Jello Poke Cake

1 box of White cake
1 box of Jello (I prefer Strawberry)
Cool Whip

1. Make your cake mix and put into a greased 9x13 dish. Bake as directed. Hint: If you bake your cake at a lower temperature like 325 for longer than it says your cake will be more moist.
2. Let cake cool a couple hours.
3. Follow the directions on the Jello box but do not put it in the fridge to harden.
4. Take a fork and poke the cake with it all over. Make sure to poke it a ton! Pour your jello all over the top of the cake.
5. Put the cake in the fridge for a few hours. Right before you are ready to serve the cake, cover the top with cool whip. **Do not use frosting because you want it to be light tasting like the cool whip is

This cake is so refreshing and SOOO yummy. It also looks way cool. Try it out. You will love it!

Smoothies!!!

Ok so my mom got me really into these smoothies that you can buy at Costco in the frozen section. They have little yogurt balls in them and Allen and I really like them. Well recently I was shopping at Target and in their frozen section by the frozen berries I found these:

Well Allen and I tried the Strawberry Banana one the other day and OH MY HECK...they are AMAZING! We love the consistency of these ones and the taste is soooo yummy. It is like having a Jamba Juice in your own home...but for much cheaper! The Strawberry Banana one was like the Strawberries Wild at Jamba...which is my personal favorite. Well at Target they have 4 different flavors of the smoothies. It is 2.99 for a bag and a bag makes 4 8oz servings. Try it out! You just add the frozen berries, the powder inside, and juice or water. I added a strawberry capri sun in mine for the liquid....YUMMY!!!!

Monkey Bread (Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread)

12 oz Water
1/2 oz Yeast
1/2 oz Salt
3/4 oz Sugar
1 oz NonFat Milk Powder
3/4 oz Shortening
20 oz Bread Flour
Vanilla frosting
Cinnamon Sugar

1. Mix yeast in warm water. Add the salt, sugar, non fat millk powder, and the shortening. Mix all together. Slowly add in the flour and knead until dough is complete.
2. Let the dough rise until doubled in bulk (aprox 1 hour).
3. Spray your cooking dish (I like to use a bunt pan because it gives it a cool design)
4. Take a little piece of dough and roll it into a ball and roll it in a mix of cinnamon and sugar. Then put the ball of dough covered in cinnamon sugar in the pan. Continue doing this making small balls of dough and filling up the pan. You want to fill it about half way so you can give the bread room to rise.
5. Let the dough rise to be doubled in bulk (aprox 1 hour). If you are making the dough the night before and want to bake it in the morning, then skip this step and just stick it right in the fridge covered right after you finish step 4. Sticking it in the fridge will still let the dough rise, just a LOT slower...so when you wake up in the morning it will be fully risen and ready to bake.
6. Bake at 375 for 20 minutes.
7. Frost it with vanilla frosting.

Cinnamon Rolls

Dough:

24 oz Water

1 oz Yeast

1 oz Salt

1 1/2 oz Sugar

2 oz Non Fat Milk Powder

40 oz Bread Flour

Toppings:

1 cup Butter

4 Tablespoons Cinnamon

Brown Sugar

Sugar

Vanilla Frosting

1.  Mix yeast in warm water.  Add the salt, sugar, non fat millk powder, and the shortening.  Mix all together.  Slowly add in the flour and knead until dough is complete.

2.  Let the dough rise until doubled in bulk (aprox 1 hour).

3.  Mix the butter and cinnamon together and beat it so it can get fluffy.

4.  Roll out your dough and spread out your cinnamon butter spread you just made onto your dough.

5.  Sprinkle sugar and brown sugar on top of the cinnamon butter spread.

6.  Roll up your dough into a log and cut it at about 1 inch incriments.

7.  Spray your cooking dish and place your rolls into it leaving some room for it to be able to rise.

8.  Let them rise for about an hour.

9.  Bake at 375 for about 15-20 minutes or until finished.

10.  Let them cool down just a little bit and spread your frosting on top.  ENJOY! :)

YIELDS: 3 dozen

Peanut Butter Squares

If I were to give you ONE recipe that was my FAVORITE snack to eat growing up it was this! Whenever my mom made it, it sure was a treat. Everyone LOVES these...except for Allen because he doesn't like peanut butter! HAHAHA!

1 Cup Peanut Butter
1 Cup Non-fat Milk Powder
1 Cup Honey
1/2 Cup Wheat Germ
1 Teaspoon Vanilla

1. Mix all ingredients together and put into a greased pan. (You would need to make a double batch to fit in a normal size brownie dish).
2. Put in the fridge.
3. After about an hour or two you can cut them up into squares or bite size pieces to eat.

Strawberries and Cream Crepes

This is a recipe from my Aunt Shirley that is so delicious. I love it so much. Start out by slicing your strawberries. Put the strawberries into a bowl and sprinkle sugar over them. Mix them well with a spoon and set in the fridge. Every so often take them out of the fridge and sprinkle more sugar on them. As the strawberries absorb the sugar, they start creating some yummy juices. As they sit in the fridge you can start on the two mixtures to make.


Crepes:
3 Eggs
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 cup of Flour
2 cups of Milk
1 tablespoons Sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 tablespoons of Melted Butter

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl except for the flour.
2. After you mix everything really well with a mixer, slowly add the flour.
3. Once everything is mixed well, set it aside to rest for about an hour. (Setting the mixture aside for awhile lets everything settle and calm down leaving you with smooth crepes when cooked).


Cream Filling:
8 ounces of Cream Cheese
14 ounces of Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/3 cup of Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon of Vanilla
3 cups of Cool Whip

1. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
2. Beat the mixture real good with a mixer so it becomes fluffy.
3. Set aside.

Follow the directions on your crepe maker to make some delicious looking crepes. Let them cool off to room temperature. After they are cooled, fill the center of a crepe with your cream filling. Wrap the crepe around the filling and top it off with you juicy sliced strawberries. If you desire, put a little bit of whipping cream on the top of your strawberries. Yummy, this dessert is so good! Enjoy...