Cannoli Bites

Make these Cannoli Bites. Devour these Cannoli Bites. That is all I have to say. If you have sweet Marsala wine on hand you can use that in place of the juice and vinegar (so just omit both of those and replace it with 1/2 cup Marsala wine). That first cannoli bite, always mine =). Ingredients Cannoli cups: 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting work surface 2 1/2 Tbsp granulated sugar 1 tsp cocoa powder 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 pinch nutmeg (optional) 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 cup butter, melted 1 large egg white 6 - 8 Tbsp apple juice or grape juice* 2 Tbsp white wine vinegar (red wine vinegar or plain white vinegar would be fine) Vegetable oil cooking spray Cannoli Filling 12 oz whole milk Ricotta cheese, strained 8 oz Mascarpone cheese 1/2 cup powdered sugar** 1/3 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips powdered sugar, for dusting (optional) Optional toppings: Melted chocolate, chopped pistachios, sprinkles, toasted sweetened coconut Directions

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Christmas baking can be incredibly nostalgic. Anytime I bake peanut butter blossoms or mini cheesecake cookies, I imagine being about 8 years old, in the kitchen of my old house, watching my mom bake. I can feel the carpet under my toes, I can see the floral painting on the wall, and if I walk around the corner, I can see the silver and blue garland wrapped around the staircase. There are certain recipes that flat-out have to be made during the holidays, or it’s just not Christmas. Then there are cookies and treats that have been made occasionally, but somehow fall through the cracks some years. These peanut butter cup cookies fall into that category, although how that ever happened with me around is absolutely astonishing. This is one of the easiest cookie recipes you’ll find, and it’s one that will have people going crazy. I dare you to try to wait an appropriate amount of time before popping at least two of these in your mouth.

Baked Apple Cider Donut Holes Today is the last day to enter our first ever Feastie Friday giveaway - make sure you enter to win that Calphalon panini grill! All entries must be in by 5pm EST today. A winner will be chosen at random and contacted, and we'll post the results here at Feastie. Being a CA transplant in the DC area, I try to appreciate every second of the fall season. If you guys like this recipe, try my baked pumpkin spice donut holes - very similar but with a bit of a pumpkin pie feel! Baked Apple Cider Doughnut Holes adapted from The Kitchn makes 24-48 mini muffins or "donut holes" ** Ingredients: 2 cups flour1 1/2 tsp baking powder1 1/2 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp salt2 teaspoons cinnamon1 large egg2/3 cup brown sugar1/2 cup apple butter1 tsp vanilla extract1/3 cup honey1/3 cup apple cider1/3 cup plain yogurt (I used plain nonfat Greek yogurt)2 Tbsp canola oilcanola cooking spray2 Tbsp unsalted butter1/4 cup sugar1 Tbsp cinnamon Instructions:

Blog Birthday! Funfetti Cake Balls Today is my blogs birthday! One year ago today I reluctantly started this blog looking for a creative outlet for all my crazy baking and cooking shenanagans (thats the best I can do with the spelling of that). I may not have 698+ blog followers and fancy pictures like many of the great blogs out there but I am still pretty darned proud of this thing and very thankful for the 108 of you that do follow...it makes me :) lots! In the future, I am really really really hoping to get a nice camera. Sure I still wont really have the extensive knowledge on food photography and proper lighting but a reliable camera that actually works would be a great start! Here's to another year of doing something that really makes me happy...getting fat and telling people how I did it ;) I actually made these cake balls on thursday for a girl I had become friends with in the interpreting program. Funfetti Cake Balls Dame Good Ingredients: Directions: Follow directions on box to bake cake in a 9x13 in cake pan. Ps.

Peanut Butter Bars Recipe What is it about Peanut Butter Bars that make the world just feel right. Since Little Buddy was just a wee one, we’ve been making these peanut butter bars together. He’d sit on the edge of the counter, swinging his feet as we poured all of the ingredients for the peanut butter base into a large mixing bowl to mix it all together. His favorite part of making these peanut butter bars has always been to dump the confectioner’s sugar into the bowl, the cloud of white sugar dust bringing out his contagious giggle every single time. We celebrated his visit to the orthodontist by making these yesterday. Over breakfast, he told me that he sure did hope he didn’t have to have the device reinstalled until after his birthday. “Honey, that’s over a month and a half away. To which I received an eye roll and a sideways grin. As we walked into the orthodontist’s office, I gave Little Buddy’s hand a tight squeeze and told him it would be over soon enough. And Little Buddy had gotten his wish. Lucky duck!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies *If you are visiting this post for the first time, you may wish to visit my “Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies Take Two” post- a more recent post where I share (what I think is) a better version of these brownies! These are good too- but I took the comments suggested in this post and created a new recipe based on feedback. Okay, Cookie Dough Lovers. I gave you those Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles a few weeks ago, and now I’m giving you Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownies! I first saw these in a bakery in Maine a few years back. I’d say I had some major success with this recipe. These are easiest to eat when placed in little cupcake wrappers.