Sugar and Spice Candied Nuts-Smitten Kitchen

Sugar and Spice Candied Nuts-from Smitten Kitchen

Ingredients:

2 pounds nuts (any kind, I prefer mixed)

2 egg whites

2 tbsp. water

2/3 cup dark-brown sugar

1 1/3 cup white granulated sugar

3 tsps. kosher salt

1 tsp. cayenne pepper

2 tsps. ground cinnamon

Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees. Add nuts to a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg whites and water until frothy. Pour over nuts and stir to coat all the nuts. In a separate bowl, mix together the sugars, salt, cayenne pepper and cinnamon. Pour over nuts and stir to coat. Spread nuts in a single layer on a parchment (or wax paper) lined baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and separate nuts if they are stuck together. Serve warm or at room temperature. Store in an airtight container.

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Chocolate Crack Recipe

I tried this recipe with the family last night and it was excellent!

Chocolate Crack

Ingredients:
1 foil lined and Pam sprayed cookie sheet
1 box graham crackers
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) real butter (if you use unsalted, add 1/2 tsp. salt)
1 bag chocolate chips

Instructions:
Place crackers on a large cookie sheet, completely covering the bottom in a single layer. You can break up the crackers to fit. Pre-heat over to 350. Put brown sugar and butter (and salt if needed) into a small sauce pan and bring to a boil. Stir frequently with spoon while butter is melting. Once it starts to boil, stir constantly for 5 minutes. Immediately pour over graham crackers. Smooth out as evenly as possible to cover all of the crackers. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from over and sprinkle the whole bag of chocolate chips over the hot crackers. Wait about 30 seconds for chips to melt then spread like icing over entire pan of crackers. Place immediately into fridge or freezer and let them cool until rock hard. Once completely cooled, break the crackers up into roughly 2 x 2 jagged pieces.

Got this recipe off of Cake Central

Cut and Simple Halloween Wreath

This wreath is made by cutting strips of paper and taping them in a circle. Then just apply the circle (with tape) to a wreath until it is full. She used a straw wreath and just left it covered in plastic. So cute...see the full story of how the wreath is made HERE.

Adult Beverage Halloween Labels

Click HERE for the adult version of beverage labels. These are from Centsational Girl.

Free Kid Friendly Halloween Drink Labels

Click HERE for the link that will take you to the page where you can download all these kid friendly drink labels.

Halloween Candy Skewers

What big or little kid wouldn't like making these!!! How cute!

Another Free Printable

So cute! click here

Click Here for free printable. I did this one as a 5 x 7.

Free Halloween Printable

Click HERE for free Halloween printable

Neighborhood Phone List--Free Printable

Another free printable from Executive Homemaker--click HERE.

Free Printable--Errands to Run

Another free printable from Executive Homemaker--click HERE Another great list to use around the holidays! Remember also with all these free printables. It's a great idea to put some of them together and tie with a ribbon for little gifts at Christmas.

Holiday Gift List and Budget Worksheet--Free Printable

Click HERE to download from Executive Homemaker a printable Holiday gift list and budget worksheet.

Easy Fall Cookie Recipe

Take these three ingredients (a spice cake mix, a can of 100 percent pumpkin, not pie filling and butterscotch morsels) and mix together. Drop on a baking sheet and bake for about 13 minutes (this will vary depending on your oven). They are so yummy. For those of you who don't like butterscotch, try white chocolate chips. Top with a cream cheese frosting (recipe below) and they are simply delightful for fall.

Cream Cheese Recipe

1 stick butter softened
1 package cream cheese softened
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups confectioner sugar
a little corn starch if it needs thickening

We Shopped Until We Dropped in Canton!

Not the greatest picture for two reasons--1. It was taken with my cell phone. 2. It was at the end of a hard day of shopping. My sister and I were invited to go a Canton weekend shopping trip. We were in great company with Gwen, Tina, Candice and Dana. We all literally shopped until we dropped for two days. We couldn't have had a better time. I actually got quite a bit of Christmas shopping done and even a few upcoming birthday presents. The reason I posted is because if you have never been to Canton, GO!!! This weekend was one of their busiest weekends with Christmas approaching and the weather...which was beautiful!!! The reservations for hotels fill up quickly so if you are interested, make your reservations early. It was a ton of FUN!!