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Thanksgiving is almost upon us! (I am making a concerted effort to not panic.) Before I get too busy with turkey and pie and stuffing and pie and sweet taters and pie, I decided to make some turkey cookies.  Because I can't remember if I've made turkey cookies before or not. I think maybe I have, but if I did, they were less than memorable. These, on the other hand, came out pretty cute. You know what the best part is? I used this cutter set from Wilton: That's right, I repurposed a snowflake into a turkey butt. Anyhoo, these are for the kids' Thanksgiving feast at school. Hopefully the kids won't be traumatized by the headless turkeys! Happy Thanksgiving...and remember to be thankful every day, not just once a year! That's all for now. Enjoy!

So the day before Thanksgiving I was cruising Pinterest, wasting time searching for recipes, when I came across this:  http://www.ohnuts.com/blog/cinnamon-bun-pecan-pie-recipe/ I was enchanted. In fact, I was so excited, I almost squealed.  And I'm not really a squealer. So I made it forthwith. Is that, or is it not, the most amazing thing you've ever seen?  It's a cinnamon roll PIE CRUST!! It's so cool I have to post two pictures. Anywhoo, here's the finished pie: If I'm going to be perfectly honest, I'll have to say that I would have preferred traditional pecan pie filling.  The recipe says that it's close to traditional pecan pie filling, and it is, I just would have preferred straight up traditional pecan pie.  I would, however, add some cinnamon and some Princess emulsion.  And the frosting. But the crust was to die for.  Amazing. And very impressive-looking. :-) (I did make my own crust and my own icing...the recipe in th...

Hello there!  I hope everyone had a fabulous and festive Thanksgiving! (At least everyone here in the U.S.) I've been on a baking frenzy since Saturday, so no time to blog. Christmas is almost here!  But I wanted to take a few moments to share what's been cooking in the D-oh household of late. We've had Turkey: Pie: Obscene amounts of gravy: And my very favorite sweet potatoes in the whole wide world: And because Thanksgiving is over, and we only serve these on Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'm sharing the recipe.  And here's hoping I'm not letting a family secret out of the bag. My grandma made these, my mom made these and now I make these.  I can't imagine a Thanksgiving without them. Start with some yams, pineapple rings, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, salt, and flour. We'll get to the marshmallows later. Open the pineapples and drain the juice into a measuring cup. Line a baking dish with pineapple rings. Throw...

Happy week after Thanksgiving!  I hope you've all recovered.  I think I have and now I'm chomping at the bit to get started on Christmas cookies!  In the meantime, here's one of the pies I made for Thanksgiving.  It's chocolate cream.  I also made pumpking and pecan, but those are pretty standard, so I won't bother posting them. Anywhoo, here is a sneak peek at the finished pie: I may have forgotten to take any pictures that included cream.  I made the pie the day before Thanksgiving, and did not whip the cream until right before we left for BIL's place.  (Unfortunately, my place won't hold more than 7 or 8 people comfortably, so we load up the food and eat at BIL's much larger and more accomodating house.) Anyway, I use this recipe  and it is fabulous. And easy.  Who could ask for more? First things first: make and bake a 9" pie shell. And chop some unsweetened chocolate: Now, on to assembly!  We start by combin...