Category: Baking

Quick and Easy Dessert

On By thefunkyfrugalistaIn BakingLeave a comment

I have tried not to buy any pre packaged cookies, cakes, etc. So when last night I realized we didn’t have any dessert, I remembered seeing this recipe on my social media ages ago. It’s fast and really good.

Turn on oven to 350°. Put a little over half a stick of salted butter in a 9×9 baking dish and put it on the oven to melt.

Once it’s melted, put on Graham crackers. Just line the bottom. It didn’t have to be perfect. On to of crackers, sprinkle chocolate chips and coconut flakes. Pop that back into the over for about 10 minutes. Just keep an eye on it.

This is all that’s left, but I wanted to include a picture. Y’all, it’s so good.

Kitchen Monday

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Some days I feel like I spend most of my time in the kitchen, but I really don’t mind because I really like to cook. Every single morning, on the days Donny works, I make his breakfast and lunch that he takes to work. This morning it was pork tenderloin and eggs.

For lunch I thawed some homemade pasta sauce, that I made with tomatoes from our garden, that i had in the freezer and sausage tortellini.

It’s amazing how much money we save with him taking his lunch everyday.

After running a few errands I decided to bake some cookies. I like to cook, but I love to bake. These were just basic chocolate chip, but I find baking so relaxing. I also like knowing exactly what is in the food my family eats.

We make our own ground beef and last night I ground up 12 pounds of brisket. I always keep a portion of it to make a Mississippi roast. While I was at the store I found a packet that had everything I needed. I normally buy the ranch mix, Italian and au jus separate. I thought I’d give it a try.

Here it is all in the pot.

It turned out so good. We had it with mashed potatoes and corn. A good stick to your ribs meal.

Also, I was almost out of two of my favorite products.

Have you tried this toothpaste? We love it. The only drawback is that it’s black and can be a bit messy. They also make one with fluoride if you prefer that.

Look at that poor little sliver. It’s orange patchouli. That, patchouli and Dragon’s Blood are my favorite scents. They make your whole bathroom smell heavenly. I love Zum products.

And here’s our stray chicken herding cat that gets cooked chicken because he does such a good job. He lives across the street at my neighbors, but earns his keep by making sure our chickens don’t go out into the street.

Weekend Rest

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It’s the weekend, so I decided to take a break from my Konmari journey to just relax a bit. The Cowboys were playing in the playoffs and if you didn’t know, well……..

DSCN1541.JPGI have been a Dallas Cowboy fan since I was very, very young. When I was 3 all I wanted  for Christmas was a Dallas Cowboy football uniform. My mom kept trying to talk me into the cheerleader uniform, but I would have none of it. So here I am, as an almost 4 year old, wearing my prize uniform.

Even though my team lost and I was very sad we had some yummy baked goods that my daughter and I whipped up because they are both quick and super easy. Not to mention really good.

Cream Cheese Pecan Cookies

Ingredients:

2 sticks of butter (at room temp)

4 oz cream cheese

1 cup sugar

1 egg yolk

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cup flour

1/2 salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

Cream butter and cream cheese together. Add sugar, egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour, salt and baking powder. Scoop about a tablespoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet. (I line mine with parchment paper). Top with a pecan half. (I only had to pecan pieces and they worked just fine)

Bake at 350 for 12-14 minutes

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They are SO good. Not too sweet and very buttery.

We also made cheesecake swirl brownies. It’s just regular box brownies, but when you add the cheesecake swirl it becomes something totally different. I’m not a big fan of plain brownies, but these are wonderful. The cheesecake cuts the overly sweetness of the chocolate.

Cheesecake Swirl

6 oz cream cheese

5 T softened butter

1/3 cup sugar

2 Large Eggs

2 T flour

1/2 tsp vanilla

You just mix all of this up together until smooth and drop it my spoonfuls over 1/2 your batter. Next just pour the rest of the brownie batter on top and swirl it with a knife. This was for a 9×13 pan. If you do the smaller 9×9, just cut the recipe in half.

I think it would be great with any cake batter also.

DSCN1539.JPGEven my son who is not a chocolate lover liked these.  They are seriously good.

Hope you are having a nice relaxing weekend also. I’m off to lick my wounds and watch the Saints (my second favorite team) hopefully beat the Eagles. Who dat!

Stacy