Recipe: No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Enchiladas with Caramel Drizzle

By Jess on October 20th, 2014

Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Enchiladas

It’s Pumpkin Spice EVERYTHING time! I bet you never thought you’d see Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Enchiladas!!! Well, here it is and it’s a fairly easy recipe, too. Thank you to Jamie at Love Bakes Good Cakes for this awesome recipe! Go over and tell her thank you from us. Also, check out her other pumpkin recipes. She has a ton!

Ingredients: (9-12 servings)

  • 1 pkg (8 oz.) of cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup of canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice
  • 2½ cups pf Cool Whip, thawed
  • 18-24 flour tortillas
  • 6 tbsp of butter, melted
  • 2 tsp of sugar
  • 2 tsp of cinnamon
  • Caramel sauce

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, pumpkin, sugar and pumpkin pie spice with an electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Then gently stir in the whipped topping.
  2. Divide the cream cheese mixture evenly between the tortillas. Roll each tortilla up and put on serving plates.
  3. In a small bowl, combine the butter, sugar and cinnamon. Brush the mixture over the over the rolled tortillas.
  4. Top with caramel sauce, and either serve immediately, or cover and place in refrigerator until ready to serve. It’s that simple!

Recipe: Pumpkin Sheet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

By Jess on October 20th, 2014

pumpkincake with cream cheese frosting

It’s that time of year again — PUMPKIN EVERYTHING!!! Instead of going to the store or bakery, you can make your own super easy pumpkin cake at home with a recipe from Eat at Home.

Ingredients & Directions for Pumpkin Cake:

  • 16 oz can of pumpkin
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 2 cups of flour
  • 2 tsp of baking soda
  • 2 tsp  of cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp of nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp of salt
  1. Beat the pumpkin, sugar and oil in a medium mixing bowl. Then add eggs and mix well.
  2. Combine the dry ingredients and add to the pumpkin mixture, beating until well blended.
  3. Pour into a greased 10×15 inch baking pan.
  4. Bake for 25-35 minutes at 350 degrees.
  5. Cool the cake completely and then frost it with the cream cheese frosting.

Here’s what you’ll need for the frosting:

Ingredients & Directions For the Cream Cheese Frosting:

  • 5 Tbs of butter, softened
  • 3 oz of cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tsp of vanilla
  • 1-3/4 cups of powdered sugar
  • 3-4 tsp of milk
  • Optional: Chopped nuts or fall candies for the top
  1. Beat the butter and cream cheese together.  Add the vanilla and blend till smooth.
  2. Gradually add the powdered sugar and mix well.
  3. Add the milk a bit at a time until you get it to a spreadable consistency.
  4. Spread gently and evenly over the cooled pumpkin cake.
  5. Optional: Add the nuts or candies to the top of the cake evenly or in a decorative fashion.

Baked Mini Pumpkins

By Jess on October 20th, 2014

minipumpkins

Many places across the country are getting storms for Halloween! The kids (and parents!) are going to be soaked and cold after Trick-or-Treating, so make this delicious recipe for Baked Mini Pumpkins to warm up! This recipe serves 4.

Ingredients:

  • 4 mini pumpkins
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided
  • 1 cup diced, unpeeled apple
  • 3 tablespoons chopped pecans
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • pinch nutmeg
  • pinch ginger

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350`. Carefully cut off top 1/2-inch of pumpkins with a serrated knife. Scoop out seeds and membranes in pumpkins; discard. Sprinkle 1/8 teaspoon salt evenly among cavities of pumpkins.
2. Combine apple and remaining ingredients in a medium bowl; sprinkle with remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt. Stir well to combine. Fill pumpkin cavities with apple mixture. Replace tops of pumpkin on top of apple mixture.
3. Place pumpkins on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350` for 55 minutes or until pumpkins are tender when pierced with a fork.

Recipe: Spooky Halloween Bones Candy

By Michelle on October 20th, 2014

Spooky Halloween Bones

Here are some more cute Halloween Treats that your kids will be sure to love! So simple as always!

What you need:

  • Half package (7 ounces) white meltable candy wafers
  • 36 pretzel sticks and thin rods of various lengths
  • 72 mini marshmallows (about 1 cup)

Directions:

1. Follow the instructions on the candy wafers package to melt the candy in a wide bowl. For each bone, press marshmallows onto both ends of a pretzel stick or rod, with the marshmallows’ flat sides parallel to the pretzel.

2. Dip each pretzel into the melted candy to coat it. Lift it out with a fork, letting the excess drip back into the bowl. Place the bone onto a sheet of waxed paper to set at room temperature.

Courtesy: FamilyFun Magazine

Creepy Finger Pizza

By Jess on October 20th, 2014

fingerpizza

Here’s a fun dinner to make for  Halloween! They’re very simple and surprisingly scary-looking finger pizza slices. You just need to bake a cheese pizza then cut into strips or sticks.  You can use pepperoni, red pepper, green pepper, or olives as cut into nail shapes. Cut the pizza even smaller and make them into toes! Too fun and kids will love them.

Thanks to Cute Food For Kids for the idea!