Welcome to Week 104 of Mmm Mondays, where we turn Monday woes into Mondays Whoas!
Header image for Week 104 by hue12-photography on unsplash
If you’re not on Santa’s naughty list yet, remember, there’s still time.
This header image was actually used last year for a story on Tantalizing Tales by Asrai named – Under the Mistletoe. It’s a super-hot tale, that you should definitely go read.
As you can see, I’ve stuck to the Christmas theme this month. And why not? It is a time of good cheer. Whether due to the festivities, or the alcoholic content of your drink, is up to you.
No matter your preferences, Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Seasons’ Greetings to you and yours from Mmm Mondays!
Last Week’s Links
Last Week had 7 delicious submissions.
Marie (bless her and her consistency!) gave us 2 posts beginning with Passion in the Eye of the Storm, where Francoise takes shelter, and finds love.
In Their Annual Meeting of Lust, Caro and Reese remind us that while leaving is such sweet sorrow, there’s always next year.
Next, May shared the third installment of a Kink Mas Carol staring Ebony Scrooge, who gets a visit from her ghosts of Kink mas past.
Snake and Charmer took some time out at an Irish Pub, in the place where dreams come true.
David delighted us Under the Christmas Tree. Make sure you read to the end, you’ll not be disappointed!
F. Dot Leonora got Fully Decorated – in the best way!
And Kristan X finished us off with Signs of distress, which wasn’t the least bit distressing, but very much exciting!
You can read all those Mmm’s and more here.
Mmm Makers
This category will return next month (Mmm Makers permitting). This year we’ve had 9 creators of all things delicious. You can find all of them here.
Week 104 Recommended Reads
I could have found you the tale I think you should read this week, but the crew over at Tantalizing Tales has already found you 30 of the best festive tales and put them all in one place. Read those here:
Tantalizing Tales – Creating fiction to beguile and awaken your imagination. Tantalizing Tales are looking to publish all different types of beguiling fiction by new or experienced writers. If you write your own Tantalizing Tales and would like to publish them with us, please email talestantalizing@gmail.com or DM us at @TaleTantalizing on Twitter.
Book Club will return the First Week in January with: The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Week 104 Recipe
If you’re wondering about the name, just try it. Made with simple ingredients you likely have on hand, this simple recipe will have you coming back for more, and more, and more….
Christmas Crack
Equipment
- baking sheet
- medium bowl for melting chocolate
- small sauce-pan for making toffee
- rubber spatulas
Ingredients
- 1 sleeve saltine crackers aprox. 40 crackers
- 1 cup salted butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 12 ounce bag semisweet chocolate chips
Toppings
- ¼ cup red and green M&Ms
- 1 Tablespoon toasted pecans
- 1 Tablespoon sprinkles
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Line a 15.5 inch x 10.5 inch jelly roll baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
- Arrange saltines in prepared pan in a single layer, breaking or cutting them, if necessary, to fill all spaces.
- Combine butter and brown sugar in small saucepan over medium heat, and bring to boil, stirring constantly. Cook until thick and syrupy, about 3 minutes.
- Pour toffee mixture over Saltines and spread it out evenly.
- Bake in preheated oven until bubbly, 4 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over toffee layer. Set pan aside until chocolate has melted, then spread evenly over the top. Sprinkle with desired toppings. We wrote the recipe for four different toppings, if you want one over the entire recipe you’ll have to adjust the topping amount.
- Refrigerate until chocolate is firm. Cut or break into pieces. We got about 35 pieces.
- Store in airtight container in the fridge for one week or the freezer for 3 months. Refrigeration is not necessary, but helps to keep them fresh.
Notes
This Week’s Links
Mmm Mondays opens every Friday at noon (MST- that’s N. America) and closes Tuesdays at 6pm. If this is your first time joining the fun, please read the rules and grab a badge. You can add your post(s) below using the linky tool.
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Since you’re already here, take a second and read one or more posts (you’ll be glad you did!). And don’t forget to like or comment if they make you say Mmm too.
I always encourage sharing, so for any posts you may have missed, watch for them on Monday when I share them via Twitter. Actually, it’ll be Wednesday this week, adn you’ll have an extra day to submit your stories.
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What makes you say mmm?
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