Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Happy Holidays to all of our show cattle friends!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Some people golf, we show cattle. This week I am working on cookies for Beef Congress. We have a lot of friends who show cattle, and they will be receiving their Christmas gifts from me early this year. I hope they all enjoy what I have to give them. I will post pictures later. Merry Christmas to you all!!!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving to All!


Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I am very thankful and very blessed. I have a wonderful family and friends. I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with family, friends, laughter and fun!!!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

FOOTBALL


My son's football team had their last football practice this week. It is sad....we love football! My husband is the coach, and its a really great time! We had a pizza party for the boys, and I made them all photo cookies. They loved them! Some of them said that they liked them so much, that they couldn't eat them! Thanks for a great season guys, and hopefully we will see you again next year! Oh, and EAT YOUR COOKIES! LOL

Happy 40th Birthday Robbie!


Happy 40th Birthday Robbie! Thank you Stephanie! I hope you had a wonderful time.
Oh, and I can't forget....THE COLTS ROCK!..... Just sayin'

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Friday, September 3, 2010

Happy Birthday Brighid!


Happy Birthday Brighid! I hope you and your class enjoy your Colts cupcakes!

GO COLTS!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

The Three little Pigs....Happy Birthday Harryson!






I have a friend who ordered pig cookies. They, like us, are very active in 4-H. So, this friend ordered Hampshire pig cookies for her daughter's birthday.Her daughter showed a pig named Oreo. Oreo is a girl pig.


This is what a real Hampshire pig looks like.














Well, here are your cookies Brooke! Thank you so much! Happy Birthday Harryson!!!





Friday, August 20, 2010

Computer Cake


This is just one of the cakes I was working on yesterday. Thank you Becky, I hope you all enjoy it today!!!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Sorry, Its been a while......

I am so sorry, its been a while since my last post. Summer for me, is like a roller coaster ride!
The kids are home, we are very involved in 4-H, and then there's the garden. I am working on a
few cakes today....hopefully I can post by tomorrow. Thanks for putting up with me. :)

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Happy 4th of July! (OK almost)



Happy 4th of July. I know technically its still June, but today in my kitchen it was red, white and blue. I sat down today to make cookies for farmers market this Saturday. The farmers market will be going on at the same time as the 4th of July parade. So, I thought I would make cookies
to match the holiday. I had so much fun! I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Baby Shower Cupcakes & Cookies!




May was such a busy, busy month. I am hoping to have a lot more time to get on here and be able to post more on my blog. Summer vacation yeesss! My kids are out in two days and we can't wait! I will be posting again soon. Until then, have a wonderful start to your summer!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Sorry, I have been so busy......




It has been a really crazy month, and I have not had a lot of time. So, I am posting a picture of some cakes that I have made recently. I will post more later. Thanks for putting up with me. :)

Saturday, March 27, 2010

The Perfect Cinnamon Roll



I recently went on the quest to find the perfect cinnamon roll. There are a lot of cinnamon roll recipes out there, trust me. I tried several, and decided on the Pioneer Woman's recipe. She is totally right when she says...........
" Make them for a friend today! It'll seal the relationship for life. I promise."
I made the maple ones for my ladies group and had lots ooh's and awe's and several recipe requests. I know now, we are all friends for life, sealed by the cinnamon rolls.
I also made them for my family. It was a good week for my kids, they had homemade cinnamon rolls every morning before school that week. They thought they were the luckiest kids on the planet.
There are several things I like about this recipe, they are pretty simple to make, not super time consuming, they can be made and left in the refrigerator over night, and then baked in the morning. And, the main reason....They are by far the best I have ever eaten!
You can change these rolls up, you can make cinnamon rolls with maple icing, or you can make them traditional, or you can make them in to orange rolls, which I will be trying soon!
I love the Pioneer Woman, if you haven't been to her blog, you don't know what you are missing. Her life is awesome, she is awesome!

Cinnamon Rolls

Dough:
1 quart whole milk
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
2 packages of active dry yeast
9 cups of all purpose flour
1 heaping teaspoon baking powder
1 scant teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon salt

Filling:
2 cups melted butter
1/4 cup ground cinnamon for sprinkling
2 cups of sugar

Frosting:
2 pounds powdered sugar
1/2 cup whole milk
6 tablespoons butter melted
1/4 cup strongly brewed coffee
dash of salt
1 tablespoon maple flavoring or extract

