Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

1/4 cup warm water
2 1/4 tsp yeast
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup sugar
15 oz pumpkin
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
5  to 6 cups flour
Filling::
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Mix together the water and yeast. Heat the milk and butter together. Place sugar in bowl, add the milk mixture, mix until dissolved. Let cool until warm, not hot. Add yeast mixture, then add the pumpkin, mix. Add the salt, mix well, then add the egg and flour. Add 5 cups flour and then add more until mixture isn't sticky (because of the pumpkin it may stay slightly sticky, so be careful not to add to much flour).
Let sit and rise until double (1-3 hours).
Preheat oven to 375.
On floured surface, roll out dough to in rectangle shape, 1/2" thick. For filling, mix everything (except butter) together. Brush butter onto dough, then sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over dough. Roll dough to make long long, cut into 10 rolls, placing them in greased cake pan (I used two round pans). They can touch!
Bake 20-30 minutes, until golden and cooked through.
For glaze, I used the glaze I use for my regular cinnamon rolls (found HERE).

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen; 
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

S'more Bars

I love s'mores. LOVE 'EM! I've tried Rice Krispie bars make with chocolate chips, so, I got the idea to make s'more bars using honey graham cereal (and since I have made these, I've seen an explosion of these on pinterest) .
I'm not going to lie...when I make rice krispie treats, I never measure my ingredients, I just eye it..

For these treats you need
3 TBS butter
1 bag marshmallows
4-6 cups honey graham cereal
Chocolate chips (to you chocolatey desire)

Melt the butter, add the entire bag of marshmallows. In microwave, melt the marshmallows, add the cereal (a little at a time, you don't it to be to dry). Now, when you add the chocolate, you don't want to have to stir to much because it would cause the chocolate to melt. Stir the chocolate chips into the cereal mixture until just mixed in. Pour and press into a greased pan. Let cool and set.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31 

Pumpkin French Toast

Oh, October, how the thought of you brings out my desire to put pumpkin in everything...

1/3 cup (I just eyed it) puree pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
4 eggs
2* tsp cinnamon
2* tsp pumpkin pie spice
2* tsp vanilla extract
1 loaf french toast bread
Heat griddle. Mix together all ingredients (except bread, of course) until smooth. Dip bread slice into mixture, flip making sure to coat each side. Place each dipped slice onto griddle, brown, flip and brown the other side. Top with syrup, powder sugar, or whatever you taste-buds desire.
*You can adjust the spice to your liking
With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31 

Flourless Fudge Cookies

• These cookies are sweet and yummy! 
• 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cocoa powder 
• 3 large egg whites
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2+ chocolate chip cookies
• Chopped pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Stir all ingredients together, drop soft, batter like dough onto prepared cookie sheet. Bake for about 8-10 minutes, the cookies will spread and will become shiny and the tops will become somewhat crackly.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;

Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31 

Banana Cookies

These are so simple and can take as little as two, yes, TWO ingredients.
2 ripe, mashed bananas
1 cup quick cooking oats
Chocolate chips (optional)
Preheat oven to 350, grease a cookie sheet.
Mix together all the ingredients, put spoonfuls onto cookie sheet and bake for 7-10 minutes, or until lightly brown.

That's it, how easy is that! I love these delicious cookies and hey, they're healthy so, no guilt right?
With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Baked Banana

I love sweets. I have a major sweet tooth, I did a 25 days of Christmas goodies remember! Unfortunately my waist line also loves sweets. So when I can mix good with bad, it takes the guilt off. Like, chocolate covered strawberries,  fruit smoothies, frozen banana covered in chocolate, you get the idea. Well, this dessert is take care of the chocolate craving without add (to much) guilt!

 Phyllo dough (I divided one roll amongst 6 bananas)
6 medium ripe bananas

1 tablespoon chopped walnuts,

Cinnamon

Canola oil spray

Chocolate chips

Vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Spray an 13x9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.  

Unroll thawed phyllo dough and place it on your workspace, cut dough in half (cut in half the short way-you want two thick stacks not two thin ones). Divide each stack into three piles (leaving you with 6 stacks), place a peeled banana along one end and sprinkle the rest of the dough with a sixth of the chopped walnuts.  Sprinkle the banana with your desired amount of cinnamon and carefully roll it up in the phyllo dough.  

