Honey Peanut Butter Truffles

I made these the other day for Jay and they were a big success in the excellent feedback department. I came up with the recipe partly from memory of how our family used to make them and also from one I found online and had printed out a long time ago. (Hence the reason I don't have a link to it.)

Yummy-ness defined.

Honey Peanut Butter Coconut Truffles
1 cup Peanut Butter
1 cup Sweetened Flaked Coconut (or unsweetened. Just add a little more honey.)
1/2 cup Honey
1/3 cup dry milk powder (make sure it really is powder and put it through a sieve if you need to.)
2 cups Chocolate chips or equivalent of chocolate for dipping. Good chocolate is a must!
1-2 TB. Shortening

Mix peanut butter, coconut, and honey together. Stir in dry milk powder, mixture should be stiff enough to roll into small 1 inch balls. Place on a wax paper covered cookie sheet and put in freezer for about 1 hour. Melt chocolate chips and shortening in double boiler or in bowl placed over a pot of boiling water. (Careful not to get steam burned.) Using a toothpick or other preferred method, dip frozen truffles into chocolate and coat all sides. Place back onto waxed paper. Immediately top each with Coconut flakes or other desired garnish before chocolate hardens. Return to freezer for another hour or so. Wrapped well  (to prevent freezer burn.), these will last in the freezer for months. (Unless you eat them all within a few days. Like we did.:-)
Enjoy with a cup of tea, coffee or a tall cold glass of milk!

Life lately.

Besides being busy lately (as usual of course!) with everyday life, I've been working on other things. Things like re-doing the living room, Roy's room and our room. It's a slow process as I search out and look for items I like for the different areas and try to find that perfect little piece to complete a room. It takes time but I know I'll be so much happier if I'm sure, and I mean really sure I'll like something before I buy it. :-) I did take before pictures but since I'm not rushing in re-decorating it will probably be a while before I post any.

Other than that I've been trying to keep the house clean with the occasional help from my wonderful Mum and sisters (Family is awesome to have around. ;-P) and working on making sure I cook more healthy meals. Definitely going to have to get a menu plan worked out sometime soon.

Little man is sick right now. It's a rather nasty cold/flu that is going around and so he's into lots of cuddles and drinking lots of goats milk. Poor little guy! He did sleep really well last night which was surprising since his nose was stuffy.  Here's to hoping he gets better really soon!

I made Cheesecake Caramel Pumpkin Cups the other day and they were excellent with a cup of tea (or coffee! :-) I plan on making them again soon, especially since I now have some leftover pumpkin that just has to be used up! ;-) Oh and I didn't make them in a mini muffin tin, well, I didn't have one so I had to use my regular sized tin. It was such a bummer!:-D

Well, I'm off to make lunch or should I say, re-heat the leftovers from last night for lunch. (It's a wonderful garlic cheese sauce (recipe from sis, T.W) over noodles so it'll be yummy!:-)

Bye!

When Little Brother gets into the kitchen...

...wonderful things happen!:-D


Nice cowboy size chocolate-chip cookies. Yum! In fact, I think I'll ask him to make some for todays four 0'clock tea. Yes, I think I must.:-)

Joy to the World

"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus..."

~Matthew 1:21~

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you all have a beautiful day as you celebrate the birth of our Lord and may you enjoy many blessings in the coming year.

~Annie

Long-overdue Update

Well, sorry for being so absent, dear readers, but life has been very busy these past few months. I was out of town helping my brother and sister-in-law with their adorable baby (Yep, I'm an Aunt. It's grand!:-D) for two months, home for a week and then back east for a week. It was terribly busy but incredibly fun and something I wouldn't have missed for the world.:-)

I have finished several projects but they are still not photographed so I will try to get that done soon and get back into the swing of blogging regularly. (I hope!;-))

I've been going through all my fabric and sewing supplies and I am weeding out and getting rid of a lot. At least, I am trying to get rid of stuff but it is rather hard I'm afraid and I know it will be a bit of a battle to part with some of the things I've collected. It's all so nice.*sigh* :-)

Christmas is just around the corner and I've got several projects planned. I was hoping to make a nice Christmassy shirt or something but I think I'm going to do some hand project instead. With snow on the ground it just seems right to curl up on the couch with a cup (or two!:-D) of tea and crochet while watching a Christmas movie. Which reminds me that I should talk to my sisters so we can figure out what to watch this year. There are so many choices it’s hard to decide, Holiday Inn, Christmas in Connecticut, White Christmas........and the list goes on and on.:-) Anyone have any suggestions?

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Canning

After canning 30 quarts of pears for the first time, at least the first time I wasn't just helping my Mum or sister, I have a lot more appreciation for what my sister does each year making all those pints and quarts of jams, jellies, fruits, mincemeat.... It was quite a task but I enjoyed it very much! The satisfaction of having completed a project makes it well worth the effort. I shall now attempt to can more than six jars of applesauce, it was seven but number seven bit the dust and is now no more. *sigh* I was rather hoping for a nice explosion while canning but alas, only a tiny clink as the bottom of one of the jars broke because I turned the heat up too fast. Disappointing to say the least!

Now off to pick apples to start those other pints of applesauce........:-D

A little bundle of joy......

Introducing my adorable nephew~~~~~

Of puppies and toys

Introducing the newest addition to our Clann. An Irish Wolfhound puppy aged just nine weeks and always into mischief. One of her favorite things to do is chase my Aussie around the living room and bite her legs or play tug-of-war with the rope toy. She thinks it is her privilege to sleep on the couch and be with the family AT-ALL-TIMES. She howls if she doesn't get her way. :-D

So, without further ado....