Like A Toy Store For Bakers

ABC Cake Decorating Company In Phoenix

Happy Friday!     With my husband working from home today, I thought I would take advantage of having the ability to visit my local baking supply – ABC Cake Decorating Supply – without a baby and stroller in tow.   With Valentine’s Day and birthdays for both my girls coming up, this baking mama needed to replenish her sprinkle stock. ABC is located in downtown Phoenix and I’ve probably been visiting it for close to 20 years.  They have everything you could {Read More}

Conversation Heart Cookies

conversation heart sugar cookies

So before leaving for school this morning my daughter asks if I can make cookies with these… Conversation Hearts.   Truth be told I don’t think these are exactly tasty, but I do think they are cute (thus my having a giant jar of them sitting out).   I never really think to actually eat them, but I figure they would make for a pretty cute cookie.  I also happened to have some sugar cookie dough in the fridge with a few {Read More}

Chocolate Covered Pretzel Tutorial

make chocolate covered pretzels

2012 UPDATE – CHECK OUT MY HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS VIDEO TUTORIAL – SUPER EASY, I PROMISE!  If there is one thing that you can depend on me making for every holiday and special occasion, it’s chocolate covered pretzels.   Everyone loves them (and now kind of expects them), they are pretty, they are tasty, but the best part is they are SO EASY.   People think I’m some chocolate whiz to be able to make these, but seriously, they {Read More}

Apple Cranberry Chicken Salad Recipe

spring salad copy

First let me get this off my chest – I’m not a big fan of salad.   With that sad, I do have one salad that I love – I love it so much I even serve it to guests.    It was inspired by a Sweet Apple Pecan Salad I had at Dave & Busters.  It was a monster sized salad, and it was so good that I took the leftovers home and had two more meals from it.    A few {Read More}