Place it seam-side down in the baking dish.  Repeat with remaining bananas.  Spray the top of the bananas with canola oil.  Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.  

 Melt desired amount of chocolate chips with a little bit of oil mixed in (the oil helps the melted chocolate stay soft like a glaze).  Drizzle the chocolate on top of baked bananas. You can either serve this warm or cooled (I like mine cooled, while my sister likes hers warm), either way, serve with a yummy dollop of cool whip on

top. 

Enjoy!!!

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Baked Maple Doughnut Bars

These are really, really good! I love them, and they smell fantastic! And they're baked, so they're good for you right?

1-1/2 cups milk
1/3 cup shortening
4 TBS sugar
2 tsp salt
1/4 cup lukewarm water
5 tsp yeast
2 lg eggs
5 cups flour
2 tsp cinnamon
In sauce pan, scald the milk, add the shortening, sugar and salt.  Stir, remove from heat then set aside.
In another bowl, combine the water and yeast, let sit for 5 minutes. Add the eggs then the milk mixture. Mix then add the remaining ingredients. Knead for 5 minutes (I used my standing mixer). Grease another bowl (or pull the dough from the bowl, grease that bowl then place the dough back into the bowl). Let rise 1 hour (we have no heat and I was impatient so I let mine rise 15 minutes-and they were still fantastic!).
Punch the dough down, I rolled mine out on a greased cookie sheet, cut down the center, then cut into 12 bars, let sit 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425. Bake 7-10 minutes, until lightly brown. As the bars cool a little, make the icing (below).

Icing:
1/3 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
1-1/2 cups powder sugar (you may need more)
2 tsp mapleine (or you can use real maple syrup)
1/8 tsp salt
In sauce pan, bring the butter, brown sugar and milk to a simmer and let simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add the remaining ingredients.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Granny's Quick Cobbler

1/2-1 stick margarine melted
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt
16 oz osage peach halves, (drained a little-saving about 1/4 a cup)
Sugar
Cinnamon
Melt butter in a dish, mix together everything except peaches, sugar and cinnamon and pour over the butter. Place peaches on top (pour juice on over top) sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Bake 400 for 30-35 minutes.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Texas Sheet Cake

An old family recipe passed down from my Granny to my mom, and now to me.

2 sticks margarine
1 cup water
4 TBS cocoa
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 ggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp baking soda
Boil the margarine and water. Remove from hear and add all the remaining ingredients. Pour into an ungreased cookie sheet and bake 350 for 20 minutes.Once cake in cooled spread frosting on top (recipes below).
1 stick margarine
4 TBS cocoa
6 TBS milk
1 lb powder sugar (about 4 cups)
1 tsp vanilla
Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil. Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients. While still warm pour over cake. 

I love this cake!!!
With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

These cookies are really good, they are meant to be soft and gooey.
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 tsp vanilla
1 (8oz) pkg cream cheese
1 egg
1 stick butter
Powder Sugar
Cream the butter & cream cheese. Add the egg, mix, add vanilla, mix, then add the cake mix. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours. Roll the dough into balls, then roll the ball in powder sugar, place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Polar Express Night: Hot Chocolate Cupcakes with peppermint icing & Polar Express Hot Chocolate

The second in my three Christmas themed nights, this is isn't a dinner, it's a drink and dessert.

For the hot chocolate cupcakes:
2-1/2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 packet hot chocolate mixed with 3/4 cup warm milk
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat the oven to 350 and line 20 muffin cups with cupcake liners.
In a bowl mix together all the dry ingredients. Then add all the wet ingredients, beat on medium speed until well combined, divided batter amongst the 20 liners. Bake for 16 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
For the peppermint icing:
3 sticks unsalted butter, softened
6 cups powder sugar
1-1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1/4 to 1/2 cup milk
Cream beat the butter until it's creamy. Add the sugar and extract. Then add enough milk to make desired consistency.

