recipe || lemon blueberry layered pie

If you are looking for a delicious, easy, summer time dessert, then this definitely a recipe worth trying! We have made it several times this year, and we haven't been disappointed yet! It turns out wonderful every time!



 

• 1 9-inch graham cracker crust


• 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened


• 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk


• ¼ cup powdered sugar


• 1 3.4-ounce box instant lemon pudding mix


• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest


• ¼ cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed


• 1 21-ounce can Blueberry Fruit Filling or Topping

 



Combine cream cheese, condensed milk and powdered sugar in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, mix at medium speed for 1-2 minutes, until smooth. Add pudding mix, lemon zest and lemon juice; mix until well blended.

Spoon about half of the Blueberry Pie Filling evenly into bottom of graham cracker crust. Spoon lemon-filling mixture on top and spread evenly. Cover and chill for at least 1 hour.

Spoon remaining Blueberry Pie Filling on top just before serving.

I hope y'all enjoy this wonderful Summer time treat!! Make sure to leave me a comment if you try it and how you like it!!

did you try this recipe? how did you like it? would you make it again?
what's your favorite kind of pie? favorite fruit?

recipe || homemade pizza

My family made this pizza not too long ago and it turned out so good!!! :D The hardest part in the recipe is making the pizza dough and chopping vegetables, but it really wasn't too difficult.



Pizza Dough

• 1 tablespoon sugar


• 1 1/4 ounce packet active dry yeast


• 3 tablespoons olive oil


• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting


• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

 

Directions

Whisk 1 1/3 cups warm water (hot from the tap) together with sugar and salt.
Sprinkle in the packet of yeast and set aside, allowing the yeast to get foamy.
Add the olive oil to the yeast/water mixture.
Begin to stir in the flour, stirring until the mixture forms a dough.
Sprinkle a working surface area with extra flour and begin to knead your dough ball for another 5-10 minutes, until the dough is smooth.
Brush a small amount of olive oil on the dough ball and place back into mixing bowl.
Cover and set aside at room temperature for about an hour, allowing the ball to double in size.
When ready, roll out the dough to about 1/4-inch thick (or to your preference).

 

Pizza Sauce

• 1 to 2 tablespoons olivie oil


• 3 cloves garlic, minced


• 1 medium onion, chopped finely


• 1/2 cup chicken broth


• Three 15-ounce cans crushed tomatoes


• Salt and pepper


• Pinch salt


• 1 teaspoon dried oregano


• 8 to 10 fresh basil leaves, chopped

Directions:

Add a tablespoon or so of olive oil into a hot pan over medium heat.
Throw in the garlic and chopped onions and give them a stir.
Cook until the onions are soft, 4 to 5 minutes.
Add the chicken broth, whisking to deglaze the bottom of the pan.
Cook until the liquid reduces by half.
Add the crushed tomatoes and stir to combine.
Add salt and pepper to taste and a pinch of sugar.
Add the dried oregano and basil.
Reduce heat and heat low and simmer 30 minutes.

 

Toppings:

You can put whatever you like on your pizza.
This is what we used:

• Italian sausage


• pepperoni


• mozzarella cheese


• peppers and onions (sautéed for a few minutes for extra flavor)


• fennel seed (we sprinkled this on the tomato sauce after spreading it on the pizza crust but before we added the rest of the toppings. The cheese goes on next, then the rest of the toppings)

 

The only thing we would do differently next time is spread the dough a little thinner because it was a lot of crust. We might also brush the crust with butter, and sprinkle it with garlic powder and parmesan cheese.

So that's the recipe! I hope you enjoy your pizza!!



 

 

 

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recipe // old fashioned scalloped potatoes

I have made this recipe quite a few times and it always turns out good!
Mama got me to make it for our family's Easter meal last week!  It tasted wonderful, and it was good left over too!

• 3 tablespoons butter


• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour


• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 1/8 teaspoon pepper


• 3 cups milk


• cheddar cheese (amount to your liking)


• 6 medium potatoes, pared, thinly sliced (6 cups)


• 2 tablespoons chopped onion

Make white sauce of first six ingredients. Place half the potatoes in greased 2-quart casserole; cover with half the onion and half of the white sauce. Repeat layers. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for about one hour. Uncover and bake thirty minutes longer. Serves 4-6 people.

This recipe is easy, and it tastes really good!!!
Enjoy!

I wanted to let y'all know that I wont be able to post this upcoming Friday and Monday because Kristen and I are baby-sitting my nieces all of that week, and y'all can imagine how busy I'm going to be. ;) But I'll be back on the following Friday!

Are you going to give this recipe a try? How did they turn out for you?
What's your favorite way to eat potatoes?

recipe // cherry dump cake

This was a recipe we found on Pinterest. I made it last week and it was delicious!!! It's perfect for a quick dessert and is SUPER easy!

Ingredients:

1 box yellow cake mix

2 (21 oz.) cans cherry pie filling

1 tsp. almond extract, divided use

1/2 cup (one stick) salted butter, melted

 Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Stir 1/2 tsp. almond extract into each can of pie filling and stir.

Pour both cans of cherry pie filling into prepared baking dish.

Sprinkle yellow cake mix evenly over cherry pie filling.

Slowly pour melted butter all over the top of the cake mix.

Do your best to drizzle it all over. It won’t cover all the cake mix.

Bake for about 50-60 minutes (until topping is golden brown)

Serve warm! (with ice cream :) )

I hope y'all enjoy!!!

recipe // amish friendship bread

This bread is absolutely delicious!!! Bread is my favorite thing to bake, and I'm pretty sure that this was the first bread recipe I ever made. It's super easy and is very good! I've made this recipe quite a few times in the past and each time it turns out wonderful!!

Ingredients:

• 1 t. cinnamon


• 3 T. sugar


• 1 cup canola oil


• 1 t. vanilla


• 1 1/2 t. baking powder


• 2 cups flour


• 1/2 t. baking soda


• 2 t. cinnamon


• 1 cup sugar


• 3 large eggs


• 1/2 t salt


• 1/2 cup milk


• 1 large box instant vanilla pudding


• 1 cup to 1 1/4 cup chocolate chips, raisins, or chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease two loaf pans. Combine the 1 t. cinnamon with the 3 T. sugar. Sprinkle into the well-greased pans.
Add the remaining ingredients to a bowl. (Mix with plastic or wooden spoon)




Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake for 1 hour or until done.
Makes two loaves.




I hope y'all enjoy the recipe!!! :)



 

recipe // cream cheese filled rollups

 



Have you ever gotten in the mood to just bake something? I did on Friday. So I looked at my saved recipes on pinterest and this one really stuck out to me. They looked so good. So I decided to give it a try.

This recipe is super easy and they taste wonderful. My family and I ate them all in one sitting.



Ingredients:

• 10 slices of bread


• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened


• 1 egg yolk


• 3/4 powdered sugar


• 1 cup sugar


• 2 teaspoons cinnamon


• 3/4 cup melted butter

Instructions:

Remove the crust from the bread slices



Flatten individual bread slices with a rolling pin.

 





 

Mix cream cheese, egg yolk, and powdered sugar.

 



 

 

Combine sugar and cinnamon and set aside.



 

Spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture on each slice of bread



Roll up



 

 

Dip in melted butter, then roll in cinnamon mixture



 

Place on ungreased baking sheet



 

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, or until golden brown



These are absolutely delicious! And they are super easy.

I hope y'all enjoyed the recipe!