Fall Sunset Cookies The commute on the New York State thruway is so pretty this time of year! These sunset cookies were inspired by the beautiful fall skies over the Catskill Mountains that I see on my drive home from my cookie studio in the Hudson Valley. … Continue reading → The post Fall Sunset Cookies appeared first on SweetAmbs. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J SweetAmbs

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Pear Pecan Snack Cake with Cinnamon Drizzle Enjoy a delicious taste of fall with this Pear Pecan Snack Cake with Cinnamon Drizzle. I am excited to be a Bake a Little Extra Blog Ambassador and the following blog post is sponsored by Karo® Syrup. I love to bake and when I can , I try to bake a little extra to share with my friends and neighbors. In fact, I shared today’s recipe for this yummy Pear Pecan Snack Cake at a neighborhood party this past weekend and it was a big hit. Folks kept coming back to sneak a piece and the neighborhood kids were kind enough to keep asking if it was okay to have seconds. Nothing says, “that was delicious” quite as well as an empty plate. Packed with juicy pears and yummy fall flavors like pecans and cinnamon, it’s not hard to see why it went quick. This recipe was adapted from a Karo® recipe for Apple Snack Cake. Although it’s called a snack cake, it’s just not for snacking. It would be great as a breakfast treat or as the main dessert after dinner. Here’s how I put it together: I started by combining the dry ingredients and setting them aside. Then I mixed together the wet ingredients which include buttermilk, eggs, Karo® Light Corn Syrup , oil and vanilla. The sweetness and texture of the syrup helps create a moist and delicious cake. Karo Syrup is pretty much a staple in my pantry, especially during the holiday baking season. Next, you fold in the pears and the nuts into the batter and pour into a greased 8 x 8 pan. Bake at 350 degrees F and then allow it to cool. After it has cooled, drizzle it with the cinnamon glaze for extra goodness. Then of course all that is left to do is to enjoy it with friends. Pear Pecan Snack Cake with Cinnamon Drizzle Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 35 mins Total time 50 mins Author: LeighAnne Wilkes Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 12 Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour ¼ cup Argo® Corn Starch ½ teaspoon Argo® Baking Powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon ⅔ cup sugar ⅓ cup buttermilk 1 egg 1 egg white ¼ cup Karo® Light Corn Syrup 3 tablespoons Mazola® Corn Oil 1 teaspoon Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract 2 cups chopped peeled pears ½ cup chopped pecans GLAZE: (optional) ⅓ cup powdered sugar 1 to 2 teaspoons milk ½ tsp cinnamon Instructions Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine flour, corn starch, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside. Whisk sugar, buttermilk, egg, egg white, corn syrup, oil and vanilla in a large bowl. Gradually stir in flour mixture until smooth. Fold in apples. Pour into a greased 8-inch square baking pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack. GLAZE: Combine powdered sugar and milk; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake, if desired. 3.4.3177 Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Pear Pecan Snack Cake with Cinnamon Drizzle. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

Pumpkin Pie Cake Instead of pumpkin pie, try a pumpkin pie cake this year. All the flavor and goodness of pie but so much easier in cake form! I have to admit, I have not always been a fan of pumpkin pie but as I have gotten older and wiser I have come to understand the beauty of pumpkin pie and pumpkin in general. But I have to confess, I have never made a pumpkin pie. I have made pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin bars, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin chili, pumpkin soup, pumpkin waffles and a few other pumpkins recipes. Just search pumpkin on the blog for more! But, amongst all those pumpkin recipes, you will not find a pumpkin pie recipe. The closest I’ve come is a pumpkin pie milkshake! True confession, I buy our pumpkin pie. Usually it comes from Costco. But this year, instead of buying a pumpkin pie, we’re having pumpkin pie cake! I’m all for helping make holiday cooking easier and pumpkin pie cake is one way to do it. You get all the same flavor and texture of pumpkin pie with a lot less work. There is no pie crust required. The cake is also super easy because it uses a cake mix. Part of the cake mix is added into the pumpkin mixture and the rest is saved to sprinkle over the top which creates a yummy topping to the cake. Before you bake it give it a nice bath in butter!Just like pumpkin pie, pumpkin pie cake is better when topped with whipped cream. And even better when you drizzle it with some caramel sauce. You can use store bought or this homemade caramel sauce recipe is the best! Then you know the drill, all that is left to do is add a fork! Pumpkin Pie Cake Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 1 hour Total time 1 hour 15 mins Author: LeighAnne Wilkes Serves: 12 Ingredients 4 large eggs 1½ cups white sugar 2 tsps ground cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 tsp ground ginger ½ tsp ground cloves 1 (29 oz) can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) 2 (12 oz.) cans evaporated milk 1 (15.25 oz) package yellow cake mix, divided ½ C butter, melted whipped cream caramel sauce Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat eggs in a bowl Whisk together sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger and cloves in another bowl. Add sugar mixture and pumpkin into eggs. Mix until incorporated. Gradually add in evaporated milk into pumpkin mixture. Add in 1 C of cake mix to pumpkin mixture and stir to remove lumps. Pour into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Sprinkle remaining cake mix over the top and then drizzle butter over the top Bake for 1 hour or until set. Cool and then cut into bars. Top with whipped cream and caramel sauce 3.4.3177 Recipe from allrecipes.com Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Pumpkin Pie Cake. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

iPhone Cookies! Decorating these iPhone cookies turned out to be quite the challenge! I created two sets of apps: one in royal icing and one in edible wafer paper and FooDoodler edible ink markers. I definitely prefer the look of the icing apps (right), but … Continue reading → The post iPhone Cookies! appeared first on SweetAmbs. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J SweetAmbs

