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REPOST-Red Velvet Cake Martini

February 4, 2019 By Holly

Happy Monday you guys!!! Valentine’s Day is next week, so what better way to celebrate ~~loneliness~~ the holiday of love, than ~~getting snockered~~ having a delicious dessert cocktail? This one is an oldie but a goodie and absolutely delectable, and not to mention beautiful. Enjoy y’all!!!….

Happy Cocktail Friday everybody!! I have another wonderful cocktail for you guys today that I served this past weekend.

It’s gonna be another short and sweet post today because I don’t know about you, but with Christmas decorations already popping up everywhere I already feel super behind for Christmas, which basically makes Thanksgiving an afterthought–it’s not, because, food, but still…So speaking of Christmas how perfect would these guys be? Red, sparkly, I think darn near perfect for the season don’t you think?

I mean how dang pretty are these drinks? And yes these little guys definitely have the whole red velvet thing going on, but also quite the kick, wink, wink. Anyways, I hope y’all have a wonderful weekend and maybe you might get an opportunity to make one of these.

A little vodka…

Some Crème De Cacao…

some Buttermilk (I know sounds weird)…

chocolate syrup…

now cream and red food color…

and enjoy!!!

Red Velvet Cake Martini

2015-11-05 18:58:50

Delicious cocktail that tastes like a slice of cake.

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Ingredients

2 Teaspoons of Chocolate Syrup.
1/4 Cup of Vanilla Cake Vodka.
1/4 Cup of Crème de Cacao.
6 Tablespoons of Buttermilk.
5 Tablespoons of Heavy Whipping Cream.
5-6 Drops of Red Food Color.
Cream Cheese Frosting, For Garnish (Optional).
Red Sprinkles For Rim Garnish (Optional).

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together and serve in your glasses.

Notes

For the sugar rim on the glasses, I dipped the glasses into chocolate syrup on a plate, then dipped into the sugar until the rims were covered.

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Milk & Cookie Shots

February 1, 2019 By Holly

Happy Happy Cocktail Friday everybody!!! Today I bring you guys the last Super Bowl week post and I figured I would leave you guys with a cocktail recipe.

Well, technically it’s not a full on cocktail, it’s a shot recipe, but who cares, these are delicious. I have a feeling that maybe some of y’all would really like to serve something other than just beer this Sunday…I know, I know, that’s basically sacrilege, but I know I never drink beer and there’s something about dessert shots that just look so fun, amiright?

So I’m giving y’all a heads up, these Milk & Cookie Shots are ssstrrooonng, and yes I am aware that’s the whole point of shots, but thought I would give y’all fair warning. Don’t get me wrong, these are really, really tasty, I mean, how could they not be with all of the delicious liqueurs in it?

but seriously, these could possibly knock you on your tookus, so just be careful haha. I hope y’all have a fantastic day, and happy Super Bowl weekend!!! Go Falcons!…I mean, go Rams!

THE RECIPE:

6 Ounces of Bailey’s Irish Cream.
2 Ounces of Cream De Cacao.
2 Ounces of Godiva Chocolate Liqueur.
2 Ounces of Kahlua.
6-8 Ounces of Heavy Cream or Milk.

Mix all of the ingredients together, pour into your shot glasses and enjoy!!!

If you want a cookie rim, smash 4-5 Oreo Cookies or Chocolate Chip cookies in a plastic bag until they are pretty fine. Put either honey or corn syrup around the rims of your shot glasses and dip into the cookie pieces.

Easy Crockpot Corn Dip

January 30, 2019 By Holly

Happy Happy Wednesday y’all!!! and welcome to another post for this very chilly Super Bowl week. You have to love Southern winters…yesterday the entire Atlanta area was basically shut down due to fears of ice and snow that were supposed to come in with this cold front.

