Fall Favorite

This is my Families Fall Favorite. (kinda all year)  Pumpkin Bread & Muffins.

I use a basic pumpkin bread  recipe from Fall Baking Better Homes and Garden Magazine 2011

I do put my own spin on the spices to give it that little more taste then what their recipe gives. I will put the recipe below.  Try it out let me know how your turns out. 

Fall Pumpkin Bread with my own twist

1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs 

3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoon salt 

2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground clove

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

2/3 cups of water

1 can 15oz can of pumpkin

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease bottom of loaf pan  (this recipe will make 2 loaves)  

2. In a Mixer add granulated sugar, brown sugar, vegetable oil and eggs together. Till well mixed.

3. Mix in the can of pumpkin.

4. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. 

5. Starting with the dry ingredients, with mixer on low. Start scooping it in. When getting a little thick add a little of the water, then back to the dry flour mixture. until all is mixed together.  

6. Fill your loaf pans and bake for 55 to 60 mins or until knife comes out clean. let cool for 10 mins. If making the muffins, put papers in tin fill 1/2 full. Bake about 12mins or until knife comes out clean.

Hope your family loves them as much as mine does.  You can wrap them for overnight but I never have any left to do that.  Would love to know your Families Favorite Fall Recipe.

Enjoy Jennifer 

Teens & WIFI

So summer has come and gone, and we are two weeks into school.  So back to going to sleep at a decent time, waking up before the sun rises.  One nice thing is I only have one school drop off this year.  So with that said the boys still want to stay up late, as soon as they get home they jump on the games in their rooms.  Had been trying to get them to help around the house. To me, it was just easier to do it instead of waiting for it to get done.  Well, I have learned that is NOT teaching them anything.   I am also one tired mom.  So with that being said we have new house rules, these are our house rules NOT everyone's kids or households work the same.  If you have Ideas I would LOVE to hear them, I love trying different things.



This is what we have implemented, its only been a week and a half and the first 2 days were the WORST of my life.  But we TURNED OFF THE WIFI!!!  That's what I said I know Crazy... but it worked.  So the WiFi gets a new password on Monday.  If their laundry was done and put away over the weekend and their rooms are clean (you can get from one side to the other and not kill yourself) then I put the WIFI on the cell phones ONLY. (so they don't use all the data)




                                                                                 

 I know what you are thinking, they have homework online right. Yes, they do. so I made a computer nook in my hall upstairs it has our big mac on it.  I put the Wifi code in that so they have access to their homework and online stuff but NO games.










So to sum it up, NO Games in their room during the week. Chores are getting done and rooms are staying clean.  I know it's only going into the third week of school. But a mom can dream right.  I will keep you posted on how long it last...they might drive me mad asking for it every 5mins.  Hoping to stay strong.


Thank You,
It's a Mixed Life