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So these are supposed to look like ghosts.

Humor me, k?

It’s all I got for Halloween. Does that make me a bad recipe website?

So be it.

I’m o.k with it.

These are meringue type cookies without the Cream of Tartar.

I’m not big on Meringue cookies, but these are quite tasty.

Light as air and oh so tasty. They were gobbled right up.

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Ghost Cookies
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Ingredients
  • 2 Egg Whites
  • ¾ cup White Sugar
  • 1½ teaspoon Clear Vanilla Extract
  • ⅛ teaspoon Table Salt
  • 1 cup Mini Chocolate Chips (or 1 cup regular size chocolate chips)

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  3. In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer on high speed until frothy.
  4. Add the sugar a little bit at a time, beating the entire time until the mixture has become stiff, about 5 minutes.
  5. Beat in vanilla and salt.
  6. Fold in chocolate chips.
  7. Place the mixture into a gallon zip lock bag, cut the corner and pipe into your desired shape onto the prepared cookie sheet.
  8. If making ghosts, place mini chocolate chips on the piped cookie for the eyes and mouth.
  9. Place in the oven.
  10. TURN OFF THE HEAT
  11. And allow the cookie to sit in the oven for at least 4 hours.
  12. Remove and store at room temperature

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Please contact me within 48 hours to claim your prize!!!

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Four boobs.

Have I lost you?

Do you know what “Four Boobs” is?

I dunno, maybe I made it up.

“Four Boobs” is an actual medical condition when a womans boobs are overfilling her bra causing the boobs to spill out of the top of her bra.

This condition cause the unsightly appearance of boobs sitting on-top of boobs under her shirt.

It’s quite tacky.

There is a cure for this.

Get a correctly fitting bra!

I swear it works.

Consider this a Public Service Announcement.

Bundt Cakes remind me of boobs.

Anyways…..

This cake is good people….really good. EXPLODING with all sorts of flavors.

It starts with a cake mix, but tasted NOTHING like it.

We have cinnamon, buttermilk, maple extract, bananas……oh my.

Oh and I added a streusel filling cause I want to be your BFF.

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5.0 from 1 reviews

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Serves: 16
 

A Maple Cinnamon Banana Bundt Cake exploding with flavor using a cake mix as a starter
Ingredients
Cake
  • 1 Classic Yellow Cake Mix
  • ½ tablespoon Cinnamon
  • ½ cup Buttermilk
  • ¼ cup Water
  • ¼ cup Vegetable Oil
  • 3 Eggs
  • ½ teaspoon Maple Extract
  • 4 Bananas, Mashed
Streusel Filling
  • ¾ cup Pecans
  • 3 tablespoons White Sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
  • 1½ teaspoons Cinnamon
Buttermilk Maple Glaze
  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 1½ tablespoon Buttermilk
  • ⅛ teaspoon Maple Extract
  • ¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325
  2. Grease or spray Bundt Pan with non-stick spray
Make Streusel Filling
  1. Place pecans, white sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon in a blender or food processor and blend until the mixture resembles sand with some larger nut pieces remaining.
  2. Set aside.
Cake
  1. In a large bowl, add the cake mix and cinnamon and whisk until combined.
  2. Add the buttermilk,water,oil,eggs and maple extract.
  3. With an electic mixer, mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  4. Add the bananas and mix for another one minute.
  5. Pour half the mixture into the prepared bundt pan.
  6. Evenly distribute the streusel filling over the cake mix.
  7. Top with the remaining cake mix.
  8. Place on a baking sheet(so the bottom does not over cook) and bake for 70-80 minutes or until a skewer comes out with a few crumbs attached.
  9. Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
  10. Invert onto a wire rack and allow to cool.
Buttermilk Maple Glaze
  1. In a small bowl, whisk powdered sugar, buttermilk,maple extract, vanilla extract until smooth.
  2. Pour over warm cake.

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I.HAVE.NO.WORDS

I can’t even.

I mean.

Really

Do you like sweet, salty, gooey and chewy?

Are you even human?

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Pre slicing….It’s taunting you isn’t it?

