Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes

I found this on tumblr here. It looks so yummy, I can't wait to try it. 

Pumpkin Pie Milkshakes.
Ingredients & Measurements:

• 2 cups Vanilla Ice Cream
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1/4 cup Cream or Half & Half
• 1 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
• 2/3 Pureed Pumpkin
• 1/2 Tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 1/3 Cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
• 2-3 oz. Bourbon
• Frosting & Sprinkles

Instructions:
Add all ingredients to a blender until mixed well. Rim glasses with a very light coating of frosting and dip in sprinkles. Pour the shake into the cup and sprinkle cinnamon on top. Top with whipped cream if you want & enjoy!

I must have these!

I LOVE candy corn.

These look so yummy!

A great way to start the day

Breakfast: shredded wheat, strawberries and bananas.

strawberry pie

I made two strawberry pies today after Tatum and I hauled a bunch home.

here is one of them

here is the recipe I used.

Strawberry Pie

1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked

 1 quart fresh strawberries

 1 cup white sugar

3 tablespoons cornstarch

 3/4 cup water

 Add half of strawberries in baked pie shell. Mash remaining berries and combine with sugar in a medium saucepan. Place saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently.

In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water. Gradually stir cornstarch mixture into boiling strawberry mixture. Reduce heat and simmer mixture until thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over berries in pie shell. Chill for several hours before serving.

I added whip cream after the pie was chilled.

Enjoy. 


I am linking up here today:

 

Top of the Morning to ya

do you remember when I said that I was going to make these Lucky Pancakes here?

Well, I made them this morning for breakfast.

they were yummy!

Petey also had the idea of making green scrambled eggs, so that's what we did.

It was a very St. Patrick's Day breakfast!

cake batter rice crispy treats

I have found so many yummy treats on Pinterest. I found this one there as well!

These are so yummy!

here is the run down:

you need

 3 Tbsp. butter

1 (10 oz.) bag of mini-marshmallows

1/4 cup yellow cake mix (the dry cake mix, not prepared into a batter!)

6 cups crispy rice cereal

1 (1.75 oz.) container of sprinkles

then you:

melt the butter in a sauce pan on the stove on low heat and add the marshmallows. When it starts to melt, add the yellow cake mix. Stir in the cereal and make sure it is completely covered in marshmallow goo. Then add half of the sprinkles into the mix. Press into a baking dish, then put the rest of the sprinkles on top. Let sit for 30 min, then enjoy.

Corona Popsicles

Corona Popsicles?!?

I don't normally talk about alcohol on here, mainly because I don't normally drink. 

I am a mommy and a diabetic now, but before kids and health issues, I used to drink a few.

I loved to drink Corona, in fact that was about he only beer that I would drink.

I came across these on pinterest and they look so yummy... perfect for a hot summer BBQ.

Here is the run down:

• Corona
• Popsicle Mold
• Lime

What to do:

Open a corona and pour it into a popsicle mold. You can squeeze some lime into mold and/or add a lime slice, if you’d like. Freeze for 2-4 hours or until it becomes solid. One bottle of corona makes around 3 popsicles.

so, if you enjoy drinking a little Corona, give these a try.

again, you can find the recipe here.

make your own Shamrock Shake

Do you love McDonald's Shamrock Shake's as much as I do???

Guess what, I found a recipe here to make one at home!

Here is the run down on the recipe:

 

 

3 cups vanilla ice cream
1 3/4 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
Green food coloring 
1. Blend all ingredients in a blender until completely thick and smooth.

sound yummy?
IT IS!

m&m banana bread

I just made a loaf of m&m banana bread.

My son Van loves this bread. 

I found this recipe in a magazine a long time ago, but  they used chocolate chips. 

I exchanged the chips for m&m's to make the bread more colorful.

you need:

3 overripe bananas

1 1/2 cups of flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

dash of salt

1 egg

1/4 cup butter or margarine

4 tbs milk- chocolate chips ( or m&m's)

pre heat oven to 325 degrees. Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and egg.

melt butter in microwave, add it to the bowl, and stir until just blended.

pour into greased loaf pan. Sprinkle on chocolate chips. Bake for 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

It's yummy.

lucky pancakes

I am so going to make these pancakes on St Patrick's day!

you can find them here

Oreo Cake

Last night I made an Oreo cake.

I fount the recipe in a cookbook the other day.

It was very easy to make and the kids love it, they love oreos.

