
Kailana from the blog An Island Life hosts a wonderful fun meme each friday titled Aloha Friday. It seems that in Hawaii Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend so for this meme participants post simple questions and then visit each others as well.
Since I was a young child we always stayed home and snacked, watched the ball drop and played games. Last night was the same as we spent last night playing board games. One of our favorites of late is Taboo because we can all play and it is lots of fun.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Aloha Friday
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White Chocolate Strawberry Squares
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1-3/4 cups white chocolate chips (morsels)
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp almond extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup strawberry preserves or jam (see Tip)
1/3 cup sliced natural almonds
Heat oven to 350°F. Line a 9-in.-square pan with foil, letting it extend 2 in. above pan on opposite sides. Coat with nonstick spray. Melt butter and 1-1/2 cups white chocolate chips in a medium saucepan over low heat (mixture may look curdled). Beat eggs and sugar in a large bowl with mixer on medium-high speed until lemon colored. Stir in white chip mixture and extract until combined, thenthe flour just until blended. Remove and reserve 1/2 cup batter. Spread remaining batter in prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes or until light golden. Gently spread preserves evenly over crust. Spoon dollops of reserved batter over top; sprinkle with almonds.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes until lightly browned. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Lift by foil ends to a cutting board. Melt remaining 1/4 cup white chocolate chips as pkg directs. Scrape into a small sturdy plastic ziptop bag. Snip off tip of a corner and drizzle top with back-and-forth lines. Let set. Cut in 36 squares; remove from foil
if you find yourself wanting more white chocolate recipes visit here at Womans Day to find more
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Popcorn Delight
14 cups popped popcorn
2 cups salted peanuts
2 cups crisp rice cereal
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 pound white candy coating, coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons creamy Jif® Peanut Butter
In a large bowl, combine the popcorn, peanuts, cereal and marshmallows. In a microwave, melt candy coating and peanut butter; stir until smooth. Pour over popcorn mixture; toss to coat.
Spread onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets; refrigerate for 15 minutes or until set. Break into pieces. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Yield: about 6 quarts.
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Thankful Thursday
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Please visit a new blog
I know you all have heard me talk about Princess and my family on my blog alot. Great news my daughter, Princess mommy, has created her own blog. Please head over and visit the blog known as Monkey Mommy at this link http://monkeymommy08.blogspot.com/
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Enjoying the concert
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Cowgirl Chocolates giveaway

Buy: you can purchase the delicious Cowgirl Chocolates of their website located at http://www.cowgirlchocolates.com
Win: One of Annie's Home readers will be able to win a treat from Cowgirl Chocolates.
To enter this giveaway you must (1) leave comment on the previous review and (2) visit the Cowgirl Chocolates website and tell me something that you found out.
after the above 2 steps have been done then you can enter extra entries:
- follow my blog
- subscribe to the Cowgirl Chocolates newsletter (2 entries)
- subscribe to my blog (2 entries)
- grab my button and let me know where you place it (3 entries)
- follow me on twitter leave twitter ID in comment
- tweet about the giveaway leave link in comment (1 entry per tweet)
- blog about the giveaway (5 entries) link in comment
Giveaway starts now and ends January 14, 2009. Email must be in comment or on your blog. Open to all.
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