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MAKE YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE SYRUP!
This diy comes from www.whatwillwedotoday.com . Another fun and tastey thing to do with your children on a cold winter day!
Chocolate Syrup
I know I am a bit late, but Merry Christmas!!!
I cleaned, cooked, baked, shopped, wrapped, decked halls and jingled bells through Christmas and had a wonderful time. But, in all the excitement, I realized I forgot to get you a Christmas Present!!!
Oh my.
If I could, I would wrap a beautiful gift, attach a thoughtful card and send this to your home. I must have lost your address, so instead I will share my recipe for the Most Amazing, Decadent, Perfect for a host/hostess, “Oh my gosh I’ll never again buy store-bought” Chocolate Syrup recipe instead.
Mix the water, sugar and salt in 1 1/2 cups of water and stir over medium heat.
Bring the mixture to a boil.
Whisk in the cocoa, vanilla and corn syrup and stir until all of the solids have dissolved.
Be careful not to let it get too hot and boil over!
I turned my head for just a minute. Just a minute I tell ya!!
Reduce sauce until slightly thickened.
Strain and cool to room temperature.
Pour into a clean glass jar, and store in the refrigerator.
Keeps for several months, but trust me it will be gone before then.
For my non-virtual friends, I found the cutest chocolate stirrers (Molinillo from Mexico) from Dean and Deluca and then found some fun bottles for the chocolate. I made somevanilla, cappuccino and peppermint marshmallows (thank you, sister Cathy, for the idea of the peppermint. Yum).
Perfect.
You can use this on ice cream, hot chocolate and …. drum roll please ….. in Chocolate Martinis.
Did you know that the fruit this summer is supposed to be the best it has been in years? Apparently, fruit loves hot weather. I personally have eaten more peaches and cherries this summer than I have in about five years just for that reason. As I have been a little overzealous lately buying peaches and cherries I found myself with a few peaches that were going to be too ripe for me to eat on the same day. That is unless I wanted to have them for every meal plus a few snacks. So I decided to make this recipe for Vanilla Peach Coffee Cake. Vanilla Peach Coffee Cake Adapted from Allrecipes.com Batter: 2 eggs 1 C milk 1/2 C oil 1 tsp. vanilla 1/2 C sour cream 3 C flour 1 C sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda Topping: 5 or 6 large peaches, diced. 3 Tbsp. butter, melted 11/4 C brown sugar 1Tbsp. cinnamon 2 tsp. nutmeg 4 Tbsp. flour Vanilla Icing: 1 Tbsp. butter 1 tsp
This diy comes from www.alderberryhill.blogspot.com . These are very cool and look like an upper end designer look. Start your Christmas decor now and you will have time to relax later when the holidays do arrive! Glass Christmas Trees Happy Weekend Everyone! Christmas crafting is in full swing for everyone by now and I am enjoying the crafting season as well. I love the color turquoise and am trying to work it into my Christmas decor. Here is my latest turquoise creation. Glass Christmas Trees And here is how I put them together. What you will need for the project: Styrofoam cones or stack trees. Craft paint Brush Glue gun Glue sticks Glass bowl fillers (the ones that are flat on the bottom). The process is so simple. Paint the styrofoam, let dry Glue on the glass I glued the glass on using a brick laying technique. The second row started at the seam of two glass pieces, not directly above the one below it. Sometimes
This comes from www.thatvillagehouse.blogspot.com . I made something similar a couple years ago, without the pots. It was about 6 feet high. I got the inspiration from a Chirstmas dectoration that we bought at Target. This is a very good idea and make a great enterance to your home. So here's a little something to thing about for next year. Before you know it December will be here again. You could also do something like this for an Easter theme. Enjoy! A Merry Welcome! So here is my first Christmas project for the year!! I saw something similar at our church's Advent celebration & pretty much straight up copied it. I couldn't help it. It was love at first sight! I plan to make a 2nd stack to go on the other side of my door, so I'm not completely done, but I thought I would share it with you anyway. I started with 3 different sized boxes...9, 12 & 14 inch cubes. I used an ice pick to punch holes in each of them so that I could run
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