pumpkin . oatmeal . raisin . white chocolate chip cookies

made these yesterday for quilt class.... YuMMy!

3/4 cup soften butter
1 & 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour
1 cup oats
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

add
1 cup raisins
1 cup white chocolate chips

bake at 375' for 10 to 12 minutes

enjoy

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Cinnamon Bread......

Cinnamon Bread

Batter
1 cup soften butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
cream together.....
add......
4 cups flour
2 tsps baking soda
2 cups buttermilk

mix together 2/3 cup sugar and 2 tsps cinnamon, set aside.....

grease two loaf pans, divide half the batter between the two pans, sprinkle with 3/4 of the cinnamon sugar, top with rest of batter and sprinkle with leftover cinnamon sugar......using a knife swirl the batter and cinnamon sugar together.....
bake at 350' for 45-50 minutes

found the recipe on Pintrest, of course, on my more recipes board or go here www.redflycreations.com

enjoy

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Nutty Orange Coffee Cake......

preheat oven 350'

in a small bowl combine 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup chopped pecans and 2 tsp. orange zest......melt 1 stick butter in bowl
separate two cans of refrigerator buttermilk biscuits (10 count)
cut 8oz. cream cheese into twenty pieces

put a piece of cream cheese on biscuit fold over and pinch edges closed, dip in butter then sugar mixture

place in a lightly greased bundt pan, single layer, curved side down..... drizzle and sprinkle with remaining butter and sugar

bake 35 to 40 minutes

immediately invert onto plate and drizzle with 1 cup confections sugar and 2 tbsp orange juice

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Nutty Orange Coffee Cake......

Recipe.......



Thursday Quilt Class was practically licking the plate clean when all coffee cake was gone.....it's that good!

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Happy Valentines Day......

Happy Valentines Day to you and yours.....
made a little chocolate treat for my Thursday Quilt class, easy, not much prep, they smell so chocolaty..... but i would recommend using a cupcake liner as mine are not coming out of the pan easily and i did grease the pans.....we will just have to dig them out tomorrow at class, with all the chocolate i'm sure they will be delicious even though not beautiful......
using break apart chocolate chip cookie dough, smoosh a bar & 1/2 into the bottom of cupcake pan.....
top with an upside down peanut butter cup.....
fill 3/4 full with boxed brownie mix.....
bake at 350' for about 20 to 25 minutes....
Yummmm!!!!






love & enjoy cheri

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Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Bread

preheat oven 350'
grease loaf pan

mix together.....
one cup quick oats
one cup all purpose flour
one half cup whole wheat flour
one third cup brown sugar
two teaspoons baking soda
one half teaspoon salt

in a seperate bowl, whisk together...
two eggs
one half cup unsweetened applesauce
stir in two bananas, mashed

mix together wet mixture and dry mixture....
stir in one cup fresh blueberries and one half cup chopped pecans....

pour in loaf pan and bake for one hour.....

enjoy.....

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baking do's and do nots....

making Carrot and Zucchini Bars with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting for quilt class tomorrow.....
do check for ingredients on hand....
don't just assume you are stocked with the basics.....
do Google substitutes for forgotten items needed at store....
don't assume everything can be substituted.....
I learned I can substitute corn syrup for honey but there is basically nothing that can substitute for baking soda (which I just assumed was in the cupboard).....
so although I was already in my jammie sweats, had to change and run down to the store for a 50 cent box of baking soda.....uuugghh!
here are the bars fresh out of the oven, cooling before frosting.... hope I remembered the lemon!
they do smell delightful.....
you can find the recipe here to make your own, just make sure to check the pantry first!
http:// realmomkitchen.com/7878/carrot-and-zucchini-bars-with-lemon-cream-cheese-frosting/

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breakfast muffins......

brown sugar & sour cream muffins...... simplified

in one bowl mix together.......
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1&1/2 teaspoon baking soda
set aside......

in another bowl mix together......
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons canola oil
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/3 cup raisins
1/4 roasted sunflower seeds

add dry ingredients to wet, little at a time and mix together.......bake in lined or baking sprayed muffin tins at 400' for 20 to 25 minutes.......let cool and serve with butter, delicious......
recipe borrowed from janessweets.blogspot.com

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baking day......

