Wow - so sorry to have been away for so long - life has a funny way of getting in the way things...anyway glad to be back and with the holiday's just around the corner we're in full on DO (dutch oven) mode. Oh...and in case you noticed we've encountered a few...ummm...challenges with our URL (www.thedutchovendiaries.com) - which you may have noticed isn't currently working - and if you haven't noticed - shame on you! Anywho - we're workin' on it - in the meantime, you can find us right here at www.thedutchovendiaries.blogspot.com.
So Christmas Crack seemed to burst onto the holiday baking scene last year - introduced to us by the very talented Kilted Chef. The holiday baking scene hadn't experienced a frenzy like this scince Martha Stewart introduced us to cookie flooding! Everyone was talking about it, it was even named the "must have" holiday treat of 2011 by Good Housekeeping magazine (totally made this up). The interesting tidbit about this sweet treat is that it is made using saltine crackers (premium plus). The crackers bring the salty to this highly addictive sweet'n salty snack. Saltine crackers are baked with a brown sugar butter mixture that forms a toffee base, this is layered with chocolate, and then topped with candy cane pieces and nuts.