Y’all, I didn’t even see so much as one flake of snow and (thank goodness) not a bit of black ice, so thank you Nopocalypse 2019 for getting me a work from home day. FYI, next week it’s supposed to be back up to 70, while a large majority of the U.S. is basically living in the arctic, so that is the weirdness around here.

For those of you stuck in absolute freezing conditions, or really anyone having a lovely Super Bowl get together this weekend, I’ve got such an awesome recipe for you guys. Let me just say I love crockpot recipes so much, they’re so little fuss, and you can just leave them to work their magic.

This particular recipe is absolutely a new favorite, minimal ingredients and it’s deliciously rich and creamy. It even has a lovely little kick to it, which you can easily amp up or down depending upon your preferences. There is no just having a little bite of this dip either, it’s crazy addictive for sure. Love this one, I recommend y’all make it ASAP. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

EASY CROCKPOT CORN DIP RECIPE

THE INGREDIENTS:
1-15.25 Ounce Can of Corn, Drained.
1-8 Ounce Block of Cream Cheese, Softened.
½ Cup of Mayonnaise.
1 Cup of Pepper Jack Cheese, Shredded.
1-4 Ounce Can of Jalapeños, Drained or 1 Jalapeño Seeded & Minced.
½ Teaspoon of Chili Powder.
FOR THE DIP:
Place all ingredients into your crockpot, and lightly stir together.
Place crockpot on low for 2 hours, stirring at the 1 hour mark, serve, and enjoy!

The Fired Up Cocktail

January 28, 2019 By Holly

Happy Happy Monday y’all and Happy Super Bowl week! Yeah, it’s totally Super Bowl week here because in case any of you didn’t know, the Super Bowl is being hosted in my hometown & current residence of Atlanta, Georgia woot woot!

If only my beloved Falcons hadn’t had such a garbage season, it would be so incredible to have them playing in the game, but oh well. Also, I realize I have not made a post in over a month, but for reals y’all, I caught some ~~plague~~ chest cold/sinus infection awfulness that literally took me down for over 3 weeks.

It has seriously been over a decade since I’ve had a germ that just wouldn’t go away like that, I even completely lost my voice for a week, and for someone who talks a lot…it was like a prison sentence. Luckily, I’m back to feeling normal–except for that whole flabbiness that crept up since I was too sick to workout–and I’m here today to bring y’all an awesome cocktail to serve this Sunday.

This cocktail has 2 ingredients and is thrown together in a snap. Honestly, Fireball is a new liquor for me, and y’all I’m all about that Fireball life now. If you haven’t had it before it’s like liquid Hot Tamales, which may sound weird, but it’s an amazing addition to your cocktail. Anyways, thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

THE RECIPE (Makes 1 Cocktail):

1-2 Ounces of Fireball.
8-10 Ounces of 7-Up Soda (or Sprite or Ginger Ale if you prefer).

Mix Ingredients together, serve with ice and enjoy!!!

Easy Gingerbread Poke Cake

December 23, 2018 By Holly

Happy Happy Sunday y’all and welcome to another cheat day! Christmas is less than 48 hours from this very moment and I imagine that there are a few (gazillion) of you that might not be the ultimate Christmas unicorn either…you know, the ladies out there that have all gifts bought & wrapped, all meals prepped and ready to go and are currently chilling waiting for the magical day to arrive with trumpets sounding and a glittery sunrise to greet them…or something remotely close to that.

I like to think of myself as more of Christmas ~~ass~~ donkey, clumping along forgetting things I have written clearly on my to-buy list, and losing all track of time and getting further and further behind until I feel like a crazy person. Soooo, with that said, guess what? I have a totally easy and delicious recipe to share with y’all today.

This cake is sooo moist and flavorful you guys, and it’s a wonderfully doctored cake mix, so it’s ready in a snap. Is this the most beautiful dessert you’ll ever make? Heck no, but it’s an A+ on the Holly’s Easy/Delicious scale…that I just made up.

