Stuffed Mushrooms & Peppers

What to do with a spare roast taking up room in the freezer?

How about make stuffed mushrooms and peppers with it!

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The night before I baked the roast slowly in chicken broth, and used a few simple spices to bring out the flavor. My husband could not stop sampling the meat once it was done.

To me that means it is good. lol. ;)

The next night we pulled the roast by hand, and then added shredded carrots, cauliflower, and pieces of mushrooms to the mixture.
Here are our peppers and mushrooms ready to be stuffed.

All ready to go into the oven.
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45 minutes later...

The stuffed portobello mushrooms were my favorite!

I loved eating the peppers with the meat.

I think we will have to make this again! :)

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

A long time ago there was a little country girl who loved to bake.

She would make cakes, pies, and cookies.

Her favorite cookie to make was peanut butter chocolate chip.

Alas, the young girl grew up and lost her favorite recipe...

Until her mom, unkowingly, brought it to her when visiting for Christmas!!!

Eeek! That's right as you may have guessed, I am the country girl with the lost recipe, but it is not lost anymore!

I made 2 dozen for my family before they left as a treat on the way home.

Oh I love these cookies!


They are soft, but still have that peanut butter cookie taste that falls apart in your mouth.
Add chocolate chips and I'm in heaven.

Of course I plan to sell these along with my other goodies on etsy-eventually.
For now those who know me can pre-order a batch here and there.

I hope everyone enjoys my long lost favorite cookie as much as I do. :)

It's good to be making these again-brings back happy memories.

Mini Muffin Keesh

I needed something quick for breakfast during my work week.

30 minutes later I had these delicious, easy to re-heat, mini muffin keeshes.

Here they are before going into the oven.

You can see the spinach, mushrooms, cheese, bacon, and chorizo.

25 minutes DING!
All done!

My husband tried one and loved it.

I think we've found a new breakfast favorite.

The best part is they still taste great after re-heating. YUM!

What a great way to start the new year-with a healthy delicious breakfast.

Chocolate Truffles

What is Christmas without a few Truffles?

My brothers later nicknamed these as "chocolate coma balls" because they are so rich they will put you in a chocolate coma. :) That doesn't sound so bad.
You could chose between the white chocolate or milk chocolate. Each was sprinkled with peppermint sugar. Inside there was either a gooey chocolate center, or a eppermint chocolate center.

They were so much fun to make!

Sweet Christmas Sugar Cookies

~Nothing says Christmas better than sweet, soft, sugar cookies decorated by hand .~

And yes-everything is made from scratch.

For Christmas my husband wanted me to make our families sugar cookies.
On Christmas day I was hand painting these beautiful sugar cookies.
I felt in the Christmas spirit as I was making these goodies for the people I love.

We went to Andy's family's home first on Christmas Day for the usual get together.
As always it was so much fun. :)

The candy canes took on a heart theme this year.
Some of these were served on the 26th when my family arrived to spend a few weeks with us.

One of my favorites.

This one was a special one for my husband.

A few freshly painted vanilla sugar cookies.

Everyone told me that they were so soft. :)

They were so much fun to make & I loved sharing them with my family.

A selection I took to the Christmas party.

The snowman is my one of my favorites-because of the hearts.

I may have eaten him...

I plan to possibly sell these next Christmas online on etsy.

I loved putting sprinkles on some of the cookies.

I loved how the gingerbread people came out. I think my nephews also enjoyed biting their heads off. lol.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

~Merry Christmas & God bless us everyone!!!~

Christmas Peppermint Brownies

~What is Christmas without home made Christmas goodies?~

My latest thing to come out of the test kitchen. I've taken my warm gooey brownie recipe and transformed it for Christmas.
Soft pieces of peppermint mixed with little crunches of peppermint sugar. It's a perfect combination for those who love chocolate and peppermint.
These brownies are hard to resist!

Don't want the crunch of the peppermint sugar? I can leave that out for gooey chocolaty brownies mixed with soft peppermint pieces.

$14.00 for a large pan of 20 brownies
$7.50 for a small pan of 10 brownies

Order at: sweetheart_bakery@yahoo.com
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Soon to be available on etsy!

~Due to popular demand I am booked through the holidays; however I am still taking orders, I just cannot guarantee anything before New Years. Thank you for shopping and enjoying my goodies!

As always~made with love.
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More new things to come from my test kitchen & more holiday baking later this month!

Keep up on the latest by following my blog. Once I get 25 followers I'm going to give away a dozen chocolate chip cookies to one lucky follower! Tell your friends & family!

Pumpkin Spice Brownies

A New Favorite Recipe~The Pumpkin Spice Brownies

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A hint of holiday spices adds to this double chocolate chip brownie.

I delivered this decadent little brownies in adorable peppermint candy wraps-perfect for the holiday season.

Don't you just want to take a bite out of this gooey chocolaty brownie?

After coming up with this recipe in my test kitchen I have had numerous orders for this brownie. It is so popular it will be a permanent holiday menu item.


A large pan (20 brownies) is $13.50
A small (about 20 brownies) is $7 even.

Great for any party or event.

You can order at sweetheart_bakery@yahoo.com

Coming soon these will be available for sale on etsy!

~Due to popular demand I am booked through the holidays; however I am still taking orders, I just cannot guarantee anything before New Years. Thank you for shopping and enjoying my goodies!

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As always~they are made with love.