Christmas Pizzas (snowman and Tree)

Pizza Crust.
1 cup warm water (115 degrees)
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons active dry yeast

1.In a medium mixing bowl, combine water, sugar, and salt. Add flour and yeast all at once, and stir until a soft dough forms. Add additional flour if needed, and knead gently for 5-10 minutes, until dough is smooth and elastic.
*Or, you can mix this dough in a stand mixer, until soft and elastic. Mix for 6 min
2.Butter or grease a  pan. Using your buttery hands, lift the soft, sticky dough onto the pan and gently shape into the shape you want.


White Pizza Sauce
Add 2T melted butter and 2T flour
Cook in small sauce pan over medium heat.
Whisk together and add about 1 c. of whipping cream. Whisk until smooth.
Add 1 clove chopped garlic and a sprinkle of garlic powder
Add a pinch of salt to taste.
Cook and stir until it thickens. Take off heat and it’s ready for the crust.

I used a combination of a rolling pin and just stretching it with my hands.To make the snowman shape in the dough. And place on a greased cookie sheet.
Add your sauce, cheese, and toppings.I used the homemade white sauce recipe for the sauce and it was amazing. Then just used mozzarella and then olives and a carrot nose for the snowman.
Then I used red sauce,olives and pepperoni for the tree pizza. (Again I just cut the dough with scissors to shape the tree dough)


Bake on a cookie sheet at 500 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
You know when it’s done when all the cheese is melted with little bits almost burnt, and the crust is golden brown.

 
* I got this idea and the white sauce from deliacreates I again loved the white sauce and will for sure make it again. The dough recipe is my own.

Santa Pancakes

Pancake mix (homemade or store bought)
strawberries
bananas
whip cream
chocolate chips


1. Make pancake and cool completely before you add the whip cream or it will just melt. Once cooled add strawberries in a triangle shape for the hat. And then add banana slices and a chocolate chip for the eyes. Then just trace around the berries and face to make the hat and beard out of whip cream. So easy and the kids will love them.

Milky Way Brownie Cookie Cups

1 brownie mix
1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping
8oz cool whip
2cups milk chocolate chips
mini milky ways

1.Make brownies according to box and divide batter into mini cupcake tins.
2.Cook at 350 10-12 min let cool in pan for 2 min and then push in the middle of the brownies to make a cup.Let cool 2 more min in pan and then put them on a cooling rack to cool completely .

3.In a small saucepan melt the chocolate chips until completely melted and smooth. Pour into bowl and whip for one min then add in the cool whip and whip another min.

4.Spoon a small amount of caramel into each cup and pipe chocolate filling into the cups onto the caramel.Top with a mini milky way and place the cups into the fridge to chill. Store in refrigerator.

1 brownie mix

1/2 c. caramel ice cream topping

1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip

2 c. chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Follow directions for brownies on box. Spoon 1 teaspoon into greased mini muffin tins. Bake for 12 minutes at 350*. Let the brownies cool in the pan for 2 minutes, then use a wooden tart shaper or spoon to push the centers in. Let cool 2 more minutes in the pan, then remove to wire rack and cool completely.
2. In a small sauce pan over low heat, melt the chocolate chips. Stir until completely smooth. Beat with mixer for 1 minute. Add Cool Whip and beat another minute.
3. Spoon a small amount of caramel into each cup. Pipe chocolate whipped topping on top of caramel. Refrigerate until set. Store in a container in the refrigerator.

Read more at http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2012/03/milky-way-brownie-cups/#HDyBThiCbZWtIL0s.99

1 brownie mix

1/2 c. caramel ice cream topping

1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip

2 c. chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Follow directions for brownies on box. Spoon 1 teaspoon into greased mini muffin tins. Bake for 12 minutes at 350*. Let the brownies cool in the pan for 2 minutes, then use a wooden tart shaper or spoon to push the centers in. Let cool 2 more minutes in the pan, then remove to wire rack and cool completely.
2. In a small sauce pan over low heat, melt the chocolate chips. Stir until completely smooth. Beat with mixer for 1 minute. Add Cool Whip and beat another minute.
3. Spoon a small amount of caramel into each cup. Pipe chocolate whipped topping on top of caramel. Refrigerate until set. Store in a container in the refrigerator.