This was a huge hit when I made this for my family a few weeks ago, so much so, I’ll be making one tomorrow and I’m totally not stressing because it’s so easy. Anyways, this donkey needs to get a move on and try to finish up all things on my seemingly never ending to-do list. Y’all have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by!!!

All of your ingredients into your (one) bowl…

mix it all up and pour into your pan…

this part looks gross, but poke holes in your cooled cake and pour sweetened condensed milk all over…

then cover the whole top of the cake with Cool Whip & gingersnap cookie crumbles…

Let it chill in the fridge for a while, then enjoy!!!

RECIPE:

INGREDIENTS:

1-15.25 Ounce Box Spice Cake Mix.
1 Teaspoon Ground Ginger.
1 Tablespoon Ground Cinnamon.
1/2 Cup Buttermilk.
1/2 Cup Molasses.
1/3 Cup Vegetable or Canola Oil.
4 Large Eggs.
14 Ounce Can Sweetened Condensed Milk.
1-8 Ounce Tub Cool Whip – Thawed.
12-15 Gingersnap Cookies – Crushed

HOW TO:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, add the dry cake mix, spices, buttermilk, molasses, eggs and oil and mix until well combined.
Pour into an 8×8 pan and bake for 28-30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Allow your cake to cool completely and once cooled with the end of a wooden spoon, poke holes all over the top of your cake and then pour the sweetened condensed milk all over the top of your cake. Cover the entire top of the cake with the Cool Whip, then sprinkle the crushed gingersnap cookies all over the Cool Whip. Place your cake back in to the fridge for at least another hour and enjoy!

Milk & Cookie Bars

December 19, 2018 By Holly

Happy Happy Wednesday y’all and welcome to another cheat day post!!! Holy heck you guys, Christmas is sooo almost here and I can honestly say I’ve never been this far behind in my shopping & wrapping…maybe ever. I literally woke up this past Saturday and had the very stressful realization that I had done basically no Christmas shopping and only had a little over a week to get it done.

Seriously, thank goodness for Amazon you guys, because fast forward 2 hours and I was pretty much dunzo with all of my shopping. Will all of it arrive in time? yeah, not so sure, but it’s all good, if it doesn’t then my loved ones will continue to get gifts into the New Year.

Obviously, y’all are not here to listen to my stress induced (of my own making) tirade, so let’s get to the good stuff…the food! I had a thought a few weeks ago, that Santa might be sick of the same old milk & cookies and maybe he might enjoy an absolutely delightful dessert that brings the traditional ingredients into one.

So technically, the ‘milk’ in these bars is a delicious cream cheese, but cream cheese has milk in it, sooo close enough. Also, I took the easy way out and used store bought cookie dough which I recommend because these bars were thrown together in about 15 minutes and sooo delicious y’all. I think that these bars would be the perfect addition to your Christmas day, or for Santa on his travels, either way, these are a must make. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

First, place your cookie dough in your pan…

then, smoosh it into the bottom of your pan…

cream cheese mixture on top of your cookie dough…

then the rest of your cookie dough on top, and possibly the blurriest picture I could have taken…

bake, bake, bake and enjoy!!!

RECIPE:

1 (8 Ounce) Package of Cream Cheese, Softened.
½ Cup of Granulated Sugar.
1 Large Egg.
1 (16.5 Ounce) Chocolate Chip Cookie Roll, Divided.

Pre-heat your oven to 350°F. With a handheld or stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, sugar and egg until smooth.

In a 9 or 8 inch square pan, break up half of cookie dough, pressing into the bottom until an even layer is formed. Spread your cream cheese mixture over your cookie dough. Then crumble the remaining half of dough over the cream cheese mixture.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown and firm to the touch. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until chilled. Cut into bars and enjoy!!!

