Every year I experiment with at least one new holiday baking recipe and I didn’t get around to this one until December 24th. But for goodness sakes– I am so glad I did. These peanut butter bites are not your typical peanut butter cookies; they have half a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup hidden inside. The result is a creamy puffy ball of wonder. Forget visions of sugarplums!
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Anyone who knows me understands that I am drawn to Early American decor; the richness of cherry wood, furniture with simple elegant lines, and the practical usefulness of tools. I don’t know why but perhaps I lived a prior life in that time period. Anyway, I feel comfortable sitting in a straight back chair at a wooden trestle table, adore the streets of Colonial Williamsburg and sleep in a canopy bed.
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Red Velvet cupcakes seem to be popping up everywhere, so I just had to make a batch. And…I humbly confess, they’re darn good!
Below is the recipe I used, however, I think I should have made fewer cupcakes as mine did not rise to the top. Did I overbeat or was there not enough batter for 30 cupcakes??? Who knows. I also used less food coloring, just because the entire bottle seemed like overkill.
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