An Honorable Mention and Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Recipe

It's hard to believe that we're already well into the first full week of December, and there are reports of snow storms already!  Will be an interesting winter, no doubt!  I am glad, though, to have started December off with an amazing win by Oklahoma State University over OU for the Big-12 Championship!  WHOOOO HOOOOO!

I also have another fun bit of good news to share.  On the Just A Pinch site, I had entered several recipes in a baking recipe contest.  Results were recently released, and while I did not win, I did get an honorable mention with my Chocolate Bliss Bundt Cake in the article announcing the winner.  If you're interested, you can find the article by clicking here.  A win would have been amazing, but it's a great achievement to have received a nod from Janet and her Crew in the article.  ~Thank you, Just A Pinch!~   For anyone who might have forgotten what this little gem looks like, here is a picture to remind you!  I already mentioned it in a previous post, but just for fun, here it is again (~drool~):

I did try out a new recipe earlier in the past weekend.  It's a recipe that I stumbled across on Mr.Food.com and I just couldn't resist it.  You can click this link for the recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake.  The original recipe called for pre-made rolls of chocolate chip cookie dough, and I changed it to make the dough from scratch instead because I had everything to make it except pre-made dough. 

It tastes great, is pretty rich, but a nice little treat! 

Just one other little side note, not related exactly to recipes, but I've been reading the book The Help and am a little more than half-way through it.  In trying to pick out a movie to watch tonight, we ended up picking that one.  Let me just say that if you are a reader, the book is great!  And if you're not much of  a reader, the movie is also wonderful.  I have to say that the book adds so many little snippets that the movie just can't, especially with regards to perspectives and personalities.  Highly recommend it.  It made me laugh, it made me cry, and then made me laugh again.  Click here for a quick synopsis of the book if you are interested in knowing more. 

With that, I'm going to call it a night!  And, yes, yes, yes, Christmas cookie recipes are coming soon.  Very soon! 

Enjoy!

"With the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible."- Julia Child