Snickerdoodle Pancakes

Last Saturday I was determined to make some pancakes that my kids would like!  I found these Snickerdoodle Pancakes on none other than pinterest and thought surely the kids will like these.  Your probably wondering what kids do not like pancakes.  The deal with my kiddos is they have been eating the packaged frozen pancakes from Walmart for a little too long that they don't realize homemade pancakes are by far better.   My husbands mother introduced my kids to them and I took to them because of the "it's easy" idea!  I really just prefer fresh cooked items but do revert to using some frozen foods every now and then.  Anyway, back to these pancakes!  The kids liked them after all and I made them again this morning.  So I used her recipe for the most part while adding some extra of a few things and a little less of some other things, and then accidentally forgot to put the butter in.  I found the butter in the microwave later that day, lol!  So they turned out great and any time I make these I'll just stick to the way I made them the first time. 

Ingredients
1 cup of all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon of kosher salt
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
¼ teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg
3/4 cup of sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg, lightly beate
1/2- 3/4 cup of milk

Combine dry ingredients in large bowl and whisk to combine.
Add wet ingredients and whisk just until combined.
Use ¼ cup of milk for thicker, fluffy pancakes. Add more milk for thinner, tender pancakes.
Pour ¼ cup of pancake batter onto hot non-stick griddle.
When edges of pancakes start to set, flip and cook until light golden brown.
Serve with butter and warm cinnamon vanilla glaze.
Makes 8-10 pancakes.

Avocado Tomato Salad

This makes a great side dish and it's fast!  When I went to open this recipe from pinterest it could not be found.  So I did what the description had in the pin while adding some extra of this and that to it!

Ingredients
2 large avocados, chopped
2 roma tomatoes, chopped with seeds discarded
Salt
Garlic & Herb Seasoning
Fine Red & Black Pepper Seasoning
Olive Oil

Mix all ingredients, being careful not to blend so much that your avocados blend all together.  Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

*Next time I plan to refrigerate my avocados before slicing to try and prevent them from blending together so much.  They are suppose to look like whole little pieces not like guacamole.

Honey-Lime Chicken Skewers

This is great recipe for grilling!  I love pinning foods on pinterest that look good and easy.  These Honey-Lime Chicken Skewers turned out to be very tender with good flavor.  I followed her recipe as is with the exception of not using as much cilantro. 

 

Ingredients

3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
juice of one lime
2 garlic cloves, minced
1-2 teaspoon Siracha
red pepper flakes, to taste
2 tablespoon cilantro
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts

In a small bowl, combine your ingredients, through the cilantro. Mix thoroughly.
Pour marinade over chicken breasts and turn to coat. Cover and allow to marinate for at least 1 hour.
Grill on medium high heat for 6 to 8 minutes per side, until juices run clear.

Chili Roasted Corn on the Cob

This past Saturday we were able to be at home and when that happens it's usually a cooking day.  I had planned on trying this Amazing Oven Roasted Corn for a side to go with our meal.  As I started thinking about the seasonings I wanted to use I remembered having some Chili Lime Roasted Corn at Disneyland that was very good and knew right then that's what was going on this corn.  I had some Garlic butter spread I knew would be good on it, and had the limes but didn't use them this time.  The corn turned out great and I would even say our favorite next to grilling it!

Ingredients
4-6 Tbsp garlic butter
2-3 tsp chili powder
Salt
Pepper
3 lg corn on cobs

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Line a baking pan with foil, and coat with nonstick spray.
Place cobs on baking pan.
Melt butter in microwave safe bowl.
Brush a good coat over all sides of corn, and lightly sprinkle salt and pepper on all sides.
Mix chili powder with remaining butter, and brush generously over all sides of corn.
Bake 45 minutes or until starting to brown.
Rotate corn about every 15 minutes and lightly brush with any remaining butter/chili mixture.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Cake

Today was one of those days where I just had to do some more baking!  The kids got out of school at noon  so I felt like I had some extra time to get a dessert whipped up without having to watch the clock.  I was looking for something that sounded easy and looked good in my pins and decided to go with a Cinnamon Roll Cake.  Of course as I'm getting all the ingredients out I'm thinking of how to add some pumpkin to this, and what I'm going to change up to try it.  In the end it all worked out and we loved it!  My husband said this is better than the Anything and Everything Pumpkin Cake and his new favorite dessert with pumpkin in it!  It's gonna be so good with my coffee in the morning!

Ingredients

CAKE:
3 c. flour
1/4 tsp.salt
4 tsp. baking powder
1-2 tsp nutmeg
1-2 tsp pumpkin spice
3/4c. milk
2 eggs
1 c. sugar
1 can Pumpkin
3 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. butter, melted

TOPPING:
1 c. butter, softened
1 c. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray 9x13 baking pan with Bakers Joy
In medium bowl combine flour, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and pumpkin spice.  Whisk together and set aside.
In mixing bowl combine sugar and eggs and beat until smooth.
Add pumpkin to sugar mixture and beat on low until blended well.
Add milk to mixture and mix on low.
Gradually add dry ingredients and mix until all is incorporated..
Slowly stir in the melted butter and pour into a greased 9x13 pan.

For the topping, mix all the ingredients together until well combined. Drop evenly over the batter and swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 for 36-40 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

GLAZE:
2 c. powdered sugar
5 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

While warm drizzle the glaze over the cake.