Owl cupcakes

It all starts with these:



and you go and buy this:



Then you have a little friend that looks like this:
(lets call him Duddly)


Then 'Duddly' tells his friends how fun our house is and how cute the kids are, and eventually we get this:



And apparently Duddly has cousins, friends and neighbors that want to join in the party...



And here I am talking to the cupcakes that I just made. Maybe I need to get out more! As I was packing them up to take them to Keagan's classroom I could swear I heard little voices saying "please don't eat me" Sorry friends. You have got to go.


Keagan loved them as well. We had a blast making (and carrying on conversations) with our new little fury friends!

Danish Ebleskivers

Ebleskivers are one of my favorite things. They are basically pancakes in a ball. You have to have a special pan (see below). They are just so yummy, drizzle them with some homemade buttermilk syrup and you are good to go!


Danish Ebleskivers
3 egg whites - beat till stiff
2 cups buttermilk
3 egg yolks
1/2 t. salt
2 T. sugar
2 cups flour
1 t. baking powder
1 t. baking soda

Mix buttermilk, egg yolks, salt, and sugar well. Add flour, baking powder, and
baking soda, mix well. Fold in egg whites. Fill cup 1/2 full with batter. Place
1 t. applesauce or jam in center and put a dollup of batter over top. Turn with
fork and cook till center is done. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Grease cups
each time.

Recipe from my Mom (and my sister in law Staci) they are the same recipe :)


you can buy this pan from William-Sanoma

Company cheesecake

This is what it looks like when you chop up snickers bars, Reeces peanut butter cups and drizzle carmel over the top :)


Just plain. But still wonderful!

Crust

1 3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
(whirl together in food processor)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
drizzle in 1/2 cup melted butter/marg
press into 9 inch spring-form pan

Filing
beat until smooth:
3 eggs
2-8oz packages cream cheese (softened)
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 tso vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract
blend in 3 cups of sour cream

pour into crust

Bake 375 for 35-40 minutes
(Cheese cake is done when center appears nearly set, but giggles slightly)

cool then chill for 4-5 hours before serving.

Recipe from my Mom

Stuffed Pizza Rolls

Stuffed Pizza Rolls
by OurBestBites

1 roll refrigerated pizza dough
marinara/pizza sauce
2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tablespoon melted butter
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
mozzerella cheese, diced or grated (diced is the least messy to use when stuffing the rolls)

Pizza toppings of your choice: ie, ham and pineapple, pepperoni slices, sausage, etc.

Preheat oven to heat specified on pizza dough package. Usually it's 400 degrees. If you make your own dough, 400 is usually a good heat as well.

Unroll your pizza dough onto a lightly floured surface. Pat or roll the dough so it's about 12" by 8". You're going to want to cut it into 24 squares, so just eyeball it if you need to. Use a pizza cutter to slice the dough into 24 squares.

Place cheese and desired toppings on each square. Just eyeball how much. You just need to be able to enclose the toppings in the dough so keep that in mind. *Don't put marinara in the rolls. Save it for dipping.

When all of your dough squares have cheese and toppings on them, carefully lift up each square and wrap the dough around the toppings. Pinch to make sure each ball is sealed shut and then place them seam side down in a lightly sprayed pie pan (or similar sized dish).

Brush the tops of the dough balls with olive oil or melted butter and then sprinkle with the garlic and Italian seasoning and top with Parmesan cheese.
Cook them in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until golden brown on top. Keep an eye on them!

Recipe from 'The girl who ate everything'

Pizza Rolls

Pizza Rolls
by Let's Dish

Pizza Dough (I bought fresh dough from the bakery or make her dough here)
1 teaspoon garlic salt
2 teaspoons basil
1 cup sliced pepperoni, chopped
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (or pepperjack)
1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Divide pizza dough in half. Roll each half into a rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick and 12 inches long. Just think about the size of a piece of paper. Sprinkle each half with equal amounts of garlic salt, basil, cheeses and pepperoni. Starting at a short end, roll dough up tightly to form a log. Slice into 1-inch pieces. Place rolls on lightly greased baking sheets. Bake for 10 minutes or until browned on top. Serve with warm marinara sauce for dipping.

Her recipe for dough makes enough dough for 2 pizzas. So if you just have one batch of dough half the recipe toppings. Makes 12 pizza rolls.



Rcipes from 'The Girl who ate everything'

Wedding Sugar Cookies

So yes, I may have fallen off the face of the earth... but I am back! I did a wedding last weekend, which took weeks of my time. Crazy, right! But I am glad I did it, just another wedding to put under my belt. (I am getting better at them :) So here are the wedding favors... Wedding cake sugar cookies. I frosted each one with different designs, did I mention I did 150 of these bad boys! So here they are, along with the recipe!


One of the designs... kinda looked like a strand of Christmas lights...but oh well!



Another design. I should have taken the pictures before I bagged them!



Piping the edges.



Fooding them with the royal icing.



All bundled up and ready to go!


Rolled Sugar Cookies-taken from Cookie Craft

3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla* or 1 teaspoon vanilla plus zest of 1 lemon
food coloring (if cookie design calls for it)

*Instead of vanilla, you can use other extracts such as almond or peppermint.

1. Whisk together the flour and salt in a medium bowl.

2. Using your mixer, use the paddle attachment to cream together the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla (and lemon zest, if you're using it) or your extract of choice and mix until well blended.

3. With the mixer on low, gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture until the two are thoroughly blended.

4. If your cookie design calls for adding food coloring, do so now, and continue blending until desired color is reached and is evenly incorporated.

5. Turn out dough onto work surface and divide into two or three equal portions, Form each one into a rough disk. Click here for step by step and visuals of how to roll out dough and attain cookies of the same thickness.

6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

7. After you have rolled and cut the dough and the cookie shapes are on parchment-lined cookie sheets, bake them in the middle rack of the oven for 12-16 minutes or until the cookies start to turn slightly golden around the edges.

8. Cool cookies completely on a rack before icing or decorating.

Yield
2 1/2-inch cookies--about 30
3 1/2-inch cookies--about 16
4 1/2-inch cookies--about 12


Antonia74’s Royal Icing Recipe
Ingredients:
6 oz (3/4 cup) of warm water
5 Tablespoons meringue powder
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 kilogram (2.25 lbs.) powdered icing sugar

Directions:
In mixer bowl, pour in the warm water and the meringue powder. Mix it with a whisk by hand until it is frothy and thickened…about 30 seconds. Add the cream of tartar and mix for 30 seconds more. Pour in all the icing sugar at once and place the bowl on the mixer. Using the paddle attachment on the LOWEST speed, mix slowly for a full 10 minutes. Icing will get thick and creamy. Cover the bowl with a dampened tea-towel to prevent crusting and drying. Tint with food colourings or thin the icing with small amounts of warm water to reach the desired consistency.

30 meals in 1 day

ATTENTION WORKING MOMS (this means me, too!) The hardest part I am finding about working nights is that my kids end up eating top ramen, or quesadillas. There are nights that I am at work feeling sad that I didn't have the energy to make something before I left...but NOT any more! There are some pretty cool websites out there that help Mrs. working Mom! Go HERE for recipes and HERE for a fun calender and 'how-to'



So needless to say tomorrow I am going to dig in my two freezers to gather ingredients to start baking for the month, it is actually perfect timing because this week I am working every night except Friday. :)