Your a Mean One Mr. Grinch

Name your top 3 Christmas movies that you must watch every year...Mine are:

Christamas Vacation

ELF

And of Coarse....

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch.

You're a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch.
Your heart's an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You've got garlic in your soul.
Mr. Grinch.

 Today at work we are having our Secret Santa...Sweet and Savory Christmas luncheon.  I brought the yummy Grinch cookies I made from my friend recipe over at Cookin' Cowgirl  and decided that I needed some Grinch Punch to go with them.  I found the punch recipe at http://www.tasteofhome.com/ when I googled Grinch Punch.  It was one of those awesome recipes I had seen on Pinterest (yes I am an addict).

 

 

 Ingredients
1/3 cup sugar

 

6 tablespoons plus 1-1/2 teaspoons water

1/3 cup evaporated milk

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

12 drops neon green food coloring

1 bottle (2 liters) lemon-lime soda, chilled

2 pints vanilla ice cream

 

Directions

• In a large saucepan, combine sugar and water. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved; remove from the heat. Stir in milk and extract. Transfer to a bowl; cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
• Just before serving, transfer milk mixture to a punch bowl. Stir in the food coloring and soda. Top with scoops of ice cream. Yield: 4 quarts.

I will post a picture of my final product in a few hours when it is time to mix it all together....so for now this is the one from Taste of Home

Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

1/2 C Butter
2 C Sugar
1/2 C Milk
4 Tbsp Cocoa
1/2 C Peanut Butter
3- 3 1/2 C Quick cooking Oats
2 tsp. Vanilla

Add the first 4 ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil, and boil for 1 minute. Stir in the next 3 ingredients and drop onto wax/foil paper. Let cool until set.

Dec 4th - Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

 

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F . Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside.
2. Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture; mix well. Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan.
3. Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball. Cool and carefully remove from pan.

Sweet Baking,

Kim

On the 3rd day of Christmas Cookies...Sugar Cookies

Today the Cut Up Queen group met at Cheryls house to decorate cookies that we had each baked at home and took to her house - to decorate!  It was a lot of fun...one of the messiest projects we have done...but one of the funnest as well! 

One of the ladies daughters got a 100 pc cookie cutter set for her recent birthday and she made names out of the alphabet....she gave me cookies to spell out  CUT UP QUEENS - how sweet is Kennedy??  She decorated half and I did the other half:

 

EASY SUGAR COOKIES

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Sweet Baking,
Kim

Dec. 2nd - The second day of Christmas cookies

Santa's Easy Whoopie Pies

Ingredients

• 1 package 2-layer-size  yellow cake mix
• 1/3 cup  butter, melted
  
• 2   eggs
• 1/4 cup  water
• 3 tablespoons  red, green, and white edible confetti sprinkles
• 1/2 16-ounce can  vanilla frosting (3/4 cup)
• 1 3-ounce package  cream cheese, softened

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper; set aside. In a large bowl, stir together cake mix, melted butter, eggs, and the water with a wooden spoon until smooth and thick.

2. For each cookie, drop dough from rounded measuring tablespoons 2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheets. Sprinkle dough mounds with confetti sprinkles. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned and edges are set. Transfer cookies to a wire rack; let cool.

3. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the frosting and cream cheese until thoroughly combined.

4. Spread a rounded tablespoon of frosting mixture on the bottom half of each of the cookies, spreading to the edges. Top with the remaining cookies, flat sides down, pressing cookies together lightly.

Makes about 12 sandwich cookies.

