This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking them, we will be compensated, but there is no additional cost to you. All opinions expressed are our own. Thank you for your support. When I was growing up, sometimes on cold evenings, my mom would turn on the oven and make this incredible, tasty dish called "Surprise Fudge Pudding". I loved it because it had this wonderful fudgy sauce with a super moist cake and it was a surprise! I love surprises! It is a surprise because when you put the cake together, the cake batter goes on the bottom and the fudge ingredients go on the top in a powdered form. You add boiling hot water and stick the whole thing in the over and when it is finished, the fudge sauce is on the bottom and the cake is on the top! Magic! Well, I was thinking about this dish the other night because it has been a little cooler in the evenings. (Just under 80 degrees, that is cool for Phoenix). In the daytime, it is still hitting 100. But the idea of this recipe caught hold of me and I wondered if I could do it in the Crock-pot? Guess what! I could and I did! Here is how I did it. First, I sprayed my Crock-pot for easy clean-up! I preheated the pot to the low setting. Then I mixed up the batter (I will post the recipe below). Click on the pictures here to see what I am doing. I let it cook for 1 and 1./2 hours. In the regular oven, it cooks for 40 min. The top will still be moist, but the mixture will be set. Things in the Crock-pot won't really brown remember. I got so excited about the pictures, I almost forgot to give you the recipe! Here it is, I will give you both oven and Crock-pot versions. Surprise Fudge Pudding Spray the inside of the crock and preheat to the low setting while you mix the batter. Cream 1/4 c. butter and 3/4 c. sugar in a mixing bowl. In a different bowl, sift together 1 and 1/2 c. flour, 2 and 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. salt. Add this to the butter mixture a little at a time alternately with 3/4 c. milk. Add 1 tsp. vanilla. You may also add 3/4 c. chopped nuts to the batter, but I never do that. I don't remember my mom doing that either. Spread this batter, which will be quite thick, into the bottom of your Crock-Pot. Blend together 1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder, 1/4 tsp. salt and 1 and 1/2 c. packed brown sugar. Sprinkle over the top of the batter. Pour 1 c. boiling water over all of this. Put on the lid of the Crock-Pot and let bake for approx. 1 and 1/2 hours. (I checked it after 40 min., then after 30 more and then gave it about 20 to 30 more min. and decided it seemed done, and it was perfect. Depending on the size of your pot, times may vary.) If baking in the oven, put into a 13 x 9 baking dish and bake for 40 min. at 375 degrees F. Serve topped with ice cream while warm! Serves 6 There is a little bit of this left in the fridge from last night. It is starting to look like breakfast this morning! :)
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It is that pumpkin everywhere and everything time of year! And, it doesn't make us mad! It makes Lindsey downright ecstatic!
Since Lindsey's birthday is coming up this week, I thought I should stick with the pumpkin theme and do a round-up of our favorite pumpkin cookies! You are going to want to give all of these a try! Pictured above are 3 Ingredient Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies! There is everything to love about these cookies! They are simple to make, they are delicious and they have chocolate! Also, this recipe was the kick off for more 3 Ingredient cookies. If you are a subscriber, you may go to our subscribers only page to get all of the recipes. If you haven't subscribed yet, go ahead and do it and you will be emailed the link! While you are there, there is a new Halloween Card Free Printable that Alicia designed just for you that is so awesome! Plus, tons of other things just for our subscribers!
These delicious things are Pumpkin Chocolate Cookies. Lindsey loves dark chocolate, and these moist cookies reflect that. Don't they just look like they are waiting to be dunked in a glass of milk?
Snickerdoodles are always a favorite around here, especially warm from the oven. These Pumpkin Snickerdoodles do not disappoint! Be sure to click over to this post, because you will have the added treat of seeing my granddaughter giving the introduction to the recipe on a cute little video! (She loves to bake with her mom.)
My personal favorite of this bunch of cookies are the ones I don't have a photo of! I guess I should make a batch and take some pictures! These are Bakery Style Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies! They are to die for!
There you go! 4 ways to make pumpkin cookies that are amazing! 4 ways to add some Fall Flavor to your life! 4 kinds of deliciousness! So, get baking! Take some cookies to the Halloween Party at the end of the week or deliver some to friends and neighbors! They'll be glad you did! This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support! I had to repost this recipe because I came across it the other day. This is hands down one of my favorite things that Lindsey makes! It is so delicious, totally a comfort food! If you haven't tried it, you're missing out! She originally posted it in 2017. It's time for another pumpkin recipe, and this one is one of my favorites!!! It seems to be a fall tradition to make chili around Halloween, I don't know if it's the same for you, but I highly recommend it. Our church does a trunk or treat every year, and no matter what ward (like a congregation) that we are in, there is always a chili cook off, and I always like to bring my pumpkin chili, because it is ridiculously delicious. It is also ridiculously easy. You grill the turkey meat beforehand and saute the onions. Then you dump everything in the crock pot and let it cook for a few hours and you get a delicious chili that you will feel like you can't eat enough of! Someday soon I will also share with you my favorite cornbread recipe, but for now, enjoy the chili.
Also! Don't forget to check out our Etsy shop! We have a few items for sale, and it will continue to grow. We love doing this blog, but really, to be successful we count on all of you to be part of it with us. Thank you for shopping and being a part of this with us! With this post I'd suggest our Bloggelicious Baking sheets! Buy them and download them to put into a binder where you can have your own cook book of all the recipes you find here and anywhere else! This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support. Have you ever been browsing Pinterest and been overwhelmed with trying to recreate on there? Or by the cost of trying to get the look you want? Honestly that's how I was feeling with this post. So I decided to set some limits for myself. Sometimes working within limitations can help get the creative juices flowing. I decided I wanted to spend no more than $10, and that it would be something I could put together in no more than 15 minutes. Because, let's be honest, with everything going on Thanksgiving Day, who wants to spend tons of time getting the table ready? And in the end I think my centerpiece ended up being beautiful! (If you're worried about timing for Thanksgiving be sure to check out our 'Thanksgiving Prep 101' post which gives you a timeline from a month in advance on how to prepare for Thanksgiving with a printable checklist to hang on your fridge!) Easy & Affordable Thanksgiving CenterpieceI made this little video showing you how I put my centerpiece together. It's really that simple! Feel free to pause it if it goes too fast for you. Below I'll list the supplies I used.
Tips for Making a Thanksgiving CenterpieceIf you're wondering how I got all these for less than $10 the answer is after Halloween Clearance! Once Halloween is over stores basically start moving on to Christmas and heavily discount their fall merchandise. The 3 picks were $2 each! And my pack of leaves, pinecones, and little pumpkins were $0.25 each. So check out your bargain bins. If you can't find any around you here's some similar I found on Etsy. I already had some of the supplies in my home. I had some extra greenery from an old wreath I used to fill in gaps. We grew pumpkins in my garden this year so my centerpiece pumpkin and one of the mini orange pumpkins are from my garden. I know most people don't grow pumpkins so a pie pumpkin or two from the grocery store would also look cute in the center. You could also go on a pinecone hunt outside to help decorate your table. Just be sure to clean them off before using them. Here's some more tips for making your easy and affordable Thanksgiving centerpiece:
I hope that these tips and tutorial can help you to create your own beautiful Thanksgiving centerpiece. Don't let Pinterest overwhelm you, if you do use our tips to make your own centerpiece, tag us in your picture so we can share! Other Thanksgiving Posts you Might Enjoy |
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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