Easy Breakfast Cups

I was feeling particularly domestic the other morning and busted out some blueberry muffins AND some delicious bacon and egg breakfast cups, flavored with goat gouda and basil, they were amazing!

Aren’t you already excited just looking at this?

Even Raw this looks delicious!

Eggs, Cheese, and Basil…Wrapped in bacon? Yes please.

Alright! I am done taunting you 😛 Here is the recipe for your morning enjoyment!

Bacon, Goat Cheese, and Basil Egg Breakfast Cups

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Oh! Don’t forget to serve these at a most awesome tea party!

So fancy!

Not proper behavior for a tea party….

Pretty sure my little ladies do not care about the proper way to behave at a tea party 😛

Thank for Looking!

Happy Baking

♥

Samantha

ps.

sorry about the thumbnails…I don’t really know what’s up with that!

Crustless Cheddar Broccoli Quiche

Cheddar Broccoli Quiche

I was going to wait to post till tomorrow but since I had a request from a follower for the recipe for my dinner this evening I figured I could post one real quick while watching Freaks and Geeks.

The recipe is simple
And so perfect to throw together on an evening when you don’t have much energy 🙂

Crustless Cheddar Broccoli Quiche

Ingredients
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• 6 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/4 – 1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 1/2 cup frozen or fresh Broccoli, cut up
• 2 Tablespoons dried onions, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• coarse salt and ground black pepper, to taste

Directions
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1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Sauté broccoli with dried onions, garlic powder, salt and pepper, and a small amount if olive oil in a frying pan.
3. Whisk together eggs and heavy cream.
4. Stir shredded cheese and sautéed broccoli into egg mixture until well combined.
5. Pour into a pie plate or casserole dish and bake for about 30 minutes. Quiche should pull away from the sides and brown around the edges. It should not jiggle in the center when you pull it out. Let rest for about 5 minutes before you cut into it.
6. Eat and enjoy!

Happy Cooking
❤
Samantha

Chinese Almond Cookies Recipe

Good Day Homemakers! Today I am going to share a recipe for Chinese Almond Cookies.

Made in the traditional manner, with lard….mmm….yummy…lard. Haha…No really the cookies are delicious! I do not do a lot of cooking with lard but to get the right texture with this traditional Asian dessert only the real thing would do! (trust me, I tried making tortillas with crisco once, and I ended up with some very pie like tortillas for dinner). Sometimes you just need the right ingredient!

This cookie is deliciously almond-y with a nice crumbly texture. The recipe calls for an almond on top but I unfortunately only had pecans 😦 Hey! a nuts a nut!

Enough of my chatter….here’s the recipe 🙂

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups flour sifted
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (salt)
• 1 cup lard
• 1 cup raw sugar (sugar)
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tbsp water
• blanched almonds

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Sift Flour, Baking Powder, and Salt. Set aside.

Sift Dry Ingredients

 3. Cream together Lard and Sugar. Beat in Egg and Almond Extract.

Cream Lard and Sugar

4. Add flour a little at a time beating on low until all ingredients are combined.

Cookie Dough

5. Scrape dough out onto a flour surface and knead slightly. Add more flour if dough is too wet or add a little water if dough is too dry.

6. Form dough into a log. Either cut or rip dough off in 1inch pieces.

Knead Dough

7. Roll pieces into balls and place on greased cookie sheet. Place an almond in the center and press down.

8.Beat together egg yolk and water. Brush the top of cookies with egg yolk mixture and bake.

Push Nut into Top

9. Bake for 13-15 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for about five minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.

10. Eat and Enjoy!

These Chinese Almond Cookies taste amazing first thing out of the oven but the texture really comes out when they are entirely cooled.

Yummy!

Happy Baking

♥♥♥

Samantha

Vanilla Peanut Butter Cookies

One Pin At a Time

I do not think I have shared with you my love, wait, scratch that, my obsession with Pinterest…have I? Well, I am addicted! I just downloaded the app onto my iPad and things have gotten much worse.

I pin all kinds of recipes, craft projects, diy projects, ideas, and much more. However, I never do anything with these pins. So I have decided to start posting  my findings from pinterest….One Pin At a Time.

My first post is from my Food, Need I say more? board. It is a Recipe for Vanilla Peanut Butter Cookies, which were very like chocolate chip with a little more vanilla flavor.

 Mine did not turn out as chewy looking because the recipe called for crisco and all I had was butter 😦 They were still a big hit and I recommend them greatly!

For your enjoyment, here is the recipe:

Vanilla Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• pinch sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup peanut butter chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375F. Prepare 2 cookie sheets
2. Mix together with a whisk, the cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and flour. Set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy (3-5 min). Add egg and beat. Add vanilla and water and beat until creamy.
4. Combine Dry ingredients with wet, beat on low-speed.
5. Fold peanut butter chips in with a wooden spoon.
6. Chill dough in the refrigerator for 30 min. up to overnight.
7. scoop on to cookie sheets with a spoon or small cookie scoop.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 min. Remove cookie sheets and let cookies sit for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
9. Eat and Enjoy!!

Happy Baking

♥♥♥

Samantha

Saturday Morning Pancakes

Dad’s Old Fashioned Whole Wheat Pancakes

It has become quite the tradition in our home to have Daddy make pancakes on Saturday morning. We found a recipe a while back and adapted it to meet our taste and health standards. What we came up with is a delicious and nutrition pancake recipe that has become a staple in our home.

This healthy whole wheat pancake recipe takes no time at all to prepare…exactly why my husband has no qualms with making it on Saturday morning. You could even keep the dry ingredients mixed in a jar and at ready!

So from my family to yours!

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Happy Cooking

♥♥♥

Samantha

To Do

Things to do this week:

1. Post a recipe
2. Post at all 😛
3. Make pajamas with my sister for our little ones and post
4. List some new merchandise for Midnite Hollow
5. Find time to walk my dog EVERYDAY and maybe squeeze some yoga in
6. And oh yeah! Have a calm, collected, and joyous week!

Does putting a recipe together and taking pictures for my post count?