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Halloween Monster Caramel Apples These Halloween Monster Caramel Apples are fun to make and too much fun to eat! This post contains affiliate links. Last week at our women’s church craft night I did a caramel apple dipping demonstration. You can find all my top tips in a post I did a few years ago. I had some leftover apples and caramel so I decided to make some fun Halloween Monster Caramel Apples for a few of my favorite little goblins! I had made my once a season stop at Krispy Kreme to get my pumpkin spice old fashioned donut and noticed the cute Halloween monster donuts they had. I decided they would make cute Caramel Apples too. So using my best caramel apple dipping tips I made some cute Halloween Monsters! I used Granny Smith apples and my favorite Peter’s Caramel. It is the best!! I have found the best way to melt it is in the slow cooker. In addition to apples and caramels you will want some sticks. These are the kind I like the best because they are nice and sturdy and will hold the apple up. For photographic purposes I used some fun Halloween straws I have but they aren’t strong enough for dipping the apples in the caramel and chocolate. I used the sticks to dip and then removed them and put in the straws for the picture. For the colored candy coating I used Wilton Melts which I love! I keep a stash of all the colors on hand. For the facial expressions I used royal icing, it sets up nice and hard. You can buy meringue powder and just add water to it or you can make your own from scratch using this recipe. It’s easy! For the eyes I purchased Googly Eyes because I was a bit short on time but you can totally make your own using the royal icing. I show you how to make your own edible googly eyes here. Just use some of the royal icing to glue the eyes to the apple. The kids will have as much fun making them as eating them! I prefer to use an apple slicer to slice my caramel apple up before eating! See my post here for all the supplies and directions. Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Halloween Monster Caramel Apples. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

These Halloween Monster Caramel Apples are fun to make and too much fun to eat!

This post contains affiliate links.

Last week at our women’s church craft night I did a caramel apple dipping demonstration.  You can find all my top tips in a post I did a few years ago.

I had some leftover apples and caramel so I decided to make some fun Halloween Monster Caramel Apples for a few of my favorite little goblins!  I had made my once a season stop at Krispy Kreme to get my pumpkin spice old fashioned donut and noticed the cute Halloween monster donuts they had.  I decided they would make cute Caramel Apples too.

So using my best caramel apple dipping tips I made some cute Halloween Monsters!  I used Granny Smith apples and my favorite Peter’s Caramel.  It is the best!!  I have found the best way to melt it is in the slow cooker.    In addition to apples and caramels you will want some sticks.  These are the kind I like the best because they are nice and sturdy and will hold the apple up.  For photographic purposes  I used some fun Halloween straws I have but they aren’t strong enough for dipping the apples in the caramel and chocolate.  I used the sticks to dip and then removed them and put in the straws for the picture.

For the colored candy coating I used Wilton Melts which I love!  I keep a stash of all the colors on hand.

For the facial expressions I used royal icing, it sets up nice and hard.  You can buy meringue powder and just add water to it or you can make your own from scratch using this recipe.  It’s easy!

For the eyes I purchased Googly Eyes because I was a bit short on time but you can totally make your own using the royal icing.  I show you how to make your own edible googly eyes here.  Just use some of the royal icing to glue the eyes to the apple.

The kids will have as much fun making them as eating them!  I prefer to use an apple slicer to slice my caramel apple up before eating!

See my post here for all the supplies and directions.

 

 

 

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Candy Cookie Pie Have leftover candy? This Candy Cookie Pie is the perfect solution? With Halloween right around the corner you may end up with some candy at your house. I always over buy on the Halloween candy and have leftovers, on purpose! I hate the idea of running out of candy and having to turn trick or treaters away! When my kids were at home I had one child who liked to go trick or treating but didn’t really like candy so there was always lots of leftover Halloween candy. How did I raise a child you doesn’t like candy!?!? Today’s recipe for Candy Cookie Pie is the perfect solution to that leftover candy! This pie is so good that you are going to want to make it even if you don’t have leftover candy, you’ll go out and buy some just to make it!! It is simple to make too. All you need is a store bought graham cracker crust, store bought sugar cookie dough and candy! You can use whatever combination of candy you like. I used my favorites, Twix, Peanut Butter M & M’s and Rolos. The pie goes together super easy too. You can have the kids do it! Gently press your cookie dough into the pie crust (it may crack the edges of the pie crust a bit) Then press your candy into the cookie dough. Bake at 350 degrees F or until the cookie is golden brown and the center is firm. Then slice yourself off a nice big piece, top it with some ice cream and chocolate sauce and you’ll be in heaven! The only other thing you will need is a fork! Candy Cookie Pie Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 40 mins Total time 50 mins Author: LeighAnne Wilkes Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 8 pieces Ingredients 1 store bought graham cracker pie crust 1 pkg sugar cookie dough ½ - 1 C of 3 different types of candy (approx 2 cut up candy bars makes 1 cup) I used Twix, Rolos and Peanut Butter M & M's(2 Twix candy bars which is four pieces, 1 C Mini Rolos and ½ C M & M's) Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Press cookie dough into pie crust. Press candy into crust. Press down gently to get candy into dough. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until cookie is golden brown and set in the middle 3.3.3077 Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Candy Cookie Pie. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

