Oatmeal Raisin Crisps Preheat oven to 375° F.,rack in the middle position. 1 cup melted butter (2 sticks—½ pound) 2 cups white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla ½ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 large...
Michelle’s Note: When I make these at my rented house just off the Macalester campus, I put the rolls in a box and write FROZEN KIDNEYS FOR HANNAH’S CAT on the box. So far, none of my roommates, every...
Kids that age are very accepting. If we could just get them to keep that attitude, it might be a kinder world.
Hannah! You've simply got to stop finding bodies. I swear you attract them like a magnet. If you're not careful, everyone's going to get the wrong impression of you. - Delores Swenson
Good Friends are like sunshine. A day is gloomy without them.
GOODIE FUDGE 1 cup golden raisins (or any other dried fruit that you prefer, cut in raisin-sized pieces)*** 2 cups miniature marshmallows (I used Kraft Jet-Puffed) 1 cup chopped salted pecans (measure...
Chocolate’s not seasonal. It’s good any time of the year. Chocolate’s like oxygen. It’s elemental.
CRANBERRY SCONES Preheat oven to 425 degrees F., rack in the middle position. 3 cups all-purpose flour (pack it down in the cup when you measure it) 2 Tablespoons white (granulated) sugar 2 teaspoons...
Mean, you’re not actually going to the party with him! Yes, I am, Hannah confirmed
Why were you smiling like that? Smiling like what? Like the cat that got into the cream pot.
There was no greater gift than making someone laugh. People who laughed were happy.
Then she went into the living room to turn the thermostat down to an energy-saving sixty-five degrees, flicked on the television to keep Moishe company,
The butter should be at room temperature unless you live in an igloo.
Potato Bake or Party Potatoes Preheat oven to 350 degrees F., rack in the middle position This is another recipe from Vera Olsen (Hot Stuff) who’s engaged to marry Andrew Westcott (Silver Fox.) 1/...
P.S. If it's not a secret, will you tell me how you got my dollhouse inside our living room last Christmas? I know its too big to fit down the chimney. I measured.
No, but it’s almost as bad as that. I need to calm down, Hannah. Do you have any chocolate? You’ve come to the house of endorphins, the source of the Dark Chocolate River, the heart of the Milk Chocol...
M onday morning came earlier than Hannah anticipated. It arrived at four-thirty in the morning when she rolled over on what felt like small boulders in her bed and discovered that Moishe had brought h...
It was the sound of something heavy striking something composed of flesh and bone. Hannah wasn’t sure how she knew that, but she did. And her blood ran cold.
IT was the time of day when Lake Eden residents decided it was too late for a breakfast cookie and too early for a lunch cookie.
IRISH POTATO COOKIES This dough must chill before baking. 1 and ½ cups white (granulated) sugar 1 cup salted butter (½ pound, 2 sticks), softened to room temperature 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons cream of...