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Who ate Mixed Berry Pie & Ice Cream on the 4th?

We just celebrated the 4th of July

and we all know it's traditional to eat red, white and blue desserts right. So how many of you ate Mixed Berry Pie with homemade Ice Cream yesterday? If you didn't then which red, white and blue desserts did you eat? When I posted my July 4th greetings to everyone yesterday, I posted a picture of white popsicles with red strawberries and blue blueberries in the pops. A dessert that all the kids would have loved. Now for me... this mixed berry pie with homemade ice cream would satisfy me for sure. I just love how the crust has a tiny word message on top. Yes.... "Love Wins"... love always wins.

"Live everyday like a Holiday" Pam

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Easy Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Cup Toppings

Easy Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Cup Toppings

When I look at this photo I see easy cold chocolate pudding, oats, sweet peanut butter sauce and a topping of crumbled Reese's peanut butter cups. Well friends you can't come up with an easier dessert or a prettier dessert than this.

This dessert would work for adults or children

When it's served in individual glass serving bowls it's perfect for an adult dinner. When it's served in plastic party bowls it's perfect for children. And what's great about this dessert is how fast it is to make. If you're a busy hard-working person, then you know how important it is to find something fast to make. And this is so pretty to make. I've made different variations of this, and it looks so beautiful.

Peanut Butter Sauce:

I'm sure there's many different PeanutButter sauces out there but when I made this, I mixed up peanut butter and honey for my topping. Exactly the same thing I do when I make a peanut butter sandwich. The honey thins down the peanut butter, so it sits better on the top of the cold chocolate pudding.

Pretty / Pudding Toppings:

You could literally go all day finding different topping for chocolate pudding. Lots and lots of things taste great with chocolate. Peanut butter cups are a favorite for many, and the Almond Joy candy version is also a favorite. That's where you pore a homemade coconut cream sauce on top with chopped almonds and broken pieces of Almond Joy candy. Also think about the "mounds" version with dark chocolate. Oh! The peppermint Patty version with chocolate sauce too! Oh! Oh! The Snickers version with peanuts and caramel sauce. Yum!

In Closing / Easy Chocolate Pudding with Peanut Butter Cup Toppings

Friends that's what I wanted to share with you today. This is such an easy party dessert for sure. You can also make it in a large casserole dish and go family style if need be. I've placed this post in the "Chocolate Dessert" category if you ever need to find it again. Remember this dessert for all the chocolate holidays in our calendar too.

And as always, I've listed related 📅 calendar dates below 🠟, and any related shopping links 🛒 that would be helpful to this article.

"Live everyday like a holiday." Pam

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📅 February / National Chocolate Lovers Month

📅 October 28 / National Chocolate Day

📅 February 11 / Peppermint Patty Day

📅 February 19 / National Chocolate Mint Day

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How To Celebrate National Crepe Day

National Crepe Day is here and that means it's celebration time! Below you will learn a few fun fact's about crepes and yummy ways to enjoy this food holiday. I've listed everything from party ideas to serving suggestions too. Have fun reading as you learn "How to celebrate National Crepe Day."

Pictured to the left is a crepe that has been unrolled so you can see the 2 rolls of filling inside.

1st let's learn what a Crape is!?A crêpe is a thin pancake. Crêpes are especially popular throughout France. The common ingredients include flour, eggs, milk, butter, and a pinch of salt. Crêpes are usually of two types: sweet crêpes made with wheat flour and slightly sweetened; and savoury galettes made with buckwheat flour and unsweetened.
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How to Celebrate National Crepe Day

Host a Crepe Making Dessert Party! Crepes can be both sweet or savory but I say party with the sweet stuff! Have all your guests bring one food item to fill the crepes with. They can choose from diced fruit, cream cheese, chocolate, peanut butter, puddings, can pie fillings, preserves, Nutella spreads, and the list goes on and on. You can provide the eggs and crepe batter. Line up all the different fillings in a row and let your guests have a fixing frenzy making and trying all the different flavors of sweet crepes. "Don't forget the powdered sugar to dust on top"

Invite your guest the quick way: 123Greetings has a nice list of free internet invitations you can send too.

