Thursday, October 27, 2011

12 WEEKS OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES

WEEK 5

five weeks so far, that’s a whole lot of Christmas goodness LOL seem like every time I turn around somebody’s wanting me to make Oreo balls, they are easy to put together, matter of fact I just made some  this past weekend for my grand daughter’s birthday party

OREO BALLS

1 /pk. Oreo cookies(crush)

1/80z. cream cheese(soften)

1/pk.white almond bark

1/pk choc. almond bark

crush Oreo's or chop in processor & blend with softened cream cheese

roll into walnut size balls

chill for 1 hr.

melt about 3/4 of choc bark & dip Oreo balls

allow to harden & cool on wax paper (I use foil)

then drizzle alternating choc. over dipped Oreo balls

I do 1/2 & 1/2 white w/choc drizzle & choc. w/ white drizzle

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PEAR MADNESS RETURNS

I thought surely those pears would be too far gone  when I got back from Tenn. LOL but they held on & held their own! this time I was smart, peeled, halved & into  quart jars this time LOL

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this past weekend  we celebrated one of the grand daughters birthday, Courtney turned 13,that’s not bad when you think we’ve got one about to turn 15! ahh but the twins keep us young lol they’ve grown so much!

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the Lord has truly blessed my daughter with the talent for making cakes ,

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with six grand daughters & one grandson  who is walking now!there’s always a party! LOL I’m down to right at 2 weeks till show time so I’m about horded up in the sewing room lol you can keep up with all that excitement over on my raggedys blog

 

http://nannasraggedys-n-prims.blogspot.com/

time to get back to the sewing room!

Monday, October 24, 2011

BLUE MONDAY

  BLUE MONDAYhere  we are back around to Blue Monday again, but how can you be blue with all the blue goodness over at sally’s lol  http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/

thought you’d enjoy this cute picture I can across

 

 Bless all interspecies relationships. Love this.

be sure to visit Sally’s for more Blue Monday goodness!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

PEAR MADNESS STRIKES AGAIN

pear08       Well bless her sweet pea pickin heart, Sue hit us up with pears again, thank goodness not as many as the first time lol & proceeds to  tell us us there's another tree about to be ready & is loaded , what to do with her lol, I know this much, there’ll be no trying out new recipes,lol peeled, & into syrup mixture they will go pear04I was pleased how these turned out for my 1st time canning any, in the next 48 hours I will be dealing with these pears, making Oreo balls for my grand daughters birthday party & finishing up a 36” pink headed Annie for a friend of mine  , Fri it’s off to my daughters to help set up the gym for the party 20 +  13 year olds whew! we had planed to go to Tenn. sat night to go back to the Miracle Theater,some of the  ladies from the church were there  a few weeks back while attending a ladies conference ,it is awesome! http://www.miracletheater.com/churchgroups/miraclevid3.html    hubby was suppose to go out of town the 29th but now they say 23rd, mercy soooo party Fri night,  which is tomorrow! whew! leave for Tenn, , home late Sat night, send him out the door Sun  morning, go to church, come home & take a nap! LOL

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

TEMPT MY TUMMY TUES>

FALL GOODNESS

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Fall is documented on the calendar as well as Winter but here in Ala it’s hard to tell if either is actually here, with the crazy temps, so that’s why we’re still cutting grass LOL but it doesn’t deter the goodness of Fall baking in the kitchen, this past week I made  cinnamon bun popcorn & pumpkin cut out sugar cookies, love my new cookie cutter!

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I also started using wilton’s cake food coloring in the little jar, they make cookies have the most vive rant color!

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CINNAMON BUN POPCORN

12 c. popped popped corn, (this is usually about 2 reg. sized bags )

1 c.pecans

1c. brown sugar

3/4 t. cinnamon

1/4 c. karo syrup

1 stick real butter

1/2 tsb. baking soda

1 tsb. van.

3 sq. almond bark

preheat oven to 250, pop popcorn, place popcorn & pecans in large separate bowl ( it needs to be big enough to be able to turn the popcorn while pouring the hot lig. over to coat)

combine  B.sugar & cinnamon in lg. microwave bowl & set aside

chop butter into chunks & place onto of B.sugar & cin. mixture, pour in karo syrup & mic. for 30 sec. stir to combine, should bubble, add van & soda , should foam at this point

pour over popcorn, stirring quickly or it will harden,pour onto 2  foil lined cookie sheets or pans

bake 30 min. stirring & flipping popcorn over every 5 min ( I set my timer every 5 min incase I get sidetracked & forget) LOL if not crunchy enough bake another 5 min

melt almond bark in mic. & using a fork, drizzle over popcorn, let cool & break into chunks

SUGAR COOKIES

1 & 3/4 c.butter Crisco

the original recipe calls for 3/4 c.shortening,1/2c.butter,1/2c. Crisco I just always used the butter Crisco, it comes out the same

1c. sugar

2 eggs

1tsb. van.

