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Happy Halloween from The King and Queen!
October 26th, 2011
easy chocolate toffee squares
I found this recipe on Pinterest and immediately posted it to my NomNom board, it originally came from here.
Last year I had tried this recipe at a friends house and had been meaning to get the recipe from her – she had told me it was ridiculously easy, but it wasn’t until I tried to make it that I realized she was not exaggerating! I whipped this up in no time at all and then began sharing the wealth; there was no lack of satisfied palates, this recipe is a winner!
saltine chocolate toffee squares
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yield: approx. 40 squares
Ingredients
- 40 (or enough to line the pan) saltine crackers (I used salted tops)
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup or more slivered almonds (or any other nut)
Cooking Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line your cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Line up saltine crackers in a single layer on the cookie sheet.
- In a small pot combine sugar and butter and bring to a boil. Once mixture is at a boil, continue boiling for 3 minutes. Mixture should be a deep caramel color. Immediately pour over saltines and spread to cover crackers completely.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and let sit a couple of minutes to melt. (You could also melt the chocolate chips in the microwave for about 1 minute then spread it on.)
- Spread melted chocolate evenly over crackers.
- Top with chopped nuts if desired (I made 1/4 of the pan with chopped nuts and the other 3/4 plain).
- Cool completely and use pizza cutter to cut into squares.
Who knew that simple, common staple saltine cracker had it in ‘em to be the foundation for such a treat as this?! Obviously a handful of people because this little “secret” has been floating around the internet for some time now; I’m kind of surprised that I only now just tried it. It’s quick and easy for an impromptu get together or you can tweak the ingredients and gussy it up for a dinner party.
Are you going to make these tasty toffee treats?
October 21st, 2011
sugar-free sweet cinnamon pull-apart buns
The little pull-apart buns are a perfect blend of sugar sweet and cinnamon spicy, but they are sugar-free! I could eat these all day long…
Sugar Free Sweet Cinnamon Pull-Apart Buns
Prep Time: 9 minutes
Cook Time: 11 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 6
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp butter, melted
- 2 Tbsp sugar substitute (I used Splenda)
- 2 Tbsp cinnamon
- 1 can (5 count) Pilsbury flaky layers biscuits
Cooking Directions
- Preheat oven according to directions on biscuit can.
- Grease a muffin pan and set aside.
- Open can of biscuits and separate into 5 biscuits; cut each biscuit into 4 pieces.
- In a shallow bowl, combine sugar substitute and cinnamon until well blended.
- Using a fork, dip 3 of the biscuits into the melted butter just long enough to wet them. Then toss them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture until coated.
- Place the 3 biscuit pieces into one muffin cup, place them side by side, not on top of one another.
- Repeat with remaining biscuit pieces.
- Bake according to directions on the biscuit can.
- Remove from oven when edges are golden brown and transfer to cooling rack.
- Let cool for 5 minutes and then serve immediately, or store in an airtight container up to 3 days.
I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but I’d bet money that these are WAY better than that traditional coffee cake. Plus they are sugar-free! What more could you ask for?
What’s that? You want me to make some for you?
Sure! When are you coming over?
October 17th, 2011
simple sewing project: monogramed tee shirt
A while back Kelli and I were talking about sewing and came up with a great idea to do a sewing series! She started by posting a tutorial on how to sew an embellished baby onsie. My response? A toddler sized T-shirt with a monogram!
I chose to do a t-shirt because at the time I couldn’t think of any friends of mine who have babies in onsies.
Or maybe I couldn’t think of any friends who have a baby in a onsie that I’d be willing to let them see my first sewing project!
Enter Jes – if there is any friend who has seen me in some embarassing situations, it’s Jes. Nevermind that it’s usually because Jes and I come up with the most ridiculous ideas when we are together! So I decided to make a cute little t-shirt for Jes’ daughter, Rayah.
So can you tell I learned a few more things other than sewing? I hadn’t planned on getting (yet another) lesson in patience or humility, but I suppose those aren’t bad things to improve on…
So, what did you think? How did it turn out? Rayah loved it!
