{ cornflake candy } recipe

I've got a little recipe for all you peanut butter lovers! 

These peanut butter cornflake bars are chewy and not too sweet!

And, with only a few ingredients, it's nearly impossible to mess it up!

Even the kids can help!

Cornflake Candy

Ingredients:    

1 cup of sugar

                                  1 cup of light corn syrup (Karo brand)

                      1 cup of creamy peanut butter

     7 cups cornflakes

Start by measuring out your cornflakes. Set them aside

Mix sugar and light corn syrup in a large sauce pan over medium heat.

Make sure you keep mixing. The sugar will burn if you don't!

Boil sugar mixture until sugar had dissolved completely. Remove from heat

End product should be clear like so... 

Add peanut butter and mix well 

Add cornflakes to the peanut butter mixture, half cup at a time. I like

to just shake a little in the pot, mix, and repeat.

Make sure all of the cornflakes are coated. As it cools, it will harden.

So try to mix quickly and thoroughly 

Spoon mixture into a baking dish or onto a cookie sheet

lined with wax paper and press it flat to your desired thickness.

Let your Cornflake candy cool.

Cut into squares.

And eat!! 

{ cookie dough pops } recipe

Today is Ryker's last day of school until next year! 

I'm excited for the break and so is he! I really

enjoy having him home and watching him

soak in the free time! :)

He wanted to bring a Christmas treat to school 

for all of his classmates. I have personally

been wanting to try a treat that I saw on this blog

back in October! Cookie dough pops!!

What a wonderful idea! 

And with no eggs at all, it's OK to eat raw!

On a side note, I'd like to encourage you to use cuter

sprinkles than I did! When you live in Hawaii, it isn't

a rare occurrence for Wal-Mart to be "out" of things.

Unfortunately, on the day I needed cute sprinkles,

they were out. These ones were the only 

sprinkles in the whole place!

What you'll need:

* 6 inch lollipop sticks

* A brick of almond bark

* CUTE sprinkles

* Cookie recipe and ingredients

* Wax paper

* Foam block

Ingredients:

2 1/4 c. all purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 c. (2 sticks) butter; softened

3/4 c. granulated sugar

3/4 c. packed brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 c. milk

2 c. (12 oz pkg) semi sweet chocolate morsels.

Start by combining the flour, baking soda, and salt in a

small bowl. Mix it well and set it aside.

Now, in a large bowl, combine butter,  sugar, brown sugar

and vanilla. Beat until creamy and well mixed.

Add milk and mix well.

Gradually beat in flour mixture.

Stir in morsels.

Line cookie sheets with wax paper.

Roll balls of dough about an inch wide. Lay

them out on the wax paper.

Melt almond bark in the microwave.

Follow the instructions on the package.

Now dip your lollipop sticks into the almond bark and

then stick them into your cookie dough balls.

Freeze pops for 20 min.

Once the pops are firm, take out a few at

a time and start dipping them into the melted

almond bark. You may have to reheat it often.

The pops coat better when it's hot!

Tap them on the side of your bowl to remove

excess coating.

Quickly sprinkle with cute sprinkles!

Ryker was in charge of this part! He was in 

sprinkle heaven! :) 

Now poke the stick of your finished pop into 

the foam block so it can harden.

Once the coating has dried, you can wrap

them with Cello wrap or tie them with a bow. 

This just happened to be another thing Wal-Mart

was out of yesterday when I was picking

up supplies! No small, clear Cello bags! Sigh...

So they were put in these big "surfer santa" bags.

The extras will be going with Jake to work tomorrow! 

Hope the ladies like sugar! :)

This recipe makes between 40 and 50 pops! 

Enjoy!

{ fabulous eggnog } recipe

So, when I make something, I usually have a pretty

clear view of what I'm trying make ( usually)!

Take eggnog for example...I am looking for a very

specific flavor and texture. Well, I found it!

I was searching the web and making eggnog like crazy!

Last night I tried an Eggnog recipe

that will be  put into my recipe book for good!

I won't be looking for any more recipes because

this, my friends, is fabulous!