Read more at http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2012/03/milky-way-brownie-cups/#HDyBThiCbZWtIL0s.99

1 brownie mix

1/2 c. caramel ice cream topping

1 (8 oz.) container Cool Whip

2 c. chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Follow directions for brownies on box. Spoon 1 teaspoon into greased mini muffin tins. Bake for 12 minutes at 350*. Let the brownies cool in the pan for 2 minutes, then use a wooden tart shaper or spoon to push the centers in. Let cool 2 more minutes in the pan, then remove to wire rack and cool completely.
2. In a small sauce pan over low heat, melt the chocolate chips. Stir until completely smooth. Beat with mixer for 1 minute. Add Cool Whip and beat another minute.
3. Spoon a small amount of caramel into each cup. Pipe chocolate whipped topping on top of caramel. Refrigerate until set. Store in a container in the refrigerator.

Read more at http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2012/03/milky-way-brownie-cups/#HDyBThiCbZWtIL0s.99

Cheese Crescent Dogs

1 roll large size refrigerated crescent rolls
6 hot dogs
3 slices cheese

1. Roll out and separate the crescent rolls into triangles and place them on a greased cookie sheet.
2. Cut the four slices of cheese in half and add one half to each crecent
3. Top the cheese with a hot dog and roll up

4. Bake according to the crescent roll directions. Until golden and cooked thru

Taco Tater Tot Bake

1 lb ground beef
1 small onion, diced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 package taco seasoning
1 (16oz) bag frozen corn
1 (4oz) can green chiles, diced/drained
1 (12oz) can black beans, drained
2 cups shredded Mexican cheese
1 (16oz) package frozen tater tots
1 (10.5oz) can red enchilada sauce


1.Preheat oven to 375. Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish.
2. Heat a skillet to medium high heat. Add in ground beef, onion, and garlic. Cook until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain fat. Add in taco seasoning, frozen corn, green chiles, and beans. Cook until heated through. In a large bowl, combine the meat mixture, 1 cup cheese and tater tots. Mix until combined.

3.Pour about 1/3 of the enchilada sauce on bottom on 9x13 baking dish. Add in tater tot meat mixture and smooth to flat. Pour remaining enchilada sauce on top.

 4.Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. During the last few minutes, sprinkle remaining cheese on top of dish and cook until melted.


* I got this recipe from thecookinchicks I thought that it was really good and a fun mix on tater tot casserole.

Baby Cupcakes

1 cake mix any favor (I used chocolate fudge)
egg,water and oil to use in the cake mix
white frosting
copper color wilton food color gel
chocolate frosting (for eyes and hair)
wilton candy melt and life savers for the binkies (I also found jumbo smarties that I used as some of the binkies)



1. There is not really a recipe for these lol you just make the cake mix as directed on the box into cupcakes when they are fully cooled you can start to decorate the cupcakes.

2. I used a tiny little bit of the copper food color into white frosting to make flesh color skin. Then using a piping bag pipe on the eyes and hair with the chocolate frosting. Then assemble the binkies with a candy melt and a life saver. With a little frosting as the "glue" to hold it together. 

Kit Kat Cookies

2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temperature
2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup dark chocolate chips (or you can just use two cups of milk chocolate chips)
1 1/2 cup chopped Kit Kat bars
3 cups flour


1.Beat the sugar and butter together until nice and creamy, then beat in eggs and extra egg yolk, one at a time. Add in salt, baking soda and flour and beat lightly until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and Kit Kat bars – don’t beat them in, just stir with a spoon so that they don’t get broken up.
Refrigerate the dough for about two hours.

2.Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Scoop the dough by heaping tablespoons and roll into balls, placing about two inches apart on the cookie sheet.

3. Bake for 8 minutes for tender and chewy cookies, or up to 10 minutes for crispier cookies.
Allow to cool for about ten minutes


* I got this recipe from therebelchick I thought that it was pretty good. I used white chocolate kit kats only because its what I had on hand. But I do think that they would taste better with the milk chocolate kit kats. But over all they were good.

Buttermilk Creamsicle salad

1  (15oz) can mandarin orange segments, separated (reserve juice)
2  (3oz) boxes or 1 (6oz) orange gelatin (Jell-O)
2  tablespoons sugar
1 3/4  cups low fat buttermilk
1 (8oz) container lite whipped topping (cool whip)  
 
1.In a small sauce pan heat the mandarin orange juice along with the sugar. Bring to a low boil until the sugar dissolves.
 
