The Holidays are Almost Over!

Besides having to work on Christmas, I really enjoyed it this year! I have to admit, I got pretty spoiled! How was everyone's Christmas?

Santa Clause has Come to Town!

I just wanted to take time out of the day to Wish a Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope your day is filled with excitement and smiles and great company!

The End is Near!

Just to remind you the contest is almost over! If  you want to send in your last minute entries please shoot me a message with your answer!

In the mean time, in light of the holiday season I wanted to share this adorable picture of my nephew. I know its blurry but it's to cute to not share!

Cookies and Cream Cookies

Recently I have found out how amazing pintrest is! It is chock full of recipes and D.I.Y projects. I already have a long list of projects lined up! On the website, I found a recipe for Cookies and Cream Cookies. It turns out the recipe came from some fellow bloggers Six Sisters Stuff. I have read through their blog and it has tons of stuff you can do, including the recipe. 

Cookies and Cream Cookies

2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup white sugar
1 package of Cookies and Cream Pudding Mix (4.2 ounces)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups white chocolate chips
15 Oreo cookies coarsely chopped 

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and both sugars. Add pudding mix until well blended. Stir in eggs and vanilla. 

   In separate bowl whisk together flour and baking soda then add to butter mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and Oreos. Drop cookies into rounded spoonfuls on to greased cookie sheet. Bake about 10-12 min until tops of cookies are barely brown. 

I Love Perpetual Kid!

I know I always rave about them but, I ordered my father's Christmas gift from Perpetual Kid. I got the package delivered this morning and I opened up the box so I could check it out and make sure it didn't need batteries and that it worked. Once the box was opened to much of my enjoyment I found a little surprise inside!

I didn't know that in every package they ship they put a little "monster" in the packing peanuts. It was just to cute!

 And don't forget to message me answers to the CONTEST! Don't wait until it's to late!

Christmas Party Fun!

Tonight my wonderful friends threw an amazing Christmas party. Oh course, I was asked to bring a treat along with everyone else. So as soon as I was asked, my wheels started turning in my head thinking about what I should make. So I decided to make one cookie recipe I have been wanting to try that I found on BettyCrocker. They are listed as Holiday Rounds on the website. They do look fun! I would recommend adding double the amount of vanilla that the recipe calls for though. If you don't then they will taste kind of plain. I also sprinkled sugar on top right before I put them in the oven just to give them a little more sweet taste. My friend Hannah made some delicious Oreo balls, nut fudge, and chocolate covered walnuts. They were all super tasty!!!Also don't forget about the contest! The winner will win some awesome prizes!

I used red, green, and white sprinkles for the cookies which are front center. On the left are the Oreo balls, fudge is in the back, and chocolate covered walnuts are on the right. 

Just wanted to show this picture we found of a house that overdid it on the Christmas decorations this year. It looks waaaay crazy lol!

Holiday Creativity!

I just want to share my nails that I painted for the Christmas party this weekend. They are super cute!

                 I haven't cleaned up around the edges yet but I got super excited to share!

SO DELCIOUS!!!!

I just wanted to share the recipe for the Baked Potato Soup my friend Clint made this past weekend. It was perfect! And I wanted to remind everyone of my CONTEST I am currently having. All entries need to be in by December 31st!

I caught my cat Roadie sleeping in this wreath today. It was so cute I had to share!

Can Not Wait!

As I have mentioned before Betty Crocker is having 24 days of cookies for the holidays. This recipe was sent to my inbox the other day and I am definitely going to try these this weekend. They look delicious!

Christmas is in the air :)

I put a new poll up. Feel free to share your favorite! Don't forget to take a quick moment to participate in the contest! I have gotten some messages already with some pretty awesome answers!

CONTEST TIME!!!!

 As promised, I'm running a contest to bring on the holiday season. This is designed to bring on some laughs so please don't take the answer to seriously. The way this will be judged is at the time of the end of the contest my friends and I will get together and read all of the entries and determine which answer is our favorite. We don't mind if it's a tad but dirty/vulger or sarcastic. The winner will recieve a Hello Cupcake cook book or The Game of Things along with a few other surprises. All you need to do is complete the sentence. 

                    "Things you would not want to find in your holiday stalking is...."



 This question comes from one of my favorite games ever! The Game of Things! It's nothing but constant laughter! I hope to be able to enjoy all of your answers soon! Leave them in a 
 comment or send me a message.Contest will end on December 31st!

Sounds So GOOD!

Last night my friend Clint showed me a new cooking website that I did not know about yet. I'm excited to dig in! I really want to try a recipe for Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cookies. I will definitely be trying them in the next week and letting you know how they go!

Treats for Game Night!

Every weekend my friends and I get together to play games and make dinner. It helps us stay connected and grounded after a long weeks work. This week was my week to bring the dessert. I decided on Cookies and Cream Brownies. They were so good!!! Everyone gobbled them up just as fast as the home made baked potato soup my friend Clint made. Once you try these brownies you will be hooked! Betty Crocker has the most amazing recipes ever I have to say. Find other stuff that will deffinitly be a sure hit with the crowd

Cookies and Cream Fudge Brownies

Ingrediants:

1 box (1 lb 2.3 oz) Betty Crocker® fudge brownie mix

2/3 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup water

2 eggs

1 cup coarsely chopped creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies (about 7 cookies)

1/2 cup powdered sugar

2 to 4 teaspoons milk 

 

                                                                          Directions:

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large bowl, stir brownie mix, oil, water and eggs until well blended. Spread in pan. Sprinkle cookies over batter.

 Bake 24 to 26 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from side of pan comes out almost clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.

In small bowl, stir together powdered sugar and milk until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over brownies. For brownies, cut into 5 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature.

 

 

 

 

Recipe from BettyCrocker.com Picture taken by Me

Warm Fuzzy!

I just wanted to share a picture of the scarf that my sister made me. She did an amazing job!

 

Feel free to check out her page!

Warm and Fuzzy Knit Wear 

 

SCORE!!!!!

Betty Crocker has started 24 days of cookies! I for one am super exicted! Check it out!

                                                                   

                                                          Get Baking!!!

I was thinking about baking today. If I do I will for sure post up some pictures. If not, I will upload another recipe tonight. I hope everyone has a great day :)

Coming Soon!

I'm going to be hosting a contest soon. I have an awesome prize in mind. Keep posted for details!
                                                                            

I just wanted to share this picture of my nephew taken after the apple orchard this past fall. He fell asleep with an apple in one hand and a dollar in the other. And of course his fire man boots! Hes to cute for words :)