Fake Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!

This was what the kids had for breakfast this morning... Probably not the most healthy thing but you gotta live a little right!  These are so good you will have a hard time stopping once you start eattin them! You can have them 2 different ways either with cinnamon and sugar or with a glaze like we had this morning! Here is the recipe:

Get a can of Whomp biscuits LOL that mean any can you can Whomp on the counter to open and cut a hole in them. I used a circle cutter for cookie dough. Then you get some oil hot like around 350 degrees and fry the dough a few min. on each side. You can top them 2 ways here is both toppings:

Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
4 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix this with a whisk till smooth!

4 Tablespoons melted butter
1/4 sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Melt butter in a dish then in another dish mix cinnamon and sugar.  After doughnuts are fried dip in butter then dip in sugar mixture!

Enjoy!

No Bake Cookies!!



OK Folks its HOT HOT HOT outside and the last ting that you want to do is turn on the blasted oven. Right?  Well the kids need to eat and what they want to eat is cookies HE HE HE!  I justify letting them eat these because there is oats in there that has to be healthy right?  Anyway these are really good and you have all this stuff on hand and the kids will love them



No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 cups quick oats

Method:
In a saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter. Then add milk, sugar, and cocoa and stir to combine while bringing to a boil. Boil for 1-2 minutes, then remove pan from heat. Stir in vanilla and peanut butter, until melted. Stir in oats.
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper, and let cool until hard!

                                                                                Enjoy!

Baseball Bracelet!

We decided to have a craft day today and my son found this cool website with people making bracelets and necklaces out of baseballs and basketballs! So here is our try at making these...

We went to Play it Again Sports they had baseballs on sale for a $1.00!
Then you are going to get a really sharp knife and cut out the red threads do not cut the holes or the threads! This is what you will have when you are done...

Then you trim it to fit your wrist and finish it with any kind of clasp that you want!!!

This is the finished product...

           Have fun this is a great summer craft!

Homemade Fabric Softner!

Here is a recipe that I found on a cool website for homemade fabric softner!

6 C. of water
3 C. White Vinegar
2 C. Suave Rosemary Mint Conditioner

Mix together gently in a gallon size container add to your rinse cycle or put in a downy ball!

You can also spritz on a washcloth and throw this in the dryer in place of a dryer sheet!

Homemade Laundry Soap!



In an effort to be more "green" and to save some "green" we decided to make some of our own laundry soap!  This was an adventure and we enlisted the kids to help grate the soap till we got smart and used a food processor! Then the whole process went very fast!

1 Bar of Fels Naptha soap (grated)

1 cup of Washing Soda

1 cup of Borax

Mix together and store in an air tight container

Use 2 T. per load

T-Shirt Redo!!!



Mady and I made a trip to the good ole thrift store today and picked up some t-shirts that we are gonna play around with!  This was our first attempt at this kind of scarf I have made a circle scarf before but this is really cute!!!!

Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake!

We went berry pickin this week and made a whole lotta jam but we also saved some strawberries for this supper yummy cake! This would make a great dessert but also good wit a cup of coffee in the morning!

Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 tablespoons lemon juice, divided use
1 teaspoon vanilla extract[
Zest of 1 lemon
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided use
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 oz. plain Greek yogurt
12 oz. fresh strawberries, diced
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan (10-15 cup pan.) Sift together 2-1/4 cups of flour, baking soda and salt. Mix in lemon zest and set aside.
2) With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice and vanilla extract. In thirds, alternate beating in flour mixture and yogurt, mixing just until incorporated.
3) Toss strawberries with remaining 1/4 cup of flour. Gently mix them into batter.
4) Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow cake to cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
5) Once cooled, combine confectioners' sugar and reserved 2 tablespoons lemon juice in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Drizzle over top of cake. Yield: 10 to 12 servings.

Enjoy!