Giveaway!!! {at God's Daughter}

Hey guys {or shall I say girls}!!!

Well I thought I should let you know, God's Daughter 

{which is a beautiful blog if I do say so myself...} 

is having a giveaway! 

She is giving away TONSSSSSSS of super adorable prizes that I really hope I win! (; 

ha ha ha Plus she came up with tons of creative ways for

everyone to enter!

  check it out! 

Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies

• Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies!
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• Ingredients              
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 1 3/4 cups (11.5-oz. pkg.) Butterscotch chips
• Granulated sugar

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

COMBINE flour and baking soda in small bowl. Beat butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels.

DROP dough by rounded tablespoon onto ungreased baking sheets. Press down slightly with bottom of glass dipped in granulated sugar.

BAKE for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are set but centers are still soft. Cool on baking sheets for 4 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

PAN COOKIE VARIATION:
PREPARE dough as above. Spread dough into ungreased 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Bon Appetite! 

Paper Flowers {tutorial}

Hello everyone! 

(:

I just wanted to let you all know I am still alive and 

haven't fallen of the face of the earth!!!! 

I know I haven't posted in A LONG time but I have been SUPER busy lately...!

Well since I don't post too much about crafts and fun stuff like that

I thought I would share with you this cute, easy, and speedy project I saw originally using felt 

{and kind of a different set-up}

but since I don't have felt, I am using paper...

And when I get felt... I will for sure make more of these! 

You could use the paper ones to put on gifts, cards, or to just use as decoration.

If you used felt, you could put them on headbands, binders 

{or "hair ties" as some people call them} and rings...

What you'll need...
Scissors
Paper {whatever color you'd like AND green}
Hot Glue Gun {and glue sticks}

Cut your paper into different sized circles {I cut mine into about 10 pieces}

Put your finger in the middle of each circle and crunch up the sides.

Hot glue the middle of a circle.

Layer another circle on top of the one with glue on it and press them together.

Keep layering the circles and glue until all the paper is gone. 

Be sure to pinch them together as you go so the paper doesn't fan out.

Spread out some of the paper and fold some in.

Cut out the green paper into to leaf shapes.

Turn the flower over and put some hot glue on the bottom.

Press the leaves on the bottom.

And VUALA!

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.James 1:17

Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting! {and AN AWARD!!!!}

First of all, I am soooooo sorry about my lack of posting!
It gets that way after having such a busy-bee life!
Anyways...

 I was given my first every blogging award by Rebecca from Just Me....
YAY!

Thanks so much Rebecca!

Along with the award, I get to choose some of my OWN followers

 for the award and say seven random things about me... 

{if you receive this award, you'll have to do the same!}

So here goes it...(;

1} I love hello-kitty.

2} I'm totally craving muffins right now.

3} I'm on the worship team at my youth group.

4} I hate{x5000} the color black.

5} This is my first award.

6} My favorite fruit is a banana.

7} I am Type 1 Diabetic

The followers of my choice:

Sierra from Keep Growing Beautiful...

Emily from The Nerve of Verve

Pie from Pie-News

Book Blogger from Baker's Corner

Now for the recipe...

This was my first time EVER making a cake IN MY LIFE! 

I made it for my mom for her birthday, so I received no help...

And I was actually pretty surprised at how well it turned out!

The cake was so yummy and moist, you wouldn't believe it was homemade!

In the middle, along with the frosting, I chopped up some of that extra halloween candy 
I had laying around

{Reese's and Butterfinger}... 

Hopefully I'll have another opportunity to make a cake again soon(:

Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake

• 2 cups sugar
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
2. 2 Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
3. 3 Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. 
4.  10 to 12 servings. 
5. VARIATIONS: 
6. ONE-PAN CAKE: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350° F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely. Frost. 
7. THREE LAYER CAKE: Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost. 
8. BUNDT CAKE: Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. 
9. Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting

10. Ingredients

11. • 1/2 cup butter, softened
12. • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
13. • 3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
14. • 2 cups confectioners' sugar

15. • Directions

      1. Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy.

Enjoy!!!!!

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White Chocolate Cranberry Muffins

I made these on Wednesday... {as in LAST Wednesday...}

But didn't get around to uploading the photos and posting until now...
Mostly because of my super busyness and also because I had that
ISSUE where I couldn't find my pictures again!!!
I have TONS of blogging to catch up on that I will HOPEFULLY be able to get
around to posting soon...
:P
Anyways...

I just LOVE the combination of white chocolate and cranberries! 

Sweet and tart! Enjoy(:

White Chocolate Cranberry Muffins
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1/3 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. flour
3 tbsp. butter, melted
2 c. flour
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. brown sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1 c. sour cream
1 c. frozen or fresh cranberries {or 1/2 c. dried}
1/2 c. white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375ºF. Spray 16 muffin cups with baking spray containing flour; set aside.
In small bowl, combine walnuts, 1/3 c. brown sugar, 1/4 c. flour, and 3 tbsp. of butter and mix until crumbly. Set aside.

In a large bowl combine flour, 1/4 c. brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and mix with wire whisk. In medium bowl, combine eggs, oil, and sour cream and beat with a whisk until smooth and blended. Add flour mixture to egg mixture and mix until combined.
Add cranberries and white chocolate chips. Stir until blended.

Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups; sprinkle each with some of the brown sugar mixture.
Bake for 20-25 until muffins are brown and firm when touched with finger.
Let cool in muffin tins for 3-4 minutes, then carefully remove to wire racks to cool.
Serve warm. Makes 16 muffins.

Yummly, crumbly muffins-

Halloween {Pictures}

Hey everyone!

Well,  I'm sorry I didn't get around to posting the pictures yesterday... I guess I never got around to it. I'm sure some of you know how that goes!(; Anyways, here they are!

This is our pumpkin display... Can you guess which one is mine?!

... Way easier {and less dangerous} than cutting it!

I was irritated... I can't exactly remember why... Possibly because

my dad was taking pictures of me while I was trying to get my shoes on. 

My BESTEST FRIEND ABBY!, me, my brother Davis, and my other brother Henry!

NERD ALERT! 

The other little kiddos are Camilla {the tootsie roll} and Gabriel {the puppy dog!} 

I hope you all had a happy halloween! 

Happy Halloween!!!!

Every Halloween, our family dresses up, goes trick-or-treating,carves, pumpkins, and most

importantly- eats lots of candy!(;

We still haven't done our pumpkins yet, but don't worry... They'll be 

done this afternoon! And as far as trick-or-treating and dressing up 

goes, me and my friend are dressing up as nerds! 

{and no not the candy like I was asked at the dentist this morning... More of the hiked-up pants, braces, and big glasses kind!}

The pictures, I will for sure post tomorrow! 

I know a lot of people don't like Halloween because of the icky origins and stuff...

But no, I don't go dressing up with blood dripping down my face and looking dead. 

I try to stick with the cute "puppy and princess" sort of costumes... lol(:

So what are your plans for tonight?

I would love to hear!(: