Christmas Cupcakes

A friend brought these over! Thought I would share! Aren't they cute?

Monkey Bread

Monkey Bread

Ingredients

• 1 (3.5 ounce) package cook and serve butterscotch pudding mix
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 3 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated biscuits

Directions

1. In a plastic bowl with tight-fitting lid, combine pudding mix, sugar, cinnamon and pecans if desired. Pour the butter into a shallow bowl. Cut the biscuits into quarters. Dip several pieces into the butter, then place in bowl; cover and shake. Remove to a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Continue until all the biscuit pieces are coated. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes. Cool in pan for 30 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate.

My mom used to make this for Christmas morning. We called it pull aparts. No we do cinnamon rolls because kyle's family did cinnamon twists. Compromise. I think I need to make this.

Oops didn't realize I had already added a pull apart recipe... this one is slightly different so I will leave it..

Cristmas Recipes

What are your favorite Christmas foods??
Anyone want to share a recipe?

Pie Crust Recipe

Basic Flaky Pie Crust

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening, chilled
• 3 tablespoons ice water

Directions

1. Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium size bowl. With a pastry blender, cut in the cold shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Drizzle 2 to 3 tablespoons ice water over flour. Toss mixture with a fork to moisten, adding more water a few drops at a time until the dough comes together.
2. Gently gather dough particles together into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for at least 30 minutes before rolling.
3. Roll out dough, and put in a pie plate. Fill with desired filling and bake.

If you use ice water and chilled shortening you can skip #2.


LOVE this pie crust recipe!!

Popcorn Treat

1/2 - 2/3 cup unpopped popcorn kernels
10 oz bag of miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup butter or margarine
chocolate chips
nuts or toffee covered nuts(or any chip/nut variation you want)

Pop the kernels.
In saucepan melt butter, add marshmallows and stir until melted. Cook marshmallows until the mixture is slightly caramelized and bubbly.
Combine popcorn and melted marshmallow while stirring.
Stir in Chocolate Chips and nuts.

This recipe is from Kyle's Dad.
I have to make sure there are people to help me eat this, because if there isn't I end up eating the whole thing!

Hootenanny

or as they are more commonly known as:

German Pancakes

6 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 cube margarine (1/2 cup)
1 cup flour
1 cup milk

Combine eggs, milk, and salt in blender. Beat until fluffy. Tap flour a little at a time, beating until well blended. Melt margarine and pour in 9x13 baking dish. Pour in batter. Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes. Or until hills are golden brown.

Zucchini Bread

The garden is in and this year I'm going to be better prepared for all the zucchini.

2 cups grated zucchini
3 eggs, beaten
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 tsp vanilla
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp baking powder

1 banana,mashed (opt)
Mix well and add 3 cups flour. May add a cup of nuts if desired.
Put in a greased, floured pan and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.