Lil Duck Duck

1/2 c. butter (no substitutes), softened 4 oz. cream cheese, softened 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour 1 T. sugar Dash salt 1 c. finely chopped pecans Confectioners’ sugar In a mixing bowl, cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, sugar and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. [...]

It’s been wonderful & fun, we can hardly believe that it has been three years already! Lil’ Duck had a lovely week of celebrations, with a special party at Disney with all the characters helping him to eat his Mickey Mouse birthday cake (and Pluto pretending to eat Ducky, which is a much-discussed event to [...]

1 box yellow cake mix 1 stick butter, softened 6 eggs 2 c. sugar 2 c. milk 3 1/2 c. pumpkin 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice In a mixing bowl beat the eggs, sugar, milk, pumpkin, salt and spices. Pour into an ungreased 9 x 13 x 2 inch pan. Cut together [...]

1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup peanut butter, creamy 1/2 cup corn syrup, light 2 cups corn flakes 1 cup coconut — shredded In a large heavy saucepan over low heat, combine the sugar, peanut butter and corn syrup. Bring just to a boil, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves. Add the cornflakes and coconut.  Drop [...]