Baked Pumpkin Doughnut Holes

You're gonna love these if you like Pumpkin. I have had a slow warming up to all things pumpkin over the past few years, and while I don't enjoy everything with this fall flavor, there's more I like than not.

These are amazing! Super moist. Super pumpkin-y. Super sweet with the crunchy cinnamon-sugar goodness on top.

We made these for our Saturday morning Big Breakfast and they were a hit.

Kid plates:



Mommy's plate:


And ONE that I had to pop in my mouth and take a big bite of while we were serving up the meal.


I found this recipe at Two Peas and their pod blog. Check out the recipe and bake them now! You won't be sorry.

Parents Review: Will be making again.
Kids Review: Would like me to make them again. :-)

Mexican Fried Ice Cream

It's Cinco De Mayo and we are celebrating with food. Yay! Here's a great recipe that I made with the kids today and it was so much fun. Not only was it easy and the kids got to help out with all the fun, but it was really, really good.

Here's the ingredients - minus the ice cream.


First we scooped some ice cream into a plastic baggie and formed it into a ball. We did this for each of us (in different bags) and threw them in the freezer until we were ready to use them.

Then, the kids poured some frosted flakes into a bag and a good amount of cinnamon and then smashed it up with a rolling pin. They loved this. You want to really taste the cinnamon, but you don't want it spicy. Go ahead and sample it to see what you like.


When we were ready to eat them, we got out the flour tortillas, sprayed our pan with Pam butter spray and fried them up a little bit. After I cooked each side - I sprinkled it with a cinnamon sugar mixture.



Immediately throw your tortillas inside your bowl to "form a bowl" before it gets crispy. Then, take out your ice cream balls and throw them in your frosted flakes mixture and shake it all up. Add your ice cream ball inside your tortilla, drizzle with honey and your done. You can also add a little whipped cream and sprinkles on top if you want to.

Here's how ours turned out.



Parents Review: I could've eaten two of them. It was like yummy, cinnamon honey ice cream and the tortilla was super tasty.
Kids Review: They would like it to be Cinco De Mayo every day.

Hershey's M&M Kisses & Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Yes, today is a two-for-one special. Two of my favorite things to bake are some of the easiest. First, the sweet and salty treat.

Hershey's M&M Kisses

Take a bunch of pretzels, unwrap a ton of hershey's kisses and set them on top of said pretzels on a cookie sheet. Pop them in the oven at 275 degrees for exactly 3 minutes. Pull them out, push an m&m down in the middle of each one. Put in fridge to set and cool.

Eat and Eat and Eat until all your sweet and salty cravings are abolished! Yummo!



And Here's your second recipe of the night. I was given this recipe from a friend when we brought Little Girl home. A good friend of mine had thrown me a baby shower and one of the sweet women in this group brought me some chocolate chip banana bread along with her gift....and the recipe.

It's the only one I use now.

Here it is:

1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
Cream Together
Add 2 eggs
Mix dry ingredients together
2 Cups of Flour
1 tsp of Baking Soda
1/4 tsp of Salt
Add dry ingredients to butter and egg mixture
Mash 3 large bananas
Add mashed bananas to ingredients
Add in 1 cup chocolate chips
Grease and flour a long bread pan (or muffin tin or mini loaf pans. I've done all 3)
Pour mixture into greased pan
Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes
Melt 2 Tbs of butter
Pour over bread after it comes out of oven
Sprinkle bread with cinnamon sugar mixture

DEVOUR!!

Parents Review: I made extra and put them in my freezer so I can pull them out the night before I want to indulge on this for breakfast! Yummy!
Kids Review: Love!

Check back this week for my Mom's Beef Stew Recipe and Swiss Cheese and Bacon Quiche!

Have a great night!

White Chocolate Crunch Popcorn

White Chocolate Crunch Popcorn

One bag microwave popcorn
1/2 pkg white almond bark
1 tbsp peanut butter, plus a little shortening
1 cup Rice Krispies
1 cup peanuts
1 cup M&M's (i added this)

Just melt the almond bark and peanut butter in the microwave (according to pkg directions)
add a little bit of solid shortening too just to make the mixture a little thinner (I added 1 tbsp)
Pour over other ingredients and mix well.
Spread out on wax paper...
Salt (It calls for it, but I didn't think it needed it)
Let it dry and...yum yum!



I got this recipe from my awesome friend JULIE. She had received it as a gift from someone and they gave her the recipe. One taste made me high-tail-it over to the grocery store to buy the ingredients I needed. Words can't tell you how much I love this popcorn. I would be munching on it right now if I hadn't already eaten a whole batch earlier today. I made about 4 batches when I did it and am giving away a bunch tomorrow.

Oh my heavens. Here's the reviews.

Parents Review: We Love.
Kids Review: They triple Love.

I also made Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (YUM!) and some of my mom's amazing Beef Stew that is so simple and so good. I will be posting those recipes next week.

Enjoy your Christmas break and being with your family and friends. I will be back to post more recipes after the food coma wears off next Monday or Tuesday.