Reese Peanut Butter Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for a benefit dinner and I didn't get to sample one.  They look delicious so I'm going to go ahead and say they are!

I started with a yellow cake mix, follow the directions on the box.  Fill your cupcake papers half way full, add a Reese cup and top with more batter, the paper should be 3/4 full now.

Bake at 350* for 20 min.  Let your cupcakes cool completely and ice.

I used a can of chocolate frosting for 12 of them and made peanut butter frosting for the other 12.  I put the remaining frosting in the microwave for 30 seconds and drizzled chocolate on the cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and drizzled peanut butter over the cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

Enjoy!

BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Pie

A couple weeks ago we had Cheeseburger Pie for dinner.  It wasn't bad, but we found it a little bland.   I decided to try it again with some additions after my husband suggested we add real bacon bits to dish.

You'll need:


1 lb lean meat (we used ground turkey)
1 large onion (I used onion flakes because I hate the texture of onions)
salt
pepper
4 TBS A1 Steak sauce
4 slices pepper jack cheese
1/2 cup baking mix (like Bisquick)
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup real bacon bits
3 TBS BBQ sauce
French's french fried onions

Brown your meat with the onion, when it's finished add the A1 sauce, salt and pepper (to taste).  Put the meat into a greased pie plate and top with cheese.  In a separate bowl mix Bisquick, milk and eggs, pour over meat and cheese.  Top with BBQ sauce, bacon bits and fried onions.  Bake at 400* for 25 minutes. 

Enjoy!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I did start baking for Christmas in the midst of baking for Thanksgiving.  I made a batch of sugar cookies, my favorite sugar cookie recipe can be found at Bake at 350.  I also made a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.  I'll put the recipe below.

Want to know how they were?  Just ask him....

While we were sleeping he polished off two dozen of the cookies, then was sick from 5 am-7am and then finally scared us so much the night before Thanksgiving we had to call the Vet at home at about 8 pm.  So, Keisel, I hope the cookies were well worth it.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup butter softened

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

--cream the above ingredients together--

--add--

2 cup flour

1 cup oats

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1-12 oz. bag chocolate chips

--chill dough, then drop onto cookie sheet--

--Bake 10-12 minutes at 350*--

Holiday Baking

I set a goal for myself that Holiday baking will begin THIS weekend.  How perfect is it that I stumbled upon Sugar & Meringue Holiday Baking Plans today!  I'll be using this to help me prepare for the next couple of weekends and the baking that needs to take place.  I love baking, and it's so nice that everyone else is on the same page as me at this time of the year. 

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

Have you ever checked out Recipe Girl?  I was recently on Stumble Upon and came across her Cinnamon Roll Pancakes, and now she has Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Pancakes (my mouth is watering). 

I didn't follow her recipe exactly, but pretty much so.  First of all, I cheated and used a baking mix.  I followed her cinnamon filling recipe  
1/2 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
I put the filling into a squeeze bottle to allow for easy pouring into the pancake.

Yes, that is a Steelers toaster in the background...

Delicious!

Honestly you can eat these without adding a thing, Recipe Girl suggests a cream cheese glaze, I had recently made Cake Pops and had extra vanilla frosting in my fridge, so I put it in the microwave for 30 seconds.

And the finished product...

Yummmmmmmmmmmmm!

Sew Neglected

I ventured into my craft room today...One reason why I have completely neglected it for, er, a very long time is because the room, for some reason, is the hottest room in the house.  There is no way it would be tolerable from July-August.  This room has become the place to put "stuff" too.  None the less I went in to tonight and turned on my sewing machine in what seems like ages.  Now, I am no professional sewer by any means.  I would love to be one of those people who can look at a shirt and do a refashion and someday *fingers* crossed look at a piece of fabric and turn it into something amazing.  For now I'll stick to some basics.

I dug out some of the finished projects I actually have.  Now last year at this time I was waiting for my new niece or nephew to grace us with their presence and I was convinced "it" was going to be a she...Well...

This little boy graced our family in January

 

So, here is what I still have in my finished projects box

Onesie with apple print apple, leggings made from socks and a dress refashioned from a tank top.

My new goal is to sew Monday-Thursday for at least half hour...we'll see how this goes!

Two Ingredient Pumpkin Cupcakes

I've been seeing this recipe a lot on the web this year, and it is absolutely genius!  It's incredibly simple and delicious.  To make these pumpkin cupcakes all you need is a cake mix and can of pumpkin!

That's it!  Put them in a bowl and mix 'em up!

Bake at 350* for 20 minutes.  These are delicious without anything else but I did give in to the power of cream cheese frosting and topped them off.

Enjoy!


In other news I took my nephew to see the Lion King in 3D on Saturday.  I remember going to see the Lion King at the theater when it came out the first time!  Where has time gone?  Although the 3D glasses didn't last very long I think he had a good time.