had. I know I said this about yesterday’s pecan pie. But here at Be Mindful. Be Human. we are on a quest for the best of everything. Thank goodness Jessica’s mom had this … Continue reading
The Best Pecan Pie Ever!!!
C – This week is Bake Week. Yay! It’s a week before the holidays begin, so it just had to be. Jessica will be joining us and creating her favorite holiday baking recipes. I am so grateful she was able to help out with Bake Week. I don’t think I … Continue reading
Blackberry Cheesecake: Jim’s Birthday Cake
C – Happy Birthday, Jim!!! I made Jim a special cake this year. Not a normal chocolate or vanilla cake, but a cheesecake. I hope he likes it. Over the six years I have known Jim, I have never made or bought him a good birthday cake. It’s really sad. … Continue reading
Apple Cake
C – I can see why Jim requested Apple Cider Ice Cream now. To place on top of this apple cake. Jim is not a baker and I think I am safe to say he will never be one. So, when he found a recipe for an apple cake, it … Continue reading
Apple Cider Ice Cream
C – Ice cream in this kind of weather?! Jim, you have to be kidding me? I guess he wasn’t. Jim’s been addicted to ice cream ever since I started allowing it back into the freezer last May. I was on a low sugar diet and was craving sugar. Ice … Continue reading
Pumpkin Pies From Scratch with Spiced Rum Whipped Cream
C — It’s one of my favorite desserts. Pumpkin pie with a little freshly whipped cream. Yummy! My mom used to buy grocery-store pies, but the massed produced ones are never that great. So, when she suggested that we start making them from “scratch,” I was all over it. Of … Continue reading
Apple Pie
C — EEEEEK!!! I have been dreading this day. Apple pie day. As I mentioned to you in previous posts, I have never made a good pie crust. I have been cursed. I can’t seem to make a good pie crust even if my life depended on it. I just … Continue reading