This is weird, but...

ever since I 'came down with' giardia this spring, I've only wanted iced drinks.  Since I have an addiction to coffee, iced coffee has been my drug of choice.  And since a grande iced coffee from the 'Bucks is $2.55 + tip, I  really should be making my own.

This recipe looks wonderful, and so do the photos.  Recently, I bought one of those 16 oz plastic Starbucks cups with the green straw.  I can pretend that a barista made my iced coffee, but it will come from the Kitchen of Jenny, who will not get a tip.  Just a good iced coffee.

Cranberry Coffee Cake

Last night, after the kids were in bed, I decided to bake something using what we had in the freezer/pantry. I've had 2 bags of cranberries in the freezer since November.  A couple of weeks ago I used some in muffins.  Coffee cake sounded good, so I googled 'cranberry coffee cake' and found a gem from Joy the Baker.

Shortly before starting, I realized that I had no brown sugar. Joy the Baker to the rescue again.  Homemade brown sugar is fluffy and delicious! I happened to have a bottle of molasses in the pantry for ginger biscotti that I never made.

The cake turned out well, and the strudel top is delicious.  If you have extra cranberries around Thanksgiving, or have a bag in the freezer like I did, give this recipe a try.

Pampered Chef!

I don't usually post about things I'm hosting, but thought I would today.  If any readers love The Pampered Chef like I do, I'm hosting a catalog show that is open until January 31.  My close friend, Erin, is a consultant with 3 young daughters and another child on the way this summer.  So, if you'd like to add to your PC collection, go to Erin's personal website and enter my name as the host.  If you don't know my last name, comment or leave me a message and I will send it to you.

Happy MLK Day!