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well actually yesterday i baked this really delicious fresh apple coffecake......click on the picture to get recipe...... YuMMy YuMMy

laughing at my try to link the recipe website to my blog, oops, of course i just linked the picture!!!!!    maybe better luck next time.....

here's the link to Cake Duchess

http://www.cakeduchess.com/2012/05/fresh-apple-coffee-cake.html

dang it's not working either, oh well sorry, you'll have to type it in...... not so good at this computer stuff, you know that left/right brain stuff.....

  cheri

what's for dinner?

i love pasta salads for anytime but greg's not as fond of the "carb foods" as i am.......so i saw on Pintrest, of course, a pasta salad using orzo "excellent idea i said" ..........so here's mine with broccoli, cauliflower, peas, carrots, olives, red & garbanzo beans, edamame, peppers, red onion, zucchini, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, goat cheese and a little italian dressing, looks perfectly refreshing for a light, already done and cool dinner tonight, spending my day cleaning our pool area for summer fun.........
now i am vegetarian but you could add a little chicken "poor hens" to yours, sometimes i let greg do that!!!!

fresh strawberry cake.....

baked this up last night for our Easter Brunch today perfect for those fresh strawberries arriving at your farmstand.....find the recipe here http://aspicyperspective.com/2010/05/farmstand-fresh.html
wishing everyone a joyful & blessed Easter holiday.....

crockpot mac & cheese....

i did cook us a real dinner last nite of homemade bread, fresh green salad and crock pot mac & cheese.....the mac & cheese was yummy and easy, love crock pot cooking, was able to take down and put away all the Christmas trimmings while dinner was simmering away....
find the recipe on my Pinterest recipe board, where you will find lots of other tasty treats to try or head over here http://www.whiskandaprayer.blogspot.com/2010/08/magazinecookbook-monday-slow-baked-mac.html
going fabric shopping today for curtain fabric for baby Lucy's room but i'm sure since we're looking for it a quilt store grandma will be wandering through the reproduction and homespun fabrics while mommy looks at the pinks, sounds good to me.....
enjoy  cheri

pumpkin cream cheese bread....

pumpkin cream cheese bread.....

was deliciously gooey.....
here's the recipe link   http://nancycreative.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/pumpkin-cream-cheese-bread
enjoy

baking day....

it's cold, dark & blustery outside a storm is brewing, lucky for me i get to be inside where the smell of banana bread is filling my warm & cozy home....for my recipe scroll down past all posts to labels, click on recipes, it's the best scrumtious banana bread i've ever had....
well now i'm off to my sewing for a little playtime before dinner...
enjoy  cheri
well obviously i was wrong because the recipe wasn't there, sorry everyone, here it is now....

                                                                
Banana Bread
preheat oven to 350'
combine these ingredients and mix until blended
1 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups mashed bananas, i do 4
mix in these dry ingredients
4 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
then add 1 cup chocolate chips & 1 cup chopped walnuts
grease two 9x5 loaf pans with cooking spray and bake at 350' for 50-60 mins.

now you can start your baking....

pumpkin pound cake....

yesterday was baking day, thought i would give this pumpkin pound cake a try.....very simple recipe the hardest part was finding the canned pumpkin, bought several love pumpkin desserts....
in a large bowl mix 2-1/2 cups sugar & 1 cup oil
add 3 eggs, beating well after each one
combine 3 cups flour, 2 tsps baking soda, 1 tsps each cinnamon & nutmeg, 1/2tsps salt, 1/4 tsps ground cloves
add this to sugar mixture alternating with a 15oz can of solid-pack pumpkin
pour into a well-greased tube pan
bake at 350' for 1 hr., mine needed about 5 extra minutes
cool, remove from pan & dust with powdered sugar
love the spice aroma now filling my home, very autumn....
enjoy your slice of cake....

baking day....

chocolate & peanut butter chip pretzel cookies recipe link in post below....

chocolate & peanut butter chip pretzel cookies find thie

find this yummy to your tummy recipe at http://sugarcooking.blogspot.com/2010/07/pretzel-cookies-with-chocolate-peanut.html
i'm sure there's lots of other delicious treats too....
enjoy cheri

Starbucks Lemon Loaf

my mistake i have a copy of the recipe and did not put down the correct site for the recipe (it's located at the bottom of the page, cheri, DUH!)

correct site for recipe http://recipecircus.com
not sure what's on www.topsecretrecipes.com but it's probably delicious....

Starbucks Lemon Loaf

tomorrow is thursday's quilt class so today is baking day, doesn't this look too luscious....my daughter got the recipe from topsecretrecipes now i want to check out what other great top secret recipes they have....took a nibble of this and trust me it's delicious....