Always give away a door prize at your party or get together. An easy box of crepe mix from the grocery store would work. Yep that ole saying "Box with a Bow" will work just fine for a simple crepe day party. Or... be more creative and bring out all the bells and whistles with a gift box of crepe making goodies. Even a mixing bowl and wooden spoon would be fun.

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Learn how to make a crepe: If you've never made a crepe before find an easy recipe and give it a go. They are real easy to make and most people love them. You may find you have a new breakfast favorite.

Crepes can be eaten breakfast, lunch or supper so don't be afraid to serve them to your family for any meal.

Do you need a simple crepe recipe to try? Here's one for you -- 1 cup plain flour / 1 1/2 cup milk / 2 eggs / 2 tbsp oil or melted butter / 1 pinch of salt / now if it's sweet batter you want add 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla.

Learn what to fill a crepe with as a meal crepe: Common savory fillings for crêpes served for lunch or dinner are cheese, ham, and eggs, ratatouille, mushrooms, artichoke (in certain regions), and various meat products. The fillings are commonly added to the center of the crêpe and served with the edges partially folded over the center.

Learn what to fill a crepe with when it's a dessert crepe: When sweet, they can be eaten as part of breakfast or a dessert. They can be filled and topped with various sweet toppings, often including Nutella spread, preserves, sugar (granulated or powdered), maple, syrup, golden syrup, lemon juice, whipped cream, fruit spreads, custard, and sliced soft fruits or confiture.

Learn some fun facts about crepes: Crêpes are especially popular throughout France. The common ingredients include flour, eggs, milk, butter, and a pinch of salt. Crêpes are usually of two types: sweet crêpes made with wheat flour and slightly sweetened; and savoury galettes made with buckwheat flour and unsweetened. The name "galette" came from the French word galet ("pebble") since the first gallettes were made on a large pebble heated in a fire.

Do you have any creperies in your area? A crêperie may be a takeaway restaurant or stall, serving crêpes as a form of fast food or street food, or may be a more formal sit-down restaurant or café. If you do.... treat yourself to a nice meal of crepes that someone else cooks.

Be a good neighbor: Make crepes and take to your neighbor in celebration of National Crepe Day. I bet they would be shocked!

Do you know of someone who has been feeling down? Make up a cute little crepe making gift basket and deliver to them. Put all the things inside that would make crepes. (flour, pie filling etc.)

Spread the word about National Crepe Day. Share my page with a friend and pass on the crepe fun. I talk about Food Holidays all the time so check back with us often.
Read about crepes: Do a google search on crepes and read read read. I found some really fun facts about how crepes are ate in other parts of the world.
Get on the Internet and learn how other people celebrate this holiday. You are sure to find some more ideas that you love.
Spread the word about National Crepe Day. Share my page with a friend and pass on the crepe fun. I talk about Food Holidays all the time so check back often to see what's being celebrated.

National Crepe Day is celebrated every February 2 / but did you know our calendar has a National Bavarian Crepe Day too? It's celebrated on March 22 - So mark this on your calendar to remember too.

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Apple Dumpling Day

Apple Dumpling
Originally uploaded by ebi debi

Every September 17th we celebrate National Apple Dumpling Day. This apple baked in dough then topped with vanilla ice cream is to die for! A touch of cinnamon is tapped on top too. This dessert is right at the top of my favorites list. "Eat It While It's Hot."

Here's A Cheaters Recipe for now but I'll post a old fashion recipe a bit later.

Ingredients
2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Mountain Dew

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside. Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles. Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the smallest end. Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.
Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon. Pour over the apple dumplings. Pour Mountain Dew™ over the dumplings.
Bake for 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

Outside Links

I found another great recipe on flickr by DigiDi but she doesn't allow her dumpling photo shared. Here's the link

Learn about National Apple Dumpling Day; the holiday: at Gone-ta-pott.com

Frozen Chocolate Granola Cream Cake Recipe

I have to tell you January 5th is National Whipped Cream Day and since I love whipped cream so much I knew I couldn't miss posting for this holiday. I go through at least 2 bowls of whipped cream every week. I just love it! I put in on all my dessert, in my hot cocoa and even on top of my coffee when I have it. ha ha! Here's the recipe I've picked to celebrate.

