Cookie Dough Cuppy-Cakes!

I saw this recipe here and was waiting for the right occasion to try it out. Lucky for me my manager asked me to make cupcakes for a team members birthday this week and try it out I did!

THE INGREDIENTS:

1 package yellow cake mix (I recommend Pillsbury low-sugar yellow cake mix)

1 package sugar-free vanilla instant pudding mix

1 cup milk

1 cup vegetable oil

4 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 package chocolate chip cookie dough

Your favorite frosting, enough to frost 24 cupcakes

THE MIXING:

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake wrappers in 24 muffin pans.

2. Combine all cupcake ingredients (except cookie dough and frosting, of course) in bowl of a stand mixer. Mix on low until combined, scrape bowl, then mix on medium for 2 minutes. Batter will be very thick.

THE PREPARATION:

3. Divide batter between cupcake pans (about 1/4 cup in each cupcake wrapper), each cupcake wrapper should be about 2/3 full. Roll cookie dough into 24 balls and place one on top of each unbaked cupcake.

*Now this is where the recipe and I differ. In the original post the cookie dough was pushed into the batter. I was afraid that this would result in uncooked cookie dough, which is never good overnight, and I made the cookies the night before. Also important to make sure you have regular cupcake wrappers not just Christmas ones, or else you might have to run back to the store.

THE BAKING:

4. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until tops spring back when touched. Cool 2 minutes and remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

THE RESULT:

5. Frost with your favorite frosting (chocolates always good) and garnish with a baked cookie (cut in half placed in the frosting), sprinkles, or toasted pecans.

While I myself didn't try one out (I wasn't feeling like something sweet at the time) they were a HUGE success! People are work are STILL talking about them! Someone even said I bake better then his grandma. I don't know about all that, but I do know they were super tasty!

Lime Meringue Pie!

Okay, so if you like Key Lime Pie, you should like this as well.

Pie Filling
1 ½ cups sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Dash salt
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
½ teaspoon grated lime peel
1/3 cup lime juice
Use whatever kind of crust you want! My husband whipped up a graham cracker crust for me real quick on this one.

In saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt. Gradually add hot water, stirring constantly. Cook and stir over moderately high heat until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat.

Stir a moderate amount of hot mixture into egg yolks (so the yolk doesn’t cook itself in the pan) then return to hot mixture in the pan. Bring to boil and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add butter and lime peel. Slowly add lime juice, mixing well. Pour into your crust.

Meringue
3 egg whites
½ teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
6 tablespoons sugar

Beat egg whites with vanilla and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff and glossy peaks form and all of the sugar is dissolved.

Spread Meringue over pie filling. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes or until meringue is golden. Cool. Enjoy!

P.S. If you're not into meringue, just put cool whip on top of the pie because the filling is seriously delish!

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New Peeps

Guess What?!!?!
I am super excited to announce we will have some more people posting to this here blog.
Why am I so excited you ask?
I'll tell you...
These girls are AMAZING!!!
Seriously!
I would not ask them to post if I did not think they were. Honest.
Are you on the edge of your seat curious as to who these amazing women are???
I thought so...

There will be more info about them soon.
Right now here are the links to their blogs!
Go check them out :)

Natalie
Jessica
Samantha

Ice Cream Pie

This is super easy...
All you need is:
Pie Crust (store bought or homemade)
Ice Cream (of choice)
Whip Cream
and whatever toppings you would like.

Let the Ice cream soften and put it in the pie crust
and then put the whip cream on top and then add your toppings.
Then put it back into the freezer.
Its really good and oh so easy.
Plus you can do whatever flavors you want.
This one is a chocolate store bought pie shell with cookies and
cream ice cream and Oreos smashed on top.
I wish I would have thought of putting hot fudge on top.
That would have been delicious.
The next one I would love to do a graham cracker crust
with cheesecake ice cream and strawberries on top. YUM!

Sam's Baby Shower

Me and Sam{The food table and all its yummy goodness. I made cake balls that many people seemed to enjoy. I dipped them in a white chocolate and then drizzled milk chocolate over the top to make it look like a zebra.}

{name plaque: I got the wood at Hobby Lobby and just used paper and modge podge to put it together}{Another name frame}{Clothes line. the white ones I made with the iron-on's you can print off your computer}{It's a boy banner}

I really enjoyed putting this shower together!
Here are a few pictures of the decorations.
I just love the theme. I got the idea from a blog online.

Chicken Club Pizza

Chicken Club Pizza

This pizza is SO good. We had it a few weeks ago at girls night and I made it the following Monday. It is delicious and super easy

Ingredients
1 ready made pizza crust (Pillsbury, in the area by the biscuits)
Cooked Chicken (I used some of the chicken from those Rotisserie chickens in the store)
Bacon
Mozzarella Cheese
2 Roma tomatoes
1 avocado
Red Onion
Lemon juice

Directions
-Preheat oven to temperature on pizza crust package
-Roll out pizza crust (You can cook it on a pan or on a stone)
-Sprinkle cheese, chicken and bacon onto crust
-Put in oven for about 18 minutes or until golden
-While in the oven cut up tomatoes (remove all seeds), avocado, and onion. (The Red onion is strong so use what you think is best.)
-Put in bowl and mix with some lemon juice enough to just coat so the avocados don't turn brown.
-When pizza is done cut and then spread the tomato mixture on the top
-ENJOY!

(before the tomato mixture)
(After)