Fun, Family Madness!

Hello all bloggers out there!

Only 16 more days until Christmas! I cannot explain in words how excited I am to be with my family and spend quality time making memories and sharing laughs with all of them! I just wanted to say to all how amazing it has been for me these past few months to share with you all the fun baking and crafts ideas that I have given you all! This week I thought I would change it up a little bit by sharing with you a game that my whole family, mainly all the cousins, plays when we get together for Christmas! It's called Fish Bowl!!! It is a great way to include everyone of all ages and just laugh about how funny it is to see people play! Here are the rules:

1. Everyone participating recieves three pieces of paper in which they write anything they want on it. There are no barriers in which someone can write something.
2. Everyone playing splits into two teams.
3. There are three rounds of play:
                      Round 1: Describe the word on the piece of paper
                      Round 2: Describe the word on the paper using ONE WORD
                      Round 3: Act out the word---->CHARADES style
4. Each team gets 30 seconds to get as many words as they can right
5. If the team member who is up, decides to skip the word, there is a one point deduction.
6. You move onto the next round when all the words have been guessed. You can overlap rounds if there is still time on the clock. For example, if all the words are guesses from round 1 and there is 15 seconds left, the same team puts the words back in the pot and they start all over beginning round 2.
7. The team with the most points at the end of round 3 wins!

This is kind of irrelevant to the post this week, but I would like to give a shoutout to two bloggers who have inspired me to start this blog that you are currently reading! The one is an actual chef who is always posting videos that show recipes, and I like trying out those recipes myself, which is sometimes where I get ideas for my baking posts! And the other blogger is more so a fashion blogger, and although she doesn't really relate to my theme, I thought I would post anyway because for all you moms out there, she gives great tips on things that we all love!

http://fromayoungchef.blogspot.com/ -----> This gives awesome recipes that I love using as well!
http://checkinthemirror.blogspot.com/ -----> For all the moms out there trying to save money yet still be fashionable!

Until next time...

Christmas Craziness!

Hey Everyone out there in Bloggerland!

For this week's blog, I thought I would offer you all a recipe in preparation for all the delicious cooking and baking that will be going on this holiday season! Like I mentioned before, Christmas is my favorite time of the year because I get to be in the presence of my family, eating amazing food, and just having a good time!

I don't know about you, but I still believe it is OK to be making pumpkin-related treats throughout the whole holiday season, from Halloween to Christmas! Over the Thanksgiving break, I actually tried out this recipe that I am about to share with you, and it was a HIT with my family, so I thought I would share it with you as well so you can spread some cheer and joy!
They are called pumpkin cheesecake cookies!!! Here is how to make them.

Ingredients:

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter at room temperature

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup pumpkin

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup flour

1 cup cake flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 or 2 cups of white chocolate chips (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In a bowl cream together cream cheese and butter until it is smooth and no lumps remain. Slowly add sugar, pumpkin, vanilla extract and egg.

3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the combine flours, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.

4. Gradually add the dry ingredients into wet ingredients and combine thoroughly. Allow the dough to cool in refrigerator for 20 minutes.

5. Scoop the dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. 

6. Bake for 10-12 minutes and let cool for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack


Happy Christmas Cooking!

Until next time...