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14 November 2013

Holiday Cookie: Chocolate Bon-Bon Drops

From Denny: These are simple chocolate cookies that your kids could help you make. You roll the dough into small balls before placing on the cookie sheet. Little hands love to do fun projects like rolling cookie dough. The trick is to keep them from stuffing the raw dough into their mouths! :)

These easy cookies are deep-chocolate rich, topped off with a very sweet vanilla glaze. For the holidays you could top them with a Hershey's chocolate kiss or a bright red cherry or other holiday decoration to dress up the cookie tray. Better yet, give them away as a holiday food gift and become the favorite friend and relative for life!

Included are reviews of bakers who tried this recipe. Since I enjoy reading them I thought you might too.

Celebrate Dark Chocolate Queen Duvet

3 Tasty Persimmon Recipes: Bread, Cake, Pudding, Persimmon Facts

From Denny: Persimmons. Look forward to these every year when they are in season? Just when you start to forget they exist, then, suddenly they show up in the grocery store. Pretty much the story of our lives as there is so much abundance around us in the harvest time. That sends you hurriedly searching yet again for a great persimmon recipe. So, you end up here at this food blog, right? :)

Seriously, these great recipes were recently featured in our local newspaper by an avid persimmon grower with a beautiful persimmon tree in her Louisiana yard, offering great advice on growing and cooking persimmons. One tree yields a lot of yummy tasty treats to enjoy baking into awesome goodness! This year her persimmon tree almost broke her record; it produced over 1,500 persimmons.

After a record amount one year, the persimmon tree will take a break next year and produce less. After harvest, prune the house high tree because you will want it to branch out as much as possible. Pruning is what keeps a tree producing a lot and prolongs its life for many years. It's often difficult to reach the fruit at the top of tree so just leave it as food for your neighborhood birds. They will be sure to thank you!...