Happy New Year 2014!

Our party tonight is 80's themed, the decorations (and people) are pretty wild lookin'! Have a fun night, more later Lord willing :)!

~ Hanunyah

New 'N' Fresh Blog Design 2013!

Just finished the new blog design! It definitely needed a fresh look. New year, new look!

~ Hanunyah

Happy New Year 2013!

Sorry I'm late . . . the internet has been down and we've had a bad round of sickies in this family. The internet is back up this morning, so yay! Just here to say Happy New Year to you! The party went well and we were up late . . . well, actually, early - 4am ;).

~ Hanunyah

Hey, Hey, It's A New Year!

A "Happy New Year 2012" cake I made.

It's another cool winter day. It's the beginning of January.

There's new life.

New Year's day kids.

It's 2012.

Welcome to the new year ~ I hope you had a good one! Here are some pictures from our party.

The platter that HAD 3 dozen peanut butter cups.

Bean dip.

Coconut Candy Bars

~ Hanunyah

Happy New Year!

So, I gave you one last great recipe. Now it's time for the last post.

We're having a big party tonight with lots of singing, music and friends. Oh, and lots of balloons that are hanging from the rafters right now (to let down at midnight!).

I hope you have lots of fun and a sweet time as well. There are many recipes in my recipe archives to sweeten things up! I've made peanut butter cups, cake and cupcakes, neapolitan cookies, and my sisters have made great things as well including molasses cookies and coconut candy bars!

~ Happy New Year!! ~ 

~ Hanunyah

Lemon Bars

Here's another bar recipe I made.

Lemon Bars (Gluten-free, Corn-free, Dairy-free)
Adapted from http://missjudyscorner.com/



1 cup shortening or lard (you may use butter if you aren't dairy-free)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups rice flour
4 eggs
4 tablespoons rice flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 lemons, juiced (1/3 cup juice)


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup sugar. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 9×13 inch pan.
3. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden. In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar and 4 tablespoons flour. Whisk in the eggs and lemon juice. Pour over the baked crust.
4. Bake for an additional 20 minutes in the preheated oven. The bars will firm up as they cool. For a festive tray, make another pan using limes instead of lemons and adding a drop of green food coloring to give a very pale green. After both pans have cooled, cut into uniform 2 inch squares and arrange in a checker board fashion.




~ Hanunyah

Happy New Year!

Hi! I hope ya'll had a Happy New Year! We had a party last night with lots of yummy snacks and sweets (everything was gluten-free, too!). I didn't get to posting until now because we went to an auction early this morning.
       Here's some pictures, and I will, Lord willing, post the recipes that I made that I haven't put up here yet.

Chocolate fudge, Flourless Peanut Butter Cake, bars, Chocolate Macaroon Cake, and more bars and cookies

Left: Lemon Bars, right: Monkey Bars (These were one of the best bars I made for yesterday)

Gluten-free, Dairy-free Layer Bars

Gluten-free, Dairy-free Layer Bars

Flourless Peanut Butter Cupcakes (with peanuts) - the dark ones are like that because I added cocoa to the batter.

Chewy Flourless Oatmeal Cookies with Butterscotch and Coconut

Chewy Molasses Cookies

Peanut Brittle

Happy New Year!

~ Hanunyah

Monkey Bars

Bars are really easy, quick, yummy, and they freeze good. So, I've been making bars to stock the freezer with goodies, and I made mostly only bars for the New Year's party tonight.

This recipe is easy and it makes a big pan of yummy bars.

Monkey Bars (Gluten-free, Corn-free, Dairy-free)
Adapted from http://www.womansday.com/

• 1 2/3 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 5 bananas)
• 3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup milk (or milk substitute - you could use water, I used goat milk)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 3/4 cups rice flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Line a 15 x 10 x 1/2-in. baking pan with nonstick foil (let the foil extend about 2 in. above pan at both ends).2. Whisk mashed bananas, sugar, oil, milk, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl until mixed thoroughly. Whisk in flour just until blended; gently stir in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips.3. Spread batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips on top. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.4. Holding foil by ends, lift from pan onto a cutting board. Carefully cut lengthwise in 4 strips and then cut each strip in 10; remove foil.

~ Hanunyah