Bookclub Grub

I had my first chance to host at my new bookclub.  I picked Charms for an Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons (my review here).  It always stresses me a little picking the book.  Hopefully, no one hated it-at least they were all too polite to say anything. 

I'm a big fan of themes.  I thought my theme would be "charms" and what is more charming than mini-cupcakes.

Lemon-meringue Charms (recipe here)

Strawberry Short-Charms

I actually just made up a batch of the lemon meringue cupcakes.  Before I added the lemon juice and zest, I poured about 1/2 of the batter in the tins.  Then I whipped up some cream and put half a fresh strawberry on each. Easy, yummy and pretty.

Artichoke Won Ton Charms -recipe here

I also made "Brownie Charms".  I just made a batch of box brownies and baked them in the mini-muffin tins.  I only baked them for 9 minutes.

MARTHA TIP:  I stole this from my SIL.  She always makes little signs for her food at parties. It looks pretty and it lets people know what they're eating.

Linking up here.

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