Snickerdoodles!!

Hello..Hope you all are doing well! Tomorrow is Don's birthday and I made him a batch of snickerdoodles tonight. They turned out wonderful! Just thought I'd share the recipe with you all! Have a great night!! ~Heather

SNICKERDOODLES

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
1. Mix butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar and eggs thoroughly in a large bowl.
2. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
3. Blend dry ingredients into butter mixture.
4. Chill dough, and chill an ungreased cookie sheet for about 10-15 minutes in the fridge.
5. Meanwhile, mix 3 tablespoons sugar, and 3 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl.
6. Scoop 1 inch globs of dough into the sugar/ cinnamon mixture.
7. Coat by gently rolling balls of dough in the sugar mixture.
8. Place on chilled ungreased cookie sheet, and bake 10 minutes.
9. Remove from pan immediately.

My favorite people!!

Just a little photo I took at my mom's house over the weekend..love my babies!!

Super Easy Christmas Cards

Hi All,
Hope this post finds you all well! I am doing Christmas with my mom and brothers this week since I won't be able to make it home again for Christmas. I decided to try and make some cards before I go while trying to pack and get ready for our trip. I found this "ultimate Stack" by DCWV that I got last year and just cut out some of the images and Voila, easy Christmas cards! The only other things I used was some brown coordinatins cardstock, trimmer, atg gun, scraps, and the stripped paper is also from that DCWV stack. Email me with any questions! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! ~Heather Lynn

Lil' Miss Ryelynn

Here is my newest creation, everyone! lol This is why I haven't been posting lately..I have been a little busy. :) I hope to post more often now that I am feeling better! I hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving!! HUGS, Heather

Warm Apple Crisp- Sooo easy!

Warm Apple Crisp

Hi all! I hope everyone is enjoying the weather! It's beautiful here in the Cleveland area. Today I am sharing my apple crisp recipe. It is super simple and super yummy! I love buying apples this time of year so I love to bake all kinds of apple goodies. Here is the recipe..please let me know if you have any questions or comments! Thank you for reading my blog! Hugs

Warm Apple Crisp
5 cups sliced apples
1 c. water
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. sugar
3/4 flour
7 Tbsp margarine

Place apples in a well buttered pan. Pour water over apples and sprinkle with cinnamon. Combine sugar, flour, and margarine. Mix until crumbly and spread over apples. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream or cool whip.

NOTE: I like to add a little more apples and cinnamon when I make mine..you can adjust this to taste in whatever way you wish.

Owl scrapbook Page made with the Imagine

Hello there.. A few weeks ago I made a cute scrapbook page with my cricut imagine. I haven't had time to make anything new in the last few days, so I thought I'd post this to share with you.. I made this for pictures I have of my 34th birthday dinner at P.F. Changs, but I haven't recieved my pictures yet. I am really hoping to have time to make some scrapbook pages and cards this week. I am sure I will make a couple of goodies that I will share with you all too! I hope you all had a great weekend!! Email me with and questions! Thanks for reading my post! Bye for now. ~Heather Lynn

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello all..I was craving chocolate chip cookies so I whipped up a batch this afternoon. I am going to share the recipe with you in case you'd like to make some soon! They turned out delicious! Thanks for reading my post! Have a great weekend! ~Heather

Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 cup vegetable shortening

1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar

2 TBSP milk

1 TBSP vanilla extract

1 large egg

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp. salt

3/4 tsp baking soda

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 cup coarsely chopped pecan( optional) * I did not add the nuts.

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Beat shortening and brown sugar in large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in milk, vanilla, and egg. Stir in flour, salt and soda. Blend in chocolate chips and nuts. (if you are using them) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies or 11 to 13 minutes for crisp cookies. Cool for 2 minutes.

If nuts are omitted you can add an extra 1/2 cup of choc. chips.

Mini Album made out of envelopes

Hi everyone, Thank goodness it's Friday! I just recently ordered the Close To My Heart Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge from my friend Jackie. (If you need a CTMH rep, let me know and I will hook you up with her) While waiting for it to arrive I found a series of videos by a sweet gal named Vianney using the new cartridge. She made a mini album with envelopes and inspired me to give it a try. Vianney dressed hers up more than I did, but I did actually make one which is good for me! I am always intending to do something and don't make the time to do it. I am going to add a few pictures of my album. I think it turned out pretty cute. If you would like to watch the videos please check out Vianney's channel on you tube here http://www.youtube.com/user/vianneylu1. I hope you all have a great weekend! If you have any questions feel free to email me! Thank you for reading! ~Heather

Fresh Peach Pie

So, I made this a couple of weeks ago when going to a friends crop to scrapbook. I have told a few people I would give them this recipe so I thought I'd just post it here to start. This pie is soo easy and soo yummy. I found it originally online, but I tweeked it just a little.

Fresh Peach Pie

3/4 cup sugar
3 TBSP flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Dash of salt
5 cups fresh peaches ( I don't peel mine)
2 TBSP butter
unbaked pie crust (recipe below or use your favorite)


Combine sugar, flour, spice and salt..add this to fresh peaches and mix lightly. Pour this into unbaked crust and dot with butter. Top the pie with strips (or owls lol) of crust. Bake in hot oven at 400 degrees for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.

NOTE: I beat and egg white and brush on top of crust before baking. I also sprinkle a little sugar and cinnamon on top.

Just in case you need a crust recipe..
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
3/4 chilled shortening
4-8 TBSP ice cold water

Blend flour and salt in mixing bowl. Cut chilled shortening into flour mixture until it looks like pea sized crumbs. Sprinkle 4 TBSP cold water over flour mixture and mix gently with a fork. Add more water by the TBSP until it holds together. Refridgerate for at least 30 minutes..roll out with a little flour.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me!
Thanks for reading my blog!

My Fresh Apple Cake

I made an apple cake the other day. My mom gave me the recipe years ago, it is a family favorite! It turns out perfect every time. :) Here is the recipe in case you'd like to try and make it! It is super delicious.

Fresh Apple Cake
2 cups sugar
4 cups apples, chopped, unpeeled
Mix apples and sugar, let stand 30 min. stirring occasionally.
2 eggs
1 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 or 3 tsp cinnamon
After letting the apples and sugar sit together, add eggs, oil, and vanilla. Mix well. In seperate bowl mix baking soda, flour, salt, and cinnamon- Then add to wet ingredients. After mixing well put in cake pan greased with cooking spray. Bake for 45 min. to 1 hour until done (make sure a toothpick come out clean) at 350 degrees.