Fourth of July

And a Recipe

Sky's Macaroni Salad 

1 Box Elbow Macaroni

1 C. Mayo

1/4 White vinegar 

2/3 C. Sugar

2 1/2 TBP Yellow mustard

Salt and Pepper

1 Green Pepper

2 Sticks Celery

1 Onion

Handful of shredded carrots

3 Hard boiled eggs

This macaroni salad will not disappoint 

ENJOY!

Fail

Summer days bring out that fun mom in me.  

The mom that says "hey kids, lets read this book and try to make our own plum jam with the plums that you picked from the farm. We can put it on our toast for breakfast."

Sounds fun right? Sounds like a fun mom right?

Well here is what happened.........I followed the instructions, started to get nauseated by the smell of nasty baking plums (the smell was horrific I tell ya), almost ruined my pot (spent 20 mins trying to get that nasty concoction out), had to throw away a jar, and had two very disappointed children.

Mommy Fail, Jam fail, failure all around.

The only person amused by this situation was my lovely husband

I may have invented plum candy =)

Christmas Cookies

Half way done.  Finishing up our baking today!

Shortbread Cookies

1 pound Butter
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
4 Cups Flour

Mix dough.  Roll to 1/4 inch thick.  Cut into circles. Place a maraschino cherry (cut in half) on top.  Bake at 350 degrees until light brown about 20 mins.  Do not over bake

Enjoy!!!!

The most amazing rice pudding on the planet

I found this recipe on Allrecipes and modified it just a bit.

3/4 cups uncooked white rice

2 cups milk, divided

1/3 cup white sugar (heaping cup)

1/4 tsp salt (I used sea salt)

1 egg beaten

1 Tbsp Butter

1/2 tsp vanilla ( I don't measure vanilla but if I had to guess, I used about 1 tsp or more)

Cook rice and 1 1/2 cups water covered for about 20 mins

combine cooked rice, 1 1/2 cups milk, sugar and salt. cook until thick and creamy about 20 mins.Stir in 1/2 cup milk and beaten egg, stirring constantly for 2 mins. Remove from heat and mix in butter and vanilla. Pour in bowl and serve warm. I sprinkled a mixture of sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg on the top of the pudding. YUMMMY

Want to know a secret.........

I have a little secret. I know how to make any man, any age, think you are the most amazing women in the world. It worked for these three. Two words..........

Crater Cake

I haven't made this in years and since I had the perfect amount of bananas in the freezer, I decided to make it for my boys.

Crater Cake

1 C. Butter

2C. Sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

3 bananas

3 C. Flour

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1 C Sour Cream

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 C Brown sugar

1 1/2 C. Chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Beat until smooth. Add vanilla and bananas. Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Slowly add dry ingredients to mixture alternating with sour cream. Pout half the batter into a 9x13 greased pan. Mix cinnamon and brown sugar together. Sprinkle half the cinnamon and brown sugar mixture on top of cake as well as half the chocolate chips. Repeat with second half of batter.

Mmmm Mmm Yumminess!!!!!!!

Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs

You are probably thinking the same thing I did when I read this recipe, gross. Surprisingly, these are amazing sticky buns.

2 Pkg Crescent roll dough

16 marshmallows

1/4 C Melted butter

1/4 C. sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

Dip marshmallow in butter and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Roll marshmallow up in crescent dough, pinching edges to seal. Dip in butter and place in muffin tin. Bake @ 375 for 10-15 mins Remove from pan and top with a glaze (powder sugar, vanilla, milk)