Cookie Cutter Edible Voodoo Dolls
A good way to get more use from your gingerbread people Christmas cookie cutters. Source – Lorraine Elliott – Voodoo Doll Cookies
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Cheesecake Layer Cake
This is a cake with a middle layer of cheesecake. I made this recipe about a year ago, it turned out great. One of the times the recipe looked like the picture, even after I made it myself. Source: Red Velvet White Chocolate Cheesecake Layer Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting | Yum! Therapy Today I … Read more
Canadian Patriotic Butter Tarts
Found this recipe online but the link was broken to the source site. Tracked it down with the Wayback Machine. These picnic-ready, personalized pies are a fun food take-away for your guests (now say that 10 times quickly). You’ll Need 2/3 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1/4¼ cup butter 1 tsp vanilla 3/4 cup raisins … Read more
What to do With Your Old Cookbooks
I like cookbooks but in the digital age they seem to be taking up space and not really being used any longer. Most of the time, when I think of something I want to make I find a recipe online. It’s fast. It may not be the best way to get a really good, reliable … Read more
I’m Making a Candycane Vanilla Sort of Cheesecake Tonight
Simply Recipes has The Perfect Cheesecake and Chatelaine has a Classic Cheesecake recipe. I’ve used these – but mostly just to make sure I didn’t forget anything, like the sugar (I only did it once!). The Perfect Cheesecake was a bit interesting because they have iced it. I might do the same. I have candycane … Read more
Cookies for a Smartie Party
Super Smarties® Cookies 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup each butter and shortening, softened 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 2 cups rolled oats (not instant) 1 1/2 cups NESTLÉ® SMARTIES® candies (about six 56 g pkgs) Preheat oven … Read more
Creative Drawing and Journaling
Originally posted to SuiteU, part of Suite101. SuiteU is being removed from the site. I wanted to save the ecourses so this resource would not disappear. Drawing 101 By Joan Martine Murphy Introduction Most people would love to be able to draw what they see. Many people find enormous pleasure in the art of self-expression. … Read more
Bookbinding
Bookbinding is already becoming an obsolete, lost art, even before eBooks and eReaders. This was originally a free ecourse on SuiteU. Preserved here for my own interest, before SuiteU is taken down. Bookbinding By Kez van Oudheusden Introduction Bookbinding can be inexpensive, easy to do and can produce some unique and individual works. There are … Read more
Dolls in Cakes: Restore and Repurpose Dolls
I never thought about not liking the doll in a cake. I asked my Mom to make one when I was a kid but it didn’t happen. She made cakes from scratch and we would usually wrap up coins and buttons and cook them in the batter as a birthday game. But we never did … Read more
Inspirational Writing
Originally part of the Suite101 University ecourses offered for free. This content is being removed by Suite101 and I wanted to preserve some of it so others could take the course and for myself to remember the information. Inspirational Writing By Sara Quest Introduction Inspirational publications like “Chicken Soup for the Soul” reveal today’s demand … Read more