Sweet Baking,

Kim

Dec. 1st - Thumbprint Cookies

 

 

 

Thumbprint Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup of butter (2 sticks), room temperature
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• Pinch of salt
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 cup of chopped nuts (optional)
• 3/4 cup of your favorite jam (I use apricot or blackberry usually)

Method

1 Cream the butter and sugar on high speed for about 3 minutes.
2 Separate the eggs. Add the yolks and vanilla extract to the butter mixture. If using nuts place the egg whites in a shallow dish on the side and whisk them until bubbly and frothy (the egg whites will be used to keep the nuts on the cookies).
3 Add the flour and salt. Mix until just combined. Place the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes and preheat the oven to 350F.
4 Roll the dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. If using nuts, dip the balls into the egg whites then roll them into the nuts until covered. Place the balls on cookie sheets.
5 Press down with your thumb to make a small well in the center of the cookie. Do not press too hard or the cookie will fall apart. Fill with 1/2 teaspoon of jam.
6 Bake for 12-15 minutes or until slightly firm. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the cookie sheet to firm up before moving them to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.

Sweet Baking,
Kim

12 Days of Christmas Cookies

Starting Dec. 1 I will be posting some of my favorite Christmas Cookie recipes!!!  It says 12 days but there might be more depends on how crazy it gets!  My oldest Son Matt is coming home from Ft. Bragg, NC on Dec 15 for 2 wks...we are very excited.  Lots of cooking & eating will be done!! 


and now the 12 days of Christmas Cookies by Kim!

Sweet Baking,
Kim

Jack Daniel's Cake

I was invited to a Bunco night with the girls by my friend Kristen from work last night...I have never played, but she said there would be lots of great people and yummy food.  So I went.  And I am glad I did!!  They had Thanksgiving food!  I took my pumpking muffins (see that post for the recipe) and she brought her Mom's Sweet Potato Casserole - which I hope to share later!!  The outstanding dish was from another fill in lady name Wyrene.  It was a cake made with Jack Daniels...yep and it was good.  I found the recipe at Food.com and had to share!!!

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
• 5 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup Jack Daniels Whiskey
• 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 (6 ounce) package butterscotch chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Mix cake and pudding mix together.
2. Add eggs, milk, whiskey and magarine.
3. Beat long and hard BY HAND.
4. Add butterscoth mosels and nuts, reserving 1/2 cup of each.
5. Pour batter into greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan.
6. Sprinkle remaining morsels and nuts over batter.
7. Bake @ 350 degrees 45-60 minutes.

and PS...I won $25 (1/2) the big money for the most Buncos...beginners luck is all!  But it was a great time!!

Sweet Baking,
Kim

Snicker Salad

Friday at work we had our annual Thanksgiving Potluck dinner for the office.  We have so many talented bakers and chefs...I dont know where to begin.  so I decided to start with one of my favorites of the day...this was brought by my co-worker James who had his sister in law make it.  It was so good.  I plan on making it for Thanksgiving at my Brothers this week. 

Snickers Salad

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) container Cool Whip, thawed
• 6 Snickers candy bars
• 4 -6 granny smith apples Directions:

1. Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar until thoroughly blended.
2. Fold in Cool Whip.
3. Cut Snickers into bite size chunks and add to cream cheese mixture.
4. Chop the apples into chunks and stir.
5. Chill 1 hour before serving.
6. Chilling for a long period of time (such as overnight) will result in liquid being released from the salad.

 Sweet Baking,
Kim

pumpkin muffins

One of the easiest recipes...

1 15 oz. Can of pumpkin (not pie, regular)
1 box of yellow cake mix

Mix, fill muffin cups, bake at 350 fir 20 mind. Eat!!! Enjoy!!!!

Sweet Baking,
Kim

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Homemade Pizza Night!!!!

Homemade Pizza Night!!!!




Ingredients:

Mama Mary's Thin and Crispy Pizza Crust (there are 2 crust)
Great Value Mozzarella & Taco Blend Cheeses
Great Value Pizza Sauce
Frozen Onion and peppers (not pictured)
2 lbs cooked hamburger cooked with McCormicks Hamburger Seasoning (rinsed and drained)
Hormel Bacon bits
Olive Oil (just enough to brush the pizza crust

For each pizza - brush the Olive Oil on the pizza crust, add sauce, meat, peppers & onions, and top with cheese.  Cook in for 12 mins at 425 degrees.
Enjoy!

Sweet Baking,
Kim

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Pork Roast with Rotel - Crock Pot style

Today I put 2 pork roast in the crock pot with 2 cans of mild rotel...it was very very tender when I got home after 10 hours.  I heated up tortilla's and added cheese and had roast tacos!! YUM


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pinto beans with hamburger meat

We love beans at our house and usually I use dry beans and take a few hours on cooking them. But in these dog days of summer with temps around 105 on a daily basis I like to short cut it and use canned beans.

I don't always make my pinto beans the same way either...this time I use:

1 lb of hamburger
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 bag of frozen onion and pepper mix
1 can 27 oz pinto beans

Cooked hamburger and rinsed with hot water, combined meat, peppers, seasoning, and beans. Bring to a boil and lower to a simmer for about 20 mins.
And serve...mine are usually served with tortilla chips!

Sweet Baking,
Kim

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Peanut Butter Brownies

Peanut Butter Brownies Recipe:

1 box of Brownie mix

Ingredients according to the box

Peanut Butter chips - a cup or 2 depending on how much you want!

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray 11×7 baking pan with cooking spray. Mix brownies and spread into prepared pan. Sprinkle a couple handfuls of Peanut Butter baking chips over brownies.

Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and using a butter knife, swirl the chips into the brownie batter until all combined.

Return to oven and continue baking for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean

Sweet Baking,
Kim

PS...my pictures wont post...will try to add them at a later date.

Vanilla Coke Zero and vanilla ice cream...

Yum!

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup S'mores!

OMG...these are so yummy looking!!  I  havent tried them yet but plan on doing so very soon!! 

click this link to go to:
Simple Girl at home...

This is her picture...go to her site for more!!

And see the full article!!!  Why didnt anyone think of this before?

Sweet baking,

Kim

Trust me...I'm a Dr.

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One of the best 'coke' floats EVER!!!

Where in the World is Kim...

Wow I cant believe its been over a month since I last posted on my blog...I blame it on Spring Fever!  With the new house, comes new flower beds and new things to plant!!  I have 7 tomato plants that are in full bloom!  I havent had any ripe ones yet but look at these...

Yep thems gonna be some good eatin'!  I am planning a trip to the Farmers Market tomorrow morning with one of my besties!  Cheryl and I will be going at 7am!!!  Before it gets too hot! :)

Sweet Baking,

Kim

Easy Tator Tot Casserole!

Easy Tator Tot Casserole!


1 pkg Crown Tator Tots
1 can of cream of chicken soup (you can use mushroom...but I dont care for it)
1 cup milk
2 pkgs of cooked hamburger meat (I added frozen onions to the meat while cooking)
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
non stick cooking spray

Spray a-9x13 pan with non stick cooking spray, add the meat to the bottom, layer potatoes.  Mix soup, milk and 1 cup of cheese and pour over layers.  Cook at 350 for 30-35 mins and add remaining cheese to casserole and heat until melted. 

My first order...

My first cookie basket order! Birthday for a friend's husbands 30th birthday...they are LSU fans!

PS...humity and wind is not good for icing!!

time after time

It is so quiet can hear the ticking of my new watch as I sit at my desk- thinking of a fast, healthy dinner...and I am thinking chicken salad....to be continued.
Sweet Baking,
Kim

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Sunday morning at the Ebey's

At least one of the weekend mornings we try to sit down together for breakfast...usually its Sunday.  And this week was Waffles, Smithfield bacon, and eggs! 

 ( this is Bobby's plate...I changed the settings on the camera on my phone and it turned out pretty cool I think)




but this is why we had Waffles:

Pecan Honey Butter!! 

YUM!  Bobby and I used this instead of syrup this morning!!!  It was great!!!

Easy Waffles

Preheat waffle iron according to the directions

1 3/4  cup flour

2 TBSP splenda (or sugar)

1 TBSP baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 34/ cup milk

1/2 cup melted butter

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

non stick spray for waffle iron

Mix well, pour batter onto grids of your preheated iron that has been lightly sprayed with non stick spray and bake according to directions.  Serve Warm.  Makes 5 belgian size waffles.

