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Mississippi Mud Cake Recipe is a rich, dense chocolate cake topped with marshmallows and chocolate frosting.
Being from Mississippi, I researched the origin of this cake. It seems no one can agree when or where it first started. However, all sources seem to agree that a Mississippi Mud Cake and a Mississippi Mud Pie comes from the appearance of it, dark and rich, and the similarity to the dark, goopy mud found along the Mississippi River. Continue Reading >
Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars have a super soft cookie base with a luxuriously thick and creamy buttercream frosting on top!
I have been making Sugar Cookies with the boys literally since they could stand. It’s a Christmas tradition, but we make them throughout the year as well. It’s one of my favorite activities with them. As teenagers, they’re ‘old pros’ at cookie making.
If you’re new to making cookies, pan cookies or cookie bars (whatever you prefer to call them) is an easy way to begin baking cookies. It’s also a fun way to get children involved in cooking.
These Sugar Cookie Bars are modeled after the really soft frosted sugar cookies you can buy at bakeries and grocery stores. I made them into bars because I just really didn’t want to scoop out cookies.
As I said, they’re soft. Cream cheese is the not-so-secret ingredient that keeps these Sugar Cookie Bars so soft.
I prefer vanilla sugar cookies, but you can substitute other flavors if you prefer. Lemon, almond, or peppermint would all make great sugar cookie flavors. Continue Reading >
