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Frozen Mint Cups

February 28, 2011 21 Comments
I was in the mood for something minty, when I put on my thinking cap and came up with these Frozen Mint Cups.  These are really sweet and yummy without being too rich, and they are very easy to make.  So if you’re kids like chocolate mint, you may want to consider making something like this for St. Patrick’s Day (or just make them for yourself, either way).  Hope you enjoy!

Recipe for Frozen Mint Cups:

Ingredients:
1 8oz whipped topping
2 teaspoons mint extract
a few drops food coloring
36 chocolate mint cookies

Directions:  Add mint extract to whipped topping. Mix well to distribute the flavor.  Add a few drops of food coloring and stir in. Add more if you like, to get your desired hue.  Take about 24 chocolate mint cookies and crush them in a food processor, or place in a ziplok bag and crush with a rolling pin or other kitchen utensil. 
Line a muffin tin with cupcake wrappers. (This recipe makes about 12.)  Pour the crushed cookies into cupcake liners.  You’ll want to use almost all the crushed cookies, leaving just enought to garnish the top of your mint cups.  Next spoon your whipped topping mixture evenly into each mufin cup.  Garnish with remaining crushed cookies, and then stick an uncrushed cookie in the center of each cup.  Chill in the freezer until ready to serve. 

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Strawberry Cookie Cups

February 6, 2011 9 Comments
I love taking recipes that we love and making them just a little different by adding or changing an ingredient, or even just changing the cooking method or overall presentation.  Last week I shared my strawberry cake mix cookies that I made for Valentine’s Day, and this week I’ve got some other sweet creations that I made using the same recipe: Strawberry Cookie Cups!
Recipe for Strawberry Cookie Cups:
Ingredients:
1 Strawberry Cake Mix (18.5 oz)
1 egg
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup oil
Directions: Mix ingredients together with spoon or electric mixer. Line a muffin tin with paper muffin cups. Use a cookie scoop to place a dough ball in each cup. (For mine, I used one scoop for each cup, but if you want them to rise to the top like cupcakes, use 2 scoops.  If using a mini tin, one scoop should do fine.  If you don’t have a cookie scoop, use a spoon or your hands to create a 2 inch balls for the large cupcakes.)
Bake for about 15 minutes. Then decorate as desired. For my cups, I left some plain, while others are topped with either sprinkles, coconut flakes, or a Hershey Kiss.  You could also frost these like cupcakes, even though they’re not exactly cake like.  Just wait for them to cool before frosting.

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Filed Under: cupcakes, desserts, Recipe of the Week, Valentine's Day

Pittsburgh Steeler Cupcakes

January 25, 2011 22 Comments
This week instead of sharing a recipe for my food post, I’m sharing these cupcakes that I made over the weekend.  My husband is a HUGE sports fanatic, and his favorite team is…you guessed it! The Pittsburgh Steelers! 
As soon as we found out that the Steelers would be playing in the AFC Championship Game, I knew I had to make something special for my hubby.  His favorite cake is yellow cake with chocolate icing, which just so happens to be a perfect tie in for the Black and Gold!

How to Make My Easy and Super Yummy Cupcakes
For the cupcakes, I just used a yellow cake mix and baked as directed. The only thing I added to the recipe was a tablespoon of almond flavoring and a tablespoon of vanilla. This really gives it a rich flavor! 
And then I just used a store bought frosting.  Normally I heat the canned frosting when using it for sheet cakes, but for this I just put it straight into the piping bag.  I had enough frosting in the can to frost 12 cupcakes, and then just enough left over to heat up and pour over a small 9 inch cake that I made to go alongside the cupcakes.  But if you plan on making 2 dozen cupcakes with canned frosting, I’d suggest you get an extra can. 
Cupcake Topper Tutorial
You will not believe how easy it was to make my cupcake toppers!  Before I get to the tutorial I should remind you that sports and other logos are copyrighted and files should be used for personal use only, unless you have permissions to use them otherwise.  I’m not sure what all the copyright rules are because in spite of this, I’ve seen a lot of items on etsy that use copyrighted logos and the like.  But I would just be careful, and only use logos like this for your own personal projects.
Here’s What You’ll Need:
Cardstock
Glue or tape
Toothpicks
Scissors or a Round Paper Punch
Computer w/ Printer.

