Pop Tart Pastry

Vanilla Pop Pastry:
 1 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup COLD Butter (whole stick)
2 Tbs Sugar
Pinch of Salt
1 Tsp Vanilla
4 Tbs Cold Water

 Chocolate Pop Pastry:
 1 Cup Flour
2 Tbs Cocoa Powder
1/2 Cup COLD Butter (whole stick)
1/4 Cup Sugar
Pinch of Salt
1/2 Tsp Vanilla
4 Tbs Cold Water

 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and put the butter in the freezer. Leave the butter in the freezer for about 10 mins. Mix all the dry ingredients together. Take the butter out of the freezer and cut it into cubes. Add this to the mixture. Stir together but leave chunks of butter. Add the cold water and vanilla. Mix together but still leave some butter. Roll the dough into a ball and refrigerate for two hours. 

 

Can you tell I live with ALL boys?

 

While you're waiting take pictures of your cats.

 

 

 

After two hours, roll the dough onto a flour-ed surface. Roll it like you would to make cut-out cookies. Cut the dough into a large square then into smaller rectangles for the pop tarts. Once you have your pop tart shapes, pop them into the freezer for 10 mins. This will make it a lot easier to form the pop tarts. After 10 mins, lay out the rectangles and put your topping on! You can use pretty much anything you want. Next time, I want to try a banana slice and nutella! Cover it with another rectangle of dough and use a fork to form the edges. Poke Holes with a fork into the top.

 

Bake them for 15 mins or until golden brown.

 

 

I tweaked a recipe I found on Pinterest to make these! Pinterest is my love.
I made two different kinds of pastry and used 3 different fillings. I did a PB and J, Strawberry Jam and just plain PB. All three were good but I like the strawberry and vanilla pastry the best!

Pull Apart Potatoes

Oh la la...how fancy!

I l o v e Potatoes.

Baked or fried? That is the great debate between my boyfriend and I when we decide to cook up this delicious veggie. So, when I came across this style I thought I found a great middle man. They are soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside. Not to mention very, very easy to make.

 

 

All you need is:

•  Potatoes? Yes.
• Olive Oil
• Sea Salt
• Pepper

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. While you're waiting for the oven to heat up, pop those potatoes in the microwave for about 5 mins. Don't forget to poke holes in them! This will make them softer and easier to cut. Slice them as thinly as you can and be sure not to cut through to the bottom. Pour Olive Oil over each potato. Sprinke salt and pepper to taste and bake for about 45 mins!

 



Feline Friday.

Homemade Kitty Treats!

 

You will need:

•  A (or two) can of wet cat food
• Ziploc bags
• Cat Nip (optional)
• Hopefully, you have a cat.

 

This recipe is really easy and your cats will love the treats! All you have to do is mix together wet cat food and cat nip. I used my Cusinart Smart Stick Hand Blender but you can mix it by hand. Whip it until it looks like chocolate frosting! Unfortunately, it does not smell like chocolate frosting. One man's trash is another man's treasure...or cat's treasure. After you're done whipping the mixture, put it all in a ziploc bag. Just like you would with frosting, cut a small opening at the bottom of the bag. Use this to make small "dots" on your baking sheet ( I covered mine with foil for ease). Bake the dots for about 8 minutes.

While you are waiting for the first batch to bake...let your cats try the batter! Simba and Aria loved it! After eight minutes, take them out and roll the dots into little balls. I made my triangular so they were like the store-bought ones.

 

 

This is an Aria approved treat.

 

Check out this site for more treats:

http://pamperedpetsitters.biz/wp-content/uploads/Cat-HomemadeTreats.pdf

Thrift Thursday.

If you have the patience to go through racks and racks of clothes...thrift store shopping is for you. I used to be one of those people who turned their nose up at second-hand clothes.

I have seen the light and my wallet is getting used to being heavier.

You can find clothes at 1/2 the price (if not more) you would have paid for in the store. I have found many items that are still sitting on the rack (full-price too)! The ilovely tems above are all from today's treasure hunting. I bought them along with two pairs of Steve Madden high heels! All together these gems were under $40 bucks.

Day = Made.

Mani Monday.

I love nail art.
 It is a super cheap and temporary way to show your personal style! You can look online for a design to do or just find something in your own room to give you inspiration! Today I got my look from a black and white striped bag.

You can paint the design on one nail, all the nails or pick and choose. It is all up to you. I am a righty, so it is really hard to paint the design on my right hand. Sometimes I will just go for it but there are ways around it. Today, I painted the nails on my right hand a bright purple and then one nail on my left hand the same color. That way they match and I don't have to paint the whole design on my right hand.

*Nail art pens can be expensive. I always use acrylic paint instead. The brand I have only costs about 85 cents per bottle.

The finished product!

Suzy Homemaker Sunday.

Banana Buttersotch Muffins

 

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
2. Mash two very (brown = muffin gold) ripe bananas in a large mixing bowl
3.Add two cups of flour to the bananas
4.Add 1 Tbsp of baking soda
5.Mix in two eggs
6. Add 1/4 cup of butter or margarine

7.Mix in the best part...the butterscotch chips! Use as much as your butterscotch-loving n  heart desires!

8.Fill cupcake papers half way and bake for about 20 minutes

9. Eat all of them at once and gain 3 pounds...OR serve them to family and friends!

 

Ooey, goey goodness.

 

The Recipe:

• 2 or more very ripe (and ugly) bananas
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 2 cups flour
• 1 Tsp baking soda
• 1/4 Tsp salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 Tbs vanilla
• 1 cup butterscotch chips