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5.0 from 2 reviews

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Serves: 16
 

A sweet, salty,chewy and gooey bar dessert.
Ingredients
Bars
  • 1 stick + 3 tablespoons Butter
  • 1½ cups Brown Sugar,packed
  • 1¼ cups Flour
  • 1½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1⅛ teaspoon Coarse Kosher Salt,divided
  • ½ cup Graham Cracher Crumbs
  • 2 Eggs, lightly beaten
  • 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 25 Pretzel Sticks ( not the big rods) broken up
  • ½ cup Milk Chocolate Chips
Caramel Drizzle
  • 7 Caramel Candies (such as Kraft Caramels), unwrapped
  • ½ teaspoon cream or half and half

Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350.
  2. Line a 9 x 9 pan with parchment paper or non-stick foil.
  3. In a small pan, over low heat, melt together the butter and brown sugar for 2 minutes. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
  4. Whisk together flour,baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt and graham cracker crumbs.
  5. After the brown sugar mixture has cooled some, whisk in the eggs and vanilla.
  6. While stiring, pour the brown sugar mixture into the flour mixture, this will be somewhat thick.
  7. Stir until fully incorporated.
  8. Pour into the pan.
  9. Top with pretzel pieces and chocolate chips.
  10. Bake for 40 minutes
  11. Remove from oven and cool in pan.
  12. Drizzle with caramel and sprinkle with the remaining ⅛ teaspoon coarse kosher salt.
  13. Cut into desired sized squares.
Caramel Drizzle
  1. In a small bowl add the caramel candies and cream.
  2. Microwave in 15 second increments, stirring in-between each increment. Do this until the caramel is smooth.

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Congrats to Carolsue for winning my Barilla Giveaway.

~ The Hungry Housewife

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Don’t forget about these on your Thanksgiving table. They will be sure to make everyone smile!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. May your holiday be filled with wonderful food, family, friends, love and memories.

You need:

Oreos
Mini Reese’s Cups
Candy Corn
Malted Milk Balls
Tube Icing in white, orange, red and black

“Glue” (with some icing) one Oreo onto the other Oreo for the Turkeys back.
“Glue” (with icing) a Reese’s cup onto the front of the Oreo that is vertical for the turkeys belly
“Glue” (with icing) the malted milk ball on to the top of the Reeces Cup.
Place 5 candy corns, tip side down into the white filling of the cookie for the feathers.
Snip the white tip off of a candy corn for the nose and glue it onto the front of the malted milk ball.
Add the eyes, waddle and feet with the icing.

 

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What is your favorite holiday pie? Mine by far is pumpkin and cherry. I can’t have Thanksgiving without it. This maple pumpkin pie is my all time favorite. The maple and cinnamon gives it just that little something extra.
Pumpkin pie is very easy to make. You can take a short cut and use a pre-made pie crust. I won’t tell a soul.

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Maple pumpkin Pie..they perfect holiday pie.
Ingredients
PIE CRUST
  • 1¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour (6¼ ounces)
  • ½ teaspoon table salt
  • 1tablespoon sugar
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (3/4 stick), cut into ¼-inch slices
  • ¼ cup chilled solid vegetable shortening , cut into 2 pieces
  • 2 tablespoons vodka , cold
  • 2 tablespoons cold water
PIE FILLING
  • 1 15 oz. can pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 cup half and half or whole milk
  • 1 tablespoon maple extract

Instructions
PIE CRUST
  1. Mix the flour, salt, and sugar together in a medium bowl.
  2. With a pastry fork,two forks or your fingers, mix the butter and shortening into the flour mixture (dough will resemble cottage cheese curds with some very small pieces of butter remaining, but there should be no uncoated flour).
  3. Empty mixture into medium bowl.
  4. Sprinkle vodka and water over mixture. With rubber spatula, use folding motion to mix, pressing down on dough until dough is slightly tacky and sticks together.
  5. Flatten dough into 4-inch disk.
  6. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to 2 days.
  7. Preheat the oven to 375.
  8. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pie dough large enough to fit a 8″ or 9″ pie pan.
  9. Place it in your pie pan and put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
  10. Meanwhile in a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, sugar, maple syrup, cinnamon and salt.
  11. Add the eggs and beat with a fork until mixed thoroughly.
  12. Slowly add the half and half and maple extract, stir until combined.
  13. Remove pie crust from the freezer and fill the crust with the pumpkin filling.
  14. Cover the edges of of the pie crust with foil or a pie crust sheild.
  15. Bake for 35 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for an additional 35 minutes or until the center is set or when a tooth pick or a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
  16. Cool on a wire rack.

Notes
The maple extract is optional. It might be hard to find in your area. -Pie filling inspired by Better Homes and Gardens -Pie crust from Cooks Illustrated

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