Pinterest Recipe...Andes Mint Muddy Buddys

Made these tonight and they are AMAZING!!!

Andes Mint Muddy Buddys

The recipe is in the above link but, here is how I made them. I knew we would need
way more than the recipe made for my crew!

I put 10 cups of rice chex in a large bowl. (I should have put 11)

 I opened up 2 bags worth of andes mints (8.5 oz each).

 I melted them in the microwave in 1 minute intervals the first two times
 and then 30 seconds until they were smooth.

Dump melted andes mints on the chex.

Mix them up...covering your chex in minty goodness!

I used about 1 3/4-2 cups of powdered sugar.

Final result: Delicious minty Muddy Buddys!

This recipe is a winner!!!

Down To Earth Granola

This is seriously my favorite recipe for granola. I cannot claim it, it is my dear friend Trish's recipe!

4 cups old fashioned oats

1 1/2 cups sliced almonds

1/2-3/4 cups brown sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4-1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup oil (I use coconut oil)

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cups raisins, craisins, or mixture of dried fruit

Bake 300 degrees for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. (I cook it at 250, my oven just cooks it too fast at 300 and I tend to burn it) 

In a bowl mix oats, almonds, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon. In a saucepan warm oil and honey.  Stir in vanilla.  Carefully pour liquid over oat mixture and stir with a spoon.  Spread on a 15x0 baking sheet.  Bake per instructions above.  Cool completely, then add raisins or other dried fruit.

**I usually use less brown sugar and more honey.
This recipe is very versatile.  I have added wheat germ, other spices...really whatever you think of you can probably add to it.

Frost On The Pumpkin Pie

Yeah, I know it is only August...I seriously looooove pumpkin!!  I am posting a recipe I have not made because I don't want to lose it! As soon as I make it I will edit this post and let you know if it is yummy and I will post a pic!

1 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 qt butter pecan ice cream, slightly softened
one 9-in graham cracker pie shell
2 Tbsp chopped pecans

1. Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, pie spice and salt in a bowl until blended.  Fold in thawed topping.
2.  Spoon ice cream into pie shell; spread evenly to edges.  Top with pumpkin mixture, making swirls with the back of a spoon.
3.  Freeze pie uncovered at least 3 hours, or wrap airtight and freeze up to 1 month.
4.  To serve:  Let pie stand at room temperature about 15 minutes for ice cream and topping to soften, then sprinkle with nuts.

Pinterest Recipe...Waffle Iron Cookies

Chocolate Chip Waffle Iron Cookies!

We have actually made these twice now!  Super easy and Super YUMMY!!

 The thing I love most about this recipe is that I don't have to heat my house up making cookies...just my waffle iron!  My kids gobbled them up as quickly as I could get them off the waffle iron!

So this recipe gets a big 'ole thumbs up!!!!

Chocolate Chip, Caramel, Pretzel Cookies

Yup all those yummy ingredients in one cookie!! I love these cookies.  I am not one to usually just make up a recipe for cookies...I may tweak things here and there but, I really wanted a cookie with those 3 ingredients so I bit the bullet and made up my own.

Ingredients:

1c butter

1c brown sugar

3/4 c sugar

1 T. vanilla

2 eggs

2 3/4 c flour

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t. baking soda

1 c. chocolate chips

1/2 cup caramel balls (I am not sure what they are really called but they are little balls of caramel)

1 c. crushed pretzels

Cream the butter and sugars together.  Add vanilla and eggs.  Mix flour, salt and soda in seperate bowl (I don't really do that but that is the correct way to do it) or just put it all on top of the wet ingredients and slowly incorporate it (I pulse my bosch until the dry ingredients are combined and then I put it on med)  Add the last 3 ingredients.  Scoop onto cookie sheet by the tablespoon.  Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes, depends on your oven 

I prefer these fresh out of the oven while the caramel is gooey!  Yum!!

Orange Julius!!

I made the best drink tonight in my blender!!! Have you ever had an Orange Julius at the mall?!?! If you haven't you are missing out!!! Well nothing has sounded good to me for the past month because I have not been feeling well and then out of the blue I thought of the Orange Julius drink I used to have at the mall and so tonight I made one and OMGOODNESS!!!! It is AWESOME!!! I know what I am going to be drinking a ton of! So here is the recipe I used:

3oz. of frozen orange juice concentrate (I use pulp free, don't know if that matters, but I HATE pulp)
1/2 c milk
1/8-1/4 c sugar
1/2 c water
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (I use Mexican vanilla, it's the best)
15 ice cubes or so (I like mine thick so if you don't want it as thick don't start off with as many ice cubes because you can always add more if you want it thicker)

Place in blender and blend the heck out of it and it is ready to be enjoyed!!!!