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Oh Baby Cakes!

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I was watching Studio 5 the other day and they made some darling mini donuts!  I think that donuts are the new thing, right there along side of the cupcake craze.They looked so fun that I really wanted to try them!

 I do not like to have a lot of kitchen appliances and gadgets, (I do not even own an electric can opener!) but when I saw this donut maker I was completely and totally hooked!  So I ran out to Kohls and bought one and came home that day and my granddaughter and I made these yummy pumpkin spice donuts with maple frosting! The recipe is here along with a double chocolate one!

 Aren’t they just so cute!The donut maker is called Baby Cakes they make all kinds of these little cookers for cake pops, whoopie pies, cupcakes, mini pies, waffles, donuts, etc.  The donuts make six mini donuts at a time and they only take 4-5 minutes for each batch to cook.  This recipe made about 2 1/2 dozen donuts. You put the batter into a frosting bag and just squeeze the batter into the little round molds. We cooked the donuts and then dipped them in the frosting and then into the sprinkles.  Easy peasy!  I can see me making these for alot of our family parties!  They look great and they taste great.  I want to try the chocolate ones and the sour cream ones. Yumm!  Is your mouth watering yet?  Mine sure is!

Roasted Pumkin Seeds

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When I made the “mumkin” the other day, I took the seeds out and decided to roast them.  I found a recipe on allrecipes and tweaked it a bit.  But boy are they yummy.  I have never made these before and I think that I may have just discovered a new tradition for our fall treats from now on!

Here is my version of the recipe: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

1 cup raw whole pumpkin seeds

1 tablespoon butter-melted

Kosher salt

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F

Clean the pulp off the pumpkin seeds. Rinse well and pat dry. Toss seeds in a bowl with the melted butter.  Spread the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet, sprinkle witih kosher salt and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown. stir occasionally.

Let cool and enjoy.  I think that these would also be good with garlic salt, seasoned salt or any other seasoning that you love!

I ‘m “nutty” about these Roasted Pumpkin Seeds!

Pumpkin Pie Cake

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Fall is here and with it comes the wonderful smell of pumpkin cooking.  We love pumpkin pies, and therefore we also love this Pumpkin Pie Cake!  It has this wonderful crumb topping and I usually heat it up before putting the whipped cream on top. Yummm!

Recipe:

Pumpkin Pie Cake

4 eggs     

1 c. sugar

¼ tsp. cloves

1 can evaporated milk

1 large can pumpkin

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp salt

Mix eggs and sugar together, add rest of ingredients.

Pour into greased 9 x13 pan.

 

Topping:

1 cube butter or marg. Melted

1 yellow or white cake mix

Mix together and sprinkle over pumpkin mixture.

Sprinkle ½ c. chopped nuts on top if desired.

 

Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Serve with whipped cream.

French Cocoa

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It is a cold, rainy, dreary day outside today.  Perfect for staying indoors with  a big mug of hot chocolate with the fireplace going and a good book to read, wrapped up in your favorite quilt!  At least until you have to get on with real life!  But you could at least make a big mug of hot chocolate!

A  few years ago my friend, Leslie, gave me this recipe for French Cocoa.  I really was not a great fan of hot chocolate…but I guess that I am now!

To make this French Cocoa you will put the unsweetened chocolate squares, sugar and water into a pan. (I am only making 1/2 of the recipe, because it is too big for my empty nester family.) Bring to a boil and let it boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Then let it cool to room temperature.Whip your cream until it is very stiff.Fold the cooled chocolate into the cream.This is heaven, folks!  At this point you can just refrigerate until you want to make French Cocoa. (Try not to eat the whole bowl before you make the cocoa. I may or may not have had a few tastes!)Or you can take a large icecream scoop…And scoop onto a cookie sheet.  I lined mine with parchment paper so they would come right off after freezing them. Flash freeze for about 2 hours, then put into a freezer container. (Half of the recipe makes about 12 servings)To make your cocoa, heat milk in a mug until very warm.  Add one scoop of the chocolate mixture and watch the foam start to form!