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

4 egg yolks

1/2 cup sugar

2 cups milk

2 whole cloves

Pinch of cinnamon

1 cup cream

1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 Tbsp each of bourbon and rum or brandy,

                                               or to taste (optional)

Directions:
Start out by beating the egg yolk  well. Then slowly add
the sugar to the eggs and beat until it's fluffy.

In a saucepan, combine milk, cinnamon ( I added a lot
more than a pinch.. mmmm), and cloves.
I didn't have cloves and I wasn't about to drive to
the store just for that, so I didn't put them in!
My eggnog still turned out incredible!
Slowly heat on medium until mixture is steaming
hot. Do not let it boil!

Temper the eggs.
 This part is pretty important so pay attention! lol
You are going to slowly pour half of the hot milk
into  your eggs! While you pour, you need to
constantly be whisking so that you don't heat
the eggs too quickly! You don't want to scramble
them!

Now add the egg mixture back into the pot.
Continue heating, stirring constantly, over medium
heat until mixture begins to thicken and
coats the backside of a spoon.

Remove from heat and add cream. Mix well.
Strain eggnog to remove cloves. Let it cool for
one hour and then add the vanilla,
nutmeg, and rum (again, the rum is optional!
Just don't put it in if you don't want it!)

Chill and serve.

Yield: 1 quart

Thank you to Elise for her post at Simply Recipes!

{ whipped eggnog } recipe

I love the holidays! And for so many reasons! I love

that families seem so much closer, that people seem to show

more compassion toward each other and that there

is so much tasty food to be cooked! :)

One of my favorite tasty items is eggnog! Oh how

I wish it was available all year at the grocery store!

But, since it isn't, I've decided to give making this 

delicious beverage a try! Yes, I'm a first timer in

 eggnog making! And I'm sure I'll try a lot

of recipes just because that's what I like to do!

Here's my first!

A creamy, fluffy, thick, whipped version of eggnog! And since I

prefer drinking my eggnog mixed with milk, this thick

recipe is perfect!

I chose to try this one because I had all but one ingredient

already on hand! So it cost me less to make it! Hope you

try it! Hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/3 c. white sugar
• salt to taste
• 2 1/2 c. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 c. heavy whipping cream
• 2 tbsp. confectioners sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 c. rum (optional)
• 2 drops yellow food coloring (optional)

Alright!

Directions:

Start by combining egg, white sugar, and salt ( just a sprinkle)

in a medium saucepan.

Gradually stir in milk.

Stirring constantly, cook for 10-15 minutes

on medium heat; until mixture just coats a metal spoon.

( Please stir constantly! If you

don't, you will most likely end up with very sweet

and fluffy scrambled eggs! I'm serious! Stirring is pretty

important in this step! Keep the liquid moving!)

Remove saucepan from heat. Add 1 tsp. vanilla; stir.

Place the saucepan in a sink of cold water just long enough

to cool the custard.

Now cover and put it in the fridge until chilled.

( put an empty bowl in the freezer while you're here.

You'll need it later!)

In a chilled bowl (the one that was in the freezer), combine

heavy whipping cream, confectioners sugar, nutmeg and

1/2 tsp. vanilla.

Beat until stiff peaks form. It should take about 5 min

to get the right consistency here ( unless your electric

mixer isn't broken, like mine). It will be just like whipped cream.

 If you think you have it, just dip the tip of your

mixer in and if  the whipped cream stands up you're done.

Stir in rum and yellow food coloring at this point. I didn't

use either of these options in mine! You can

add milk instead of rum . It will

thin the eggnog a little!

Fold the whipped cream mixture into the chilled custard.

(basically, you're just gently stirring!)

Poor into a serving bowl or pitcher! Sprinkle with

nutmeg and cinnamon!

With a little homemade whipped cream on top! :)

Happiness in a cup!

If, by chance, you end up with little scrambled egg pieces

in your eggnog, you can just strain them out after you

remove your custard from the heat!

 If it'stoo fluffy for you, just add milk until it's right! :)

And don't forget to mix it well before drinking!

Yield:   about 4 cups