Blackburn's syrup and Jelly

Made in Jefferson, Texas and is some of the best stuff on earth!  Not to mention buying it directly from their store was half of what you pay in your local super markets.  I got the syrup for $1.59 each and Jelly for $1.59 each...

So this is my awesome buy for less than $10.00 from Blackburn's Factory Outlet

(except for the jar in the middle with the yellow label...I will tell you more about that later!)

It was all about the food...

April 15th and 16th I had the privilege of going to Jefferson, Texas with my friend Allison and her ladies from Church for a Girls Getway...so we could get away from work, husbands, kids, cooking, cleaning...I think you get the idea.  Yes Moms despite what non Moms think...NEED A BREAK TOO!  With other adults!!! 

Jefferson, Texas is only about 40 mins from Shreveport-Bossier in East Texas but it is a great escape!  I have been there many times on day trips with friends riding on the motorcycle with my husband, but only went over for Pie and coffee usually...I had never had the chance to walk around and explore the shops.  It was fabulous!!  I had a great time...and the first place Allison and I ate was Kitt's Kornbread were we had "The Redneck" which is Fried Bologna and Cheese on Jalapeño Cornbread with tomato, onion, and mayo!  I had heard these were AWESOME...but that doesn't even begin to describe the happiness that was happening in my mouth.

and the Pie...was even better!  Allison and I shared the sandwich so we could both get our own slice of pie...

It was very hard to choose because well...look they all look amazing!

So we got Double Chocolate with Cherry topping and whipped cream & Buttermilk

and we split them too so we could both have a little of each!! 

YAY for Pie!

Sweet Baking,

Kim



Smothered Chicken & Rice

4 chicken breast
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups shredded cheese
2 cups cooked rice

Place chicken and soup in the crock pot for 7-8 hours,
Add cooked rice and cheese.

I liked this simple dish, but Bobby and the boys weren't thrilled.


Sweet Baking,
Kim

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Dinner on the Grounds

This is my most favorite cook book in the world. It was given to me by my mom and Granny. It is a collection of recipes from different Church of Christ churches from across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, & Louisiana. I usually adapt a couple of recipes to come up with my own...my Granny, her oldest sister Aunt Nora, and her youngest sister Aunt Dean all have recipes in it.

I will be posting a few off my favorites that I feel are truly worth passing along!

Sweet Baking,
Kim

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Picnic on the Lawn

The Shreveport Bossier tourism is hosting 2 months of event called Rendezvous on the Red and each Friday in April they hosting different local bands to play during the hours of  11:30am-1pm right on the courthouse lawn, you can enjoy your lunch while enjoying some of the areas great local musicians. Last week my friends and I went down and bought food from the vendors.  This week we decided to brown bag it. Lauri brought chichen salad sandwiches, cookies, a bag of chips we had left from a group lunch last week, and fruit.  We all had our own drinks...Allison brought a blanket and we had a nice Picinic!! 

A beautiful Friday afternoon spent with my friends!

 

Allison

Lauri and Susan

Rose, Lauri, Betty, and Allison

My view - the band was on the other side of the statue...we decided to sit in the shade a little back so we could talk and listen!

And yes this is me!! 

 Sweet Baking,
Kim

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7 up Cake

Yummy 7 UP Cake

You need:

1 pkg white cake mix

1 cup 7 Up

mix the 7 up with the mix and bake according to direction on package. Completely cool cake

After cake is cooled,in a separate bowl mix 1 container fat free cool whip, 1 box sugar free vanilla instant pudding, 1 small can of crushed pineapples, refrigerate for 15 mins...then spread on cake.

Add fresh cut strawberries if you like and enjoy! Refrigerate any remaining cake.  These yummy Strawberries were courtesy of one of my besties Susan!  We added them to our own pieces of cake! Thanks Susan

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Sweet Baking, Kim

scrapping cards

I love to Scrapbook and  make cards...just wish I had more time for it and my own craft room, heck even my own craft area.  Here are a few cards I have made...