Mummy Wrapped Brie and Halloween Dinner Party Be sure to scroll all the way down to find out how to enter to win $500.00!! This mummy wrapped brie and spooky cheese & cracker board are the perfect addition to a grown up Halloween party! This year I am so excited to partner with Coca-Cola and Nabisco on their Spooky Snack Lab Halloween Campaign #SpookySnackLab. Halloween is not just for kids! We adults like to get in on the fun too and this year I decided a grown up Halloween party was in order. And a fun excuse to decorate a spooky dinner table. I love planning a party and one of my favorite parts of the menu is always the appetizers. One of my favorite appetizers to do and one of the easiest ones to do is a cheese and cracker board. I decked out my yellow side board for Halloween mad turned it into a serving station. I used an assortment of cheese – gouda, cheddar and gruyere. Added some grapes, marcona olives and of course crackers! My cracker choices were Wheat Thins, Triscuits and Ritz. Of course a yummy beverage is an important part of a dinner party and who doesn’t loves soda that comes in a glass bottle! The orange Fanta added some great color and taste to the dinner table. One of my all time favorite cheeses is brie so I decided to dress it up for Halloween by turning it into a Mummy Wrapped Brie! Brie is always the first cheese to disappear at a party.To make it extra scary, I added a layer of raspberry jam to the brie before I wrapped it up. I used phyllo dough to wrap the brie in. I covered the entire brie with one sheet of dough. and then turned it upside down so the edges of the dough were underneath. Then brush the entire thing with an egg wash. I cut the second sheet of dough into 3/4″ strips and used those to wrap the mummy in, gave it another brush of egg wash and added two almond eyes. Bake it at 3400 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until the phyllo dough is golden brown. Then cut into it and enjoy. I love how the cheese and jam oozes out of the mummy! So scary and delicious!! Just grab a cracker and dig in! For more Halloween fun and Spooky Snack Lab ideas be sure and check out all the amazingly creative people by visiting the Fanta and OREO Spooky Snack Lab board on Nabisco’s Pinterest Page! You can also get the latest spooky creations by following the hashtag #SpookySnackLab. Now for the real fun – a giveaway for $500.00!! All you have to do is create a custom Pinterest Board with all your favorite Halloween recipes, lfiestyle and entertainment tips and tricks. Please be sure and to pin a few ideas from this post too. Head over to my Mad Scientist Soda Laboratory post to enter – all the details are there. Mummy Wrapped Brie and Halloween Dinner Party Print Prep time 20 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 40 mins Author: LeighAnne Wilkes Recipe type: Appetizer Serves: 8 servings Ingredients 2 sheets of phyllo dough 1 8 oz. wheel of Brie 3 Tbsp raspberry jam 2 whole almonds 1 egg, beaten Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place one sheet of phyllo dough on it. Add jam to center of dough and place wheel of brie on top. Cut phyllo dough to a circle about 3 inches larger than the brie. Wrap the dough around the brie, pressing edges closed. Turn brie over. Cover with egg wash. Cut remaining sheet of dough into ¾ inch strips. Cover brie with strips, wrapping it like a mummy. Cover with egg wash. Add almond eyes and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with crackers 3.4.3177 Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Mummy Wrapped Brie and Halloween Dinner Party. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

Zombie Finger Cookies! When my husband asked me what cookie design I was going to make for Halloween this year, he was surprised when I told him I that wanted to deviate from my usual style and make something really gory. I think I achieved … Continue reading → The post Zombie Finger Cookies! appeared first on SweetAmbs. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J SweetAmbs

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Sugar Skull Cookies! I’ve had lots of requests for sugar skull cookies lately for the upcoming Day of the Dead holiday, and it’s been on my list of designs to try ever since seeing Cupookie’s version a couple of years ago. I don’t know … Continue reading → The post Sugar Skull Cookies! appeared first on SweetAmbs. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J SweetAmbs

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Mason Jar Cookies With Burlap And Lace These cookies were inspired by the mason jar centerpieces that I made for my wedding! I used the mason jar and gift tag cookie cutters from Ann Clark. You can use code USAcutters15 to get 10% off your order at annclarkcookiecutters.com! — Here’s … Continue reading → The post Mason Jar Cookies With Burlap And Lace appeared first on SweetAmbs. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J SweetAmbs

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