Sweet Cookie Necklaces

How adorable are these cookie necklaces?!  What a fun project to do with the kiddos.  These are sure to make the children in your life smile.  You can find a step by step tutorial on how to make these sweet necklaces on the Daily Mixer.  Enjoy!

Caramel pull-apart biscuits

Yarah Designs came across this irresistible recipe on Eat Drink Pretty.  This is such a treat and great for the holidays!

Caramel pull-apart biscuits

• 2 tubes Pillsbury biscuits (20 total biscuits)
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease a bundt cake pan. In a small saucepan, heat the butter, water and brown sugar until melted.

Separate the biscuits and cut each into four pieces. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl. Dredge the biscuit pieces in the cinnamon sugar mixture and then put the biscuits into the bundt pan, spread around evenly. Pour the caramel mixture (the butter, water and brown sugar) over the biscuits.

Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 3 minutes then invert onto a serving plate

Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe

So many of you eagerly wait for Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte to show up on the fall menu.  These are simply little cups of goodness and Yarah Designs is here to tell you how you can make them at home and year-round.  Here is the perfect recipe from The Kitchen

You can change the sugar and fat content of this recipe quite easily.

Pumpkin Spice Latte
makes 1-2 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin OR 1 teaspoon of Torani Pumpkin Spice Syrup (your choice)
• 2 tablespoons sugar or sugar substitute - you can halve this amount
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1-2 shots espresso (about 1/4 cup of espresso or 1/2 cup of strong brewed coffee if you don't have an espresso machine.)

Directions:

In a saucepan combine milk, pumpkin and sugar and cook on medium heat, stirring, until steaming. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and spice, transfer to a blender and process for 15 seconds until foamy. If you don't have a blender, don't worry about it - just whisk the mixture really well with a wire whisk.

Pour into a large mug or two mugs. Add the espresso on top.

Optional: Top with whipped cream and sprinkle pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, or cinnamon on top.

Bat Cake & Cupcakes

Yarah Designs has more Halloween inspired ideas for anyone who is throwing a Halloween themed party!  Check out this adorable Bat Cake and Cupcakes by One Charming Party.  These desserts are sure to be a hit.  Yarah Designs simply loves the red velvet surprise that awaits inside the cake! 

Love these bat cupcake brownies as well



Fall-inspired recipes

Throwing a party and need some fall recipes?  Yarah Designs came across these delicious recipes from Country Living that are sure to be a hit at any fall get together.

Fall is that time of year when the leaves change, a chill is in the air and we all love big pots of chili, sweet apples, hot cocoa and pumpkin spice.  Here are  few recipes that are sure to get you in the fall spirit.  Enjoy!

~ Pumpkin Chowder
~ Pumpkin Pie
~ Spiced Warm Cider
~ Pumpkin Biscuits
~ Ginger Pumpkin Soup

S'more please!

You may be pleased to know that today is National S’mores Day! Could there be a more delicious reason to gather a few yummy recipes? In honor of this ooey gooey day, here are a few great s’more recipes for you from Thoughtfully Simple  Can it get any more delicious that this?!?!

Today you can eat all you want.  Maybe throw a S'more Party!  Yum yum ...

Gourmet s'mores with peanut butter!  Recipe here

S'mores + Cupcakes!  Is this heaven?  Recipe here















Strawberry + Chocolate S'mores   Recipe here

Patriotic Ice Pops

Looking for something to keep the kids cool this 4th of July weekend. Here is a patriotic and yummy solution. Give the kiddos these Red White + Blue Ice Pops. Here is how to make:

Ingredients
1 cup cranberry juice
1 cup lemonade
1 cup blue sports drink, such as Gatorade

Yields: 8 Pops

Preparation
- Arrange 8 3-oz. paper or plastic cups on a baking sheet and divide cranberry juice evenly among them. Place baking sheet in freezer and freeze until juice is almost firm, about 1 hour.

- Insert craft sticks into center of slightly frozen juice. (If sticks won't quite stand up straight, you can repositions them when the next layer starts to solidify.)

- Divide lemonade evenly among cups to make a second layer. Freeze until hard, about 2 hours. Pour Gatorade over lemonade layer and freeze until solid, about 3 hours. Gently pull each ice pop out of its cup (it helps to squeeze the cup lightly from bottom) and serve immediately.

Recipe from my recipes