Maple Cinnamon Butter

December 3, 2018 By Holly

Happy Happy Monday y’all!!! Tis December, and yes I feel like using the word ‘Tis’ is totally acceptable when it’s December, because it feels wonderfully Dickens-esque…or something like that. I personally was completely finished decorating for Christmas by November 2nd, because I just can’t get enough of all of the beautiful decorations and I want to get to enjoy them for as long as possible. I realize that normal people usually wait until at least the day after Thanksgiving to decorate, so I assume it is now totally fine for me to bring out the seasonal recipes as well.

Sometimes I think that the simplest foods are the best. Like butter for example. I think we all have those restaurants that the food is just okay, but they have the best rolls with deliciously sweetened butter served with it, hence the only reason that you’re even there.

That is definitely what I was trying to recreate with this recipe. Maple and cinnamon make everything better and I assumed they would do the same with butter and boy was I right.

This butter is sinfully delicious and the star of the show on a toasted piece of bread. The simplicity of this recipe also means it’s crazy easy to make too, so most definitely a win-win. Also, this makes a whole lot of butter, so you will definitely have plenty around to enjoy for the next few weeks. I totally think that y’all should make some of this and enjoy it on pretty much everything haha. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

MAPLE CINNAMON BUTTER RECIPE:

4 Sticks of Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature.
1 Cup of Maple Syrup.
2 Tablespoons of Cinnamon.
1 Teaspoon of Salt.

With a handheld or stand mixer with paddle attachment, place your unsalted butter into your bowl and whip until light and fluffy.
Add in the rest of your ingredients and with your mixer on low at first, then slowly increasing the speed.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and continue mixing until all ingredients are incorporated fully.
Keep refrigerated and try to take out the butter at least 30 minutes prior to enjoying.

REPOST-Easy Pumpkin Pie Bars

November 21, 2018 By Holly

Here’s an oldie but a goodie, I thought some of y’all might need a really easy, quick and possibly last minute dessert for Turkey Day, so here you go!

Happy Happy Wednesday & Thanksgiving Eve y’all!!! I hope I’m not the only one running around trying to get what feels like everything under the sun done right now. These feelings are most likely exacerbated by the fact that I have to work all day, so a billion things are left to do this evening and tomorrow morning very early.

I’m a slightly type A chick, so not being completely organized and ahead of schedule makes me feel just a tad bit coo-coo feeling. My apologies, I’m blathering about how stressed I feel when most likely all of you feel precisely the same way haha. Soooo, I’m here today to give you another recipe that shouldn’t cause you any stress to make, because at this hour before Thanksgiving that is exactly what we need, amiright?

These Easy Pumpkin Pie Bars are a wonderful recipe that I snagged from Pillsbury’s website. I looove pumpkin pie, but as I have mentioned before, pies have a tendency to be my Kryptonite, because of that whole pie crusts never behave for me deal, which is why I knew I had to make these bars because they just looked so easy to make. BTW they totally are easy to make, and let’s not forget it’s pumpkin pie in perfect handheld wonderfulness.

The only thing that’s really time consuming is waiting for these bars to completely cool before you can cut them up. Anyways, I hope you can add these to your Thanksgiving meal and as always thank you so much for stopping by! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone of you and I hope you have a wonderful time with your loved ones.

First, wax paper into your pan…

then press your crescent dough sheet into your pan…

place all of your ingredients into your bowl…

mix, mix, mix…

then pumpkin mixture into your pan…

bake, bake, bake…

after cooling, take out of the pan…

and enjoy!!!

Easy Pumpkin Pie Bars

2016-11-21 14:08:10

Pumpkin Pie in every bite of these easy to make pumpkin pie bars.

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Ingredients

1 Can Pillsbury Crescent Dough Sheet.
2 Eggs.
1 (15 Ounce) Can of Pumpkin Puree.
1 Cup of Heavy Whipping Cream.
1/2 Cup of Packed Brown Sugar.
1/4 Cup of Corn Syrup.
1 Tablespoon of Pumpkin Pie Spice.
Dash of Cinnamon.
1/2 Teaspoon of Salt.
9x13 Pan.
Wax Paper.