Frozen Chocolate Granola Cream Cake Recipe
Originally uploaded by Betty Crocker Recipes

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 box (6 oz) Nature Valley® dark chocolate granola thins, unwrapped
1 cup Cocoa Puffs® cereal

DIRECTIONS:

1. Line 8x4-inch loaf pan with foil. In large bowl, beat cream, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.

2. Spread 3/4 cup of the whipped cream evenly in bottom of pan. Place 3 granola thins, chocolate side up, on top of cream. Top with 3/4 cup whipped cream. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the cereal evenly over top. Spread 3/4 cup of the whipped cream over cereal.

3. Repeat layering with 3 granola thins and 3/4 cup whipped cream. Top with remaining 1/2 cup cereal, 3/4 cup whipped cream and 3 granola thins. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Freeze until firm, at least 4 hours or up to 2 days.

4. To serve, let cake stand at room temperature 5 minutes. Remove plastic wrap. Place serving platter upside down over pan; turn platter and pan over. Remove pan and foil. Break remaining granola thin into pieces; sprinkle over top. With sharp knife, cut crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices.

National Brownie Day

Heads Up! National Brownie Day is December 8th so get ready. That means brownie lovers will be baking brownies on this day. Will you be doing it too?

Source: google.co.uk via Jen on Pinterest

Food Facts:
A chocolate brownie is a flat, baked square or bar introduced in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century and popularized in both the U.S. and Canada during the first half of the twentieth century.

The brownie...
is sliced from a type of dense, rich chocolate cake, which is, in texture, like a cross between a cake and a cookie.

Brownies come in a variety...
of forms. They are either fudgy or cakey, depending on their density, and they may include nuts, frosting, whipped cream, chocolate chips, or other ingredients. A variation that is made with brown sugar and no chocolate is called a blondie.

Brownies are common lunchbox fare, typically eaten by hand, and often accompanied by milk or coffee. They are sometimes served warm with ice cream (a la mode), topped with whipped cream, or sprinkled with powdered sugar, especially in restaurants.
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Did you know Brownies are called "Chocolate Bar Cookies" too? Yep! They usually have a dry and somewhat crispy top layer with a soft and sometimes gooey body. You mostly find chocolate chips and nuts added to the main recipe, depending upon taste.

There are several recipes for brownies available in this wikibook:

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Check back-We will be posting other brownie recipes in honor of this holiday. :)

National Fritters Day

December 2 is National Fritters Day each and every year!
A fritter is any kind of food coated in batter and deep fried. Although very similar to a doughnut it differs in the fact that it requires some base ingredient beyond the dough it is cooked with.

Guys I really have to tell you... when I say this is a favorite treat of mine I mean it. This is "really" a favorite of mine. I love very crispy cooked apple fritters and I really do enjoy making them myself. I will share the recipe that I make with you at the bottom of this post ok.

The first time I ate a fritter... was on vacation with my parents in Tennessee. Before that we had never even heard of a fritter. I still remember how my whole family stood outside a little deep fry stand and ate a brown paper sack full of apple fritters. Yep they bagged them in brown paper bags. (It helped to absorb the grease) A great memory for me.

In the United States..., fritters are small cakes made with a primary ingredient that is mixed with an egg and milk batter and either pan-fried or deep-fried; wheat flour, cornmeal, or a mix of the two may be used to bind the batter. " Corn fritters" are often made with whole canned corn and are generally deep-fried. "Apple fritters" are well known, although the American apple fritter is unlike the British one. Clam cakes and crab cakes are varieties of fritter too. Did you know that? Another regional favorite is the " zucchini fritter." Although I have never tried it before.

My Apple Fritter Recipe

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/3 cup milk

1 egg

1 cup finely chopped apple

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted

Sift together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Add milk and egg; beat until batter is smooth. Fold in chopped apple. Drop by teaspoonfuls into deep hot oil -- about 370° and at least 2 1/2 to 3 inches deep -- and fry for about 2 to 3 minutes, until nicely browned.

