Semi-Sweet chocolate fudge topped with sea salt makes this Sea-Salted Fudge. A classic fudge recipe is easy to make & so incredibly creamy & delicious. The absolute perfect blend of salty & sweet.
DESSERT
Finale ~ 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Day 7
Welcome to Day 7 of my 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Holiday Recipe Series
This past week I took a much needed blogging break to prepare for our long distance move. Over the past 6 days I shared with you some recipes that have been part of my family traditions & so has Danelle. We hope that these recipes become memory makers for you & your family too.
Did you miss a post this week?? You can find all the links to all 14 of these fabulous recipes here today. We have it all covered, appetizers like Beer Bread, Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip & a Green Onion Cheeseball. Cookies for every craving- Sugar Cookies, Hot Cocoa Cookies & Four Spice Crackles. German Sweet Chocolate Pie, Easy Peanut Butter Fudge, Snickers Cake Mix Bars & Chocolate Nut Clusters. These are all quick & easy recipes that are sure to be the hit of your holiday gatherings this season.
Here they are…………
Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
Chocolate Dipped Marshmallows
Hot Cocoa Cookies
Beer Bread
Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip
Hope you all have a FABULOUS Thanksgiving!
Thanks for joining me this week.
Sugar Cookies ~ 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Day 4
Welcome to Day 4 of my 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Holiday Recipe Series
While I am taking a MUCH NEEDED break from my usual blogging routine this week in preparation for prepare for our long distance move. I have teamed up with the FABULOUS Danelle from Let’s Dish Recipes to bring you some really great recipes this week.
The holidays are just not the holidays without Sugar Cookies. Yes I do make the regular kind that you roll out, cut into shapes & then frost. I swear- I do that…..sometimes. But when the hubs asks for Sugar Cookies & I just don’t feel like that kind of mess- I go this route. This recipe is easy, quick & you just roll them in a ball like you would Snickerdoodles. The frosting is quick & everyone is happy. You can make these as easy or as complicated as you have time for & that is what I love about them. PLUS they are chewy. They never last long. Hubs likes to have some with his morning coffee & then I find him grabbing a few more throughout the day.
Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- Cookies:
- 3 1/2 cups Sifted All-Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 sticks 1 cup Butter
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cup Sugar to coat
- Icing:
- 1 cup Confectioners Sugar or more to get a thicker consistency
- 1 1/2 tbsp Water
- 3-4 drops Food Coloring
- Colored Sprinkles Sanding Sugar- optional
Instructions
- Cookies:
- In a bowl, stir together flour & baking powder. Set aside.
- In mixer bowl, beat together butter & sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs & vanilla.
- Stir in flour mixture, a third at a time to make stiff dough.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Scoop a ball of dough, roll into a ball & roll in sugar to coat.
- Bake on non-stick cookie sheet for 8 minutes
- Cool completely on pan before transferring to a wire rack
- Icing:
- In a small bowl, mix sugar & water to form a thick, smooth icing. Adding more sugar as needed.
- Stir in food coloring to desired shade.
- Transfer to piping bag & decorate as desired.
- Let dry completely before stacking
Hot Cocoa Cookies
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Check back tomorrow for Snickers Cake Mix Bars & more.
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Chocolate Truffles ~ 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Day 3
Welcome to Day 3 of my 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Holiday Recipe Series
I am taking a MUCH NEEDED break from my usual blogging routine this week in preparation for prepare for our long distance move. But don’t worry, this blog will not be abandoned.I have teamed up with the FABULOUS Danelle from Let’s Dish Recipes to bring you some really great recipes this week.
Chocolate Truffles
What other truffle recipes do you suggest?
- Oreo Balls/ Oreo Truffles
- Rainbow Truffles Recipe
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Truffles
- Pumpkin Spice Truffles
- Sugar Cookie Truffles
- Dark Chocolate Pistachio Truffles
- 4th of July Truffles
- Easy Chocolate Truffles
- Valentine Oreo Truffles
- Rainbow Mint Oreo Truffles
- Halloween Oreo Balls
- Holiday Nutella Bites
- Buckeyes
- Peppermint Oreo Balls
- Grinch Truffles
- Christmas Truffles
Chocolate Truffles
Ingredients
- 20 ounces Bakers Semi-Sweet Chocolate 20 total squares (1 ounce each)- divided
- 8 oz cream cheese
- Decorations like sprinkles nuts or crushed up candy canes
Instructions
- Melt 8 of the chocolate squares in a double boiler. Let cool to almost room temperature but still in a liquid state.
- In a mixer bowl, beat the cream cheese until creamy.
- Blend in the melted chocolate. and then refrigerate until firm.
- Shape into balls, scooping with a melon baller works well. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Chill for 1 hour.
- Melt the remaining chocolate in a double boiler.
- Dip truffles in the melted chocolate to coat.
- Return to the baking sheet & sprinkle with decorations or immediately dip & roll into your decorations.
- Refrigerate on the lined baking sheet for at least 1 hour to firm up.
- Store in a tightly covered container in the refrigerator.
Be sure to check out my Chocolate Dipped Marshmallows too.
Be sure to come back tomorrow for a Day of Cookies
German Sweet Chocolate Pie ~ 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Day 2
Welcome to Day 2 of my 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Holiday Recipe Series
As I mentioned yesterday, I am taking a MUCH NEEDED break from my usual blogging routine this week in preparation for prepare for our long distance move. But don’t worry, this blog will not be abandoned. I have teamed up with the FABULOUS Danelle from Let’s Dish Recipes to bring you some really great recipes this week.
Welcome Danelle!!!! So honored to have you posting here today in my space.
I was so excited when Gina asked me to share some favorite holiday recipes this week at Kleinworth and Co. She’s always sharing delicious food, and beautiful food photography, and I can’t wait to see what tasty treats she has in store for us this week!
Today I’m sharing a German Sweet Chocolate Pie recipe that my mom first started making for the holidays back when I was a teenager. She found it on the bottom of the Cool Whip lid and it’s been a family tradition ever since. I’ve been making it for my family for the past 18 years.
Sometimes we have it for Thanksgiving, sometimes for Christmas, and sometimes for both! Which is really easy to do, because this pie goes in the freezer, which means I can make two pies at once for both holidays! And it’s so nice to have a make ahead dessert when you’re going to be busy in the kitchen with other things.
German Sweet Chocolate Pie
German Sweet Chocolate Pie
Ingredients
- 4 ounces Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1 8 ounce Cool Whip topping, thawed
- 1 graham cracker pie crust
Instructions
- Heat chocolate and 2 tablespoons of the milk in saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until chocolate is melted.
- Beat sugar into cream cheese
- Add remaining milk and chocolate mixture and beat until smooth.
- Fold in whipped topping and blend until smooth.
- Spoon into crust.
- Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.
- Garnish with additional whipped topping and chocolate curls, if desired.
- Let stand at room temperature about 1 hour before serving.
- Store any leftover pie in the refrigerator.
This recipe also works well with a traditional baked crust, and you can certainly make your own chocolate crumb crust, although I usually use a pre-made one. I definitely recommend using the German Sweet Chocolate though. It give the pie a very distinctive chocolate flavor. I’ve always been able to find it in the baking aisle near the other Baker’s brand chocolate.
In contrast to so many holiday desserts, this is not too sweet or rich, which means I can easily eat more than one piece! Although that may not be a good thing. I always get compliments and requests for the recipe when I serve this pie to company. I hope you and your family will love it too!
Check out another MUST MAKE Holiday recipe courtesy of Danelle
Be sure to come back tomorrow for Chocolate Truffles.
Looking for more great pie recipes?
Easy Pie Crust – Perfect Every Time
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Red Velvet Brownie Bites ~ 7 Days of Memory Making- Day 1
Welcome to Day 1 of my 7 Days of Memory Making ~ Holiday Recipe Series
I am taking a MUCH NEEDED break from my usual blogging routine this week in preparation for prepare for our long distance move. But don’t worry, this blog will not be abandoned. I have teamed up with the FABULOUS Danelle from Let’s Dish Recipes to bring you some really great recipes this week.
Thank you so much for joining me as I share with you some of our family’s favorite recipes during the holiday season. I wanted to kick it off with these Red Velvet Brownie Bites. I really love red velvet ANYTHING & the hubs really loves cream cheese frosting on just about anything. So these have become a HUGE family favorite in this house. They are SO GOOD! I know that when I look back on my childhood memories of the holidays most of them are tied to food in some way. I remember making gingerbread houses or popcorn balls with my mom. She also makes the very best fudge in the world. My goal during the holidays is to create those same sort of memories with my kids in hopes that they want to do the same when they are grown. These Red Velvet Brownie Bites are definitely something I know they will make with their families.
Red Velvet Brownie Bites
Ingredients
- Brownie ingredients
- 1/2 cup 1 stick unsalted butter- diced
- 3 oz. bittersweet chocolate chips I actually used the squares
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 tbsp. liquid red food coloring
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- Icing
- 8 oz. cream cheese - room temperature
- 4 tbsp butter - room temperature
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup sifted confectioners sugar
- White sparkling sugar opt.
