Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

These tasty cookies are very easy to make and are very yummy.

Makes about 2 dozen 

Ingredients~

1 cup peanut butter (make sure it is gluten free)

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions~

combine all ingredients and mix until stiff. scoop tablespoons out on a parchment lined baking sheet put a fork in water and cross hatch on the cookie with the fork and bake at 350 F for 10-14 minutes or until golden around the edges, cool on cookie sheet.            

Glorious Morning Muffins

Ingredients~

2 eggs 

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup milk 

2 teaspoons vanilla                      

2 cups flour 

1 cup packed brown sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (optional, tastes great ether way!)

1/2 teaspoon salt                         

1 1/2 cups shredded carrots 

1 cup shredded peeled apple 

1/2 cup coconut 

1/2 cup craisins (raisins would work too)

3/4 cup sliced almonds

                                                                                                       

Heat oven to 350 F. Place paper baking cups in a regular size muffin cups. (makes 18-22) In a large bowl, beat eggs, oil, milk, and vanilla with wire whisk until well blended. Add flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in carrots, apple, coconut, craisins, and almonds. fill muffin cups about 3/4 full. bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. enjoy!

Recipe came form King Arthur Flour.  

     

Roses

Happy Birthday Tilda!

Happy Birthday Tilda! 5 years old, wow!

Tilda's birthday meal. :)

Kibble with puppy chicken lasagna on the side.

Tilda and Roma even got cake :)

mini vanilla cup cake tennis balls.

Vanilla Cake

This vanilla cake has to be the best white cake I have tried yet. It's light and fluffy. 

Vanilla cake~

21/2 cups flour

21/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

4 eggs 

11/2 cups sugar 

1 cup oil 

1 cup butter milk (or 1 teaspoon white vinegar or lemon juice mixed with milk and set aside for 5 minutes before using.)

Directions~

Preheat oven to 350* F

In a medium bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. stir together with whisk, and set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer, add eggs and beat for 10-20 seconds. Add sugar and continue to beat on medium speed about 30 seconds. Add vanilla and oil, beat. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add about a half of the flour mixture. Add half of the milk, then the rest of the flour and the rest of the milk. beat until just combined. scrap down the side of the bowl. ( the batter will be thin) Pour batter into two 8" buttered and floured cake pans bake in the preheated oven for 20-40 minutes until a tooth pick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. let cool on a wire rack for a little bit then take out of pan and frost.          

Banana Bread

Ingredients~

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt 

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 cup mashed bananas 

1/2 cup oil

2 eggs

1/2-1 cup mini chocolate chips, blue berry's, craisins or raspberry's.

Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips or blue berry's etc. when well mixed, add chocolate chips etc. and stir with spoon. use to make bread or muffins 350 degrees

9 by 5 by 3 for 30-50 minutes

muffins-18 minutes 

Pretty Sky

I got some cool pictures of the sky a couple a days a go~

 

One Bowl, All Natural, No-Bake Energy Bites

Energy Bites~

Makes approximately 2 dozen

 

1/2 cup nut butter (peanut butter, almond butter, etc.)

1/3 cup honey

1 cup old fashioned rolled oats 

1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut

1 1/2 tsp vanilla 

1/2 cup other add ins (roughly chopped nuts or seeds, dried fruit, chocolate chips etc.)

In a large bowl add nut butter, honey, and vanilla stir to combine. add other ingredients and combine. scoop out with a tablespoon and roll into balls keep the balls in a airtight container in the fridge or freezer for a quick   and healthy snack.

 

     

Reversible Place Mats Sewn

How to make a reversible place mat that is really easy to sew~

1. choose two different colored fabrics 1 yard of each color makes 5  18" by 11 1/2" reversible place mats. Wash and press.

2. Cut a 19" by 13" rectangle of each color fabric.

3. pin right sides together.

4. sew with 1/2" seem allowance and leave an opening.

5. turn right side out and press.

6. top stitch around the place mat to sew the opening closed. you can do it twice leaving a gap between the stitching.

        

7. press and then you are done!

  

Sleepy Puppy

Another great day for sleeping.

Roma was so cute and cozy in her bed I just had to get a picture of her.

  Roma was just being silly!

Roma

These are some pictures of my Australian terrier Roma when she was a puppy.

She was so eager to help! 

                              She loved to play with Tilda are older Australian terrier                                          

    And she loved to snuggle!

Here is a video of Roma with a carrot she had a lot of fun.:-)