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Autumn Oatmeal Cookies

September 18, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

When the the weather starts getting cool and leaves begin to change it’s time for all the yummy baked goods full of the fall spices. These autumn oatmeal cookies ooze everything about this time of year . They are buttery , chewy and full cinnamon, pecans and dried cranberries and are seriously so good. I added a little apple butter and this gave this cookie ever more of a fall feel. Give me a big cup of warm tea and one these cookies and I am in pure heaven. Another one of my fall favorites is Apple Bread with Cream cheese filling.

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Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting

September 13, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

I have this unwritten rule at my house..NO Canned Frosting!! I can doctor up a boxed cake mix to be delectable but that frosting in a can , it is beyond help. Creamy Peanut Butter frosting is one of my favorite frostings, and I have tinkered around with proportions for years. This recipe is the perfect texture for piping , it is not too thick or too thin. This is the frosting I used on the Nutter Butter Football Cupcakes and it is perfect with chocolate cupcakes. Just some another suggestion is this is great on a banana cake also.

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Nutter Butter Football Cupcakes

September 6, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

These Nutter Butter Football Cupcakes are the ultimate treat for the chocolate and penaut butter lover and just in time for football season. All the guys in my house love this combination so when I was makng these they were circling the kitchen and waiting . I am a frosting snob and I have passed this trait down to my youngest son , he will only eat homemade peanut butter frosting . He is with me on the no canned frosting rule , making it isn’t that hard and soooo much better.

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Tailgating Tasty Tartlets

September 1, 2018 by Debbie 2 Comments

It’s that time of year again, FOOTBALL Season!! I live in a house with my husband and three teenage boys , so to say the least it is full of testoserone. It is football football and more football on the weekend. We go to our local High School football game every Friday night there is a home game .We support my hometowns football team and watch the marching band to see the cutest Tuba player there is , my youngest son lol. Honestly since my kids High School has a brand new Stadium it isn’t that much of a hardship.

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Peach and Cherry Amaretto Crisp

August 26, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

This Peach and Cherry Amaretto Crisp just screams summer and is a must try while the fresh peaches are still around. I walked in my local super market few days ago and the intoxicating aroma of the ripe white peaches were yelling my name. “Debbie ..PICK ME PICK ME!!”, and I did . I had cherries left from my Cherry Chia Smoothie and I couldn’t let those babies go to waste. This little bit of yumminess was then born. The amaretto with the peach and cherries is a great compliment . I used Disaronno but brace yourself, a cheaper amaretto could be used as a replacement in this case. You will rarely hear me say that about alcohol, I only use the good stuff if I am drinking it LOL. My rule of thumb when buying alcohol is eye level and up at the liquor store. Trust me on this one (wink wink) LOL

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Cherry Chia Smoothie

August 21, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

This Cherry Chia Smoothie is smooth, creamy and full of yummy goodness. Cherries are one of my favorite fruits and the chia seeds adds flavor and nuttiness. I like to base my fruit smoothies with a Greek yogurt , it is sort of tangy and goes with the sweetness of fruit. I started experimenting with smoothies a few years ago when my teenagers discovered the local smoothie shop. If they had an unlimited budget they would be there everyday but $7-9 a pop they would rather me make them at home and save their money for more important things.

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Apple Butter Banana Bread

August 15, 2018 by Debbie 4 Comments

This past weekend my husband and I had an adult get away to the hill country in Texas and San Antonio. The hill country we need another few days there in the future just to hit all the wineries in Fredericksburg. It was just a neat little community that I will return to soon. We were wanting a weekend of more than just shopping and wine tasting so the majority of our time was spent in San Antonio. While in San Antonio we stayed at The Menger Hotel which is like staying in a museum. This hotel is grand and rich in history, and it has a pretty cool bar,lol. The bar is where Teddy Roosevelt was said to have summoned and recruited The Rough Riders. They are very proud of their history and show it off in displays that I just find fascinating.

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How to Par-Bake Cinnamon Rolls

August 7, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

Honestly who doesn’t love homemade cinnamon rolls? Waking up to that warm gooey goodness with a hot cup of coffee is pure heaven . In order to have them for breakfast the cook..AKA Me..would have to get up at in the wee hours of the morning to start the process. Not very fair huh? The answer to all of this is Par-Baking your rolls. All this means is when the rolls are ready to go into the oven they are partially baked and can be either frozen or refrigerated. I have kept rolls in the freezer for a few months and they baked beautifully. Just think if you had homemade cinnamon rolls slathered with homemade icing on Christmas morning you be Mom of the year.

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Cream Cheese Cinnamon Roll Frosting

August 5, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

My teenage boys adore homemade cinnamon rolls , seriously they devour them. The only time they may complain is if there isn’t enough frosting. I mean what is a cinnamon roll without being slathered in a thick layer of frosting. Hands down our favorite recipe is my Cake Mix Cinnamon Roll recipe and with this we have to top them with cream cheese frosting. It is simple to make and really makes the roll rich and decedent.

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Cake Mix Cinnamon Rolls

August 4, 2018 by Debbie Leave a Comment

These Cake Mix Cinnamon Rolls come from my collection of “furlough rolls”. My husband is a federal employee and he was furloughed during the fall of 2014. To help make ends meet during that time I made and sold cinnamon rolls when I got off work. I came up with several variations of cinnamon rolls in that time and I dubbed them all furlough rolls. When that time passed and my husband was no longer furloughed I swore I would never knead dough again. Once the blisters healed from closing hundreds of pans and the freezer no longer was stocked with pans of rolls that didn’t sell I missed them. These are seriously worth kneading dough again. Back in 2014 I adjusted this recipe many times and could make these without even thinking but not today. I actually had to pull out my handwritten notes.

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Baked Broiled and Basted