This truly is a great comfort drink and warms you all the way to your toes!  You need to try this recipe.  It is Heaven!

Here is the printable recipe.  To print-right click on the image, go to copy, then open your favorite program, like word.  Right click again and go to paste.

 It is a 4 x 6 format so it will fit in your recipe box!

Just Peachy!

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I went out last Sat. night and noticed that my peaches were ready to pick!  The reason I knew they were ready was because the birds had started eating them!  I was bound and determined not to let the birds win, so my husband and I went out and picked them all.  This tree is only 3 years old and it was loaded this year.  I should have thinned them out a little more because they were not really big, but that is ok, because they have a fantastic flavor!I bottled peaches on Monday and I love to see all the bottles lined up on my cupboard before I put them away in the pantry.  I think that they look so pretty.Then I had to make this yummy fresh peach dessert.

I’m in Heaven!Here is the recipe, if you have any peaches around, you should seriously make this dessert!

Tomorrow I am going to flash freeze the rest of the peaches on a cookie sheet so that I can make smoothies with them!  Yum!

LeeAnn’s Salsa

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I had a little Girls Night Out with my cute girls. We made a fun Halloween craft that I will post next week.  But while everyone was here, we had to eat of course!  We had chips and homemade salsa which is always a favorite also fruit and carmel dip and yummy pumpkin cupcakes with carmel frosting.  I can feel fall starting to come in the air, and carmel and apples and pumpkin are the smells and tastes that come with it!

This recipe is from my sister and the secret ingredient is the green onions!  They make it taste sooo good!  If you are looking for a way to use up all those tomatoes and peppers from your garden you should really give this recipe a try!

Easy After School Cookies

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Do you need a quick easy snack for your kiddos when they get home from school? This recipe is about as easy as they come!  It only has 4 ingredients.

I asked my cute little daughter-in-law if she could help me with some technical things for my blog and while I was out there we made these super easy cookies!

Andes Mint Cookies

This is the line up of ingredients- only 4 ingredients!Add two cute helpersMix the cake mix, oil, and eggs together in mixing bowl.Roll dough into small balls.Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 Mins.Immediately after taking out of oven, place one Andes Mint on top of each cookie and let them sit for 5-10 mins to melt the chocolate.Using a spoon spread the chocolate over the top of the cookie.Add kids just home from school and a cold glass of milk and you have the makings for a happy family!But don’t forget baby or he will not be happy.Here is the recipe. Have a great Friday!

Bottling Tomatoes

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My sister and I went to dad’s to help him bottle tomatoes.  He grows a large garden every summer with corn, tomatoes, peppers, asperagus, rhubarb, and now has started berry bushes. He  usually has enough for all of us to bottle.!  So that is a pretty good trade-off for us anyway, he does all the work in the garden and we spend a morning with him canning!.

First you start with some good ripe tomatoes, picked right fresh out of the garden.

After you wash them you put them into scalding water till the skins split, then the skins will just slip right off.  No messy peeling.

Then cut up the tomatoes and add a little water, sugar and salt and let them simmer for 5-10 mins

Then put the tomatoes into clean canning jars with lemon juice, add lids and process for 45 mins.

Then just have a little fun!

Thanks dad for all you do for us!

Zucchini Cupcakes

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We made zucchini cupcakes with some of the zucchini from our garden.  They were so moist and YUMMY! If you have lots of zucchini in your garden this is a sweet way to use some of it up.  I usually put more frosting on the cupcakes but this carmel frosting is so sweet that I just used a smaller tip to pipe it on and it was just right! The recipe is from Taste of Home Zucchini Cupcakes. You might want to make one and half recipe of the frosting because there were a few that did not have any frosting but then I just ate them as muffins for breakfast!

I love having a man in the kitchen and they don’t get much cuter than this.  “Sissy” was helping me and he was not about to get left out of the action.To find such good help now days is almost impossible.  I love it when the grandkids want to work!Although as you can see, it was probably more work in the clean-up on the floor than what went on in the sink.  But it sure was fun!Sissy is such a great friend for her brother and she is definitely a good help for me!