Ta Da...Strawberry Cheesecake

It might not look like the picture, but it was in its own right a work of art! :) My mom was very impressed and Laura told me that I have too much time on my hands. However this only took 30 minutes to prepare and pop into the fridge. I did forget to keep a strawberry to dip in the chocolate to place on top. But I am still impressed on how it turned out.

It was also very yummy to eat. Laura said to do without the chocolate on top next time and my mom suggested white chocolate drizzled on top. I suggested putting some graham crackers in the middle with the strawberries and pound cake. However, I will be making this for my grandparents for Easter. :)

Baking Attempt

This is what I am planning on recreating today. It just looked so good, that I had to give it a try. When I am finished, I will post what mine looks like! :)

Cinnamon Rolls

The next time I roll out cinnamon rolls the night before, I will put them in the oven to rise because this is what happened:

If you notice the obvious slope in the middle of the rolls it is because the dang cat slept on the towels on that side of the pan. So half of the rolls are not that fluffy as the other half.

Oh well...I guess that they are still yummy to eat.

I am also waiting for my quiche to finish and then I am taking them all to work at the station. They love when I bring them food. :)

Cream cheese please!

I found a receipe online for frosting. Thank you Morgan for yours, I will use it when I make another batch of sugar cookies. I already whipped up the one that I found before I read yours. It figures!

The frosting that I used was a cream cheese frosting. It tastes great, but I don't know if I would use it on cookies again. It was a little thick, but I could have helped that with the addition of more milk into the frosting while it was getting made. Here is the frosting receipe:

Cream Cheese frosting

1/2 c. butter
8 ounces cream cheese
4 c. powdered sugar
2 tsp. vanilla

Whip all of the ingrediants together until it is creamy. I also added milk while it was whipping to make it a little creamier.

Here is the final product:



Now I just have to remember the pencils and my Valentine cards for the students and the day will be complete. Even though after a day like today, I don't know if they deserve a party on Thursday!

Cookie update!

I thought I would find a new receipe for a good sugar cookie because I have yet to find a great one. Well I think I found one! The dough by itself is really yummy! I thought I would share, in case anyone else is looking for a yummy sugar cookie:

Easy Sugar Cookies
2 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. margarine
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla (I also added a smidge of butter flavoring). Stir in the flour, baking soda, and baking powder. I also put the dough in the fridge for about 30 minutes for it to chill.

Shape or roll into one inch balls.


Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.



Cool and enjoy!!


I will ice the cookies tomorrow or Wednesday night, just in time for our party on Thursday! I now just need to find a yummy icing frosting to go on the very yummy cookies!

Cookies anyone?

I'm being bad. I didn't work out last week at all because I was overworked with things from school and tonight I was about ready to fall asleep on the way home. So needless to say I do not think I am going to the gym tonight. I am however going to make cookies. Since a student transfered to another school at the end of December, my room mom also left because it was her son. Well that means I have no one in charge of getting things organized for our little parties that we have. So that means I am providing the students some little treats to have on St. Valentine's Day. One of which is going to be sugar cookie cut-outs shaped like hearts. It is a lot of work for me, but I am most calm when I bake. It is what I do when I get stressed out. So after my brocolli and cheese casserole is finished in the oven, I am off to bake some yummy sugar cookies. Plus the heat from the oven warms up my house!