Freezing Cookie Dough and Making Pazookies

Finally Dev and I have found a chocolate chip cookie recipe we drool over!  Now we make it in a big batch and freeze the dough in balls, so that we can have them ready at anytime!

First make any recipe of  cookies you LOVE.

THEN- We use our handy cookie scoop and place them on freezer paper or parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet.

We slide that into the freezer to flash freeze for about 30 mins to an hour.  THEN we put them into a freezer ziploc for safe keeping back in the freezer.

We also use these handy frozen cookie balls to make pazookies.

We just take out 2 or 3 balls, put them in a little baking safe dish (like what you would make creme brulee in) at 350 for 10-15 mins. Until they are golden on top but still very gooey in the middle

Condensed Milk into Toffee! And Banoffee Pie Review

In my resent blog searches I found this amazingly yummy looking pie.   A friend of mine tried it, then made it again, then share just how delicious it was- I had to make it.  It looked easy enough (usually the thought of making a pie and all the steps scares me).

One of the coolest things I learned during making this pie was how to make toffee out of a can of sweetened condensed milk.

All you do it boil a can for 2.5 hours.  Make sure you keep adding water so that the can stays covered.  But really that’s it!

It’s like magic in a can

I had another friend tell me she does this to make chewy caramel popcorn.  So there ya go.

As for my review on the Banoffe Pie.  It was A-MAZ-ING! I don’t have a picture of it because we ate it soo fast. It was THAT good.

Tastie tastie AND simple.  I’d make it again in a second.

Click here to travel over to Brooklyn Limestone’s fun blog for the this amazing recipe.  Thanks for sharing Brooklyn!

Quick and Easy Banana Pancakes

I love banana pancakes, but I love them even more NOW.  Usually I quickly pull out my always tastie Krusteaz pancake mix, add a banana or two, and whip up some pancakes.  But the other day I was being a bit more adventurous and added to the 14-15 (pancake number on the back) Krusteaz mix.

I added:

3 rip bananas

1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 cup brown sugar

Mixed it all up and made me some yummy pancakes.  Peanut butter, warm syrup, and a big glass-o-milk.  I am set

Yum!

Get cooking with your bad self!

Princess Birthday Cake

Ah ahhhhh!  (singing like it’s amazing)  Cuz it totally is haha!

I found a you-tube video from Howdini on how to make a princess cake (that you can find here) and made my first ever decorated cake for Charlie’s 3rd birthday.  Holy Cow!  It wasn’t too hard, but starting the task was.  Here is a little tutorial of pictures if you need to make a princess cake.  At the end of the pictures I also show two smaller versions I made up myself using the same techniques I learned from the you-tube video.  They turned out very cool and totally made my 3 year olds day.  (I felt like a pretty awesome mom, not gonna lie ;))

My pictures for this post are pretty crappy.  I was in a hurry and it was really dark.  oh well… here’s the info.

I don’t make cakes from scratch so, Betty Crocker cake mix and frosting, food coloring, sprinkles, 5 ice cream cones, and a few princesses from the dollar store.

Made my 4 9×9 cakes.  Put the wax paper down so I don’t get frosting on the plate, can pull them out when all done and have a clean plate.   Sandra Lee from Food Network taught me that.  Ok, used my bread knife and cut the top off so it was flat.

Put some frosting on top- in between the layers.

Three on the bottom.  Then cut your forth piece in to fourths, use two of those for the middle, then cut on the remaining fourths in to fourths again and put two of those on the very top.  Watch the video if I don’t make sense.  It’s good and quick.

Put the cake in the fridge to harden up a bit, before frosting it.

Mix up your frosting

Nice and Pink

Give the cake a thin coat of frosting- there’s a term for this they use in the video- but I am a first timer 😉  Then place it back in the fridge to harden.  It’s easier to frost this way.

When its hard enough take it out and give it a thick frosting.  You can then pull out the wax paper if you want, or wait till the very end.

Now for the fun part- decorating!  Put your sprinkles on a plate.

Frost your ice cream cones.

Roll them in sprinkles

Place on the cake

Now add the rest of the decorations.  I used a gram cracker for a door.  Frosted it, put sprinkles on it.  The used a dab of frosting to glue it to the cake.

I added little pre-made sugar flowers as door handles and mini marshmallows for fun.

Added the princesses, candles, and a little sprinkles and Done!

Sweet Success!

How to make that cute birthday banner in back, click here.

A week later my friend and I threw a combined party for our girls who are 8 days apart.  I made a little smaller version for each of them.

If I was to make this again I would have put two cake layers on the bottom instead of one.  I used card board to set the cakes on, sour string candy on the layers, white chocolate chips at the ends of the candy, and lots of sprinkles all around.  Oh and I used tooth picks to hold the princesses on.

The party was at Kidsville in San Diego.  It was a blast!

Make a Cake with Your BAD Self!

5 Minute Veggie Dip

Sometimes I like to make up recipes and hope they work out.  Here is one that was a success at our house tonight.  Charlie ate like 15 carrots with her dip.  Just in-case you don’t know that’s kinda amazing.  Little did she know she also ate mushrooms and beans (insert evil laugh here).   Yay for dip!

5 Minute Veggie Dip

1 can pinto beans- drained and rinsed

1 4 oz can of mushrooms- drained

1/3 cup of mayo

3 Tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese

The juice of one small lemon about 2-3 tablespoons

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon chili powder

1/4 teaspoon dried onions or 1/8 teaspoon onion powder

1/8 teaspoon pepper

Put all ingredients in blender or food processor until smooth.

And dip away!

Dip Veggies with Your Bad Self!

Italian Wedding Cake- Sandra Lee Style

This  is a cake I like to make!  I don’t eat it, cuz it got nuts.  But, my hubs loves it and so does the rest of his family.  It’s a Sandra Lee recipe from Food Network.  Sandra Lee takes things that come from a box and then she adds her own little touches to make them great.  An easy way to cook, I like it.  Try this!

Lynn’s Yummy Meatballs

I just made this recipe up last week, and mm mm… they are good.

Lynn’s Yummy Meatballs

2 lbs ground turkey or hamburger meat

1 cup panko bread crumbs

3 eggs

1/4 teaspoon dried parsley

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

3 Tablespoons Ketchup

4 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1/2 cup Asiago cheese (Romano or Parmesan would work too)

1/4 cup minced onions

1/2 minced mushrooms

4 garlic cloves minced

Dash of salt and pepper

Chop up ingredients

Mix all together in a bowl, mush it with your hands until it sets up a bit

Roll into balls about the size of golf balls.  Add about 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, put meat balls in pan, then turn on the heat.

Turn balls until cooked all the way through, til they reach 165 internal temperature.

Eat them up!

You could also make a meat loaf out of this recipe and just add a sauce to go over the top.  My favorite is the  sauce from a cookbook called, “Favorites, Ivory Family Cookbook” Love that cookbook.  The only place you can get the book is Utah’s Make a Wish foundation. Good Cause and Good Food, makes me happy

Heather’s Birthday Cake Ideas!

Here are some creative cake ideas from Heather.  If you have questions leave a comment and we will get you some answers.

She made this one for her hubby, it was pretty sweet.

I wish I could have seen this one.  Looks amazing!

She made this one for my little girls birthday party.  My two year old still talks about it, she loved it.  Minnie Mouse…can’t go wrong

Heather made this one for my hubby on his 29th b-day.  I guess when she first started making cakes he told her that he wanted a “butt cake”.

If you know him, your probably thinking to yourself…”of course he did.”

Heather is not one to make a “butt cake”  so it was even more awesome that she did.  It surprised us all, hilarious.
hahaha

Frost yourself …..hahaha!

Baby Shower Cup Cakes!

I can’t take credit for these beautiful cup cakes, my super talented sister-in-law Heather made them.  She makes awesome cakes and cookies.  I will be featuring her on my website under “Heather’s Cakes.”    She has done some very fun and creative cakes that I think could help inspire you to get baking and decorating with your bad self.  If you have questions about her cakes please leave a comment and we will get some answers for you.  Thanks! -Lynn

DELICIOUS CURRY!

Oh sweet yummy curry, GET IN MY BELLY!  My sister-in-law found this recipe for Massaman Curry on AllRecipes .com and we all loved it.   My husband and I make it probably once every other week.  It’s super easy and not a spicy curry at all (I don’t like spicy food).  You will probably need to go to an Asian market for a few of the ingredients (if you live in San Diego I can tell you where a good one is).  We add two chopped carrots to the curry and when it’s done we put it over brown or white rice.  Usually we have enough left over for lunch the next day.  

Here it is!

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