Step 1: Go on the internet and search for the logo of your favorite sports team. (I just typed in “Pittsburgh Steelers Logo.”  Wikipedia is great source for this. (After finding the Steelers logo on here, I checked for some other teams, and Wikipedia appears to have a logo for every team out there.)  But if not, you should be able to find something on  just a straight internet search.
Step 2:  Right click on the logo and save it.  Next open up a Word document.  (You could use a photoshop program or other application as well, but Word is just fine with me.)  On a new document in Word, go to the Insert tab, and Insert a Picture.  Select your Picture (the logo), and it will appear on your screen.  Now highlight the image and copy it, and then just paste it on to the document as many times as you like.  (I was able to fit 16 logos onto my page.) Note: If you don’t know how to copy/paste, you can also choose to keep inserting the photo onto the page.
Step 3:  After you have your images ready, print them out on card stock.  Then use scissors or a paper punch to punch out your logos.
Step 4: Use glue or tape to attach your logos to the toothpicks.  For mine, I placed the toothpick about half way up the circle.
Step 5: Stick these in your iced cupcakes, and you’ve got a super cute, yet easy and inexpensive cupcake decoration!  And your party guests will love them!

There you have it! Quick and easy cupcake toppers!
And my cupcakes must have been lucky, because now the Steelers are moving on to the Super Bowl!  So if you’re a fan you should definitely make some of these for your party on February 6!  And if you’re not a Steeler fan, you can even make some for “that other team.”  LOL.

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Crisco’s Cookie Central, Frosted Brownie Cups, and a Giveaway!

December 20, 2010 193 Comments

Today I have a fun-filled and very exciting post for you! Last weekend I got the chance to do some holiday baking using some amazing new baking supplies and resources from our good friends at Crisco.
To support this season of bountiful baking, Crisco has launched a new online resource called  Cookie Central.  All it takes is a few clicks to solve any cookie-related woe.  Features, such as “Cookie of the Day,” can sustain a devoted baker throughout the holiday season and beyond, while novice bakers will quickly feel at ease after watching the site’s instructional videos.
The website also provides a simple homemade cookie recipe mix that can be used for more than a dozen different types of cookies.

At Cookie Central you can also download some printable Recipe Cards and Gift Tags!  These are perfect to use for holiday gift giving, whether you’re giving out cookies that are already baked, or handing out cute jars filled the ingredients so your friends can make their own.

Personally I was very impressed by the site.  It gives you a big variety of recipes to fit all tastes.  The videos and tips are perfect for people who need extra help.  And the printable cards and tags are super cute and convenient!

I was given a set of the printable recipe cards,which I used to make Crisco’s Homemade Cookie Mix.  And after much consideration, I used the mix to make some delicious Frosted Brownie Cups.  Mine were made kind of hastily, so their not as cute as they could be, but they are definitely delicious!

Recipe for Frosted Brownie Cups:

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups Homemade Cookie Mix
2 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
OR 1 tablespoon Crisco® Light Olive Oil
1 large egg
1/3 cup milk
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 (16 oz.) container Pillsbury® Chocolate Fudge Frosting
OR 1 (13.5 oz.) can Pillsbury® Easy Frost™ Decadent Chocolate Fudge No Fuss Frosting
Chocolate or other decorator sprinkles (optional)
Directions:  Heat oven to 375ºF. Line mini muffin pans with foil mini muffin baking cups. Combine Homemade Cookie Mix, sugar and cocoa in large mixing bowl until blended. Add oil, egg and milk. Beat with electric mixer on low until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Drop by tablespoonfuls into prepared muffin cups.  Bake 10 minutes or until center is dry and puffed. Cool completely on wire rack. Frost brownie cups. Top with decorator sprinkles, if desired.

