Easy baking is essential this time of year! I have a couple big OREO fans in the house too. Not only does my hubby love stuffed cookies, but a stuffed cookie with OREOs? Well, that's really a great gift idea for him. Plus, they make great gifts for the neighbors too. Do you have an OREO fan in your house? OREO Stuffed Cookie Recipe Ingredients: 1 box chocolate cake mix 4 oz (1/2 brick) cream cheese 1/3 cup butter, softened 1 egg 20 OREOS, any flavor … [Read more...]
Snowflake Muddy Buddies Recipe
Muddy Buddies are a delicious and simply snack idea to make during the Christmas season. You can put them in treat bags for your kid's classroom, bring them to the neighbors in a mason jar, or put them out on the table for a sweet snack. Adding snowflake sprinkles and Christmas sprinkles to the muddy buddies recipe gives it a fun Christmas twist! Ingredients: 9 cups Chex cereal 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup butter or margarine 1 teaspoon … [Read more...]
Hosting a Christmas Cookie Swap? Here’s What You Need to Know
Are you hosting a Christmas cookie exchange this holiday season? For the third year, I am on our church's women's ministry team and we love to host a Christmas cookie swap with the other ladies at church. It's a fun excuse to get together for brunch. Plus, we get to bring home 1-2 dozen cookies to our family for the holiday season. Yes, I know we don't "need" dozens of cookies in our homes, but we've also given them as gifts to the neighbors or brought them to the local fire … [Read more...]
Cake Mix Cookie Recipe: Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies
We're a big fan of semi-homemade here at the Long House. We've made a few cake mix cookie recipes here on the blog. This one is a great addition to our growing collection. It's perfect for the holiday season too! We love baking cookies! What are your favorite cookies to make, or eat? Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies Ingredients: 1 box chocolate cake mix 4 oz (1/2 brick) cream cheese 1/3 cup butter, softened 1 egg 20 Peanut Butter Cups Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookie … [Read more...]
Candy Pilgrim Hats: A Fun Thanksgiving Recipe
Growing up, Thanksgiving was at the top of my list for favorite holidays. We used to rent our local gymnasium and have our very large extended family on our reservation and even family from other nearby reservations come and eat and play games -- like basketball, pickle ball, and volley ball. We'd bring stacks of board games and there was an entire table devoted to dessert. Our family Thanksgiving dinners have gotten smaller over the years, and we have actually started traveling more during … [Read more...]
Make Your Own Turkey Vegetable Plate! Perfect for a Fall Appetizer!
My kids are big VeggieTales fans. They watch and re-watch all the VeggieTales in the House episodes on Netflix. Seriously, I am so glad that this show is on Netflix. It truly is entertainment I can trust my kids to watch. In honor of the 4th season of VeggieTales in the House, I printed some great activity sheets (link below) for the kids and made a fun Turkey Vegetable Plate. I bought the vegetable plate at my local Costco and just arranged it to look like a Turkey, somewhat. You could … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Pie Popsicles Recipe with Cinnamon Chips!
It's well into Fall season here in Western Washington, and of course we are seeing pumpkin flavored everything. I've mentioned before that my for my daughter's birthday (which is in the fall) we always buy her a pumpkin pie instead of a birthday cake. It's her favorite dessert. So I thought it'd be very appropriate to make her pumpkin pie popsicles. She loves making homemade pops and often will put apple juice in our popsicle molds just to have a frozen treat. Do you love pumpkin … [Read more...]
