Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Biscuits

I posted this recipe last year but thought it was the perfect time of year to share it again!

 I think I may need to whip up a batch too!

 The other day I saw a recipe on Pioneer Woman for pumpkin cinnamon rolls. They sounded so good but I really didn't have the time to make regular cinnamon rolls, nor did I want to wait that long to eat them! I decided to see if I could tweak the the Cinnamon Roll Biscuits I made this past summer. It's super easy too even easier than the regular recipe!

Ingredients:

3-4 cups Bisquick

1/4 cup Sugar

1 can Pumpkin Purée

1/4 cup Butter, melted

3/4 cup Brown Sugar

1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon 

1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Frosting:

1 8oz package Cream Cheese

1 cup Powdered Sugar

b 1 tsp Vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a mixing bowl, combine the Pumpkin, and Bisquick until pumpkin is thoroughly mixed in and dough ball has formed. Scoop out the dough onto a lightly flowered surface. Sprinkle with flour and roll out into a 16x12 in rectangle. Brush 2 TBSP of the melted butter over the dough. Then combine the spices and brown sugar and spread them over the dough. Roll the doughStarting at short side, roll up tightly; pinch edge of dough to seal well. Cut into 1 1/2-inch slices. In pan, place slices, cut sides down. Brush with remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter, Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Remove from pan. In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and whipping cream until smooth. Spread glaze over rolls. Serve warm

FALL Mantle Decor

FALL IS HERE! YAY! 

I love Fall, I’m not sure if it’s because my birthday is in the fall or if it’s because the weather is beautiful and the trees are so pretty, whatever the reason I’m just glad it’s Fall!

I love having a mantle! It’s so much fun to decorate for all the different seasons. I decided to get my fall décor out last week, and I realized that I didn’t have enough to fill up the mantle the way that I wanted it to look! I knew I had a few orange pumpkins from the dollar store so I knew I could add them, but I really wanted something other than just a plain orange pumpkin. Looking through all my craft supplies I found some gold paint, and thought I would give it a try. 

Now I’m not usually a gold kinda person, in my decorating or my jewelry, but I thought I would try it. I’m so glad I did too because I love the gold with all the yellows and oranges in the leaves on my mantle. Just goes to show you that it’s good to try new things because you might just like it!

After I had added the newly painted gold pumpkins I thought I still needed a little something, so I went to Hobby Lobby (of course) and got a bunch of wheat stalks. I love them they really added a fall element that makes the mantle look complete to me.

What’s your favorite thing about Fall?

                                                                                  Enjoy

Easy Boston Cream Pie

Finally I’m getting back to doing my blog thing! I really was planning on being back weeks ago, but my plans got derailed a little. And then school started and I wasn’t ready for that! I mean really getting up at 6am is not my thing! I’m a morning person but this is testing me! I have so much “free” time now while Man-Child is at school from 7:20 until 5:30 when football is over! It’s a little crazy to me! I’ve actually had a hard time getting back into my groove. But I feel like I’m getting back in the swing of things.

I made this dessert for my Mom in California for her birthday this summer, it was a big hit with everyone and was so simple I knew I had to make it again and share it with you. Originally I had planned to make this as a We survived the first week of school but that didn’t happen, it ended up being just a middle of the week, random cake! And I'm completely fine with that!

Ingredients:

1 Pound Cake

1 pkg Vanilla Pudding (prepared according to the directions for Pie)

1 tub cool whip

1 cup Chocolate Chips

Directions:

Thaw the pound cake and slice in half length wise, Make the pudding according to the package directions for PIE and let chill until set up. Meanwhile take the tub of cool whip and microwave for 30 sec, take out and stir in the chocolate chips, return to the microwave for 30 sec, remove and stir, continue to do that until the chocolate chips are melted. Let cool for a few minutes.

Spread the pudding over the bottom layer of cake, place the top of the cake onto the pudding. Pour the Chocolate Ganache over the top of the cake, chill until ready to serve. 

Enjoy

Summer Got in the Way

So remember how I said I was going to post once a week during the summer and well then I did like once but then I haven't posted anything since? Yeah know why? Summer that's why! It's been crazy, not bad crazy just busy crazy and good crazy! We've had family visit and friends visit, then we went to visit family and friends and I just decided it was too much to keep up with everything! So I let my blog slide for the summer!

