Superman - Clark Kent

Well, it is kind of ironic, but Superman and Clark Kent tied. (Charlie and company voted for each person, but oh well, I counted it.) Thanks to everyone who voted! Now for the good stuff..... the dessert!

I know, I know, cheesecake doesn't really have anything to do with superman or Clark Kent, but if we all stretch our imaginations, you should get it. So here is a comparison list of Clark Kent, superman and cheesecake.

Superman is like Cheesecake because it is....

Sophisticated. (Superman would have to be sophisticated because he is always meeting presidents and vouching for world peace and all that.)

Yummy. (No, I am not supporting cannibalism.) Some people would just say superman is like "Eye candy" or whatever that little saying is.

Clark Kent is like Cheesecake because it is...

Nerdy. I mean come on! When you think about it, having cheesecake at a birthday party is nerdy! It's like puff pastries instead of ice cream.

Uhhhh....
I will have to get back to you, I can't think of anything else....




For the recipe, go to www.thepioneerwoman.com/tastykitchen and look for oreo cheesecake cupcakes. You will need more oreos than what the recipe calls for and you have to whip the cream cheese for a long time.

Merry Christmas!

It's a bird, it's a plane it's... our new competition!

Have you ever seen the old superman movies? Where in everyone and after every car, plane, bus, train crash, superman always assures them of the safety of transportation? Yes. That one.

Now that we are on the same page, who do you like better? Do you like the heroic superman or the nerdy Clark Kent? Please vote and tell me why you chose that person!

Voting rules:

To cast your vote, please comment. In your comment you must say either Clark Kent or Superman.

You may not vote more than once and voting ends on Wednesday, December 23 at 7:00 P.M.

Remember to say why you are voting for that person!

Peppermint crumble cake

I did it! I took that picture and it actually looks good! I found out that my camera has a special setting for this kind of stuff, so my pictures should be looking a lot better now. :)

I thought chocolate cake sounded really good so found this yummy recipe on allrecipes.com. So for the recipe go to www.allrecipes.com and look for extreme chocolate cake.

I baked the cake in two round pan planning to stack them and make it all pretty and perfect and just so.... but it didn't work. It never ever, ever works! Every time I bake something in round pans and then try to take them out, they fall apart. I even waited an hour for them to cool! Grr...

SO since that didn't work, I crumbled the cake into big pieces and put it in a rectangle cake dish. Then, I drizzled white frosting over it and put some crushed candy canes on it. I love crushed candy canes. They're so good! You can put them with pretzels and ice cream and cake and... and..... (Anyway back to the subject at hand.) just put the candy canes on top and eat it.

And the winner is....

From left to right: Chekov,Scottie, Kirk, Spock and whatever the girls name was.

The results are in and Kirk has won the competition! (I guess this just proves the whole looks are better than intelligence thing.) Thanks to all that voted! Here's your recipe:

Make your favorite batch of sugar cookies that are cut into gingerbread man shape. When the cookies are cooled, frost as seen in the pictures. You will need white frosting and red, blue and yellow food dye. (Yes, I am aware that I do not have good frosting skills.)

Star Trek Cookies

Never. I said it would never happen.

But it did.

I have become addicted to Star Trek.

I watched the movie Thanksgiving night and again on Saturday. My messenger, my phone, and now my blog are all talking about star trek.

So here's the recipe for star trek cookies, make these, sit down and giggle every time Spock comes onto the screen:

Make a batch of peanut butter cookies, you can use any recipe you want (I used the kind that comes in a bag) just don't use chunky peanut butter. Oh, and preheat the oven to 350. Once you have the dough ready, roll into balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Place a Rollo into the center of each cookie so it flattens, then roll the dough into a ball again. Bake for about 10 minutes.

These taste the best when the cookies are warm. The Carmel is all melted and oooh they are so good! Thank you Aunt Lisa for the recipe!

*So here's the thing, when you comment, please vote for either Kirk or Spock, the winning team will get the next recipe named after that character! And remember, you cannot vote more than once. Voting ends Sunday @ 7:00 p.m.*

Live long and prosper!

New Look

No, my photo skills have not suddenly gotten better, I have simply found some food pictures I like and put them on my blog to make it look more.... Sophisticated, no yummy would be a better word. So here are food pictures to make you hungry not sick and I will continue to work on my photo skills.

Chocolate covered pretzels

I love chocolate covered pretzels. White chocolate with pepermint candy, chocolate. . . . The list is endless. I had a few pretzels and stuff around the house so I decided to make some. You will need:

Pretzels (any shape or size is fine)

Chocolate (White, chocolate, any works.)

Toppings such as toffee bits, crushed peppermint candies, M&M's, sprinkles. . .

