Showing posts with label Kate's Kitchen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate's Kitchen. Show all posts

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Easy Peanut Butter Fantasy Fudge and Cute Carry Out Container using the Cricut Imagine

Peanut Butter Fantasy Fudge

The Cricut Imagine Decorated Take out box

Close up

What cute images

Ingredients for Fantasy Fudge

Spray Pam unto 13x9 glass casserole dish

Add sugar, butter, and evaporated milk

Cook on Medium-High heat

Stirring until temp is reached

Candy thermometer must reach 234 Degrees

After temp is reached remove from heat add vanilla, peanut butter, and marshmallow creme

Mix until smooth and pour into casserole dish

Will lay flat and cut while still warm but setting up

I picked out our tree last night  the boys and I are gonna decorate today.

Hello again,

     Yesterday was a busy day, hubby and I went to Raleigh NC we stopped into see Alexis for a few and Cooper and Dusty wanted to stay the rest of the day with her, so we went onto Raleigh.  I spent a day with Patti Digh and the girls at Ornamentea. We had a Reconnection Mail Art Patti Digh and Cynthia Deis. Fun fun fun day!!! More on this later.....but wanted to tell ya why I was late getting this post up..Dusty has another cold and a fever today so fussy is order for me...he is napping now. I really hate when children are sick it just breaks my heart. Last night we stopped to get our tree at a lot in Raleigh which was a nice one! We are gonna decorate today...Amanda is dragging out all the holiday goodies now.  Let me know how your holiday is going so far.....any gifts, any cooking, decorations up????
       The Chinese take-out box is an actual box, I took it apart and glued the box to a sheet of paper I printed from the Cricut Imagine and then put the box back together. The medallion of the side is a two different sized printed ones and the cute image is just another adorable one on Kate's Kitchen.....oh my...even hubby is IMPRESSED!!! Rock on Cricut!!! We LOVE ours here!! Thanks! :o) What will you Imagine??? Is so true!! Just so much oh my!
       Well the recipe for the day....an easy one...and I must say everyone I have given this one too in my life has asked for the recipe and even makes it and love it!! I have been making this one since I was 21 we had three kids then and lived in Norfolk VA, my neighbor brought us some over and that was it and she said just buy a jar of Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme and the recipe is on the back just use peanut butter instead of chocolate. Well how easy is that??? Now even my girls make it and so on.....It will a fave. of yours too.
Peanut Butter Fantasy Fudge
3 cups of sugar
3/4 cup of butter/margarine (1 1/2 sticks)
2/3 cup of evaporated milk (5oz)
1 1/2 cup of peanut butter I use chunky but creamy is fine too
1 jar of 7 oz Jet puffed marshmallow creme
1 tsp. vanilla
Spray a 13x9 pan with Pam, Bring sugar, butter, and milk to full rolling boil in large saucepan on medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Boil until candy thermometer reaches 234 degrees . Softball stage. Remove from heat and stir in marshmallow creme and vanilla and peanut butter. Pour into prepared pan. Cut while still warm and place on serving dish. Allow to cool and place into gift giving container such as the Chinese take-out box or other container. {You can substitute 1 1/2 package of Baker's Semi-sweet chocolate, chopped for the peanut butter. Also add nuts of choice in place of the crunchy peanut butter}
Hope you like this one I know we all sure do and Kraft makes it easy!! Have a wonderful weekend. Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop :o)
     

Friday, December 3, 2010

Apple Cake in a Jar Recipe #3 and My First Cricut Imagine Label

Finished using Cricut Imagine

Apple Cake in a Jar

Close up

Ingredients for Apple Cake in a jar

Bake at 325 Degrees (Preheated)

Cooper cuts apple to chop

Such a great helper

Pushes button on chopper

Chopped apples

Mix Ingredients

Medium speed

Grease jars well

Place in oven at 325 degrees on a flat pan

Boil lids to santitize

Cooked cakes see how it pulls away to dump out

Wipe lids well and dry then place lid (flats) on and seal with rings while still hot

MY BIG SUPRISE from hubby arrived Wednesday evening

Your finished product makes great gifts
Hello again,
       Recipe #3 already getting close to Christmas. Boy did I get a big surprise Wednesday evening a Cricut Imagine was delivered to my door......can you believe it? I couldn't!!! It came from HSN and let me tell you I was printing and cutting in no time. I was so scared to even think about getting one after some of the reviews but hubby said you can't go by that all the time.....okay....so he ordered it and I had no trouble at all and it worked PERFECT!!!!! A must if you have considered it!!! I had a ball! Over IMPRESSED!! Well anyway I used the Cricut Imagine to cut and print the labels from Kate's Kitchen cart. Too too cute!!! The fabric is a depression print. I also used twine and Tim Holtz distress inks.
        Apple Cake in a Jar
2/3 cup of Crisco shortening
2 2/3 cups of white sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. of cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. of baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups of all purpose flour
2/3 cup of water
3 cups of apples cut up or chopped
2/3 cups raisins
2/3 cups of pecans (optional) chopped
jars wide mouth pint or quart (pint work best)
Usually 8-9 for pints size and 3 for quart size. Must be wide mouthed jars.
Mix all ingredients together in order given. Sterilize jars and lids...drying well. Grease jars with shortening. Fill the jars half full and bake on middle rack at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or when knife inserted comes out clean.  Promptly remove the jars from the oven, wipe the rims of the jars with a wet warm cloth and then dry now place flats on and seal with ring allow to cool and then check to see if the seal popped by touching top if it does not make a sound then it sealed and will last up to a year shelf life. When dumped from jar slice and use cream cheese frosting on little cakes. YUMMY! Recipe from Frances Lassiter of Aulander NC. Given to me in 2003.
        Hope you like it. It makes a sweet gift and so EASY!!! Let me know if you tried it! It also makes a great gift to mail to a service person...they can enjoy a fresh moist cake anytime. Until tomorrow.....Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop :o)
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