Freezer Friday (Chocolate Chip Banana Bread)

 It has been a busy week and I haven't gotten a lot accomplished. Here is a recipe that I made awhile back. It can be frozen and thaws very nicely. There will be no post on Monday. I am going to Kentucky with Stephanie to house hunt. We will be back sometime Monday afternoon. Look for a fun post on Tuesday of all the houses we got to see ( and any trouble we can get into lol) Have a great weekend!





Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
4 very ripe bananas -mashed
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
1/2-1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all dry ingredients. Mix butter, banana and eggs. Mix both together and our into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake 40 minutes.

Whatever Wednesday ( Brownie Journey-Brownie Quest Session 2)

• We are well underway with the Brownie Quest Journey at this point. I have a lot of things happen and didn't get this posted very quickly so I do apologize. This is how our meeting went:
• The girls arrived and signed in. We had a a lot of girls absent at this meeting due to all the sickness going around.
• We opened the meeting with the Pledge, Promise and  Law
• For our first activity we talked about the Family Stars the girls had worked with their families on at home. We took a moment to pass them around the table so everyone got a chance to see.
• For our second activity I had the girls guess what the name of the key that we just discovered was. It took them a little bit of time to guess it but good clues will help them a lot!
• The girls then did page 52 in their books
• For our third activity we played a game called All Aboard. This is a team building activity. What I did was bring in a large tablecloth . I put it in the middle of the floor and told the girls they had to stand on it. Once they were on I made them get off and folded it in half. We kept doing this until they no longer could figure out a way to get all of them on it. You can make up your own rules on how to do it ( such as they can't talk, etc). They had a great time doing this!
• We went back to the table and talked about how this involved team work.
• We created a Brownie Troop Agreement and then the girls did page 53 in their books
• To end the meeting we talked about Healthy Living ( pg 62 in leader book) and talked about the pictures shown on pages 54 and 55 in the girls books.

Tasty Tuesday (Snickerdoodle Dessert Bars)

Tonight is going  to be a very busy night in my house. We have to register my youngest daughter for Kindergarten next year and I have to work the PTO table. After that my husband is taking her to "dad's Nite" at preschool. It is 2 hours long and they will get to spend some special time together. One of things you do for "Dads Nite" is to take a  snack to share with everyone My husband works crazy hours so Katie and I did it. My husband loves snickerdoodles so we made the into bars.They are so soft and chewy. I am sure they will be a hit in your house to
 




Snickerdoodle Dessert Bars

2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, melted
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla
2 Tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and beat until well blended.

4. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.

 5. In a small bowl, combine the white sugar and cinnamon.

 6. Sprinkle the mixture evenly over the batter in the baking pan.

 7. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes

Stephanie here

Hey everyone I haven't been on here for a while.  And I probably will not be on here a lot in the next few months.  Mindy will be covering for me.  I lost my husband on March 21st.  He was in a wreck and never regained conciseness.  So I have had a hard year and a half first our son now my husband.  My other 2 boys have been such a blessing to me coming home to help with anything and everything I need.  I have a lot to get done in the next few months.   Sorting through stuff, Selling my home, packing and buying a new home in Paducah KY.  Mindy is being such a great friend through all of this even though I am going to be moving away from her. 
We will be making a trip to Paducah next weekend to look at homes.  My family and his are all there except are boys but they are young and just starting out in the world as men.  So you never know where they will end up.  I am going to miss them very much but I know we will visit a lot and I think I need to be surrounded by my Parents and Scotts parents during this time.  So please understand if there is not a lot of blogging this next few months.
Belove is a picture of my wonderful husband and the dog that I got for moters day last year.  She was the daughter he never had. 

Stephanie

Peanut Butter Tasty Kakes Chess Pie

 

 

Here is a pie using Tasty Kakes. If you have never had a Tasty Kake you have no ideas what you are missing. They are so yummy!

 

 

 

 

Peanut Butter Tasty Kake Chess Pie

6 packs (2 cakes in each pack) of Peanut Butter Tasty Kakes

1 unbaked pie crust

1/2 c. butter, melted ( not margarine)

1/2 c. sugar

3 eggs

1 tbsp. cornmeal (or almond flour, or flour)

1 tbsp. vinegar

1 tsp. vanilla

Chop up the Tastykakes into quarters. Put all the pieces in the unbaked pie crust.

In a bowl, whisk together the butter, sugar, eggs, cornmeal, vinegar, and vanilla until smooth.

Pour over the chopped up Tastykakes. Use a rubber spatula to prod the cakes, making sure all of the pieces are coated. Use the spatula to smooth down the top of the pie so that it's an even layer.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes until golden brown on top. Let rest for 5-10 minutes before serving.

 

 

 

Original recipe was found here

Roasted Carrots

My mom made these for Easter and they were really good!


Roasted Carrots

2 pds carrots, peeled and sliced
olive oil
garlic powder
parmesean cheese

Lay cut carrots out flat on cookie sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with garlic powder and parmesean cheese. Mix well. Spread flat again. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Chocolate Eclair Cake

This is such a simple and easy dessert to make. My family loves it. I think we make it for almost every holiday!

Chocolate Eclair Cake

1 box graham crackers
milk
1 container milk chocolate frosting
1 lg box vanilla pudding mix
1 cup cool whip

Layer graham crackers on bottom of a pan. Break crackers if you need to to make them fit.\

Mix pudding mix according to package directions.

Add 1 cup cool whip and mix well.

Pour half over crackers.

Repeat another layer of cracker and pudding. Top with one more layer of crackers. Melt frosting in microwave for 1 minute. Pour over top layer of crackers and spread out evenly.

Refrigerate until frosting sets up.