Polar Express Hot Chocolate:
This hot chocolate is really good! It is rich, a lot richer than those hot chocolate packets you can but, but it's so worth it. It also tastes just as good, if not better the next day (just make sure to refrigerate it).
1-1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
8 cups milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips.
Combine everything in a crock pot, cook on low for 4 hours stirring occasionally, or until the chocolate is all melted.
*Now, my family likes different thickness/richness of their cocoa, so you can add more milk individually.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen; 
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dinner

Last December I did a 25 days of Christmas Goodies, this year my budget (and waist lie) couldn't handle that, so I'm doing a few themed dinners this month, and my first one was, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and this dinner is a breakfast dinner.

 Roast Beast
OK, my 'roast' doesn't have anything to do with roasting. It's actually a skillet dish, that is very delicious, and extremely easy to make!
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 onion, diced/sliced
6 TBS oil
1 green pepper
2 zucchinis, peeled and cubed
1 turkey ham, cubed
2 tomatoes, cubed
1 cup cheddar cheese (I didn't measure I just used my hand and eyed it)
In a skillet over medium heat, heat the potatoes, onion and oil. Cook the potatoes until golden and almost tender. Stir in the green pepper and zucchini and cook until tender. Add the turkey ham and tomatoes, making sure to stir and top with the cheese. Cover and cook 5 minutes or until the cheese is all melted.


Who Hash
This "recipe" really isn't a recipe, it's more of a..here's another way to cook it.
1 (15oz) can corned beef hash
6 eggs
Preheat the oven to 400. Thoroughly grease 6 muffin cups. Divided the corned beef hash amongst the muffin cups, press it into the bottom and up the sides (I used my fingers). You're goal is to form a 'shell' to hold you egg. Break an egg into each cup (you can poke the yolk with a fork if you want-if you don't you'll get a sunny side up egg). Bake 15-20 minutes or until egg is cooked to desired doneness.


Who Pudding
1 small box white chocolate instant pudding mix
2 cups milk
1 small tub cool whip
24 oreos
2 cups mini marchmallows
Mix the pudding mix and milk together for 2 minutes (make sure you don't have lumps), now stir in the remaining ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve (you can serve it right away, it just won't be as set.)

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31 

Muddy Buddies (Puppy Chow)

8 cups of Rice Cereal squares (Chex)
2 cup of raisins
1-1/2 cups chocolate chips
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar




In a medium microwavable bowl, add chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Microwave on High for 1 minute and stir. Microwave 30 seconds longer and stir mixture until smooth. Stir in vanilla. In a bowl, pour melted chocolate over cereal and raisins, stir to evenly coat. Now, I use a bowl that has a lid, but you can use a zip lock bag, spoon mixture into bowl (you can do a little at a time if you want), add the powder sugar, put the lid on and shake until everything is evenly coated.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31 

Fried Ice Cream

Yes, you read that title right, fried as in oil, ice cream. It's a lot easier that it sounds.
Oil to fry the ice cream in
Vanilla ice-cream
1 cup crushed frosted (or just corn) flakes
1 tbs sugar (or 2 tbs is using corn flakes)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs
Mix together the cereal, sugar and cinnamon. Scoop out two large scoops of the ice cream, quickly roll each ice cream ball in the cereal mixture, place on wax paper and place in freezer for 30 minutes. Beat the eggs, remove the ice cream from freezer, dip it into the eggs, then roll the ice cream into the cereal mixture, making sure to coat it well.
Place it back into the freezer for 30 more minutes (you want the ice-cream really cold and hard). If you want more crunch and coating you can repeat the egg/cereal/freezer step.
Now, heat the oil in pan (about an inch of oil), one at a time (keeping the other in the freezer until ready to make) carefully place the ice cream into the hot oil (400 degrees). It should only take 15-30 seconds each side, brown on all sides.
OR-you can use a pot/deep fryer to lower the entire ice cream ball into.
Serve immediately, topped with honey, chocolate syrup, whipped topping, whatever sounds good to you!