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Line your 9x13 pan with wax paper so there are several inches hanging off of the sides.
Spray your wax paper with non-stick cooking spray.
Carefully roll out the crescent dough sheet and place into your pan, gently pushing it to meet the edges and a little up the sides, set aside.
In a large bowl, place the eggs, pumpkin puree, whipping cream, brown sugar, corn syrup, pumpkin, cinnamon, and salt and mix with a spoon until well combined.
Now pour your pumpkin mixture onto the crust in your pan.
Place your pan on the middle rack of your oven and bake for 45-50 minutes (I took mine out at 50).
Take your pan out of the oven letting cool slightly, then cover your pan and place in the fridge to cool completely.
When cooled, gently take the whole pumpkin pie out by grabbing the wax paper, and after removal, cut into pieces and enjoy!

Notes

I garnished the bars with whipped cream, to make, I whipped 1 cup of heavy whipping cream with 1/2 cup of sugar, and piped onto the bars.

Adapted from Pillsbury

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The Only Dressing Recipe You’ll Ever Need

November 20, 2018 By Holly

***Happy Tuesday y’all!!! Thanksgiving is only a couple of days away, and I thought it my duty and job to re-post this dressing, because just like the title says, this is hands down the only one you’ll ever need! I felt so inclined to share this for a 3rd time (excuse the 4 year old not so great food photos below) because I watch a lot of cooking on TV, and y’all, the stuff that they call dressing or stuffing looks like absolute crud, #sorrynotsorry. I think I text my sister something about wanting to punch people in the face for their crap recipes, or something along those lines…This dressing is just so dang awesome and nothing like you’ve ever eaten before…because I love all of you and want what’s best for you, please just take the time and make this for your Thanksgiving. Have a wonderful day, K, bbbyyeee!!!***

Yes, I am going to say it…this is the best dressing you will ever, ever, eevveerr have in your life. You know how I know this? because as a whole, I don’t like dressing, it’s too dry, too weird, too something, and don’t even get me started on folks who put dadgum oysters or some other awful in it…for reals, this dressing is on my list of favorite foods of all time. Did you hear that? I said one of my favorite foods of all time, and y’all, I know some food. Also, I have never seen dressing anywhere made like this, but that probably has something to do with the fact that my great great grandmother Josie (on my mom’s side) made up this recipe and lucky for us passed it down to the ladies in the family. So this is basically a secret family recipe, but to heck with the secret part, this is just too darn good not to share y’all. I have had people who despised dressing who I ~~force fed~~ coaxed into trying it and are now dressing converts and request it every year. Yes, there are some steps involved in this recipe but it’s worth every ~~damn~~ darn delicious bite.

Let’s make some cornbread shall we?..Let’s start with some good ole Crisco and an iron skillet..

Cornmeal and eggs…

Then your sauteed onions and celery…

Then throw in the rest of your ingredients, mix well and throw in your iron skillet…

Bake it up until it looks like so…

After sitting overnight (preferably) finely crumble your cornbread in a bowl…

Add your melted butter and eggs…

Then add the rest of your ingredients and the texture should look like this, real ‘liquidy’…

Place all in your pan…

Then pour your butter on top…

While baking, stir intermittently as the sides start to set…

And enjoy!

The Best Dressing Ever

2014-12-04 11:00:49

The most moist and flavorful cornbread dressing you will ever have.

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FOR THE CORNBREAD

1-12" Iron Skillet or Pan.
2 Cups Chopped Celery, sauteed.
1 Large Onion Chopped, sauteed.
6 1/2 Cups of Self-Rising Cornmeal.
3/4 Cup of Crisco, melted and divided evenly.
4 Large Eggs.
4 Cups of Milk.

