I have always love Almond Roca – this is such a simple recipe and is not time consuming. I have added this to our families treat box gifts we give to family and friends this year. This one recipe actually makes a lot also. It makes a nice presentation at a party also spread on a platter – it will be gone before the party is over.
Make your favorite pancake mix (or waffle recipe) and put it into an old cleaned out ketchup bottle (or the like). It makes it easier to make pancakes and waffles because there is no spillage. A lrge bottle could hold enough for a week. Keep refrigerated. Now you can enjoy pancakes and waffls without a lot of fuss.
What an awesome life hack. When you need to cut corn from the cob do so in a bunt cake pan. It helps steady the cob and all of what you cut goes directly into the pan.
How romantic! Freeze grapes to use as ice cubes – think green, red, purple or a mixture of colors of grapes.
This is really cool and it is so much easier to make then you would think. Use a set of circle cookie cutters that has multiple sizes. Make a sugar cookie recipe like the one below:
Make a good tasting green sugar cookie icing like:
and liberally coat the tops of all cookies. While icing is wet place cookies in succession from largest to smallest making sure to gently place one on top of the other without squishing the cookies beneath to avoid making the icing ooze out of the sides. Finish the design with red hots and pipe icing for garland of your color choice.
Country & Victorian Times 