http://easycooking.today.com Everyday Cooking for the Average Person Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:51:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is such an easy recipe to make and you will get rave reviews from your guests. I do not like pies with graham cracker crusts.  I enjoy graham crackers, but not in a crust.  I don't know why.  This pie has a pecan crust.  Can you imagine?  I love pecans!  ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/15/kansas-city-mud-pie/ Yesterday, I told you about the cupcakes that I made from scratch for Easter.  I hadn't planned on making them, but another dessert not turning out caused me to do so.  I topped my made from scratch cup cakes with buttercream frosting. This frosting is much like the buttercream frosting that ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/14/buttercream-frosting/ I made a cupcakes from scratch for Easter. It really wasn't that difficult to do. It took a little longer than making a cake from the box. It was kind of fun making a cake the way my grandmother made hers.  It has been several years since I made ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/13/basic-yellow-cake/ I am taking dessert to my family's gathering for Easter.   I decided to take my Magic Peach Cobbler as well as a Triple Chocolate Cherry cake.  As I was making the peach cobbler, I realized that I bought the wrong type of peaches.  I purchased peach pie filling instead of ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/11/bad-baking-day/ I found a recipe in the All You Magazine last year for making hard-boiled eggs, so I guess I'm not the only one who had issues making them.   Yes, I used to have a hard time making hard-boiled eggs.  I used to boil the eggs in hot water, but that ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/10/hard-boiled-eggs/  (Photo Courtesy of Betty Crocker) Aren't these cupcakes cute?  When I first looked at the picture, I thought that they looked very complicated to make.  I read the instructions and they seem easier to make than I first thought.  I think the hardest part will be making the bunny ears and ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/09/easter-bunny-cupcakes-by-betty-crocker/ Do you dye eggs for Easter?  I haven't done it in years, but I used to enjoy doing it.  I'm pretty sure that if I had children, we would be dyeing eggs this weekend. So, after all those eggs are dyed, what do you do with them?  I think as a ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/08/do-you-dye-easter-eggs/ Since it is less than a week before Easter, I am now scrambling to figure out what I will take to my family's get together.  I ran across this recipe on the Pillsbury site and thought that the rabbits were really cute.  I have not made these before, but they ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/07/pillsburys-rabbit-cookies/ Have you ever noticed that when you eat at a buffet that you eat things that you normally don't eat?   Sure you may eat special foods that you don't normally keep in your house such as shrimp, fried clams and things of that sort but that is not what I ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/06/buffets/ My dogs love the frozen treats that are sold in the grocery store.  I used to buy them all the time for Jack.  After I adopted Scout, I found that it was just too expensive.  It was always expensive, but adding a second dog really made it so.  I started ... http://easycooking.today.com/2009/04/05/frozen-yogurt-dog-treats/