Monday, September 8, 2008

The most Amazing Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake!

Recipe for yummy'ness'!!!

1/2 cup butter/margarine, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
2 cups fresh blueberries
1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened and cubed

topping
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened

*Beat 1/2 cup butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add 1 1/4 cups sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
*Combine 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; stir well. Combine milk and water; stir well. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix at low speed after each addition until blended. Gently stir in blueberries and cream cheese. Pour batter into a greased 9 inch square pan (i use a 9x 13).
* Combine 1/2 cup flour and remaining 3 ingredients; stir well with a fork. Sprinkle mixture over batter. Bake at 375 for 50 minutes or until golden. Serve warm or at room temperature.....melt in your mouth.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

family snacks

here's a couple of our favorite snacks....

Chocolaty-Peanut Butter Horns

1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups Bugles
3 (2 oz) squares chocolate-flavored candy coating, melted

Spoon peanut butter into a heavy duty, ziptop plastic bag; seal bag, and snip a small hole in one corner of bag.
Squeeze peanut butter into each bugle; dip each into chocolate coating, and place on wax paper to dry.
Store in an airtight container (ours never make it a container!!)


Cracker Snackers

1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
1 (11 oz) package oyster crackers
1 (.7 oz) envelope Italian dressing mix
1 teaspoon dried dillweed
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Combine oil and garlic; let stand 30 minutes. Discard garlic.
Place crackers in a bowl; sprinkle wiht oil.
Combine dressing mix, dillweed, and garlic powder; sprinkle over crackers stirring well.
Let stand 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
Eat!!! :)