Drain well on paper towels then I like to dip them in a thin coat of sugar glaze. Some folks roll them in confectioners' sugar while still warm. Serve as is or warm. I sometimes mix up a bowl of sweet cream cheese for dipping them in. Other people like to dip them in syrup. To be honest, their perfect as they are and don't need a dip.

Note: Make sure your oil is hot hot hot! There's nothing worse than a greasy fritter.
resources: national fritters day / gone-ta-pott.com / wikipedia / encyclopedia /

Cinnamon French Toast Bake Recipe

November 28 is National French Toast Day so I wanted to find a recipe that celebrated this food holiday but not with a traditional french toast recipe. This year I've picked cinnamon french toast bake. Pillsbury says "This easy breakfast bake features refrigerated cinnamon rolls that make quick work of favorite French toast flavors." Soundsss good to me!

Cinnamon French Toast Bake Recipe
Originally uploaded by Pillsbury.com

Now let's talk about it....
I think you should keep this recipe in mind for an Easter breakfast, brunch or lunch. The ingredients (like cinnamon) make you think of Christmas I know but truth be told- this recipe is made a lot for seasonal meals in Spring, like Easter. In fact I've seen it served with chocolate Easter Eggs on top.

Perfect as a Breakfast Dessert:
This recipe is not just for a holiday. Nooo! It's perfect any day of the year. The maple syrup in it makes you think of breakfast and what husband wouldn't want this with a cup of coffee as a breakfast dessert. Yep I said it. A savory Saturday breakfast followed by a breakfast dessert is beginning to be the norm. It's a casual dish that's perfect for the family. wink~

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, melted
2 cans (12.4 oz each) Pillsbury® refrigerated cinnamon rolls with icing
6 Eggland's Best eggs
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup Fisher® Chef's Naturals® Chopped Pecans
1 cup maple syrup
Garnish
Icing from cinnamon rolls
Powdered sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup, if desired

DIRECTIONS

1.Heat oven to 375°F. Pour melted butter into ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish. Separate both cans of dough into 16 rolls; set icing aside. Cut each roll into 8 pieces; place pieces over butter in dish.

2.In medium bowl, beat eggs. Beat in cream, cinnamon and vanilla until well blended; gently pour over roll pieces. Sprinkle with pecans; drizzle with 1 cup syrup.

3.Bake 20 to 28 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 15 minutes. Meanwhile, remove covers from icing; microwave on Medium (50%) 10 to 15 seconds or until thin enough to drizzle.

4.Drizzle icing over top; sprinkle with powdered sugar. If desired, spoon syrup from dish over individual servings. Serve with the additional 1/2 cup maple syrup.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 25 to 30 minutes.

Celebration Food: Oil-Dumplings or Dutch Apple Fritters

An oliebol is a traditional Dutch food. Oliebollen (literally oil balls) are traditionally eaten on New Year's Eve and at funfairs. They are also called smoutebollen (literally lard balls) in Belgium. Oliebollen are often called Dutch apple fritters, and are served at Dutch festivals in the United States, such as Oak Harbor, Washington's Holland Happening Festival.

Oliebollen by w:nl:Gebruiker:Teunie

Oliebollen are a variety of dumpling made by using two spoons to scoop a certain amount of dough & dropping the dough into a deep fryer filled with hot oil. In this way, a sphere-shaped oliebol emerges.

The dough is made from flour, eggs, yeast, some salt, milk, baking powder & usually sultanas, currants, raisins & sometimes apple pieces & zest or succade. The dough needs time to rise for at least an hour. Oliebollen are usually served with powdered sugar, or brown sugar.

They are said to have been first eaten by Germanic tribes in the Netherlands during the Yule, the period between December 26 and January 6. The Germanic goddess Perchta, together with evil spirits, would fly through the mid-winter sky. To appease these spirits, food was offered, much of which contained deep-fried dough. It was said Perchta would try to cut open the bellies of all she came across, but because of the fat in the oliebollen, her sword would slide off the body of whoever ate them.

