Phyllo Strawberry Yummies...

Ingredients:

Phyllo dough
2 tbs butter
1 cup of chopped strawberries
8 oz package of cream cheese
1.4 cup chopped almonds
3 tablespoons powder sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350
2. Grease the muffin pan
3. Cut the phyllo dough into about 5x5 squares

4. Melt some butter in a small cup

 *Note: Be careful with phyllo dough. It is very thin so handle with care and love.

5. Place one slice of dough on the board. Brush lightly with butter. Place the second slice of dough right on the top and brush that one with butter. Repeat several times. If you want thin cup, use four slices. If you want thicker cups use 6 slices.

6. Slowly and carefully place the buttered dough into the muffin pan. Center of the dough to center of the hole. Fit well, but be gentle.

7. I used only four cups. But the amount of the strawberry cream we are making will be enough for 6 cups.
8. Place the muffin pan in the oven for about 10 minutes or until the cups are medium brown.
While the cups are baking...
9. Place the cream cheese into the mixing bowl, add powdered sugar and blend well.

10. Chop strawberries. Chop almonds.

11. Add strawberries and almonds to the cream cheese mixture. Mix well.

12. Make sure the cups are completely cooled before placing the strawberry cream cheese mixture into the cups.

13. Place the cups filled with strawberry cream cheese mixture into the refrigerator for about 10-15 minutes.

*Note: Be very careful and gentle when taking the cups out of the muffin pan. Very fragile!

You can serve it with tea or 

Fun with collages

Finding me...

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I am going to try to work on each of these things each week. I want to understand who I am so I can learn to be a better person for me and my family. 

Butterscotch Monkey Bread

24 Rhodes™ Dinner Rolls, thawed but still cold
1/2 box butterscotch or vanilla pudding mix, non-instant
1/2 cup pecans, chopped (I leave these out due to my allergy)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine

Cut dinner rolls in half and dip in dry pudding mix. Arrange rolls in sprayed bundt pan, alternately with pecans. Sprinkle any remaining pudding mix over the top. Combine brown sugar and butter. Heat together until butter is melted and a syrup is formed (microwave about 1 1/2 minutes). Pour syrup over rolls. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap. Let rise until double in size or even with top of bundt pan. Carefully remove wrap. Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes. Cover with foil the last 15 minutes of baking. Immediately after baking, loosen from sides of the pan with a knife and invert onto a serving plate.

Fun Food...

Cake Pops...tasty

Cake Ball Mix

What you need
1 batch Dark Chocolate Cake
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 cups confectioner's sugar
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon milk (or more, as necessary)
Bake the cake and let it cool completely on a rack. This is a very moist cake, which is ideal for this recipe. It's best to let it cool overnight at least. When it is completely cool, break the cake into a large bowl. Crumble it with forks or your fingers until it is in fine crumbs.
In a separate bowl, whip the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and milk together until smooth. Pour into the cake crumbs and mix with a spoon. Then continue mixing with your fingers, kneading and mixing until fully incorporated into the cake. Check to see if it will roll into a ball. It should: this makes a very malleable, easy-to-handle cake mixture. But if it needs a little extra moisture, add milk a spoonful at a time.
When the mix is completely done, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm. You can leave the mix refrigerated for several days at this point. I left mine in the fridge for about three days before making the balls. You could probably also freeze this.

Making Cake Pops

What you need
Lollipop sticks (found at Michael's, JoAnn's, or other craft stores)
12 ounces chocolate chips
12 ounces white chocolate bark
Edible wax, optional
Colored sugars, candies, and other decorative sprinkles


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Can't wait to make these. I forgot where I got the recipe though.

Happy St. Patty's Day...

All pictures are from the lovely  http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

This morning I quickly put on green and then pinched everyone not wearing green. 

Sadly...

Only my boys were not wearing green.

The girls all accidentally put it on.

sigh...

Oh..

And my sexy man drew a four leaf clover on my upper arm with a horseshoe. 

If that doesn't bring luck, then there is no such thing.

He is quite the artist.

Oreo cupcakes...Yum

I got these ideas from http://christyrobbins.blogspot.com/

Idea number 1

 

I used a chocolate boxed mix, and I poured in a little batter, added a whole cookie, then covered it with more batter and baked. 

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Idea number 2

I also used a white cake mix and I chopped up about 16 oreos (into 6 rough pieces). 

I left in the cream in the cupcakes when I chopped them, stirred, poured into cups, and baked. 

I used the same icing for both.  I googled cream cheese icing, and then added 6 T of crushed oreos to the icing recipe (without the cream).  

Heres the Cream Cheese Icing recipe I used...my source is 'the internet'...I don't even know anymore, except it was just some recipe site: 

8 oz cream cheese (softened), 1 stick of butter (softened), 1 T. vanilla, 4 c. powdered sugar, 2 T. heavy cream.  I had to double this, and it covered 26 cupcakes. 

I didn't add the oreo on top until about an hour or so before the party b/c they get soft fast.  

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I have to try this. I love Oreos!!

The many faces of Auctober...

Photos by Taisha