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Cheesecake, you wonderful heavenly gift that has put more inches on women than chocolate and ice cream combined. A must for any "Golden Girl" and my down right favorite dessert. New York Style, With Strawberries, chocolate, turtle, you name it. It doesn't matter. It is an addiction I don't ever plan on giving up. Sad thing is with any addiction comes the down side and I am not talking inches on the waist. I am talking making them. They are a pain! I have pulled my hair out more times trying to get a cheesecake right than I have trying to keep a soufflé from falling in a house full of kids. I swear I have read every tip and trick out there and some work, some don't and a lot need repeating. So here I am, repeating the tips and tricks I have learned and been taught over the years.  These are what work for me. 1. Have a good recipe. If you are just starting I honestly recommend the one from Philadelphia Cream Cheese.  It is a good start. 2. High quality ingredients. ...

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Oh, just dropping in for a quickie show off! I just finished up 2 jumbo cookies that I put up for sale on Etsy - and I mean jumbo! They are nearly 8 inches! OMG What a cookie(s)! Snowflake with delicate decorations and an ornament with candy stained glass inlays! I love them!

That time of the year and I just posted my holiday cookies to Etsy! So now I am just jumping by here to show pictures of them. ^^ And the fact that I adore my cookies stands! LOL

Here in the United States we are approaching one of the biggest holidays in our nation. Honestly though in this day and age I think it is just an excuse to overeat and fight with family but you know what? I'm cool with that. Fighting with family just lets you know how much you love them. How? Because you speak with them again, that's how. :P I was going to make this post on my other site but frankly I like this one better and enjoy posting to it more, so you just gotta deal! Mwhahahah!!!  I will start you off with a basic Thanksgiving Menu that is one I remember eating many holidays and provide you with various links if I have them to some good recipes. I will also be providing you with 2 recipes. Well 1 recipe and 1 how to as it were. I reposted my mothers cornbread dressing recipe and since then I have been asked several times for just a cornbread recipe as well as how to cook a turkey. So will cover both those here today.  Let's get started. First thing is first - The Me...

Everyone needs warm wishes this Holiday Season. No one more so than our Military, past and present. They do so much for us each and every day and now that Winter is upon us they are giving up even more. So many are away from their friends and family this holiday season. Others are home but what has happened while they were deployed is still there, in the back of their mind. Even those retired many many years still carry the scars of a life that many of us will never have to face and much of that is because of what they have done and what they do every single day. It is no secret that this girl loves her some Military men and women. So, I am teaming up with another protect of mine, Baking For Our Soldiers , to put together a care package to send to someone you nominate. I would love to send one out to each and every member that is nominated this year but sadly I cannot but I can send out at least 1. ( If more bakers wish to get in on this and donate a care package of your own I will hap...

I, normally, cannot stand for anyone on any level to do anything Christmas related before Thanksgiving. It is not that I have anything against Christmas, I don't I adore the holiday more than I can express but in this day and age it seems people are trying to shove it down your throat earlier and earlier each year so by the time it is finally Christmas Season you are just about Decked The Halls out..... Usually I reserve anything Winter themed until at least Thanksgiving Day. Then we would break out the tree, and the ornaments. After which, while trying to fight off a Turkey induced coma we would decorate. Yet as with all things in life, things change. Besides just having to get holiday cookie designs out in time for people to order I find myself wanting to pick up where Ma left off. This will be the first Christmas without her and this was her holiday. Certain foods had to be made each year, decorations out and more. I'm the eldest daughter, so it feels as if I need to really ...