2.Add jell-o and mix well. Remove from heat and let the mixture come to room temperature. Chop the mandarin oranges and add to the jell-o mixture (set aside 6-7 segments for garnish).


3.In a large bowl  pour in the jell-o mixture and add the buttermilk; stir to combine. Refrigerate the mixture for one hour. Remove and stir. Fold in the whipped topping; mix well and refrigerate for at least 6 hours or overnight. 

* I got this recipe from mommyskitchen I thought that it was pretty good. I was really surprised by the buttermilk in the recipe and that you can not tell at all that its buttermilk. It was all eaten at the party.

Lemon Blossoms

1 (18.25 oz. box) yellow cake mix

1 (3.4 oz.) instant lemon flavored pudding mix

4 large eggs

3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided

4 cups confectioners' sugar

1 tablespoon lemon zest (about 1 lemon)

1/3 cup fresh lemon juice

3 tablespoons water

fresh raspberries (optional)

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray miniature muffin pans with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, and 3/4 cup oil. Beat for 2 minutes. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the batter  into each muffin tin, and bake for 12 minutes. Turn the cakes onto a cloth towel.

2.In a medium bowl, sift confectioners' sugar. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, remaining 3 tablespoons oil, and water, stirring until smooth.

3. Dip the cakes into the glaze while they are still warm, covering as much of the cake as possible. Place the cakes on a wire rack with wax paper underneath to catch the drips. Let the glaze set thoroughly before storing in an airtight container. Add berries if you would like to.

* I thought that these were amazing. I got this recipe from lynettesnewhobby.blogspot.com I did add the raspberries to the tops of mine. I thought that it needed a little sweet with the sour and I think that it made them so yummy. I would for sure make these many times.

My Sons Circus Party

My oldest son just turned 8 and we had a circus theme party for him I really loved how it all came together so I decided to add them all to one giant post lol

Here is his circus tent cake that I made using the wilton giant cupcake pan. I frosted it all white and used red fruit by the foot for the stripes down the cake. Then I used blue airhead candy to go around the roof and white sixlets chocolate balls to line the red stripes. Then I cut out a hole in the front of the cake and added a clown with son more fruit by the foot as drapes around the door.

Cotton Candy Cupcakes

 For the cupcakes I just used a french vanilla cake mix and separated the batter into three bowls then I added neon pink food coloring to one bowl and neon blue to the other bowl. I also added some cotton candy flavoring oil to the white batter.

Then I did one scoop of each color into the cupcake wrappers and cooked them according to the cake box instructions

For the frosting I just dyed vanilla frosting with purple and blue and swirled it onto the tops. I was worried about putting cotton candy on the frosting because I figured that it would melt so instead I made little balls of cotton candy and attached them to a sucker stick. Wrapped them in plastic wrap and tied them up with some ribbon.

Popcorn Cupcakes

For the popcorn cupcakes I made a chocolate fudge cake mix as directed on box and then frosted them with vanilla frosting then topped them with mini marshmallows that I cut three little slits in the tops and twisted them to look like popcorn. Then I used wilton yellow food mist to color them yellow. So easy but so cute.




Caramel Popcorn Cupcakes

Caramel popcorn cupcakes I made chocolate fudge cake mix and when they were cooled I scooped out a hole in the center and filled them with caramel topping. Then replaced the cupcake hole that I cut out and frosted them with chocolate frosting then I topped them with caramel corn and drizzled on more caramel topping. These were my favorite out of the bunch. So yummy.

Snow Cone Cupcakes

Snow cone cupcakes again I used a white cake mix and added a box of fruit fusion jello mix and baked as directed on the box. Then when they were cooled I frosted them with vanilla frosting and used sugar sprinkles and separated the colors with blue,yellow,and red. Then I put them into Styrofoam cups and added a straw and a wooden spoon.

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

  For the caramel apple cupcakes I used the caramel apple cake mix and frosting then I just used a melon baller and scooped out mini apples for the tops of the cupcakes. Then I drizzled them with caramel topping and added sprinkles and nuts. I also left some plain.