FOR THE DRESSING

1-9x13 Pan.
The Cornbread, crumbled.
48 Ounces of Chicken Broth.
6 Eggs.
1/2 Teaspoon of Baking Soda.
2 Sticks of Unsalted Butter, Melted, Poured in Mixture.
1 Stick of Unsalted Butter, Melted, Poured on Top After in Pan.

CORNBREAD (Make Day Before)

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl place your measured out cornmeal.
Melt your Crisco and pour half in your iron skillet or pan, coating the pan well.
In a pan, saute your celery and onions until soft.
To your cornmeal add your eggs, then place both your celery and onions in your bowl.
Now add your milk and the other half of your melted Crisco and mix until all well incorporated.
Bake your cornbread for 45-50 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
After your cornbread has cooled completely, wrap thoroughly and tightly with cellophane and let it sit overnight on your countertop (it isn't absolutely necessary to sit out, but it does give the best taste because it lets all the flavors really seep into the cornbread).

DRESSING

In a large bowl, with your hands, finely crumble your cornbread (I had about 1/3 of the cornbread left because it makes such a large serving of cornbread).
To your crumbled cornbread, add your 2 sticks of melted butter, eggs, chicken broth and baking soda, and mix until well incorporated (yes it is supposed to be very liquidy).
Add salt and pepper to taste (I add quite a bit of both).
Pour your mixture into a well buttered 9x13 pan.
Evenly pour your 1 stick of melted butter on top.
Bake your dressing for about 30 minutes, but start checking after 10, because when the pan starts to slightly set around the edges you need to stir the whole pan, put back in the oven, and keep repeating the stirring every time it starts to set until it's done. The key to this dressing is not to over cook this dressing, it will be super moist and awesome if you don't.

Notes

I shouldn't say this, but if you're feeling hurried, lazy etc. instead of sauteing the onions and celery you can totally microwave the heck out of them, just as long as they're soft you're good.

By Tanya

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Easy Crockpot Apple Cider

November 19, 2018 By Holly

Happy Happy Monday!!! The countdown is on y’all, it’s T-minus 4 days until Thanksgiving and let’s be real, I have a feeling a lot of us do the majority of cooking the Wednesday before the big day, so we’ve just a got a few days to get ready.

Again, I’m here to (hopefully) relieve some of your cooking stress and offer up a super duper easy and quick drink, that will be perfect to keep around all day for your family and guests to enjoy. I absolutely love apple cider and I love homemade apple cider even more, but like a lot of things made from scratch, that’s a whole lot of work for a simple, albeit wonderful Fall drink.

I like to think that I took the best of both worlds and made a truly wonderful apple cider. Yes, the base of this drink is a store bought apple cider, but I threw in a few things to give it more of a homemade taste, and I think this drink turned out incredible. The smell that will be emanating from your kitchen is just down right heavenly, I promise.

This drink was thrown together in about 5 minutes, and I let it hang out in the crockpot for a couple of hours to really get the flavors from the cinnamon and cloves to meld in and wow, this is some of the best apple cider I’ve ever had. May I suggest to the adults of legal drinking age, possibly throwing in some Brandy? I didn’t try it, but I may do just that on Thanksgiving, because I have a feeling it will be equally as delicious, and fun. Thanks so much for stopping by y’all, and I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful day. Please, none of you stress yourself out too much with the cooking 😀

Oh look, the one step, all of the ingredients in a crockpot…

Cook for a bit and enjoy!!!

Easy Crockpot Apple Cider

2018-11-17 18:29:43

The best of homemade and store bought come together in this super easy to make crockpot apple cider.

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Ingredients

1 Gallon of Apple Cider (which, about 2 cups worth wouldn't fit in my crockpot).
1 Cup of Orange Juice.
4-5 Cinnamon Sticks.
2 Teaspoons of Cloves, Whole.
1 Dash of Nutmeg.

Instructions

Place all ingredients into your crockpot, cook on high with lid on for at least an hour.
Place on the low setting to serve.

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