A very similar type of doughnut can be found in Belgium and France. Croustillons are deep fried dough balls served hot and liberally sprinkled with powdered sugar. They are usually served in a paper cone with a little plastic fork to eat them with. They are typically found at fairgrounds in Belgium and in Lille, France.
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Ingredients

2 tbsp sugar
2 pkg yeast
1 cup sugar
5 eggs
2 cups scalded milk
½ cup margarine, softened
10 cups flour
1½ tsp salt
3 diced Granny Smith apples
3 cups sugar
1 cup raisins (optional)
ground cinnamon to taste
canola oil for frying

Procedure

Dissolve 2 tbsp sugar in 1 cup warm water. Sprinkle yeast on top. Let stand while preparing dough.
In a LARGE mixing bowl, beat eggs until mixed. Add scalded milk, 1½ cups warm water, yeast mixture and margarine and beat well. Add flour, 1 cup sugar and salt, mix well. Add diced apple.
Let dough rise in a warm place until doubled in size. (I use a lobster pot for this)
In a separate bowl, mix 3 C. sugar and cinnamon to taste. (I like a LOT)
Fill a fryer pot 4 inches with canola oil or melted Crisco. Heat to 375°F (190°C) and scoop large spoonfuls of dough into the pot, turning them to ensure even browning. (Golden brown is the goal) Play the shape game while you're at it. Dipping the spoons in the hot oil before scooping the dough keeps the spoons from getting too sticky.
Drain on paper towels on paper bags, roll in cinnamon sugar mixture and serve warm.

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Celebration Food for: Yule, New Years Eve, National Apple Month, Doughnut Appreciation Day & Doughnut Day and National Bread Month.
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Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Squares

4 or 5 years ago I fell in love with these pumpkin pie squares and baked batch after batch- but in one of my moves I lost the recipe. I thought it was a pillsbury recipe but I couldn't remember. I am happy to say that while surfing the Internet I ran across the recipe once again so I had to share it with everyone. I Love it!

Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Squares
Originally uploaded by Pillsbury.com

These squares would be great for National Pumpkin Month, Halloween, Thanksgiving or any Autumn Party. Shoot just make them anythime! So moist they melt in your mouth :)

INGREDIENTS

Crust
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1/2 to 1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 box (4-serving size) butterscotch pudding and pie filling mix (not instant)
Filling
2 eggs
1 cup flaked or shredded coconut, if desired
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix all crust ingredients until well combined. Press mixture in bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch pan.
2. In same bowl, beat eggs. Stir in remaining filling ingredients until blended. Pour over crust.
3. Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into squares. If desired, serve topped with whipped cream or ice cream. Store in refrigerator.
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Friendly Ghost Cupcakes Recipe

Friendly Ghost Cupcakes Recipe
Originally uploaded by Pillsbury.com

Halloween Celebration Food

Pillsbury does it best!

Ingredients:

3 cups baking mix
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/4 cup milk
4 eggs
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons miniature chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups.

2. In large bowl, beat Bisquick mix, granulated sugar, brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, the pumpkin pie spice, milk, eggs and pumpkin with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

3. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

4.Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter on low speed about 30 seconds or until well blended. Beat in vanilla and 2 cups of the powdered sugar on low speed about 30 seconds or just until mixed, then on high speed about 1 minute or until fluffy. Beat in remaining 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, on medium speed. If too soft to mound, add additional powdered sugar, a tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.

5.Spoon frosting into large resealable plastic food-storage bag; press out air and seal bag. Cut 1/2-inch tip from lower corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe about 2 tablespoons frosting into ghost-shaped mound on each cupcake. Press 2 chocolate chips, flat sides out, into frosting for eyes.
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Halloween Party Cupcakes: A Must Try Recipe!

My Website link for : Wooly Spider Cupcakes

Bisquick Recipe from 1993:
Bisquick Classics and New Favorites

A couple of years ago I published an article about tips on making my wooly spider cupcakes. In the article I said to use the cupcake recipe of your choice. Well ever since then I get emails asking for the recipe I used. Well today someone emailed me once again so I decided this was the perfect time to post the recipe to my blog. Why now you ask?