2 & 1/2 c. S/R flour

dough will be sticky, do not chill it, flour the surface to be used, flour your rolling pin, roll & cut into desired shapes, it helps to dip cookie cutter into flour before each cut out, awww sweet memories of having nothing but a good ole glass to use to cut cookies out LOL

Bake @ 400 6-8 min, cookies will appear soft to the touch, don’t over cook, this is not a real sweet cookie, reminds me of a tea cookie, you can also give them an egg wash & sprinkle sugar on them while baking, don’t let not having cookie cutters stop you! get those glasses out & bake some cookies!

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

SUN. SELECTIONS /THE MANY COLORS OF BELIEVE

 

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The theme of our conference was BELIEVE , (Because Emanuel Lives I Expect Victory Every time) to be our first it was awesome!nest year’s speaker has already been booked

what does the word Believe mean to you? (Jn.14:1) Believe in God, Believe also in me (Ac.8:37) I Believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God (Ac.16:31) Believe on the lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, are just a few of the many scriptures on Believe

The word Believe will also lead you into a deeper search of Faith & Hope, if we Believe then we have hope & it is faith that keeps that hope alive

enjoy  some of the Believe images I’ve came across the net

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believe08this one reminds how  only God can put the pieces back together & make us whole again

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

CHRISTMAS COOKIES WEEK 3

12 weeks of christmas graphic    As I’m planning out what to make for our church’s bake sale, Boston butt & fundraiser yard sale, whew! yea lots going on this weekend lol I thought about making  cinnamon bun popcorn & bagging it in the sweet little fall bags, I make this for Christmas & it’s a big hit!humm hope I don’t eat it all LOL

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CINNAMON BUN POPCORN

12c.popped popcorn (1/2c.kernels)

1c.chopped pecans

1c.brown sugar

3/4t.cinnamon

1/4c.Karo syrup(or honey works well)

1 stick real butter(1/2c)

1/2tsp.baking soda

1tsp.van

3 squares almond bark

you can use air popped or microwave popcorn,preheat oven to 250,place popcorn & chopped pecans in a large bowl & set aside

combine brown sugar & cinnamon in a big microwaveable bowl

chop butter into chunks & place on top of sugar mixture, pour syrup or honey over top of everything, microwave for 30 sec.stir to combine

should be nice & bubbly at this point,remover from microwave & add van. & soda, should be foaming at this point

pour over popcorn & nuts stirring quickly or it will harden, spread onto foil lined pan & bake 30 min. stirring every 5 min

if it' not crunchy enough cook another 5 min, give a final stir & let cool,while you melt the almond bark

using a fork drizzle over popcorn, when cooled break into chunks

 

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Monday, October 10, 2011

DID YOU SAY PEARS?

 

Remember  a few weeks back I said I was in pear twilight zone? LOL LOL, well three days non stop & no water was rough let me tell you, prier to getting all the pears from a friend, our water line busted & hubby was headed out of town, man what a mess! soooo all week I’d have to run down the hill turn the water on, gather water, run back down the hill, turn water off, what a mess! but I survived lol I wound up with pear sections

pear04I’d never put up pears before,we opened  a jar last night to test them out, tender & sweet, yeah! I did something right! LOL, wasn’t too sure which recipe to go with for pear butter but this I know, if I ever make it again I’ll not use the ginger , it taste ok, juts don’t care for ginger taste that much & hubby wont touch it with a 10 ft pole pear03

LOL then there was pear preserves, not sure if that’s right, haven’t opened one of the jars yet, but I can tell you there’s a lot & I mean a lot of pear eating  to be eaten over here, hummm Merry Christmas anybody? LOL  pear05

if you’d like to read more inspiring thoughts on the pears visit my ministry blog

http://sittingathisfeetministry.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-kind-of-pear-are-you.html

Sue sweet as she is has told us all there’s more, actually tons of pears still ready to pick ughhhhhh, if & that's a big IF lol I accept more pears I think I shall go the halved in the light  syrup route only ,as I was very pleased with myself on the 1st try at doing that

oh & yes the waters fixed with twice the pressure now  woo hoo!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

12 WEEKS OF CHRISTMAS COOKIES

WEEK TWO

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just getting back from attending an awesome Anointed Praise & worship Conference in Tenn.more on that later! so I’m running a little late for the Christmas  cookie hop, I’m still working on trying to get that code to work so it’ll show up all the links but you can go to 

http://www.mealplanningmagic.com/  for some great links to lots of yummy cookies,even the simplest cookie can be made to be special, even simple plain ole peanut butter  lol P1010708 I try to always keep peanut butter on hand so I can make these at any time, as simple as they are they can be made  to be the perfect little something for gift giving 

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PEANUT BUUTTER COOKIES

1cup sugar

1 cup peanut butter

1 egg

1 tab. flour or till desired  texture ( I add till it’s firm enough  but not thick  firm , to roll into  a ball

mix all together, roll into desired sized balls, slightly press down  the top of the cookies with the prong end of a fork, giving them a criss cross effect, bake  about 8  min, cookies will appear to be soft but will  continue to slightly firm up upon cooling