Cinnamon/Blueberry Rolls

More cinnamon rolls.  They are SO good!  This is the first batch using my new mixer.  I think it is wonderful!

This pan is full of Blueberry-Cream Cheese rolls.  I just sort of made my own.  I'm sure other people have made similar things.  My husband really liked these...he beat me to eating some before I got the picture.

Caramel Cake

I've been reading a book that takes place in the South. And it has made me long for a Caramel Cake. I love caramel. Although, I have never made it myself; I've often thought that I should try it out sometime. Almost what I did today, but not quite. I went for the cake.



Okay, so I tried some new things out. It was a new recipe for me (since I've never made this kind of cake or frosting before). I tried baking the layers with wax paper in the pans. This worked great for sticking. I thought it would give it a nice, wavy sort of look around the edges if I left some excess that came up the sides. This affect only sort of turned out.
The batter was beautiful. However, even though I added some extra flour (due to the altitude here) I think I should have added a little more. This cake sort of sank some as it cooled.

It tastes really good. Even if it's not quite the prettiest thing you've set your eyes on.

Papa's Birthday

For Papa's birthday we had a chocolate cake with three kinds of chocolate chips and chocolate frosting.  Papa loves chocolate.  This isn't the kind of traditional birthday cake he gets from Gramma, but oh well.  We are 2,000 miles away.  So, we are celebrating separately.  But Papa is a celebrity in this house.  So, it's like a national holiday.  The cake is yummy!  Even though I forgot to loosen it before flipping it over and it didn't come out clean.  Nobody cared!

Catchin' Up

There's not a whole lot to catch up on. Since I've scaled back on baking because we just can't eat everything I want to make.  Here is a birthday cake I made and some "fancy" cupcakes I did.

More Holiday Yummies

Since I didn't make gingerbread cookies, I decided to just make straight gingerbread. I don't think I have ever had that. I baked it in my bundt pan and then put some cream cheese frosting on it. I thought it was quite yummy. And easier than cut-out cookies for sure!!



So, gingerbread cookies are not the biggest hit at my house. I went out on a limb and tried to make my very own cookie recipe. It had a background of pumpkin in it. To give it some holiday flavor and color. I think they turned out okay. They just needed a little more pumpkin and cinnamon- I think. Sorry, if you were the family I tested these out on. I didn't hear anything back, so maybe they hated them. Anyway, it was fun to try and do something of my very own.

Holiday Yummies!

I haven't done these in years. but they are one of my favorite things that I remember from being young. I know we didn't do them every year, but I love them.

Chocolate-covered Mini-Candy-canes!!


I also did some pretzels while I had the covering stuff out. Quite yummy too. I'm sad to say, they are almost gone.


Darn it! I forgot to take any pictures of fudge. I made my first batch and I'm sure I'll make at least one more batch before Christmas. Maybe I'll add one later.

Peanut Butter Surprise

Have you seen those M&M's out right now that are strawberry peanut butter? They were my inspiration for these cookies. I thought they would be kind of gross, but they aren't. They are different though.



It's a basic peanut butter cookie, baked in mini-muffin pan, with an m&m baked into the center. I think they turned out pretty good. You're eating your cookie and you get this hint of chocolate and strawberry. My kids love them.

For this pan, I put the candy in for only the last two minutes of baking, the cookies are better when you put the candy in for the whole baking time.