Get a cooling rack and place wax paper or tin foil under it. Put the chocolate chips into a bowl and put in the microwave, stirring every ten seconds. (You can put the chocolate in the boiler thing, but I don't know how, so the microwave works fine.)

Once the chocolate is melted, Dip the pretzels into the chocolate and place them onto the cooling rack. When you have them all done, add the topping. (The chocolate tends to harden pretty fast so if you are doing a lot, you may want to start adding the topping to your first ones before finishing the rest.)

When that is all done, put in the fridge for a few minutes for the chocolate will harden.

Enjoy!

Cupcakes

So... I decorated Cupcakes the other day for my cousins birthday. (Hence the reason for the princess muffin holders) Here are some pictures of my decorating skills.

Recipe:

Buy any cake mix and follow directions for cupcakes. Decorate as you wish. Enjoy!

Brownies

I am the kind of person who makes brownies that come in those nice little boxes. Well not anymore! I decided to try making brownies from scratch. I looked up a recipe and found one I liked, but did a little tweaking.

Ingredients: 1 cup softened butter, 2 cups brown sugar, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 1/2 cup AP flour, 1 pinch salt 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder. (The original version called for 1 cup AP flour and 1 cup cocoa powder, you can try it that way if you want too. My brownies came out greasy but I think its because I greased the pan to much.)

Mix together butter and brown sugar until creamed. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla. Min in flour, salt and cocoa powder. Spread batter into a greased pan. Bake for 20 min. at 350 degrees.

Variations: Add Mint extract to make mint chocolate brownies, mix in or add on top caramel syrup for rich caramel brownies.

Enjoy!

As always, I found this recipe at www.allrecipes.com check it out sometime!

Apple Pie

This pie is so good! I have never made a pie before and found this recipe to be fun and easy. Let the pie rest for a while before cutting or else there will be lots of liquid. This was one of my 8:30 P.M. "Hey I want something moods" So the pie was done at about 10:30 You can of course make it much faster than I did.

Pie Filling: 6 cups apples, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, Dollop of flour.

Double crust pie: 2 cups AP flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt. 2/3 cup butter or shortening, 6 -7 tablespoons cold water

Prepare apples and slice thinly. Combine Sugar and cinnamon you can add as much as you want. Mix together apples and cinnamon sugar mixture in a bowl. Make sure they are covered evenly. Sprinkle flour and mix. (The flour will help control the liquid.)

Crust: Stir together flour and salt cut in small squares of butter. til mixture has little "peas" in it. Mix in 1 tablespoon of water. Keep stirring. Keep adding water til it dough is moistened. Divide dough in half and roll each half into a ball. Lightly flour the surface and ball and roll into a circle. Wrap pastry around roller then slide into pie plate.

Add apples and then add top crust. Cut slits into pie for the steam to escape. Flute edges.

Bake for 10 min. on lowest rack at 450 degrees then lower temperature to 350 and bake for 30-35 minutes.

Enjoy!

Cinnamon Rolls (Muffins)

3/4 cup milk

1/4 cup butter (softened)

3 1/4 cup rice flour

.25 ounce instant yeast

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon butter

1/4 cup water

1 egg

1 cup brown sugar (Packed)

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1/2 cup butter(softened)

Raisins & Nuts (optional)

Heat the milk until it bubbles, remove from heat and add butter. Stir until melted and let cool.
In a mixing bowl, add 2 1/4 cup of the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Add water, egg and milk mixture. Add the rest of the flour 1/2 cup at a time. (I found that while using rice flour, I had to add more flour because it was kinda soupy.) Stir well. When the dough pulls together, pour onto a lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth. (About 5 minutes) Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it rest for 10 minutes. In the mean time, preheat oven to 375 and mix together brown sugar, cinnamon and softened butter. Roll out dough into a rectangle. (You don't want it to thick or thin and remember to spread more flour down. It can stick to the surface when you try and roll it.) Spread the sugar mixture on the dough add nuts and raisins if desired. Roll dough up into a log and pinch to seal. Cut into slices and put in a slightly greased pan or muffin cups. Let rise until doubled. (I didn't) Bake for 20 minutes or until brown. ( also forgot to put flour down when rolling it. It became a big mushy mess hence the reason they are now muffins.)

Frosting
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoon butter (Melted)

Mix all ingredients together. If it sticks together, add more milk until it is at the consistency you like. Spread over rolls.



P.S. These Cinnamon rolls are named Clancy. You can use wheat flour if you want to, I just used rice flour because of family allergies.

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:
1 Cup Peanut Butter
1 Cup White Sugar
1 Egg

Preheat oven to 350, mix together all ingredients and spoon onto an ungreased cookie sheet. You can fork criss cross patterns if you want to. Cook for 8-12 minutes or until done.

Note: These do not make very many so you may want to double the recipe. A big glass of milk goes well with these. *Found recipe on allrecipes.com*
Enjoy!