Sneak in one more fall treat!

Before Winter is official bake these little gems. I took them to a YW/YM activity and they were a hit! I did not even get to take a picture! They are simple as can be and oh so delish. I want to call them the "Joelle" because my friend Joelle would love these more than anyone I know.

Pumpkin cream cheese cookies

Mix together:

one box of spice cake mix
one large can of pumpkin filling
1 1/2 cups choc. chips
(only three things! Easy!)
use a small ice cream scoop to put them on a greased baking sheet and bake for 11 minutes

Cream cheese frosting:

4 oz. softened cream cheese
half a stick of softened butter
2 cups of powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

When the cookies have fully colled sandwich them together with the frosting like an oreo! Enjoy- believe me you will.

Apparently....

You really only need two days to use up all your apples, go figure. So I recruited Laura (as I do with most of my baking projects) to come make an apple cake with me.

I recruited Michelle to come eat it, they both gave it a two thumbs up, hurray!

Laura slaving away. A very easy cake to make and so very yummy right out of the oven with vanilla ice cream.

Deacon decided to test most of the apples before I used them to make sure they were okay. i need to go pick some more apples! I still want to make a hommade pie and apple turnovers!

can not go wrong

with a german apple pancake! Such a easy delish way to use up a few of those red delicious.

Here is the easy as (apple) pie recipe. You will need:

3 eggs

3/4 c milk

3/4 c flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 tablespoon butter

Preheat your oven to 450. Place the butter in the dish you will be baking in (I used a glass casserole dish) heat in the 450 degree oven until completely melted. Stir remaining ingredients until smooth, pour in dish over melted butter. Bake for 15 minutes then lower the temp to 350 and cook for 10 more minutes.

Apple delight on top:

Slice about 4-5 apples (peeled)

add to a saucepan of:

1/4 c butter

1/4 c sugar

lots of cinnamon and/nutmeg (i use about a tablespoon of just cinn.)

Stir often and cook just until the apples are tender, usually works out to be just when your pancake is done. This is a Bickmore family favorite and is so very yummy. Please someone make this! It really is that good! Hope you enjoy! I certainly did. Stay tuned for tomorrow apple cake!

A week in apples

I am so happy I got to pick all these shiny red apples off my sister in law Kris' tree. You should be happy too, because...................all week long I will be making delish apple delights! And as if it could not get any better I shall be posting pictures and recipies for your pleasure! Enjoy! I know I will.

Scenes from......

A Halloween house! Who cares that it is not October yet! It sure makes me happy. That jar is in some serious need of some pumpkin cookies, this week for sure.

I love the mixture of old photographs I always have up there with the halloween decor.

I love decarting my mantle for all Holidays. Even if it is just something simple. Everyone needs a mantle to decoarate.

I love you fall, stay longer than you usually do, will ya?

Welcome fall feast

To celebrate the change of seasons I decided for Sunday dinner we would have a fall feast! Have you caught on yet that I love fall? The Halloween decor is coming up next week like it or not. Unfortunatley I was too busy eating to take pictures of the company (Kris and Bailey, who came bearing a fall candle and cookies, and they did not even know about the theme! Love it!) or of the food (which was delish, even Deacon said"yummmm soup") I love fall and a theme! The delicious menu and the table, I had to throw some halloween in there, I just had to do it.

The festive table before we destroyed it eating ourselves sick. Curt loved the soup and ate two big bowls and then later said to himself "God forbid save some in a tupperware Curt and eat it later!" So funny.

These cupcakes were so yummy. Pumpkin with homemade cream cheese frosting and toasted almonds on top. All thanks to Joelle for giving me the mix, a true friend. You wanna come to a theme dinner/party? Anytime! I love it.

Must be indian summer

Cause I have my moccasins on. Welcome Autumn.

Ladies and Gentleman

Fall is here. I usually do not love sunflowers but on my run down immigration canyon yesterday morning I could not resist the big bunch. It turned out to be just the bit of cheer my somber day needed. Love to the Blanchards and their sweet babies.