It's been a great summer though! So many great memories made! Ones we will cherish and ones we will tell over and over again. Like the one about me falling out of the raft on our rafting trip, yep fun times there! Or maybe the one about the leopard pants I couldn't convince anyone to try on, or how we maybe slightly looked like a paligamist family when we rented a 15 passenger van while my Mom & sister and all the kids were here! Of course there was "freckles" which will forever more be a funny inside joke with my bestie and her family!  And I for one will cherish the baby cuddles I got to enjoy! So many good memories!

So as summer is winding down and we get ready to start Drew's first year of  (gulp) HIGH SCHOOL I am going to get more focused on my blog and find some cool posts to share with you! But no promises I'm going to get any more posts up in the next few weeks, cause well...SUMMER!

Blackberry Sun Tea

I can’t believe that they have school supplies out already in all the stores, I feel like summer is just getting to the good part, and yet it’s almost over. Soon we will be back to school lunches and football games and falling leaves and apple cider… which really I mean won’t be that bad. But I’m trying to enjoy this crazy warm summer that we’ve been having this year and I’m not really ready for it to be almost over!

I still want to sit outside and sip iced cold sun tea and feel the warmth of the sun on my face! And with all that in mind I decided to JAZZ up my regular Sun Tea! I like my Sun Tea just plain usually no sugar no lemon no honey just good ol’ Sun Tea. But I saw this recipe on Pinterest for Raspberry Sun Tea and while the link for it ended going nowhere I decided to try to make a recipe for it subbing in blackberries for the raspberries.

It ended up being really good and refreshing!

Ingredients:

Sun Tea (4-5 tea bags to 1 gallon of water)

2 cups Blackberries

½ cup Sugar

Ice

Directions:

In a small bowl combine the berries and Sugar and smash up the berries. Cover and let sit in the refrigerator for a few hours to bring out the juices of the berries. Strain the berries to remove the seeds (I didn’t do this because I couldn’t find my mesh strainer) In a drinking glass add ice, 2-3 TBSP of the Berry’s and Top with the Sun Tea, stir and enjoy.

ENJOY

Summer

Ok y'all Summer is supposed to be relaxing a peaceful right?! WRONG! It has been crazy busy for us this summer! We had family up for 2 weeks and friends coming up in another week then we are going to see more family for a few weeks, and Man-Child has football 3 days a week and I have my FRG stuff and whew... Is it September yet?! No? Well really I'm not ready for that either, but when you throw blogging in on top of all the other stuff I've been feeling a little overwhelmed!

So I decided that instead of sharing a new post 3 times a week I am going to cut back to just once a week. Then once school starts we will see what happens!

So go out enjoy your summer vacations, find a little time to relax and unwind, I know I'm going to try to find mine!

                                                                      ENJOY

Hot Dogs 3 Ways

OH MY GOODNESS, it is HOT I mean H-O-T hot! Ok so maybe not for a good portion of you reading this, but for the Pacific Northwest it is! We are averaging mid 80’s and it’s supposed to climb up into the 90’s almost every day this week. No big deal you say? Well remember our average temps this time of year are usually in the mid 70’s. So pretty much no one has air conditioning or ceiling fans! So we are sweltering.

In the midst of all this heat you still have to feed your family, at least that’s what they tell me, so I’ve elected to use the grill more nights than not. Cause seriously my oven isn’t getting turned on any time soon!

A few weeks ago we had hotdogs, 3 different ways, and they were all so good. So if it’s too hot to turn on your stove tonight, try one of these hotdogs, heck why not try all 3!

Ingredients:

Hotdogs

Buns

BLT HOT DOG:

Bacon

Lettuce

Tomato

Mayonnaise

CHILI CHEESE DOG:

Chili

Cheese

NACHO DOG:

Shredded Cheese

Jalapenos

Cilantro

Salsa

Sour Cream (I forgot this one)

Directions:

Select which hotdog you are going to make then top with appropriate toppings! Have fun with it! Do what the Hubster did and make an EVERYTHING DOG. Yep you guessed it he put everything on one hotdog! YUM! My favorite though was the BLT dog. Give them a try and let me know what you think

Enjoy