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 325. Use either non-stick foil or just use regular foil & then spray with non-stick spray & line a metal 9"x9" baking pan. (please do this- as it helps remove the brownies from the pan later on. This is a step I contemplated skipping & doing it how I would normally do it- but I decided to follow the instructions & I was happy I did)
- Stir butter & chocolate in a heavy large saucepan over low heat until all is melted. Remove from heat. Whisk in sugar & then eggs- one at a time. Stir in vanilla, salt & food coloring. Sift flour & baking powder (I usually just run a whisk through it for a few stirs & it works perfectly) & stir in & blend well. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
- Bake until puffed & dry looking- or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with some moist batter attached. (about 30-35 minutes). Cool completely in pan on a rack. (I was impatient & stuck mine directly into the freezer to cool it faster)
- Beat cream cheese & butter until lightly fluffy. Add vanilla & lightly mix. Add confectioners sugar & beat to combine. (if it's too thick- add a splash of milk)
- Using the foil as an aid- lift brownies from pan & place on cutting board. Remove foil from sides. Spread cream cheese over brownies & add sparkles. Cut brownies into bite size pieces. To get a cleaner cut- wipe the knife after each slice. In the future - I will probably cut the brownies first & make a little more frosting so I can pipe it on each bite. I think it will be more aesthetically pleasing & keep the fingers cleaner when grabbing for one.
Check out Danelle’s
Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
Be sure to come back tomorrow for Danelle’s German Sweet Chocolate Pie
Fall Cupcakes & Life n’ Reflection Fall Transfers
Anyhow- before all this happened I had baked these cupcakes. I had started with trying the Nutella swirl cupcakes I had found only I just did a quickie by mixing it with a butter pecan box cake.
They totally didn’t come out like they should have but I really did it for the sole purpose of showing you all these adorable transfers from Life n’ Reflection.
I originally was going to use them as printed recipe cards but then decided I wanted to scale them down & print a bunch for cupcake decorations. I love how cute they are.
I will probably do the recipe cards another time when my head is more in the game. But for now I have these.
If you want to print these cute cupcake toppers for fall – you can find them over at Life n’ Reflection. Be sure to head over there (link below) and check out all the amazing ideas Kristy shares.
Chocolate Frozen Yogurt
Chocolate Frozen Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 can 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 16 oz vanilla yogurt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Melt chocolate chips & stir in sweetened condensed milk until completely blended. Cool slightly.
- Pour into upright mixer slowly stirring in yogurt & vanilla. Mix well.
- Pour into electric ice cream maker & churn for 15 minutes.
- Transfer to air tight container & freeze an additional 4 hours+
Enjoy!!
Looking for more of our favorite frozen dessert recipes?
White Chocolate Custard Frozen Pops
Don’t miss these great ideas from these bloggers….
Frozen Oreo Pudding Cake from Lil’Luna
Frozen Hot Chocolate Cheesecake from Chelsea’s Messy Apron
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The Ombre Cake that Busted my Diet
Can you believe my mom made this out of gum paste??!!
I was so thrilled that we did Ombre on the inside too.
Watermelon Lemon Sorbet
Watermelon Lemon Sorbet
1 cup water
1 1/2 cup sugar
8 cups cubed fresh melon
1/4 cup lemon juice
Choc-O-Cherry Ice Cream
Choc-O-Cherry Ice Cream is a smooth & creamy homemade ice cream recipe packed full of bing cherries & chunks of milk chocolate. It’s the perfect frozen dessert to enjoy all summer long.
Raspberry-Pineapple Frozen Fruit Pops
When my dad & step-mom were here we went to good ol’ Walmart so they could “spoil” the kids a bit with some things they needed & wanted. I was so grateful because they all needed shoes. Literally- every pair they received for Christmas & recently again in April when my mom came with new shoes for them- ALL WERE OUTGROWN. I was so bummed- they still look brand new. A couple pair only worn maybe 3 times at best. So when my dad offered to pick up the tab on new tennis shoes & sandals for all 3 of them I WAS THRILLED. Plus- he let them choose whatever they wanted. Here I was looking at prices & trying to steer them in one direction or another based on price & he quickly put a stop to that & let them have what they really wanted. I was so grateful! Saved me a good chunk of cash. THANKS DAD!
Blackberry Pops
Have a fabulous Sunday! I have family in town so I will be hit or miss for another couple days.
Catch up with you as I can get into the office.
Chocolate Pralines
Chocolate pralines with pecans are a quick decadent sweet treat for chocolate lovers that you can make for a gift box or dessert in 30 minutes.
A dessert with melted chocolate that you can make from scratch in your kitchen in about 30 minutes without any special equipment, is it real? Absolutely. If you love chocolate candy, you should try these chocolatey pralines with pecans and vanilla.
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