Pumpkin Muffins

1X ______________________ 3X

1 cup brown sugar ___________ 3
2/3 cup oil __________________2
2 eggs_____________________ 6
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour ______ 4 1/2
1 tsp baking soda______________ 3
1 tsp baking powder____________ 3
1 tsp cinnamon _______________ 3
1/2 tsp salt__________________ 1 1/2
1 cup pumpkin________________3

1/2 cup nuts(optional) I like to add unsalted sunflower seeds

Mix wet ingredients and dry ingredients separately and then stir together

I like to sprinkle the tops with brown sugar and cinnamon before baking

Bake @350 20 minutes

Now 1 can of pumpkin is 3 cups so I 3x the recipe now that I make them using canned pumpkin, in Australia I had to cook and mash the pumpkin myself. I have included the measurements for 3X even though I'm sure you could of figured it our yourself.

These make a really moist delicious muffin that will help keep you regular! I know Nicki mentioned she was having trouble with this.

This is the Cookie basket I made for Kaiya to bring to school. I had been promising her that I would make them for her class all year, but have not had the time or energy. Well the school year is almost over and she was devastated when I told her she didn't have anymore snack days. Her teacher was nice enough to let he bring them on cooking day. She had so much fun picking the flowers and handing them out to her friends.

Sugar Cookies:(recipe from my Grandma Wolsey)

3/4 C butter
1 1/4 C sugar
2 eggs
1/2 C milk
2 1/2 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Vanilla

Cream butter sugar and eggs together. Then add milk and vanilla. In separate bowl combined Flour, baking powder, and salt. Add your dry ingredients in the wet mixture and chill for at least 30 mins. I always have to add more flour than the recipe calls for. Just add enough till the dough isn't too sticky.Roll out and bake the cookies off at 350 for about 8 mins. Yum Yum!

Frosting:

about 1Tbs butter
Milk
Icing sugar
Vanilla

I don't really know the amounts, because it always seem different depending on how many cookies I make. But you get the Idea.

Cooper could be a girls name

REVENGE IS SWEET!!!!

How to make a GIRL

How to make a GIRL

Ingredients:
One Cute little boy
One little girl's dress
One unsuspecting mother

Procedure:
Wait till unsuspecting mother is gone, Undress boy and proceed to put dress on and voila you'll have on cute little girl in no time.

BBQ Beef on a Bun

Well after 3 years of owning a slow cooker, I used it today for the second time. I had been searching the net for a good BBQ Beef recipe, and finally found a couple that I thought sounded good. I took a few ingredients from each and it turned out pretty good!

3-4 pound roast
1 Large chopped onion
1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1/4 cup Ketchup
1/4 cup water
1 tsp beef bouillon
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 bottle Bulls Eye BBQ Sauce

Place Roast and chopped onion in slow cooker. Sprinkle garlic powder over Roast and season with salt and pepper. Mix remainder of ingredients and pour over beef. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high for 6-8. I put mine in a little late in the morning and had to cook on high. I cooked on high for about 5 hours and then shredded the beef. I then turned it to low and cooked for another 1 1/2 hours. All in all I think it was a success...everyone seemed to enjoy it!

HAM AND CHEESE QUICHE
(from the kitchen of Nola Clark)

6 oz. Ham
1 cup grated cheese
green onion
3 Eggs
1 cup of whipping cream (not whipped)
2 tsp Worcestershire sauce (or Kikkoman's Teriyaki sauce)
1/4 tsp dry mustard
Salt and Pepper

Preheat oven to 400 F. Dice Ham, Grate cheese, and dice onions, put in bottom of unbaked tart shells. Mix in a bowl the rest of the ingredients and pour into shells 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Note: You can really put whatever you want in these quiche eg. mushrooms, tomatoes. Geoff loves these!!

Healthy spin on BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tbs baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup blueberries
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
2/3 cup splenda(sugar or packed light brown sugar)
1/2 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 400 F.Grease a standard 12-muffin pan or line with paper liners. Makes: 12 muffins

whisk together flour, baking powder, salt in large bowl. Whisk together in another bowl, eggs, milk, sugar (splenda), and butter (melted). Add to flour mixture and mix together with a few light strokes just until the dry ingredients are moistened. Dust blueberries with flour to prevent bleeding then fold into batter. Do not over mix; the batter should not be smooth. Divide the batter among the muffin cups.

Bake until a toothpick inserts in 1 or 2 of the muffins comes out clean, about 15 minutes.(mine took exactly 15 min)Let cool for 2 or 3 minutes before removing from the pan. Now enjoy!!!

Note: Overmixing your batter with produce cone shaped tops.

Robyn made these muffins first with all white flour and loved it. But we thought we would try a healthy version. My family loved them. Well when I say family I mean myself, Kaiya and Jager oh and Robyn and mom. If it's not Chocolate Geoff's just not interested.