Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth. Add remaining ingredients, except flour. Gradually stir in flour and mix well. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Topping
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 cup chocolate chips (I use milk c.c. but you can use semi-sweet if you prefer)

Mix topping ingredients together. Sprinkle a greased bunt pan with 1/3 of the topping. Alternate layers of topping and batter, ending with topping. Bake for 45-60 minutes.

FYI-
I usually make a little extra of the topping mixture and mine always takes 60 minutes, sometimes a little longer.

Bruchetta

½ c red wine vinegar

½ tsp. fresh basil

½ tsp Italian seasoning

3 cloves minced garlic

½ tsp oregano

½ tsp salt

¼ tsp pepper

1 tbs sugar

1 tbs parsley or chives

mix well, add:

½ c olive oil

5-6 diced roma tomatoes

½ red onion sliced thinly (I only used 1/4 of an onion and I diced it)

let marinate over night.

Mix ¾ cup mayonnaise and ¾ c fresh parmesan.

Spread this mixture onto sliced baguettes, then top with spoonful of tomato mixture. Sprinkle top with parm. Cheese.

Broil for 5 minutes, until crusted.

Amanda's Shower

For Amanda's shower we made personalized onesies, it was pretty easy and we had lots of fun doing it. Everyone was so creative and came up with some pretty cute ideas. We are so excited for you Amanda, congrats!


My photography skills have never been good, but they must have gotten worse...I can't believe I didn't get a picture of Amanda and Emily...sorry ladies.

Funeral Potatoes

32 oz frozen bag of hash browns (or fresh)
2 cans of cream of chicken soup
2 cups of sour cream (16 oz)
1 cup of cheddar cheese
1/2 cup of butter (melted)
1 tsp of onion powder
2 cups of corn flakes
9x13 pan

Combine soup, sour cream, and cheese. Add onion, salt and pepper. Mix well.
Mix sauce and hash browns then place in a 9x13 pan
Melt butter and combine with corn flakes. Sprinkle crumbs over casserole. Bake in a greased dish 40 min at 375

Mummy Pizzas

Ghost Brownies

1 Box of brownie mix

1 Bag of large marshmallows
1 Tube of black frosting
1 Tub of white frosting

Bake the brownies in a 9 by 13 pan. Let them cool, and cut them up in to 24 pieces.

Put them on a serving platter to spread them out. Take your tub of white frosting and warm it up in the microwave so it can be drizzled. Take a marshmallow and put it on top of a brownie square. Drizzle the frosting all over the marshmallow and it will drizzle down the brownie like a ghost! When the frosting dries, you can make faces with the black tube of frosting.

Caramel Apple Dip