What's in your cupboard?

I was recently asked about good on-hand items to have in the kitchen when cooking with an Easy Bake oven. I've given it some thought, and I've come up with a dozen handy items to have when a snack attack arises. Got your note pad? Because here we go...

12 Things Every Easy Bake Chef Needs in the Kitchen

1. Frosting. Remember the song, "If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a cake"? Well when you have frosting, all the typical cake-baking ingredients and an Easy Bake oven, you can have a fast, fabulous cake in under half an hour!
2. Cocoa. It's a quick and easy way to turn any cookie or cake recipe into a chocolate masterpiece.
3. Marshmallow fluff. When melted on the warming tray, the fluff has a number of sweet options for your little ones.
4. Peanut butter. See the peanut butter fudge recipe below. You know you want it!
5. Pie crust. Either a boxed mix or refrigerated, it doesn't matter to me. But a pie is always a fun, fancy dessert!
6. Pie filling. See fun, fanciness above.
7. Cheeses. Cheeses melt nicely in the Easy Bake oven, and make every meal extra savory.
8. Whipped cream. This makes an easy topping for pie, strawberry shortcake, brownies or some cake.
9. Texas Pete. I like things spicy, and this is a tasty way to add some zip.
10. Hershey's Kisses. Can you say...chocolate fondue?!
11. Leftover meats. There are a number of Easy Bake recipes that call for browned ground beef, sausage or chicken. If you have some leftover from a meal, throw them in a Ziploc and into the freezer.
12. An extra 100 watt bulb. One never wants to be in the dark!
    

So there you have it, my Lightbulb Cuisine can't-live-without Easy Bake necessities. Notice I didn't mention ingredients such as flour, salt, sugar, and so on. Those are a given. Every fine chef already has the basics. These are things you'll want to have in order to make your Easy Baking super special!

What's an ingredient in YOUR kitchen that you can't live without?

Love, Cookie B.