Directions:
1.For the dough, heat the milk, vegetable oil, and sugar in a
medium saucepan over medium heat; do not allow to boil. Set
aside and cool to lukewarm.
2.Sprinkle the yeast on top and let it sit on the milk for 1
minute.
3.Add 8 cups of flour. Stir until just combined, cover with a
clean kitchen towel, and set aside in a relatively warm place
for 1 hour.
4.Remove the towel and add the baking powder, baking soda, salt
and remaining flour. Stir thoroughly to combine. Use the dough
right away, or place in a mixing bowl and refrigerate for up to
3 days, punching down dough if it rises to the top of the bowl.
5.To assemble the rolls, remove half the dough from the pan.
On a floured surface, roll the dough into a large rectangle about
30x10 inches.
6.To make the filling, pour 1 cup of the melted butter over the
surface of the dough. Use your fingers to spread the butter
evenly.
7.Generously sprinkle half of the ground cinnamon and 1 cup of
sugar over the butter. Don't be afraid to drizzle on more butter
or more sugar!
8.Now beginning at the end farthest from you, roll the rectangle
tightly toward you. Use both hands and work slowly, being careful
to keep the roll tight.
9.When you reach the end, pinch the seam together.
10.Transfer to cutting board and with a sharp knife, make 1 1/2
inch slices. On log will produce about 20-25 rolls.
11.Pour a couple of tablespoons of melted butter into the desired
pie pans or baking dishes and swirl to coat.
12.Place the sliced rolls in the pans, being careful not to over-
crowd.
13.Preheat oven to 375 degrees.(I baked mine at 350.)Cover the pans with a kitchen towel and set aside to rise on the counter top
for at least 20 minutes before baking. Remove the towel and bake
for 13 to 17 minutes, or until golden brown. Don't allow to become
overly brown. While the rolls are baking make the maple icing!
14.In a large bowl whisk together the powdered sugar, milk , butter
coffee and salt.
15.Splash in the maple flavoring.
16.Whisk until very smooth. Taste and add in more maple, sugar, butter
or other ingredients as needed until the icing reaches the desired
consistency. The icing should be thick but still pourable.
17.When the rolls are still warm, generously drizzle icing over the
top. Be sure to get it all around the edges and over the top.
18.As they sit, the rolls will absorb some of the icing's moisture
and flavor.

Thank you Pioneer Woman, you are the best!

Note: When I make these rolls, I only make a half of a batch. I use the
cheep round aluminum pans to bake them in. ( they seem to taste better
that way, go figure? and you can give them away as a gift.) I change my
frosting up according to who I am baking them for. You can freeze these
rolls, just bake, frost, let cool and freeze. Just warm them back up
at 250 degrees for 15 minutes.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

As Sweet As Apple Pie




It was a beautiful day today in Southern Indiana! It was about 70 degrees and just felt wonderful! The guys worked outside, and I went in, and out. I had some apples that had not been eaten, so I decided to make a good old fashion apple pie. My hubby really likes apple pie, and was really glad to see it. We kinda like ice cream too, so why not top our warm apple pie off with it! Yummo!

ALL AMERICAN APPLE PIE
Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cups vegetable oil
2 tablespoons cold milk
1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
6 apples cord and sliced
3/4 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
2 tablespoons of cornstarch
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. To make crust: In a large bowl mix together 1 1/2 cups of flour, oil, milk, 1 1/2 tsp sugar and salt until evenly blended. Pat mixture into a 9 inch pie pan, spreading the dough evenly over the bottom and up the sides. Crimp edges of the dough.
3. To make the filling: Mix together 3/4 cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons of flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice and cornstarch. Sprinkle over apples and toss to coat. Spread evenly in an unbaked pie shell.
4. To make topping: Using a pastry cutter, mix together a 1/2 cup of flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, and butter until evenly distributed and crumbly in texture. Sprinkle over apples.
5. Put pie in oven on a cookie sheet to catch the juices that may spill over. Bake for 45 minutes, or until done.

I love this recipe, its basic, simple and delicious! Enjoy!

Monday, March 8, 2010

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemon Cookies




OK, Yep, I admit it, I am on some weird lemon kick. First it's lemon loaf, now lemon cookies. I know what you are thinking, what's next? Lemonade. Well, you remember the old saying....when life gives you lemons make lemonade. OK, but that's later, right now we are making these wonderful, moist yummy cookies. I pulled this recipe off the blog of Bunny's Warm Oven. If you haven't been there, you should most definitely go! She is awesome, and so are these cookies!

Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, soft
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1- 1 1/2 teaspoons of lemon extract (depending on how lemony you want them to be)
1 tablespoon dried lemon peel
1/2 cup sugar for rolling cookies

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. set aside.
3. Using a mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth and very fluffy.
4.Beat in egg, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and lemon peel
5. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients
6. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and roll in sugar. Place on a lined cookie sheet
about 1 1/2 inches apart.
7. Bake 8 -10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown.
8. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.


If you like lemon, these cookies will excite your taste buds! I did read somewhere, once, (please don't ask me to remember, I read a lot of recipes, everyday, it's a passion.) that if the recipe calls for 2 sticks of butter, you should use 1 stick butter, 1 stick margarine. It is suppose to make your cookies fluffier. I did do this in this recipe, and it worked great.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Oooh Lemon Loaf!

I really, really love Starbucks Lemon Loaf, really.
I have tried to recreate it, more times than you can
shake a stick at!
My family is soo sick of lemons.
Well, I found this really awesome lemon cake recipe
It is truly yummy, lemony heaven, or at least I
think so.

Lemon Cake Recipe

2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
2 1/2 cups sugar divided
4 large eggs
1/3 cup grated lemon zest (6-8 lemons)
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp kosher salt
3/4 cup lemon juice (fresh) divided
3/4 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla

Glaze

2 cups confectioners sugar
3 1/2 tbs lemon juice (fresh)

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans. Cream butter and 2 cups
of sugar for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, and then the lemon zest.
In a bowl stir together, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In another bowl, mix together 1/4 cup lemon juice, buttermilk, and vanilla.
Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to butter and sugar mixture.
Begin and end with flour mixture. Divide batter evenly between pans. Smooth
out the tops and bake 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup lemon juice in a small saucepan.
Cook over low heat until sugar dissolves. When cake is done allow to
cool 10 minutes. Remove to rack and pour sauce over loaves.

For glaze, combine confectioners sugar and lemon juice and pour over
tops of cakes, and allow to run down the sides. Oooh Yummy!
I hope you enjoy, I know I did!
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