Grandma's Wassail - Hot Cinnamon Cider

Courtesy of my wonderful grandma Patricia. 

She makes this every year and everyone devours it. 

It is hot and hits the spot every time so this year I watched her make it because I wanted to share it with the world. Enjoy everyone!

Ingredients:

1. Get a big pot and fill it with 1 gallon of apple juice 

2. Place on the stove burner and turn the heat to high at first 

3. Add to the apple juice about 2 tablespoons of cherry juice , 2 cartons of cider spices , and 4 sticks of cinnamon

4. Cut up 1/2 an orange , 1/2 a lime, and 1 lemon and squeeze into the cider and then place the remaining in the pot too. 

 

5. Don't forget the lemon and turn the heat down a little bit. 

6. Enjoy this delicious hot cinnamon cider - Grandma's Wassail 

And you can give it a stir every once and awhile :)

The Best Key Lime Pie

Ingredients:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees 

2. Zest your lime (scrape the outer part of the lime)

3. Combine your zest a 4 eggs yolks (yellow part) in a bowl

4. Mix the zest and eggs yolks together until it looks creamy but a little runny. 

5. Then start adding 1 can of sweetened condensed milk slowly while still mixing 

6. At the very end add 1/2 of lime juice and mix for just a couple seconds

7. Pour the mixture into your pie crust (I bought mine pre-made) and put it in the oven for 15 minutes. 

8. Take out after 15 minutes and put it in the fridge 

 

9. Add whip cream if you'd like and enjoy!

Divine Deviled Eggs

Ingredients:

1. Fill a pot with water and boil it. 

2. Once boiling add a dozen eggs and let them boil until you see them cracking just a tiny bit

3. Peel the eggs and throw away the shell (make sure there is no shell on the egg at all)

4. Cut the eggs in half and scoop out the yolk inside and put it in a separate bowl

5. Set aside the boiled, peeled, and shelled eggs on a separate tray

6. Now mix all your eggs yolks, 1/2 cup of miracle whip, a good squeeze of mustard, a splash of black pepper,  and 3 big spoonfuls of sugar

7. Taste it and make sure to add extra of what you need

8. Scoop out the mixture into your empty hard boiled eggs

9. Top them with paprika and put them in the fridge!

 Enjoy! These are a family favorite. Very sweet and southern :)

Sweet Cornbread

Ingredients:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease 9inch round pan. 
• 2. Combine one(1) cup all-purpose flour, one(1) cup yellow cornmeal, 2/3 cup white sugar,
• 1 teaspoon salt, and 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3. Mix it all up
• 4. Then once all your dry ingredients are in there you can add the 1 egg, 1 cup milk, and 1/3 cup vegetable oil.
• 5. Mix it all really well and then pour into your round 9 inch pan. 
• 6. Bake for 20 min until the top is golden brown.

ENJOY! It is sooo good :)

Also, it would be a very easy side dish to include during Thanksgiving!

Inspiration: Strawberry Lemonade

This is from Heather's Dish

This looked so delicious!! 

& it was REALLY simple. 

I will definitely be making this. 

CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW HEATHER DID IT!

Gooey Fall Pumpkin Cake

This is a take on Paula Deen's Gooey Pumpkin Butter Cakes

INGREDIENTS FOR CAKE/CRUST:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Put cake mix in a bowl

3. Add one egg

4. Scoop out 8 tablespoons of butter and put it in a cup 

5. Microwave for about 30 seconds

6. Scoop out the 8 tablespoons of melted butter and add to cake mix

7. Mix together until it looks like this:

8. Spray cooking/cake pan with spray butter

9. Mix the cake mix together and smooth into the pan:

ON TO THE FILLING!... 

INGREDIENTS FOR FILLING:

1. Cream(Mix) the cream cheese and pumpkin together REALLY well

2. Add 3 eggs

3. Add another 8 tablespoons of melted butter

4. Mix it all together REALLY well again. 

5. Add 2 cups of powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon 

6. Again, mix together then pour into pan over the cake crust:

7. Put this is the oven for 40-50 minutes (it is supposed to be gooey)

8. Take it out and let it cool off just for a minute ;) 

9. Enjoy!

This was a REALLY good cake!

My roommate who doesn't like pumpkin really liked this too :)

Scrambled Pepperoni Cheese Eggs

Remember this is titled my experimental cookbook :)

INGREDIENTS:

Hot sauce, salt, pepper- optional

1. Spray down your skillet

2. Crack your eggs into a bowl 

3. Cut up the peps and add them in to the bowl 

5. Mix it all up!

4. If you want to hot sauce- shake some in there!

5. Pour it into your skillet on a medium to hot heat

6. Wait for them to look runny and then add the cheese

7. Mix them up just until the cheese is melted and then move them to your plate :)

Mix it up with the breakfast!!

DELICIOUSSSSSS

Easy Lemon Pepper Chicken & Fettuccine Alfredo

Make this marinade and prepare the chicken 12 to 24 hours before your meal.

INGREDIENTS FOR CHICKEN MARINADE:

& WE BOUGHT CHICKEN BREASTS FROM TRADER JOES

1. Take chicken out of packaging and wash it off

2. Place chicken in container to marinate it in

3. Add 3/4 or all of the lemon juice into the container

4. Add 1/2 a cup of olive oil

5. Add as much pepper, garlic powder, and minced garlic as you'd like (I used a lot)

6. Place chicken in fridge and keep there for 12-24 hours

next day ... 

7. Take your chicken out of the fridge 

8. Turn on your George Forman/Grill (we have a Hamilton Beach inside grill)

9. Place your chicken on the grill once its fired up

10. Cook it and make sure there is no pink in the middle

11. Take off the grill, cut up, & prepare to add pasta!

INGREDIENTS FOR EASY FETTUCCINE ALFREDO:

This is a painless way of making pasta

1. Boil water in large pot

2. Add noodles

3. Drain noodles

4. But back in pot and add Alfredo sauce & stir!

If you like veggies like my roommate - add some broc!

1. Just boil and drain & add to your dish. 

MMMMM YUMMMMMY!

The chicken is so juicy and has a really strong lemon taste. My roommate and I both loved it! If you give it a try, let me know what you think. 

Yellow Honey Cake with Peanut Butter Honey Icing

First, let me explain - I am not a professional chef.

I am a college student- with limited utensils and money.

But it doesn't mean I don't like good home cookin' !!

Now.....

Documented experiment numero uno.

INGREDIENTS FOR CAKE: 

(all ingredients on back of cake box too)

1. Follow directions on back of cake mix box. 

2. Add 2 'splashes' on cinnamon (splash mean shake some in there)

3. Add a big squeeze of honey :)

4. Put in oven & bake!... in the mean time.... 

INGREDIENTS FOR ICING:

Making icing can be done in many ways- this is my first experiment. 

1. Get a big mixing bowl 

2. Add 1/2 cup of butter

3. Add 2  1/2 cups of powdered sugar

4. Add 2 big spoonfuls of peanut butter

5. Add a shake of cinnamon 

6. Add a small squeeze of honey

7. Mix all together and put in the fridge

Once, the cake is done- let it cool for a little bit ;)

Set the icing next to it & add as much as you'd like :) 

Enjoy! I sure did!