Win it! To help you with your holiday baking, Crisco is offering a prize pack filled with baking supplies to one Simply Sweet Home reader.
-Glass Jar filled with a dozen Cookie Cutters
-Baking Sheet
-Set of Measuring Spoons & Measuring Cups
-Spatula
-Cookie Dough Scoop
-Recipe Cards
-Sample of Crisco Baking Sticks
This is a very impressive prize pack with high quality items. I checked around on the internet, and if you ordered each of the items featured here, you’d pay around $100 for them!  Talk about a super prize!

Giveaway Closed.
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Disclosure: Not a paid post. For hosting this giveaway, I received a prize pack like the one being given away here.
Filed Under: cookies and candy, cupcakes, Giveaways, Recipe of the Week

Cupcake Carnival at Attempting Creative

June 20, 2010 1 Comment

I’m excited to be guest posting today for the Cupcake Carnival at Attempting Creative!  Please stop by over there today and find out how to make Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cupcakes!  Have a great Sunday!  And Happy Father’s Day to all the dad’s out there!

-Jerri

Filed Under: cupcakes, desserts, Guest Post

Friday Favorites – Week 15

June 3, 2010 12 Comments

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Greetings! And thanks for stopping in for Friday Favorites!  This week I’m changing it up a little and featuring some of our cupcakes from last week’s Sweet Thursday event.  And then next week’s Friday Favorites post will include posts linked up from last week’s and this week’s FF event.  So if you linked up a post here last Friday, you may still see it here next week.
Also, for linking up this week, you are eligible for an extra entry in my Sense daily moisturizer giveaway and my Yoohoo & Friends giveaway! 

Now let’s check out this week’s featured posts!  If you’re featured, I welcome you to take my “featured” button for your blog.

I just love bees! (At least the bees found in baking and craft projects!)  Aren’t these the cutest?  These Lemon Honey Cupcakes are from glitter to gumdrops. (We also had some more equally delicious looking cupcakes linked up from here, so you’ll definitely want to go by and check them out) 
I always get excited when I see the phrase “Tres Leches.”  These yummy looking Tres Leches Cupcakes came to us from Little Bit of Everything.
 Wouldn’t you love to have these cupcakes at your picnics this summer?  Liz from Hoosier Homemade linked up a post which included these and several of her most recent cupcakes.  If you haven’t been to Liz’s place, it is a must see! Each week she bakes up the cutest cupcakes, and she also hosts Cupcake Tuesday each week!
I finally tried pumpkin pie for the first time last year, and since then I’ve been interested in trying som new pumpkin recipes.  These yummy looking Pumpkin Cupcakes are from Full Circle.

Another cupcake I’d like to try!  We usually see these around St. Patrick’s Day, but when something looks as good as this, it seems silly to only eat them in March.  These Chocolate Guiness Cupcakes are from Siggy Spice.

Let’s get the party started!  Link up your favorite posts below!  Please link up your actual post (not your blog) and include a link back to my blog somewhere in your post.

 -Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Tuesday Tastes is hosted by Crazy Jayz Place
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family
Tip Me Tuesday is hosted by Tip Junkie
Tackle it Tuesday is hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom
Sharing Ideas Wednesday is hosted by The Trendy Treehouse
Friday Food is hosted by Mom Trends
Friday Foodie is hosted by Designs by Gollum
Finer Things Friday is hosted by Amy’s Finer Things
I’m Lovin It Fridays is hosted by Tidy Mom
Show off Your Stuff Thursday is hosted by Fireflies and Jellybeans


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Sweet Thursday: Cupcakes & Muffins

May 26, 2010 14 Comments

sweet Thursday
 

Welcome to this month’s Sweet Thursday Event!  This month our theme is Cupcakes & Muffins, and as usual we have some scrumptious delights for you to feast your eyes upon! (By the way, if you’re on a diet, I must warn you not to go any farther, because you will be tempted by this post!!)

Thanks to everyone who submitted their goodies this month! Also, as a special treat, I’ve included a couple of previous entries from some cupcake posts I did last year, along with links to the original round-up posts, so if you like to look at cupcakes, be sure to check them out!

Link Up:  At the end of this post I’ve included a linky for you.  If you have a cupcake or muffin themed post, I invite you to link it up below.  New and older posts are welcome!