Because I'm bringing this recipe to a Cookbook Party hosted by Louise of Months of Edible Celebrations. Louise is celebrating her Blogoversary by throwing a Cookbook Party, and October being the National Cookbook Month! There's a whole list of food celebrations just for the month of October! I'm submitting this recipe in honor of not just Halloween but National Dessert Month & Cool Food for Kids Month. This recipe is coming straight from "Betty Crockers Bisquick Classics and New Favorites." Published in November 1993.

Now with this recipe, you get the ingredients to make cupcake with bisquick and how you decorate it is up to you. In their cookbook they give suggestions but I decided to go with my own design (which was spiders) and use their recipe.

Bisquick is a pre-mixed baking product sold by General Mills under their Betty Crocker brand, consisting of flour, shortening, salt, and baking powder (a leavening agent).

If your from an area that doesn't sale bisquick you can do this: One cup of Bisquick can be substituted by a mix of one cup of flour, 1½ teaspoons of baking powder, ½ teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of oil or melted butter.

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Their cookbook says "These kid-pleasing cupcakes are perfect for birthdays or school parties. Children will love to help with the decorating." (page 79)

I stacked them on a cupcake stand

Halloween Party Cupcakes

1 1/2 cups Bisquick Original baking mix
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease and flour medium muffin cups, 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches, or line with paper baking cups.

Beat all ingredients in large bowl on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Fill muffin cups about one-third full.

Bake about 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pan; cool completely. Prepare your frosting mix as directed. Then frost and decorate cupcakes. 16 cupcakes!
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It's Cream Filled Doughnut Day!

I love cream filled doughnuts!
Oh yesss! Give me deep fried doughnuts that are vanilla creamed filled. (I'll take chocolate too) In fact I can honestly say I eat them every chance I get... yes I admit it... I eat them once every week and today was no different. In fact I felt especially content to ride my bike to the doughnut shop down the road to celebrate National Cream Filled Doughnut Day. Yep I sure did. And in honor of this special day I ate 3! Ohhh yes I did! That's the downfall of living a bicycle ride from a doughnut shop. But at least the bike ride ate up a few calories. That's what I told myself when I bit into the 3rd one. :)

Happy National Cream Filled Doughnut Day everyone!

June 16 is National Fudge Day

Today is Fudge Day and this week I made a pan of triple chocolate fudge for Stephen. I personally think it's to much of a good thing but the hubby loved it. see National Fudge Day More Holidays around the world for June 16

Bloomsday: Anniversary of events in Dublin on June 16, 1904, as fictionalized by James Joyce in Ulysses.

South Africa: Youth Day

England: Royal Ascot begins (June 16-20) at Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire. See www.ascot.co.uk

Birth anniversary of comedian Stan Laurel (1890-1965)

In 1858, Illinois senatorial candidate Abraham Lincoln made his “House Divided” speech at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, IL.

In 1960, the thriller Psycho premiered and millions of filmgoers began avoiding the shower.

National Strawberry Shortcake Day!

This holiday is celebrated on June 14th I have been waiting all week long for this holiday. Nothing reminds me of summer more than fresh, cold strawberries on top of shortbread. I've loved this dessert since I was a little girl. Strawberry Shortcake Recipe Other June 14 Holidays around the world

Children’s Sunday

Corpus Christi (US observance)

Orthodox Festival of All Saints

Race Unity Day (Baha’i)

Malawi: Freedom Day

Flag Day

June 15 - Tomorrow is me and the hubbies anniversary! We are sharing this day with National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day

It's Peach Cobbler Day!

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Oh my gosh! This is one dessert that I can sit down with and be in hog heaven. Especially if the cobbler is hot with ice cream on top. I was raised on peach cobbler and there's nothing that beats it in my book. My Nana could bake the best peach cobbler that I ever put in my mouth too. Do you guys like your peach cobbler on the dry side or do you like it on the ooie and gooie side? I love it wet and gooie with lots of custard dough. Do you guys like it with cinnamon or without? I like cinnamon but I don't like it on peach cobbler so I have to vote "without." Here's a link to some peachie recipes. Happy Peach Cobbler Day to all! Pam~

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