Pumpkin Coffee Cake

I found this recipe on Pinterest tonight and decided to give it a try: http://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/2015/10/11/the-best-pumpkin-coffee-cake/

It is delicious! 

Ingredients: 

Topping

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup graham crackers, crushed

3/4 cup flour

10 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and then cooled

Cake:

2 1/4 cups flour

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

2 tsp vanilla

1 cup pumpkin

2 eggs

1/2 cup canola oil

3/4 cup buttermilk

Mix the topping ingredients together with a fork until it crumbles. 

Whisk all of the dry cake ingredients together in a bowl. 

Whisk the wet ingredients in a separate bowl. 

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch cake pan. Pour the batter in the pan.  

Top with the crumb mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. 

Elephant and Piggie Photo Board

We love the Mo Williems books. Our latest photo board represents Knuffle Bunny, Piggie, Elephant, Duckling, and Pigeon. 

Apple Crisp

I found this recipe online at: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/winning-apple-crisp

I just changed a couple of things. 

Ingredients: 

1 cup flour

3/4 cup rolled outs

1 cup brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup butter, softened

4 cups of peeled, chopped apples

1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp cornstarch

1 cup water

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

Combine the flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter until the mixture is crumbly. 

Press half of the mixture in the bottom of a greased 9x9 in pan. Place the chopped apples on top of the crust. 

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, water, and vanilla. Let the mixture boil and thicken. Add about 1 tsp of cinnamon when you remove from the heat. 

Pour the filling on top of the apples. 

Place the remaining crumb mixture on top of the apples. Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes. 

Serve with ice cream if you would like. 

This recipe is very sweet, but delicious. 

The Kissing Hand Book

The day before Rachel started Kindergarten, I read her The Kissing Hand book. We then shared a kissing hand cookie. I just used sugar cookie dough from the store to make the hands. I then took a little bit of the extra dough and colored it red to make the hearts. 

She told me today that whenever she is missing me she just puts her hand on her face and she knows that I love her and am thinking about her too. :)