Next Month’s Event:  The June event theme will be Pies & Cakes.  The date will be June 24 (post will actually be up late Wed night on the 23rd).  If you’d like to be featured in the post, please email your submission to me by Tuesday, June 22.  Or come by after the post is up, to leave your link.  For submission guidelines and info on future events, please see my Sweet Thursday Event Page.

Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes from from glitter to gumdrops
Mini Root Beer Float Cupcakes from Gourmet Mom on the Go

Buttermilk Oatmeal Muffins from Recipes for Moms

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes from Nancy Creative
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins from A Little Bit of Everything

Orange Blueberry Muffins with Pecan Crumble My Sweet and Savory

Jello Cupcakes from Recipe Sharing

Coconut Cupcakes from Millie’s Place
Muffins in Disguise from My Sweet and Savory

PB&J Cupcakes from Life in a Peanut Shell.
This cupcake was included in  Last Year’s Sweet Thursday Cupcake Round-up
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Wedding Cupcakes from Consumed by Cake.
This cake was included in a Wedding/Shower Cupcake post I put together last year.
Banana Cupcakes w/ Streusel Topping from Simply Sweet Home
If you didn’t get a chance to send in a submission, never fear!  You can share your cupcakes and muffins with us by linking up below!!

-Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Cupcake Tuesday is hosted by Hoosier Homemade
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Tuesday Tastes is hosted by Crazy Jayz Place
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family
Tip Me Tuesday is hosted by Tip Junkie
Tackle it Tuesday is hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom
Sharing Ideas Wednesday is hosted by The Trendy Treehouse
Friday Food is hosted by Mom Trends
Friday Foodie is hosted by Designs by Gollum
Finer Things Friday is hosted by Amy’s Finer Things
I’m Lovin It Fridays is hosted by Tidy Mom
Show off Your Stuff Thursday is hosted by Fireflies and Jellybeans

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Banana Cupcakes with Streusel Topping

May 16, 2010 11 Comments
Next Thursday, May 27, I’ll be hosting my monthly Sweet Thursday event, and this month the theme is Cupcakes/Muffins.  If you’d like to have a muffin or cupcake recipe featured in my post, send me an email before next Wednesday, and I’ll add you.  You can also participate through Mcklinky on the day of the event. 
The other day I was in the mood to to make some banana cupcakes.  I’ve never made them before, but for some reason that’s just want I wanted to make!  I found a great recipe on Cooks.com, but I decided I wanted to do something a little more unique with it, so I searched around for a streusel recipe.  I put the two together, and here is what I came up with.
Let me tell you, these were delicious!  And if you like your muffins kind of sweet, this recipe will work for that as well.  I’ve actually decided that I’m not going to look for anymore banana cupcake or banana muffin recipes.  This is going to be my go-to recipe from now on! 
I actually left a few of the cupcakes plain, and they were really good as well! The streusel just really spiced it up and added a lot of flavor.  And they also smelled amazing!  You should definitely give these a try!
Recipe For Banana Cupcakes with Streusel Topping:
Ingredients:
For Cupcakes:
2 mashed bananas
1/2 c. sugar
2 tbsp. butter
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
pinch of salt
For Streusel Topping:
1/3 c. packed brown sugar
2 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tbsp. butter (softened)
1/3 c. chopped pecans (I left these out)
Directions:  Combine bananas, sugar, butter, egg and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl, mix well. Mix in flour, baking soda and pinch of salt. Pour into greased cupcake pan and bake at 325°F for 25 minutes.  To make the streusel, mix brown sugar, flour and cinnamon together. Cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in chopped pecans.

-Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Cupcake Tuesday is hosted by Hoosier Homemade
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Tuesday Tastes is hosted by Crazy Jayz Place
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family
Tip Me Tuesday is hosted by Tip Junkie
Tackle it Tuesday is hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom
Sharing Ideas Wednesday is hosted by The Trendy Treehouse
Friday Food is hosted by Mom Trends
Friday Foodie is hosted by Designs by Gollum
Finer Things Friday is hosted by Amy’s Finer Things
I’m Lovin It Fridays is hosted by Tidy Mom
Show off Your Stuff Thursday is hosted by Fireflies and Jellybeans

Filed Under: breads and sides, cupcakes, Recipe of the Week

Lemon Cupcakes – Help!

