GIANT ICE CREAM SANDWICH

who doesn't love an ice-cream sandwich? Well, I found a great (easy) recipe for one in my Family Fun magazine.
ingredients:
tube of store bought cookie dough (I used Toll House) and a box (how ever much that is) ice-cream

slice the cookie dough in small pieces and then lay them in 2 round cake pans (spray the pans first). Smash them flat until they reach within about 1/2 inch of the edge of the pan. Cook them at 350 for about 14 minutes. You want to overcook them a little so the cookie won't fall apart. Let them cool for about 2 minutes and them dump the cookies on a wire rack. Let them cool all the way. When the pans have cooled line one of them with saran wrap. You need to overlap the saran wrap enough that it will go all the way around the cookie. Criss cross with another piece of saran wrap that also hangs WAY over the edge. Put one cookie in the pan on top of the saran wrap with the bottom of the cookie facing up. Fill the pan with softened ice-cream. Top with the other cookie bottom side facing down. Wrap the saran wrap around the cookie and then refreeze. When you get it out of the freezer you can wrap the cookie with a pretty ribbon and take it to a neighbor or you can just eat it all yourself.

Lauryn and Clara turn 1

I take a lot of grief because I don't do birthday parties for my kids. (only when they turn 5, 8, 12 and 16). So...I decided at least I could make them great birthday cakes. Here is the one I made for Lauryn and Clara. I am quite proud of it.

These are the cupcakes we made. They turned out darling.

Back to School

I am going to make blackboard cupcakes for a treat for Cameron on the first day of school. If any of you want to come over and make some for your kids you are more than welcome. I only need one cupcake and I will be making a whole batch so you won't even need to bring anything. If you want to see a picture go to http://www.familyfun.com/ and type in blackboard cupcakes. They are really cute. I will be doing it in the morning while he is at Kindergarten.
(Tiffani)

Rice Krispies

We love Rice Krispie treats. Last night we made them with choconilla krispies. They were YUMMY. We ate the whole pan. Good thing we only made half a batch. We highly recommend them. (Tiffani)

Food Storage

I found a great website for using food storage in recipes. It looks really good, and might be kind of fun to try. Here is the link http://www.everydayfoodstorage.blogspot.com/

Sweet and Hot Pork

So here is a simple recipe for pork.

1/4 cup Brown Sugar
2 Tablespoon Soy Sauce.
Mix it together and put over cooked pork chops.
Then sprinkle in some Hot Pepper flakes. Serve over rice.

I usually double or even triple the recipe depending on how much sauce I want or need. Also if you like it sweeter add more brown sugar, it is kind of a taste as you go recipe. It is really good if you like sweet with your meat. I leave the hot pepper out sometimes for the kids.