Bacon wrapped little smokies

Very simple yet yummy appetizer. Wrap your little smokies with bacon and place in baking dish. Sprinkle with brown sugar and bake at 375 until done, about 25-30 min.

Baby Back Ribs

Front porch!

Root Beer Float Cookies

I use the same receipe as the Nestle Toll House Chocolate chip cookies but substitute the vanilla extract for root beer and use white chocolate chips instead of the semi sweet.

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon root beer extract

2 large egg

1 pkg of white chocolate chips

PREHEAT oven to 375 degrees F.

Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Drop by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown.               

Red velvet cookies

Today I played with my cream cheese cake cookie receipe and decided to try red velvet cake mix.  Turned out pretty yummy

1pkg cream cheese
1/2 cups of butter
2 eggs
1tsp of vanilla
1 box red velvet cake mix
white chocolate chips

Cream the butter and cream cheese together.  Add the eggs and vanilla, once mix well add the cake mix and bit at a time until well mixed together, then add the white chocolate chips. Bake at 375 for 12-15 minutes.

Wine rack upcycled

I have been wanting a table for behind the couch for some time now and just haven't found anything.  Yesterday as I was looking in the living room it hit me.  There was on old wine rack in our shop, so I drug my son out there and after determining that yes it would do, we lugged the thing back to the house.  It was a perfect fit!

Home made rotel

 We had plenty of tomatoes this year,so I made home made rotel.  Depending on how many jars you want the amount of tomatoes will vary.  My first batch had around 30-40 tomatoes.  Place tomatoes in the sink, in a large pot bring water to boil.  Once the water is boiling take off the stove and pour over the tomatoes in the sink.  The hot boiling water will make the skin peel right off the tomatoes.

Peel the skin and quarter the tomatoes and place in the large pot.

 Once all the tomatoes are peeled and quartered, dice 4-5 jalapeno peppers (more for a hotter rotel and less for milder) and add to tomatoes.  Add palm full of canning salt.  Bring this to a boil and let simmer for around 30 minutes. While this is simmer, in a small pan place the mason jar lid flats in water and heat to small boil. Heating the flats will help to seal the jars.

Add to mason jars.  I did several in pint size and then all the rest in 8oz jars.  Let sit until all the jars are sealed.  You will know they are sealed when the lids start popping.  We use in chili and cheese dip.