Category Archives: Nico in the Kitchen

Aug 2

Treats from the kitchen: July

July was a non-stop cookie baking month. Every time I turned around I needed to bake another dozen or two. It wasn’t all just cookies over here, there were lots of other tasty treats too…

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We made tasty Rainbow cupcakes on a rainy Summer day.

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I make a big batch of Sugar Dumplings whenever I serve Chicken Chow Mien.

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I made lots of cakerdoodles and four loaves of Zucchini Bread this month too.

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I made more cakerdoodles for VBS.

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I made a big batch of jumbo butterscotch haystacks too. They were my favorite this month.

Jul 24

Cookie Baking Day

I have a busy Saturday ahead of me. I needed to run to the store last night, but ran out of energy to get there, my early morning mowing adventure zapped it out of me. James is off today and will watch the kiddos so I can shop in peace, so that is pretty cool. Anyway I have to get the weekly groceries, and cookie baking supplies too.

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Today I’m baking 20 dozen cookies for our Church’s VBS. This year I’ve decided to stick to just one cookie to bake, and I’ll be baking Cakerdoodles. They are easy and fast, so maybe I won’t be in the kitchen all day. Time to grab some coffee, finalize my shopping list, and get to it. Have a great weekend everybody.

Jul 12

Let’s Make Rainbow Cupcakes

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Do you have a rainy day, and a whole bunch of bowls?

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Then you can make some Rainbow Cupcakes!

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You will need a few helpers.

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You will also need:

  • 1 White Cake Mix (mix according to package directions)
  • Food coloring
  • Icing, and cupcake liners too

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Pick out your favorite colors, and then separate the cake batter into the small bowls. I used about 3/4 of a cup  of batter in each dish, and then dyed the batter Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple.

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Then just spoon all of the rainbow colors into the liners one spoonful at a time.

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Bake according to your cake mix directions.

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Let them cool, and frost them with some Fluffy Cloud Icing.

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Delicious!

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They are a perfect rainy day treat!

Jun 30

Treats from Nico’s Kitchen: June

My Kitchen was hopping in June.

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I kept the kiddos busy making Peanut Butter Free Muddy Buddies.

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I whipped up a batch of Giant Breakfast Cookies for my hubby to take to work.

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I tried to sneak in these tasty fruit skewers at snack time.

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I had a super-fun cookie catering gig that called for 15 dozen cookies.

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I made these homemade Peanut Butter-Nutella Cups  for me to snack on, they were so good.

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The boys had fun helping in the kitchen making a batch of Rainbow Cupcakes.

Let’s see what July brings into the kitchen.