Merry Christmas

I know that it is not PC to say Merry Christmas these days but I celebrate Christmas so I will say Merry Christmas. So to all my faithful readers out there, ok so its really only you Heather, have a safe and happy holiday. I'm sure I will eat too much and drink too much Eggnog, but that what the holidays are all about! Enjoy!

This is what I am doing this weekend.

I am making these awsome little pumpkin cakes from the King Arthur Flour website. Here is the recipe if you want to make them too. I don't have the cute mini pumkin pan, but I figure once you add the icing you really can't tell it's a pumpkin anyway. So I will make mine in a cupcake pan! I'll post a picture after I make them!

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/RecipeDisplay?RID=116

I'm going to be an aunt agian!

Since I know my sister reads my blog now I wanted to give her a special congratulations shout out!

I love my boys and my nephew but after shopping for a baby shower (for a friend that's preggers too) I have decided that my sisters baby needs to be a girl.

I found the cutest girl stuff I have ever seen. There was matching everything, onesies, blankets, socks, hats, towels, gowns, sleepers...
All pink and white with cupcakes. Could there be anything more perfect for me to give to a baby?

I don't think so.

I'll even sign the card, Love Aunt Cupcake!

Seriously, strip me of my blog...

Ok so I have, again, been a bad, bad, blogger.

I haven't posted in well over a month.

I have however, been baking my butt off. And I fully intended to photograph everything and post pictures and recipes, but now the baking is done, for a little while anyway, most of the leftovers have been devoured by my DH, BIL and DH's nephew.

So no pictures to post. Maybe next time. I have found some really great recipes over the past few weeks and I plan to try them all soon.

I also have to get working on my Daring Bakers item for October. I only have a few more days to complete that so I'll be posting that soon too. I promise more yummy food soon!

Peanut butter cookies to die for? Maybe.

This is why I suck at WeWa.

It's a week night, you would think I would have something better to do than to bake a batch of Peanut butter cookies. Well really I do, but this recipe was so easy I couldn't resist.

I came across this recipe on my favorite food blog, Bakerella. I love her site, I love her recipes. I need to stay away. But really who can resist a cookie recipe with only 5 ingredients.

Peanut Butter Cookies with only 5 ingredients

1 cup Peanut butter

1/2 sugar

1 egg

4 oz semi sweet chocolate melted

1/2 chopped fine, peanuts

Heat oven to 325.

Mix PB, sugar and egg until thoroughly mixed. Chill for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, roll dough into 18 balls, place on cookie sheet, flatten with a fork dipped in sugar.

Bake 18-20 minutes.

Remove from oven cool 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Cool completely.

Melt chocolate dip side of each cookie in chocolate then in nuts. Chill 30 minutes. Try to resist eating the whole batch.

Happy Birthday Amber!

I wanted to give a special shout out! Amber is 15 today! WoooHooooo!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Labor Day!

I sure that everyone in the country is off today (well, at least everyone in my family) except me and my staff. We have to work on Labor day. We actually work everyday (yup, even Christmas) but it isn't a holiday for us. So here I am at work, blogging instead of working. I don't have much to say so it won't take long.

I have joined a group called the Daring Bakers. It is a group of people, that partcipate in monthly baking challenges set forth by hosts chosen from the groups blogroll. I am so excited. I have been reading about their challenges and studying the recipes of the things they have baked in the past. But I finally joined and September will be my first time participating. But I can't tell you what it is until the end of the month. Sssshhh...it's a secret.

I had a tough weekend with my sugar. I didn't watch what I ate at all. And I had a bad day yesterday because my blood sugar got to low and I ate way to late. So I felt like crap all day while I was out shoe shopping with my kids. But we managed to get shoes and the rest of the stuff my 5 yr old needs to start school Thursday. He is actually excited this year. I guess Kindergarten is more exciting than Pre-K. Oh to be 5 again.