March 28, 2010 5 Comments
Reminder: Sweet Thursday this week! Email a submission to me by Wednesday or link up at post at the event on Thursday!
Ok, well, instead of a recipe this week, I’m asking for assistance (though I do have a few recipe links included here, so as not to let down those of you who came looking for a recipe).
My hubby recently went to family reunion, and he came home with these yummy lemon cupcakes! Isn’t he the sweetest? (Especially considering he doesn’t even like lemon flavored desserts!)
The Frosting is called Lemon Buttercream (I think), and I’ve really been wanting to make some of my own.  Only one problem….I don’t know the recipe! (And I don’t know who made these, or else I’d get it from them.)  So I decided I’d ask all you lovely foodies out there if you have a recipe for this frosting.
Here are links to a few recipes that I found online:
Lemon Buttercream Frosting From Cooks.com
Lemon Buttercream Frosting From Recipezaar
Lemon Buttercream Frosting From Wilton
The one I’ve most considered using is the one on recipezaar (but that may just be because there’s a picture beside it–pics tend to lure me in).  However, I’d hate to make one of these recipes and find that it’s completly not what I was looking for.
So more specifically, the frosting on these cupcakes tastes just like the lemon cream that comes in lemon sandwich cookies. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? And does anyone have a recipe like this?  If you can help, I’d really appreciate it!

-Jerri

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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family
Tip Me Tuesday is hosted by Tip Junkie
Tackle it Tuesday is hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom
Sharing Ideas Wednesday is hosted by The Trendy Treehouse
Friday Food is hosted by Mom Trends
Friday Foodie is hosted by Designs by Gollum
Finer Things Friday is hosted by Amy’s Finer Things
I’m Lovin It Fridays is hosted by Tidy Mom
Show off Your Stuff Thursday is hosted by Fireflies and Jellybeans

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Witch Cupcakes

October 25, 2009 9 Comments
(Photo credit Parents.)

This week I wanted to share something fun for Halloween. My stepmom Donna first saw these witch cupcakes in a magazine, and she’s planning to make them for a big Halloween party and hayride that her son and his wife hold each year for the kids.

By the way, Sweet Thursday is coming up this week. If you have a sweet Halloween treat or a fall dessert to share with us, send it my way!

Recipe for Witch Cupcakes

Ingredients
1-1/2 cups chocolate frosting
1 package (4-3/4 ounces chocolate cones (Nabisco Oreo Cones)
Orange nonpareils
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting, divided
Neon-green food coloring
12 cupcakes, removed from paper liners
Chocolate chips
Green and red tube icing
Mike and Ike Tangy Twister candies
Chocolate Jimmies
Directions
1. Place chocolate frosting in a freezer-weight zip-top bag and snip off a small corner. Pipe base of cones, dip in orange nonpareils, and set aside.
2. Place 1/2 cup vanilla frosting in a another zip-top bag and snip off a small corner. Tint remaining frosting green and frost cupcakes.
3. Turn cupcakes on sides, then place decorated cones on top. Using vanilla frosting, pipe eyes on cupcakes. Attach chocolate chips for pupils and pipe a dot onto chips. Use red icing for mouths, green icing for warts; shape candies into noses. Pipe chocolate icing onto cupcakes for hair and sprinkle with chocolate jimmies.

-Jerri


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I’m posting a link to this post on the following sites:
Tempt My Tummy Tuesday is hosted by Blessed With Grace.
Homemaker Mondays is hosted by 11th Heaven’s Homemade Haven.
Tasty Tuesday is hosted by Balancing Beauty & Bedlam.
Ultimate Recipe is Swap is hosted by Life as Mom.
Friday Feasts is hosted by Momtrends.
Works for Me Wednesday is hosted by We Are THAT Family
Hooked on Fridays is hosted by Hooked on Houses

Filed Under: cupcakes, desserts, Recipe of the Week
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