I do believe I have found the best breakfast item ever. These muffins are carrot cake for breakfast. And the best part, the tasty surprise within: a melting pool of sweetened cream cheese filling. The Viper Pilot loves carrot cake and the cream cheese filling makes it just the right amount of sweet for my sweet teeth. Who says you can't have sweet for breakfast? Cream Cheese Carrot Cake Muffins Print this recipe! Filling: 1 (8 oz) package Neufchâtel cheese (or cream cheese) 1/4 ... View the Post
Oatmeal Cream Pies
Oatmeal. Cream. Pies. Shut the front door. My mom never let us get the Little Debbie OCPs when I was a kid. I never understood why, because when I had them at a friends house, they were incredible and I gorged myself on an entire container of them once when I moved off to college. But then one day, I observed the nutrition label. Non-nutritious and delicious? Chemicals and stuff. Blergh. That's no fun. When I found this recipe, I swooned. They aren't exactly healthy, but they aren't full ... View the Post
Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies
Oh, Friday. You're a bittersweet day this time around. I got a lot done at work and managed NOT to break my computer (long story) but... Swollen lymph nodes = puffy neck Red, enormous tonsils = sore throat Yep, I's be gettin' sickies. Definitely getting a cold...or maybe it is strep? Positive thoughts. I must remain a Positive Penelope. (You know, like Debby Downer? I don't remember what the positive one is so I just made that up.) I'm loading up on echinacea, vitamin ... View the Post
An Eventful Weekend
Hi friends! Did you have a nice weekend? Mine certainly was. My mom and dad came to visit! AND!! Guess who is back?! Just the cutest, fluffiest, four-legged creature that we all know and love...ELMER! Who was perfectly content snoozing in her favorite spot. That is, of course, after zooming around the house and her backyard at Mach 1 because she was so happy to be back in her territory. We had a wonderful weekend, despite the record breaking low temperatures. It has been in the 60s/70s ... View the Post
Make, Take & Bake: Cranberry Pecan Pie
Super easy. Super good. THE perfect holiday pie. Cranberry Pecan Pie from the Viper Pilot's madre 1 cup corn syrup 1/2 cup melted butter 2/3 cup brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 eggs a dash of salt 2 cups pecans 2 cups fresh cranberries Mix, and pour into pie crust. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Pie Crust from my madre 1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup shortening, chilled 3 Tbsp ice water Whisk the flour and salt together in a medium bowl. ... View the Post
Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies
We all know that my heart belongs to The Cheesecake Factory's red velvet cheesecake, but when I found this recipe, I couldn't stop drooling. They are almost too pretty to eat. I said almost. When you get to the cheesecake filling, you will forget about pretty, and want another cookie. Or at least that's how it went for me... I wouldn't normally make such huge cookies, but I had a conversation with a girlfriend this morning about how our work outs have subsided for the remainder of our ... View the Post