Garlic Scrambled Eggs

Hey guys! I had a sleepover last night and my friend Britt and I cooked up this for breakfast. It only takes about 10 minutes so have fun!
Garlic Scrambled Eggs
5 eggs
2 TB milk
2 pinches garlic salt or 1 tsp. or 3 TB fresh chopped garlic
1 tsp. of dried parsley or 3 crushed leaves of fresh parsley
Pepper & salt to taste
Optional:
instead of cheese put syrup on after you cook them
                            OR
put 1 tsp of taco seasoning or 2 sprinkles of cayenne pepper

Whisk the eggs and milk. Spray a large frying pan with PAM and pour the eggs over it. Put in the garlic salt or cloves and the parsley while cooking. (add the taco or cayenne pepper too) Use high heat and decrease as they get more solid. Stir frequently.  Add the cheese. Serve when you can touch them and you don't have raw eggs on your fingers or when they are solid. Put salt and pepper on as needed. Eat up!!! :]

Angel Gingerbread Cookies

Okay guys so it's still cold!!!! Yikes! And it keeps geting colder. I know Christmas and Tanksgiving are like 2 months away but save this recipe and have fun with it! It ties in to my website name and they're one of my favorite things to make, because they are so soft and moist because of the pudding! Tips: DO NOT overcook them!!!
Angel Gingerbread Cookies or Ornaments 
3/4 cup soft butter
3/4 cups brown sugar
1 small pkg. instant butterscotch pudding
1 egg
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 TB ginger
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Beat sugar, butter, the pudding mix, and the egg in a large bowl. Combine remaining ingredients. Gradually add to pudding mixture, beating well. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour or until firm. Roll out dough and cut with angel cookie cutters or any kind you want. :] Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. You can frost them with vanilla frosting which is shown below but they are good with a big cup of milk! Enjoy! For ornaments before you place them in the oven poke a hole in the top with a straw. When they are cool let them harder for about 2 hours then thread string through the hole and hang on your Christmas tree! Have fun! Warning: do not eat off the Christmas tree you will probably break you teeth, no joke!!!! :]

Vanilla frosting for cookies, cupcakes, cake, and in this can Angel Gingerbread cookies! 
1/4 cup softened butter
1 1/2-3 TB milk
2 1/2 cups confectinors or powdered sugar
Mix well and double as needed. For mint frosting (which I DON'T recommend for these cookies) add 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract and green food coloring.

Luv your favorite baker,

Lauren

Fall Pumpkins! :]

Sorry I have not posted in so long! I've been busy with school and I was in the play Annie Jr. . Anyways as you know it fall time. (yay) and it's getting a little colder! Brrrr! So I've decided to post 4 fall related recipes, two of which involve pumpkins! SO get ready to bake and get a little warmer as it gets a little colder!
Pumpkin Butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/4 nutmeg
2 TB sugar
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup cloves
Mix and microwave for four minutes.
Whisk in 11/2 cups pumpkin and microwave another five minutes.
Cool and store in fridge. You can store it for several weeks or it can be frozen. Enjoy! This makes a great holiday gift for your neighbor along with a loaf of Never Fail White Bread which will be shown in my next post!

Wassail
4 cups sugar
5 quarts water
1 tsp ground cloves
I pkg. unsweetened orange Koolaid
I stick cinnamon
12 oz. can frozen orange juice
16 oz can lemonade
Heat in a large pot or crock pot and serve warm! Yummy!!!!

Crock Pot Applesauce
Take ten large apples peeled, cored and cut into chunks. Put then in a crock pot along with 1/2 cup of water, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 3/4 cups sugar. Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 8-10 hours. Take a potato masher and mash. This can be eaten warm or cold. (it's best when it's warm :] ) Refrigerate the remaining sauce.Serve and enjoy!

Pumpkin Chip Muffins
4 large eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup applesauce
1/2 cup oil
16 oz can of pumpkin
In another bowl combine:
3 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
Add this to the pumpkin mixer and fold in 2 cups chocolate chips. Bake at 400 for 16-20 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. These are really yummy!!!!!! Mmm...