1 package white cake mix

1/3 cup oil

4 egg whites

1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped Oreo cookies

*in a mixer bowl combine cake mix, oil, 1 1/4 cup of water and egg whites. Blend on low speed, then mix on high speed for 2 minutes.

* Gently fold in coarsely chopped cookies. Pour batter into two greased and floured 8-inch round cakes.

*Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes

* cool for 15 minutes, then remove from pan. Let completely cool and frost. Sprinkle with extra crushed Oreo cookies on top.

I saw this on Tumblr today. I thought it looked so yummy.

It is perfect for Fall.

Even though it was very hot today ... Fall is around the corner!

Crock Pot Baked Apples. Perfect fall tailgating treat!

Ingredients

1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
2 tablespoons trans-fat free margarine
1 teaspoon cinnamon
6 Gala or Macintosh apples, cored
1/2 cup apple juice or apple cider
2 tablespoons orange liquor (optional)

Directions

Preheat a large crock-pot on high heat and preset it for 3 hours. In a large bowl, mix brown sugar, walnuts, margarine, and cinnamon. Fill the apples with the filling and place them in the crock-pot. Pour in the apple juice or cider and the liquor, if using. Cover and cook 2 1/2 to 3 hours on high heat until the apples are soft and begin to collapse.

doesn't it look yummy? 

you can bet that I will be making some soon!

a little snow day fun!

It was a snow day yesterday and Tatum and I decided to make our Valentines cookies and cupcakes. ( yes, I know, but its better late then never, right??)

our cookies, sorry for the funky color, it is a cell phone picture.

here are our cookies

we had fun, only problem ... I couldn't figure out why the cupcakes didn't seem to be baking ... I had cooked them twice as long ..hummmm....

here I had turned the oven off after I took the cookies out ...silly me!

Recipe Binder

Its time to play catch up on my weekly challenges. I finally have the recipe binder done!

Above in the picture is the binders I choose for the recipe binder and the home management binder. {see the blue in both matches, plus the blue matches Toni's printouts! lol...}

Alright, here we go.

I stated here, with a big folder with papers hanging out every.

everything, I mean everything loose got shoved in there.

So, I took the binder and placed tab separators inside.

I printed out Toni's sheets to put in the front, side and back of the binder.

doesn't the blue look really good with the binder cover?

Then I separated everything, hole punched it and put the in the binder.

I used five catorgies:

dinners

snacks

dessarts

Grits

Pioneer Woman

I didn't want to make it too complicated so anything that I used to make dinner, side dishes and all went into the dinner category. Snacks is where everything else fell like apple sauce, snack mix and dips, ect.

Desserts are self explanatory. Grits and Pioneer Woman got their own category because I have so many of their recipes and felt I would look for them in their own spot.

( this really is the best Lasagna ever!)

Sweet Amy's cupcakes, yummy!

So, there you have it! Home Management binder is coming up next!

Baked Potato Soup

I think that I have posted this before, but I made it last night and was asked for the recipe, so I thought that I would share it again.

 Baked Potato Soup

~3 cans of cream of potato
~3 cans of cheddar soup (Campbell's makes it)
~1 cup of sour cream
~6 baked potatoes cut up in to bite size pieces
~bacon bits
~scallions

~ shredded Cheddar Cheese

Mix soups, sour cream, and potatoes and cook in crock pot until heated through (maybe 2 hours). Top with bacon, shredded cheese, and scallions and serve.

Tip: fork stab the potatoes and wrap in foil. Cook in crock pot over night and they will be ready to use for the soup in the morning. (You can also do that during the day for baked potatoes for dinner). You could also boil them on the stove. Also, I found it way too thick so I thinned it out with milk.

Friday Fall Recipes

Sorry for the lack of posting this week, I have been very busy. I am taking my three youngest children to the eye doctor today, ALL at the same time. I'll let you know how that goes. I also painted my front door yesterday, I'll post some before and afters later. Well I know I missed last Friday, but I will try to stay on the ball here. School has started once again. 

This one I stole from last year, but its a really good one, and I thought it could use another post!

 

Carmel Pecan Apple Pie

crust

1 refrigerated pie crust softened

filling

6 cups sliced, peeled apples

3/4 cups sugar

2 tablespoons flour

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 tablespoon lemon juice

topping

1/3 cup caramel topping

2 to 4 tablespoons chopped pecans

heat oven to 425

make pie crust as directed using 9" glass pie plates

in a large bowl, gently mix ingredients

spoon into crust lined pie plate

top with second crust

seal edges and flute

cut slits or shapes into the top layer of crust

 Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch-wide strips of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.

 Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Immediately after removing pie from oven, drizzle with caramel topping; sprinkle with pecans. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours.

Friday Fall recipes

The first recipe of the season!

I saw this recipe in my new House Beautiful this morning!

It is a Barefoot Contessa recipe.

It looks soo good, I cannot wait to make it!

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Frosting

cupcakes:

1. 1 cup all purpose flour
2. 1 teaspoon baking powder
3. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
4. 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
5. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
6. 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
7. 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8. 2 extra-large eggs
9. 1 canned pumpkin puree ( not pie filling)
10. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
11. 1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
12. 1/2 cup vegetable oil

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Brush or spray the top of 10 muffin tins with vegatable oil and line them with 10 paper liners
2. Into a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. In a larger bowl, whisk together the eggs, pumpkin puree, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vegetable oil. Add the flour mixture and stir until combined.
3. Divide batter among the prepared tins and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
4. Spread the cupcakes with the maple frosting and sprinkle with the chopped toffee bits

frosting:

1. 6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2. 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
3. 1/4 teaspoon Boyajian Natural Maple Flavor
4. 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
5. 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
6. 1/2 cup coarsely chopped Heath bars

 

In a bowl, mix cream cheese and butter. Stir in maple flavoring and vanilla extract. Slowly add the confectioners sugar and mix until smooth.

Buckeyes for Buckeyes

Tonight starts the first Ohio State game of the season, so I thought I would repost a buckeye recipe.

If you haven't tried them , you should....they are really good!

Buckeyes

1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 cup of butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners sugar
4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

In a large bowl mix together peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners sugar.
Roll into 1 inch balls.
Place balls on a wax paper lined cookie sheet.

Place a tooth pick on the top of each ball.
Chill in the freezer until firm.
Usually around 30 min.

Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pan of barley simmering water.
Stir until smooth.

Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate ( holding onto the tooth pick).
leave a small portion of the peanut butter at the top so the look like buckeyes.
Refrigerate until serving.

Shabby Apple, Aprons & Pie

Shabby Apple has a NEW line of aprons called Boysenberry Pie.
each apron comes with a recipe too!

I love them all, but this one is my absolute favorite!
(favorite cake too!)



Carrot Cake

to celebrate the new line, Shabby Apple blog is having a contest and giveaway....

post your favorite pie recipe and you could win.....

"The winner will receive a complete set of Domestic Art notecards for a total of 15, one for each of the completed paintings in Leslie's series, all hand-signed, titled and individually sleeved, PLUS a 20 x 30" hand-finished and signed giclee print of the Domestic Art painting of their choice".


here is a print by Leslie Graff....

and here is my pie...

This pie is one of my favorites because I used blackberries from my grandparents farm to make it. My cousin Lisa and I would pick all of grandma and grandpa's wild blackberries. We would eat them till our bellies were full. We would spend time running around on the farm during the summers. Blackberries always make me think of summers when I was little.

Blackberry pie

Chilled Blackberry Pie

3 1/2 tbsp. cornstarch
3/4 c. sugar
1 c. water
3 1/2 tsp. blackberry Jello
4 c. fresh blackberries
9 inch baked pie shell

Cook cornstarch, sugar and water until thick. Stir in Jello until dissolved. Cool filling. Gently stir in blackberries. Put in pie shell. Chill and serve with Cool Whip.

**above pie made with blackberries from my grandparents farm.**


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they have gorgeous dresses!

Friday's Fall recipes...

 

Week # 9  really?

Carmel Pecan Apple Pie

( just got this from Pillsbury)

crust

1 refrigerated pie crust softened

filling

6 cups sliced, peeled apples

3/4 cups sugar

2 tablespoons flour

3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 tablespoon lemon juice

topping

1/3 cup caramel topping

2 to 4 tablespoons chopped pecans

heat oven to 425

make pie crust as directed using 9" glass pie plates

in a large bowl, gently mix ingredients

spoon into crust lined pie plate

top with second crust

seal edges and flute

cut slits or shapes into the top layer of crust

 Cover edge with 2- to 3-inch-wide strips of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.

 Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Immediately after removing pie from oven, drizzle with caramel topping; sprinkle with pecans. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours.