my top ten posts of 2010

It’s been quite a year. A little exposure over at marthastewart.com, and things really took off. I thought that I’d recap the last year with a summary of my top ten visited posts. Click on the links to be taken back to the original posts. I can’t thank you enough for taking a few minutes…

chocolate peppermint cookies

Oh the snow…the weather around these here parts has been pretty frightful the last couple of days. On Sunday, I decided it would be best to use my shut-in time to bake some cookies for the holidays. I made dad’s ginger cookies that I wrote about previously. I also baked white chocolate cranberry oatmeal cookies…

5 days of sweets – pumpkin doughnut muffins

Sugar and spice and everything nice. That’s one way to describe these doughnuts disguised as muffins disguised again as doughnuts. I don’t think there’s a better way to end 5 Days of Sweets than with a baked treat bathed in butter then rolled in cinnamon sugar. So there you have it, the Pumpkin Doughnut Muffin…

5 days of sweets – mint-chocolate brownies

Day 4 of 5 Days of Sweets. I’m thinking that when this series is over I’m going to need to delve into 12 Days of Savories. We’re in sugar over-drive here on Made by Mike. Today, I present you with Everyday Food magazine’s Mint-Chocolate Brownie. It’s a winner. Earlier this week I rushed home from…