Thanks for reading and have fun baking! Happy fall!
love your favorite cook,
Lauren

SORRY FOR THE INCONVENICE!!!!!
I haven't been able to post pictures because our computer in so old (about eight years) and it won't let me put any pictures on dics, which I have to be able to do to so I can post them on my blog . So sorry.
-L-

Honey Cookies

So for Mutal next Saturday our Young Men And Young Women Group are going on a mini trek since Pioneer Day's coming up. The Beehives are supposed to bring a pioneer treat. At first I was like, what does that mean? Then I thought well they didn't have a lot of sugar but they had honey!! So I looked through my ever-overflowing recipe book and found my favorite Honey Cookies! It was perfect! So I decided to share this yummy recipe with you all:
Honey Cookies
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups shortning
2 cups sugar
Mix, then add the following ingredients:
4 cups flour              3 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt              1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking powder
Roll into balls and dip in sugar. Bake at 325 degrees for 10 minutes. When light brown and still puffy take out of oven and let cool slightly on the pan. Enjoy and Happy Pioneer Day!!!!!
With Luv,
Lauren

Watermelon Cupcakes

Okay so here's another cupcake recipe. I found the picture on this website so all rights reserved:  http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2011/07/12/watermelon-cupcakes/  which is really cute by the way. you should check it out! So here's what you do:

-you make one white cake mix and make cupcakes. Mix a few drops of red food coloring and 2 cups chocolate chips in the batter. Bake as directed on the box.

-First let the cupcakes cool. Make green. frosting, pink frosting, and white frosting, using this recipe. Make three different batches if possible. if not just divide the frosting equally into 3 parts on the color them.

Icing Recipe

-1/4 cup softened butter

-1 1/2- 3 TBsp. milk

-2 1/2 powdered sugar (confectioners sugar) 

-desired food coloring

Directions: Mix everything in a medium bowl and ad a few drops of food coloring. Frost the cupcakes and sprinkle on chocolate sprinkles for seeds or use chocolate chips. enjoy this yummy and easy summer treat!!!!

                     here's different pictures of ideas                       

Edible Cookie Dough

So here is my newest recipe I found! (p.s. i did not make this up)
Edible Cookie Dough
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
Stir in 1 small instant vanilla pudding and cream until fluffy.
Add: 1/4 cup milk
         1/2 TB. vanilla
            1 tsp. soda
Slowly add 2 1/2 cups flour until smooth. Stir in 2 cups chocolate, mint, or vanilla chips and roll into balls.
Truffles- follow the instructions above and put balls into freezer. Then dip in more chocolate chips melted. Chill and let set. Serve cold.

Hope you like this recipe!!!

    -Lauren-

                                         

Any Way You Like Em' Rolls

Any Way You Like 'Em Rolls

3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup shorting or butter or margarine (shorting works best)

1 teaspoon salt

1 package or 1 tablespoon yeast

1/2 cup very warm water

1/2 cup very warm milk (scalded then cool to 120 or 130 degrees) 

1 egg

     Butter or margarine softened for melting

Mix: 2 cups of flour, the sugar, shorting  or butter, and yeast in a large bowl. Beat on low speed, scraping bowl frequently , for 1 minute. Stir in enough remaining flour to make the dough easy to handle. Turn dough on lightly floured surface: knead until smooth and elastic, for about 5 minutes. Grease the large bowl. Place it in with the grease side up. Cover and let rise until it doubles in size, about one hour. (the dough is ready when you can touch it and the indentation remains) Punch down the dough and use any of these fun ways to shape it:

Cloverleaf Rolls- Cut half of the dough into 36 pieces. Shape into even sized balls. Do the same with the other half. Grease a medium 12 cup muffin tin (regular) Melt butter and dip each ball in it. Put 3 balls of dough in each of the muffin cups. Instructions for baking below. Makes 1 dozen rolls.

Crescent Rolls- Roll half the dough into a 12 inch circle on a floured surface. Spread with melted butter of margarine. Cut into 16 wedges that are even. (like you would cut a pizza) Roll up starting with the wider end. 

Place the rolls on a greased cookie sheet. Repeat with the other half.  Instructions below. Makes 16 rolls.

Fan Tans (my favorite)- Roll half the dough into a rectangle, 13x9 inches on a floured surface. Spread with melted butter of margarine. Cut crosswise into 6 strips. Each about 1 1/2 inch wide. Stack the strips evenly and ; cut into 12 pieces, each about 1 inch wide. Place cut side down in 12 greased medium muffin cups. Instructions for baking below. 

*Baking instructions for Cloverleaf, Crescent, and Fan Tan rolls:

After putting rolls in the right pan cover and let raise another 30 minutes. Preheat oven 400 degrees. Bake until golden brown, about 12 to 18 minutes.

I love these rolls! They are really good. We found them in a Betty Crocker cookbook so there is all rights reserved for that company. Hope you enjoy them!!!

Cookies in a Jar

Cookies In A Jar
Layer in a 1 quart jar:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup oats
1/2 brown sugar
1 1/4 flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup rice krispies
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Attach a card with these instructions after you have shut the jar first:
Preheat oven 350 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet. Empty jar into a medium bowl. Add:
1 large egg
1/2 cup butter
Mix well. Form dough into 1 inch balls and bake for 10-12 minutes.

This makes a good present to give friends, family, and teachers for any occasion!

           

            -Lauren

Homemade Slurpees

So here's a really good recipe for the summer!
Homemade Slurpees
In the blender combine:
1 pkg. Koolaid
1/2 cup sugar
1 can Sprite, 7-up, or any lemon lime soda
Blend this until the sugar dissolves completely. Then add:
4 cups ice
Blend until smooth. Enjoy!!!



love from myself,

Lauren

Peanut Butter Popcorn

Peanut Butter Popcorn:
Combine-1/2 cup sugar
               1/2 cup light corn syrup
Cook to rolling boil. Remove from heat. Add: 1/2 cup peanut butter
                                                                    1/2 tsp. vanilla
Stir until smooth. Pour over popcorn. This is fun for sleepovers and numerous events! Enjoy!!!!!! Pictures coming soon...

Fruit Salad

I love a cold fruit salad in the summer! It's sweet and nutritious.
Fruit Salad
Diced honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelon, peaches, grapes, kiwi, strawberries, mandarin oranges. Just before serving add apples and bananas.
Combine:
12 0z. frozen lemonade thawed
small package instant vanilla pudding

Pour over fruit and toss to coat. Eat up!:)

Tye Dyed Cupcakes

Tye Dyed Cupcakes:
-one white cake mix
-4 or 5 different bowls
-food coloring

First preheat the oven using the temperature on the cake mix box. The make the cake mix. Using a mesauring cup divide the batter evenly into the bowls. Then add a color to every bowl. Get a muffin tin or cupcake pan and put a spoonful on each color in each cup. Make sure to grease the pan first though! :) Cook for the time it says on the cake mix box then frost the cupcakes when they cool. I like to put cool whip on mine. It taste good and is healthier! Hope you like it!!!
-Lauren
p.s. I am sorry I don't have any pictuers yet but I will add them as soon as I can!

Reeses Peanut Butter Bars! Yum!!!

Hey guys! (okay i'll think of something different for next time) But here's a new recipe for something I haven't made in a long time but love, reeses peanut butter bars!
Reeses Peanut Butter Bars
Blend until smooth: 1 cube very soft butter
                              1 cup peanut butter
                              2 cups powdered sugar
                              1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
Spread in an 8 inch square pan. Top with melted chocolate chips and let sit before cutting into pieces.
WARNING!!!!!!! these are vvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy addictting so make sure you share them with someone or else youo might (like me) end up eating the whole batch!:)

Oatmeal Cookies

OATMEAL COOKIES:
Preheat oven at 375 degrees
Stir together: 2 cups flour
                    1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
                    1 teaspoon salt
                    1 teaspoon soda
Blend in separate bowl: 1 cup shortning            1 teaspoon vanilla
                                    2 eggs                          1 cup brown sugar
                                    1 cup sugar
Beat together both mixtures. Stir in 2 cups oats. Drop onto greased cookie sheet, slighty flatten with wet fork. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. Serve warm with a glass of milk:)