Buddy's (from the Cake Boss) amazing pumpkin pie.

If you are looking for an AMAZING pumpkin pie recipe.

This here is the one.

I usually always make my pumpkin pie using the recipe on the back of the can.

But when I spotted this recipe in the newspaper, I thought I'd give it a try.

And oh my gosh it was a hit.

My husband doesn't really even like pumpkin pie and he said would gladly have another piece!

So there you go, try it!!

It really is quite easy.

Gather all your ingredients.
Preheat the oven to 450.
Make sure the oven rack is in the center of the oven.

Put the pumpkin, sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, mace and vanilla in the bowl of a standstill mixer. Paddle at low speed for about 2 minutes.

Add the milk in two additions and mix for 2 minutes.
Then add the eggs and mix for another 2 minutes.
(It will be runny just so you know)

I doubled the recipe when I made it.
(This recipe is good for 1 9 inch pie crust. Deep dish.)

Pour it into your pie crust, either homemade or store bought.
Pop them in the oven and bake for 15 minutes on 45o and then turn the oven own to 375 and bake for an additional 30-40 minutes.
Or until a finger dabbed onto the surface emerges clean.

Here it is!!
When I pulled off the aluminum it kind of ripped part of the crust off.
I have no idea why.
But that definitely did not affect the taste:)

Here is the complete recipe.

Buddy's Pumpkin Pie

1 unbaked 9 inch pie crust, homemade or store bought.
1 15 oz. can pumpkin puree ( I like Libby's pure pumpkin)
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 t. cornstarch
1/2 t. fine sea salt
1 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 t. ground cloves
1/4 t. ground ginger

1/4 t. ground nutmeg
1/4 t. ground allspice
1/4 t. ground mace (I found this in the spice section at Wal-mart)
1 t. pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. whole milk
2 extra large eggs.

1) Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
2) Put the pumpkin, sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, mace, and vanilla in a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Paddle at low-medium speed for approximately 2 minutes.
3) With the motor running, pour milk in two additions. Stop the motor, scrape the sides of the bowl with a wooden spatula, restart, and paddle for an additional 2 minutes. Add the eggs and paddle until absorbed, approximately 2 additional minutes.
4) Pour the mixture into a 9 inch pie crust pan and bake for 15 minutes, then lower heat to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and bake until finger dabbed onto the surface emerges clean, 30-40 minutes.
5) Remove the pie from oven and let cool for 1-2 hours. Slice and serve right away with whipped cream (if you want) or cover with plastic and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Enjoy!

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Mountains.

 My family calls them mountains. 

But most probably know them as German pancakes.

Anyway, they are simply amazing and make such a yummy breakfast.

Even dinner occasionally:)

So here's how you make them.

You will need:

6 eggs

1 cup milk

1 cup flour

1/2 t. salt

5 T. butter

Melt the butter in a glass pan or really any pan. About the size of a 9x13. Just stick it right in the oven while you are waiting for it to preheat to 450 degress F.  Whip the other ingredients together.  It is better to do this by hand because you want it to be lumpy! As soon as the butter is melted pour the mixture in and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the mountains form and are slightly golden brown.

Serve immediately with syrup and powdered sugar on top.

Yum!

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Brown sugar/cinnamon glazed rolls.

These rolls are AMAZING.

I got the recipe from my aunt who used to make it for all of us cousins.

We really all thought they were the best and would down a whole pan in seconds.

These can be made as a side or for a dessert.

We usually will make them as a side for Sunday dinner or something.

Okay here's the recipe.

Put bout 20 frozen (Rhodes) rolls in a pan and cover.

Let rise for 2-3 hours.

Then make your sauce.

In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

Heat on medium until the sugar starts to dissolve.
Stir constantly.

Don't heat too long though.

It will look kind of like this!

Then remove from heat and add 2 teaspoons of vanilla.

Stir.

Pour over the top of your rising rolls and let them finish rising.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the rolls are done.

Enjoy!!

Brown sugar/cinnamon glazed rolls.

1: Put 20 rolls in pan.  Cover and let rise for 2-3 hours.

2: Combine:

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

3:Heat on medium until sugar dissolves while stirring constantly.

4: Remove from heat and stir in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.

5: Pour over the top of your rolls and then cover and continue rising for another hour or so.

6: Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10-12 minutes.

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12 DATES of Christmas.

There are so many cute advent calender and countdown ideas out there.

My favorite one I've seen so far is this one from Do It Yourself Divas.

But since I only have my one baby girl who is just over one and does not quite get the excitement of Christmas, I decided to come up with something on my own geared more towards my boy.

