Zoulah's Baaaaaack!

Zoulah's baaaaaaaaaack and ready to start her Second Annual Halloween Bash and she invites you to attend!  I tried to hold her back but I couldn't, she is just so excited to start mixing up some Halloween Magic in the kitchen.  I suppose a year in the garage could be a bit boring.  So from now until Halloween, you will find Zoulah in the kitchen and in the craft room brewing up some fun at Red Couch Recipes.

If you are new to my blog, you may not have met Zoulah before.  Let me introduce you.  Her full name is Zoulah Boulah.  She was born, along with her twin sister Beulah who resides at Purple Chocolat Home, on October 31 many years ago.  Both Zoulah and Beulah are a troublesome, but funloving pair who love to mix it up in the kitchen at Halloween.   Check out my "Halloween label" to see what Zoulah was up to last year at her first Hallowen Bash.

She is going to be tieing on her apron strings and casting her spells to bring some family fun at Halloweentime -- natch, it's it's her favorite time of year.  Watch out for a little "giftie giveaway" straight from Zoulah's little witchie heart to yours!

Talley's Teatime Table

So glad you dropped by Red Couch Recipes!  Welcome to Tablescape Thursday where dishlovers of the Internet unite and set their prettiest tables and post them.  Today my table was set by my 10-year old daughter (with a wee bit of help from me).  After school we were sitting around talking, and eating and I didn't have a tablescape ready for today.  I asked her if I should do one, and she said, "She'd do it.

Like other dishlovers, she had a huge variety to choose from.  She chose my mother's Noritake China in the LaSalle Pattern.  I think she liked the tea cups.  She added a bit of Bacopa that she stole from the pot on the deck.

A view through my bubbly glass and of my desert neighborhood!

There just is something about white dishes and clear glass, isn't there?  I love white napkins too.

A long view of the table.

And of course, a little sweet!  This is a pear pie with a crumbly crust.

Tablescape Information:
China  -- Noritake LaSalle
Placemats, Napkins:  Wal-Mart
Flatware:  World Market:
Bubble Glasses:  Tai Pan Trading
Napkin Rings:  Style Sisters

Thanks for dropping by Talley's Teatime Table.

Skyler's Chocolate Brownie Pizelles and Girard Giveaway Winner



Our 17-year old son Skyler likes to bake cookies and desserts.  He especially likes to bake on Sundays after church.  It seems that our pantry never contains the things he needs to bake with :(.  This Sunday, after paging through several cookbooks, he made me a list of ingredients that he wanted me to keep on hand!!  Well, I never -- does he think he is Martha or something --telling me what to have in my pantry.

As he was paging through some books, he came upon a waffle brownie recipe in my sister Jacqueline's , Purple Chocolat Home, cookbook.  Instead of using a waffle iron, he decided to put the brownie mixture in our pizelle maker.  The cookies came out crisp and delicious.  Do not make these, if you don't like crisp cookies.  They were perfect for dunking in milk.  I told him I would post his cookies.  He shared the cookies with some friends and when he told them he was hoping for lots of "hits" on this post, one of said, "I'll give you a hit!"

The winner, of the Girard Salad Dressing was commenter number Three.  She is Patricia, the excellent hostess of the delicious blog Butter Yum.  I know she will enjoy the dressings -- I am hooked.  Thanks to the Marzetti Company for this wonderful giveaway.

Recipe for Brownie Pizelles

1 cup melted butter

1-1/2 cups sugar

4 beaten eggs

1/2 cup cocoa

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons vanilla

Heat Pizelle or Waffle Iron.  With a blender, mix all ingredients well in medium bowl.  Add a little cooking oil to iron so batter won't stick to the iron.  When the iron is heated, add cookie batter.  I can't give you an amount as every iron is different.  Our iron made 15 cookies with lots of end scraps.  Bake according to manufacturer's directions.  When cookies come out of the oven, trim edges with kitchen shears.

I hope you enjoy Skyler's Chocolate Brownie Pizelle Recipe.  Thanks for dropping by Red Couch Recipes.    

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