Home is where.....

...the fresh warm COOKIES are! 

I caved! It was such a dreary, rainy, fall day.  Perfect for sweet tempting aromas to be filling the house! After 3 weeks of serving my family freezer meals and Little Debbie snack cakes, I decided it was time for some fresh homemade goodies. I had been gifted a bag a of fall colored M&M's that were just begging to be made into Monster Cookies. 

I used the recipe from KitchenCookie's Blog, you can find it here.

While I was looking for that recipe, I came across this one. I remember thinking they looked fabulous when I first saw them, but I had forgotten about them. They seemed like the perfect fall treat. Better make some of those too!

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Caramel Drizzle

I highly recommend them!

There is one problem with that recipe though, it uses only part of the can of pumpkin. So to resolve that issue I decided to make an old favorite of mine. 

Jumbo

Pumpkin

Cream Cheese 

Muffins

Since I know you're gonna be making those rolls and you're gonna need  to use up your can of pumpkin too, I'll share the recipe with you.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins 

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1 1/4 cup Pumpkin

1/4 cup oil

1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 1/4 cups flour

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt 

Beat sugar, eggs, pumpkin, oil and vanilla together. Combine flour, cinnamon, soda and salt. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Divide batter into 9 paper lined jumbo muffin cups. (I only made 8 today but  I wasn't able to use all the filling.) 

Filling

8 ounces cream cheese

1 egg 

1 tbsp. sugar

Beat together until smooth. Drop large tablespoonfuls into the center of each muffin. Sprinkle with chopped nuts (optional.)

Bake at 350* for about 25 minutes.

 

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So now we have some homemade goodies in the house again but I know they won't last long. There are still a few boxes patiently waiting for some attention but nothing makes a house a home like the smell of warm cookies, right?

And the best part of all, while I was busy with all of that, supper was simmering away in the crockpot.

 Just a simple pork roast with a bit of seasoning but it was enough that the boy declared supper to be "really good" the moment he walked in the door after school. With a generous portion of Sweet Baby Rays bbq sauce and soft kaiser rolls, the hubster dubbed it "worth eating."

I love to cook! I love that my family loves when I cook! 

And I love that everyone is in bed for the night, so I can sample one of those Cinnamon Buns with a steamy hot cup of coffee!

It would be nice to share with a friend though!

Anyone??