I call it the 12 dates of Christmas.

I came up with some small (inexpensive/FREE) activities that we will do together each day.

Most of them are free, a few cost just a little bit of money, and a few involve our Olivia.

Here is what I did:

First, I used my Cricut to cut out these little gift tags.
One for each of the 12 days
.

Our printer was out of ink, so I just hand wrote each activity onto the 12 tags.

Then I made them all cute by tying a candy cane onto each one with tulle.


Here is each day...

The first day isn't so much an activity because my husband is crazy busy with finals so I decided just to give him his favorite drink.
I'm sure we'll sit down and share one together though:)

Day 2
Pick your favorite dinner and I'll make it!
(This was another crazy day for him.)

Day 3
Lets make hot chocolate and go outside with a bunch of blankets and lay under the stars.

Day 4
Lets take Olivia to see Santa at the mall.
And do any last minute shopping!

Day 5
Lets take a drive over to Pleasant Grove to see the cool light house.

Day 6
Tonight as a family, lets make a gingerbread house while listening to Christmas music.

Day 7
Lets play our favorite card games while drinking sparking cider.

Day 8
Tonight we are going on a hay wagon ride at Thanksgiving Point to see all the Christmas lights.
(With Olivia)

Day 9
Tonight we are having a poetry night. Each of us will write a Christmas/love poem for eachother.

Day 10

Tonight is movie night.

Your pick!

Day 11
Anytime today you get a free massage from me!

Day 12
Merry Christmas my love!
He will of course get a few gifts from me.
And plus I would say the whole day is pretty much an activity in and of itself!

Just looking at all the cute things under the tree makes me so very excited for Wednesday!

Merry Christmas!
 

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2011 Christmas Card.

Another tradition in my family and I'm sure in many other families is of course the annual Christmas card.

Pretty exciting.

This year, I decided to be creative and create my own.

It wasn't really cheaper than just getting them printed off.

In fact it was about the same.

But it was still fun, and different.

Take a look...

Here's what I did.

I bought some cream colored card stock (just regular sized sheets) from Roberts.

I found a cute Christmas quote.

Typed it up on the computer in a cute font and then printed it out.

Then I folded it in half.

Cut it down on the 2 sides and the bottom so that it was the size I wanted.

Then I went to one of favorite fabric stores, Just Sew and purchased 1 yard of cute Christmas fabric.

I cut that into squares about the size of my picture and then also cut strips. (1 inch wide, and a little over 3 inches thick.)

Oh I sent out about 50 cards this year so everything was done in 50s.

Anyway, I glued my picture on the top.

Tied a knot in the middle of strips and hot glued it to the center of the picture.

Then I opened up the card set a square of fabric over my other picture.

And that's it!

My fabric was kind of in place of tissue paper. I thought it was a bit cuter.

Anyway, I repeated the process 50 times and addressed envelopes and all that fun stuff.

Definitely a process.

Good thing we only have to do this once a year, right?!

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My current workout.

Yep this is it.

Thanks to pinterest.

Super easy, and super satisfying I think.

The only thing I do different is...

After the regular calve raises, I turn my feet inward and do 25 more raises, and then turn my feet outwards and do 25 more.

This does wonders for the calves.

And then I do not do the pushups.

Sorry but I really can not even do 1.

So instead I add in an extra ab workout.

Which is lying on your back with your legs straight out and lowering one leg ALMOST to the ground and then back up.

Hopefully that makes sense.

I repeat this 2 times 3 times a week.

You could do it 3 times 4 times a week.

Just whatever you think your wonderful body needs.

Woot for working out!

I've only been doing this for 1 1/2 weeks, but so far I'm loving it!

(Mostly cause it does not take long and I can definitely feel that I've worked out).

An ornament for Christmas Eve.

In my family, every year for Christmas Eve my mom would give us an ornament.

We absolutely loved this.

Sometimes they were just cute ones.

Other times they were ornaments that meant something.

Like if someone in the family traveled somewhere cool they would bring back an ornament for each person in the family.

Anyway, it is a tradition that I always wanted to carry on to my own family.

So now that I have my little girl the tradition has started.

Since, I didn't get her one for last year (her first Christmas,  she will be getting 2 this Christmas Eve)

Lucky girl!

I got them from Pottery Barn for a grand total of 19.00.

Yep that's it and I didn't pay a cent for shipping.

The first one is her 1st year ornament.

It will have a little O on it.

And the sparkly bird is for this year.

She absolutely loves birds so I thought this one was fitting.

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