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31 

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

This cake is really good; and it's a low fat (guilt free) cake!
1 (18.25oz) package reduced fat yellow cake mix
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1 (8oz) carton plain nonfat yogurt
1 cup frozen egg substitute, thawed
3 TBS lemon juice
1 TBS poppy seeds
Lemon Glaze (recipe below)
Preheat oven to 350.
Combine the cake mix and sugar; add the oil and next 4 ingredients. Beat at a medium speed with a mixer for 6 minutes. Stir in poppy seeds. Pour batter into a greased bundt pan. Bake for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool cake on wire wrack 10 minutes then remove the cake from the pan; drizzle the lemon glaze on top and cool completely.
Lemon Glaze:
1/2 cup powder sugar
2 TBS lemon juice
Combine until smooth. Pour over hot cake.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Peach Bars

Sorry, there's no picture for this recipe. I tried a version of this and liked it but didn't love it. So, with several alterations I now love it!

For the Crust:
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
2 cup all-purpose flour
For the Filling:
1 half-pint jar peach preserves or jelly, or your favorite flavor
For the Crumb Topping:
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
6 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/8 tsp pinch salt

Preheat oven to 350º.
Mix together the butter, flour, and confectioner's sugar. Press the mixture into the bottom of 11x7 baking pan. Bake for approximately 15 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
Remove from the oven and spread the preserves or jelly evenly all over the crust.
Combine the flour, sugar, and butter in a medium bowl with a pastry blender (or fork). Stir in oats, walnuts and salt.
Spread crumb topping evenly over the filling.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until the top is lightly browned.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before cutting, about an hour.
Enjoy!


With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Peanut Butter Fudge

2/3 cup butter
3 cups sugar
2/3 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1-1/4 cup vanilla
4 cups powder sugar
Melt butter over medium heat in saucepan. Stir in the sugar and milk; bring to boil and boil 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat, and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla. Place the powder sugar in a bowl and pour the butter mixture over, stir until smooth. Pour into a greased pan and chill until firm.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Healthy Cake

This cake is high in fiber and you only need two ingredients.

For the cake you need;
1 can or pumpkin puree
1 box of chocolate cake mix (or whatever you choose. I've read if you use spice cake you might want to add an egg...)
Preheat oven to 350. Using mixer, mix well, pour into a greased cake pan or cupcake wrappers. Bake according to cake package directions.
That's it! How easy is that? With out frosting-this recipe could almost pass off as a muffin too.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Hocus Pocus Buns a.k.a. Resurrection Rolls

Yes, the "plate" is actually a Glad lid...all of our saucers were dirty and I wanted to get a picture of this cool roll...
Resurrection rolls are a great way to teach kids the meaning of Easter; The crescent roll represents the tomb. The marshmallow which represents the body of Christ. The butter represents the oils. And the cinnamon sugar represents the spices used to prepare his body for burial. When the rolls are all done, the marshmallow disappears... Break open the tomb and the body of Christ is no longer there.

One can of crescent roll dough

8 large marshmallows (or one for each roll you’ll be making)

Melted butter

Cinnamon sugar (1/2 cup sugar and 1 TBS cinnamon)

Preheat oven to 350.

Dip one marshmallow in the butter then roll in the cinnamon sugar, coating well. Wrap the crescent roll around the marshmallow, making sure to pinch the seams together really well, otherwise the marshmallow will "ooz" out (causing a sticky mess on the pan...). Repeat with remaining crescent rolls and marshmallows. Bake 12 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Enjoy!

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31

Cool Whip Frosting

In case you haven't heard of it before; you can fold in a package of your desired flavor pudding mix into cool whip and use it to frost cup cakes or cake. Simple, easy and healthy.

This recipe is a little less unhealthy but packs more flavor than above.
1 box instant pudding
1 cup of milk
1/3 cup powder sugar
8 oz cool whip, thawed
4 oz whipped cream cheese (we didn't have any whipped so I just used regular cream cheese-softened)
Mix the pudding, milk and powder sugar together until smooth. Add the cream cheese.Then finally fold in the cool whip. Make sure that the frosting is smooth and lump free. Refrigerate for an hour then frost your cake or cup cakes.

You will have to keep the cake refrigerated; or, if you can control your portions, don't frost the cake until you're ready to eat a piece. Then frost just your piece. That way you will only have to keep the frosting in the fridge and no the entire cake/cupcakes.

With hungry thoughts from the kitchen;
Gabrielle W.
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. ~1 Corinthians 10:31