Cat Tales!

So you all know that we have 2 cats, and my 22 yr old has 2 cats, right?

Well, last week, Chris, texts me. Rare for him! He was working on programming homework and couldn't find his eraser. He remembered that Talus, one of the cats, had been near by.

Now, when 'they' were kittens we worried about toys. Ha, not anymore, 'they' can make a toy out of anything. The strange thing about Chris' cats is that they like to leave him presents in his shoes. I don't mean nasty presents either!!! Chris finds coins, plastic caps, you name it in his shoes.

So, back to the eraser. Chris went to his shoes when the eraser was missing. First he found an actual cat ball in one shoe, then in the other? Yep, you guessed it! The eraser was in the other shoe!

So, before you put on your shoes, better look for presents!

Cozyflier

Creamy Cheese Pie

Creamy Cheese Pie – Carrie
If you like Cheesecake, you will LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ingredients: Cream Cheese, Eggs, Sugar, Vanilla, Lemon Juice, Graham crackers, Butter, and Sour Cream

Crust:
12-14 Crushed graham crackers
¼ 1/4 Cup melted Butter
Combine and pat into pie pan

Main Pie:
12oz. Cream Cheese (do NOT use light or low fat)
2 Eggs Beaten
3/4 Cup Sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla
1/2 tsp. + Lemon Juice
Combine above ingredients and beat until frothy. Pour into graham cracker crust. Bake 350* for 15-20 min.

Remove from oven and cool 5 min.
Add topping; return to oven cook for 10 more mins.
Remove from oven, cool at least 5 hours, may freeze

Topping:
1 Cup Sour Cream (do not use light)
3 1/2 TBLsp Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla (clear vanilla works well but not required)

Sorry, No pictures, haven't made any since last Christmas. Just thought I'd share!

Cozyflier

Thurs 11-12 Post 2- Disney- Shape UP!!h

Please go to:Rikki's Blog and read her post if you are a die hard Disney fan.

Even if you aren't, read it and help us to let Disney know, they need to shape up!

Thanks,
Cozyflier

Pumpkin Dip

Sorry, guess I'd better learn to plan and take 'before' ingredient pictures!

AJ got this recipe from his 4th grade teacher. When the parents came to school for Thanksgiving lunch, dessert was in the room. AJ loves pumpkin!!!!

Ingredients:
1 Cup Pumpkin
2 8 ounce packages of cream cheese (at room temperature)
4 Cups powdered sugar
1 generous teaspoon of Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Ginger

Cream softened cream cheese with hand mixer in large bowl. Add pumpkin and powdered sugar one cup at a time until thoroughly mixed Add spices last and mix well. Serve with gingersnap cookies for a Thanksgiving Day treat!

Note, my kids like it with pretzels too!! I know, they are strange.

Enjoy!

Cozyflier

Amaretto Bread

Hope you still have a bread machine in your pantry collecting dust!


Ingredients:
1 pound loaf 1 1/2 Pd loaf
2 Cups Bread Flour 3 Cups
2/3 Cup Milk 1 Cup
1/2 Cup chpd hazelnuts/ 3/4 Cup
slivered almonds
1 Egg 1
2 Tbsp. Sugar 3 Tbsp.
2 Tbsp. Marg/Butter 3Tbsp.
4 tsp. amaretto or hazelnut liqueur 2 Tbsp.
3/4 tsp. active dry yeast 1 tsp.
1/2 tsp Salt 3/4 tsp.

Amaretto Glaze 1 recipe:
1/2 Cup powdered sugar and 1 Tbsp amaretto OR hazelnut liqueur OR almond extract. If needed, add 1 or 2 tsp milk to make drizzling consistency.




Add yeast and flour. We use room temperature milk, butter, egg, or warm slightly in microwave. Dump into machine, add nuts, sugar, amaretto, salt. Push Start!


Let the machine do the kneading!




Our machine does a rise, kneads, rises again!


Bakes and then cools!


We take it out!


Slice it, then I glaze it - top picture!

Enjoy! Found this recipe in BHG- 1993!!!!!!!!!!

Great for breakfast, coffee clutch, or just a snack!

Cozyflier

Organizing

From This:


Why do I feel like I'm more productive when I have a job and do stuff of the weekends? Does anyone else feel like this? When I wasn't working, I painted, re-did furniture, cleaned, etc!!!!!!!!

This past weekend, I organized all those wonderful recipes I've been pulling out of magazines for years, printing off the net, and getting from niece via e-mail and throwing in the cabinet!
To This:


My solution? 2, count them, 2 three ring binders and almost 200 page protectors! Then I re-organized 4 cabinets in the kitchen to make my cook books and these 2 new binders more accessible! I hope this is all worth while!!

I did find an old friend of a recipe that I will be sharing.

Cozyflier

Holly Cookies

I know it is early, but I want to post this early so you have time to perfect your skills, and gain weight!!! These look difficult, but really are simple. I have been making them since I was 10, I'm almost 49!

Sorry, I forgot to get an ingredient picture.

1 stick butter
30 Large Marshmallows
1/2 tsp Vanilla
Green food coloring - to your appeal!
3 cups Cornflakes, NOT frosted
Red hot candies

WAX paper



In a double boiler, melt the butter, add the marshmallows, stir frequently. When they are melted, add the vanilla and Green food coloring.


It should look like this!
Add the corn flakes, and gently stir to coat them in the green. Reduce heat slightly, don't want to cook flakes!

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper, put 3 Red hot candies onto the 'Holly' let cool.



You should end up with this!

Yield: depending on the size of cookie between 60-80 cookies!

Helpful hints:

I keep a small cup of water on the stove and dip spoons into the water between each cookie. Keeps the goo from sticking!

Stir the flake mixture every once in awhile, keeps recoating the flakes, and keeps the mixture evenly warmed.

Helps to have an extra pair of hands for the red hot candies, great job for a child!

After a few hrs take a table knife and loosen from the wax paper and put into a storage container with wax paper between layers of cookies.

These are very addicting!

enjoy!

Cozyflier