Life as an Aced

I have more recipes pinned on Pinterest then I will probably ever use but my favorite board is Cookies and Bars - Browsing through it the other day I found a Recipe for Chubby Hubby Cookies that had Chocolate Chips, Peanut Butter Chips, and Crushed Pretzels mixed in . . . I thought to myself why would I pin that? Pretzels in Cookies didn't really sound that good to me so I joking asked Eddie if he'd want Cookies with  Chocolate Chips, Peanut Butter Chips, and Crushed Pretzels and he was super excited about it sooooo I guess that's why I pinned it lol Anyways we gave these mix ins a shot using my plain cookie dough recipe and surprisingly they are super good. The Pretzels give it a salty sweet element with a little bit of crunch that you don't normally get with a cookie Chubby Hubby Cookies Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 1 eggs 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips 1/2 cup Peanut Bu...

I have had pumpkin puree sitting in my freezer since I last made pumpkin seeds with no clue what to do with it. I need to bring appetizers and snacks to thanksgiving this year so when I came across this recipe for Pumpkin Butter on HonestlyYUM  I thought this would be perfect It took a whole lot longer to make than the recipe made it out to be but luckily the slow cooker did all the work Pumpkin Butter Ingredients: 4 cups Pumpkin Puree (or 32 oz) 3/4 cup Syrup 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp ginger salt cinnamon sugar Directions: 1) Place all ingredients but salt and cinnamon sugar into a crock pot 2) Cook on high until mixture thickens up like peanut butter 3) Add Salt and Cinnamon Sugar towards the end if it tastes like it is missing something NOTE -I used frozen homemade pumpkin puree but canned would work too -Maybe it was because I used frozen puree but it took 11 hours for my mixture to thicken then another hour ...

Eddie's Brother Luke's 16th Birthday was the other night so we wanted to make him a yummy dessert Getting Crafty with Luke's Present  I had Eddie go through my Pinterest Dessert Board and he picked out these stuffed brownies that looked super awesome but of course didn't have a recipe linked to them but instead another picture. Luckily the picture was pretty self explaintory so we bought ingredients, tried it out, and OMG soooooooooo good Stuffed Brownies Ingredients: Brownie Mix (Prepared) Peanut Butter Oreos Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 2) Prepare Brownie Mix 3) Make Oreo Peanut Butter Sandwiches and place into Lined Muffin Tin 4) Cover Oreos in 2 tbsp brownie mix 5) Add Sprinkles if you want 6)Bake for 20 minutes NOTES -We used Birthday Cake Brownies to add to the Birthday Fun -I found adding 1 tbsp brownie mix to all cups first then adding the second after it settled worked best -Ingredients we used

Ever since I made my first Monkey Bread we can't seem to get enough You can really add whatever you want to the biscuits and butter and it always seems to come out good - - here's another variation that we have tried Cheesy Cheddar Monkey Bread Ingredients: 1 Can Biscuits cut into quarters 1/2 stick of butter 1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese 1/2 cup shredded Mozzarella Cheese Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 2) Mix Everything Together 3) Place in Baking Pan 4) Cook for 25 minutes

BBQ season is over here in Utah but before it ends I want to leave you with a fun and simple twist on Hot Dogs Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs 1) Wrap 1 piece of B acon around each Hot Dog securing each end with a toothpick 2) BBQ for about 5 minutes on each side or until bacon is cooked 3) Serve with your favorite Hot Dog Toppings (we choose bbq sauce)

Me and Eddie love drink mixes - whether it is crystal light or new soda stream flavors we always have something new around the house While the Soda Stream Alcoholic Drink Mixes haven't quite been the best we have LOVED the Crystal Light ones especially the mojito . . . heres how we mixed up our drinks the other night Crystal Light Mojitos 1) Pour Captain Morgan Silver Rum about 1/4 the way up 2) Add a splash of Peppermint Torani 3) Then add Crystal Light Mojito Mix 4) Fill Pitcher with Water and stir until combined

You you haven't tried Betty Crocker's Reese's Cupcake Mix you definitely should Everything you need comes in the box (but frosting) and they are super simple and delicious OMG totally worth it YUMM is all that comes to mind and I don't even like chocolate!!! Eddie and my Brother Josh loved them and they were gone within a few days. I totally need to buy this again!

It looks like I have FINALLY gotten the colorado burritos right and it totally happened on accident I bought thin cut steak to make beef jerky with but with getting sick that just didn't happen so before the meat went bad i just threw it in the crock pot with a ton of spices and hoped for the best Eddie liked this recipe so much he had me make it twice last week and told me I better not lose the recipe because it was sooooooo good and that it tastes just like Sinaloas So looks like we finally got the official Copy Cat for Sinaloa's Colorado Burritos Copy Cat Sinaloa Colorado Burritos Ingredients: 2 pounds thin cut beef 1 tbsp ground pepper 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tbsp cumin 1 tbsp cayenne pepper 1 tbsp onion powder 1 tbsp chili powder 1/4 cup homemade enchilada sauce (recipe here ) + extra for serving Directions 1) Place All ingredients into a slow cooker and cook on low until meat easily shreds apart (usually 6-8 hours) 2) Add meat to a flour tortill...

This recipe has been sitting on my fridge since I made it. I have had a few hesitations about blogging it because 1) Its a ton of ingredients and lot of steps - which i'm not usually fond of 2) I liked it but eddie thought it was WAYYYYYY too spicy However, I don't want to lose the recipe so before that happens I'm going to share it with you along with a few tips and tricks I found along the way THE MEATBALLS Ingredients: 1 pound ground sausage 1/2 pound ground beef 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 2 tsp italian seasoning 1 tsp mined garlic Bread Crumbs Directions: 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 degrees 2) Mix all ingredients together adding bread crumbs until the mixture forms a big ball 3) Roll out small golf ball size balls (i got 24) then place into a greased mini muffin tin or on greased baking sheet 4) Cook for 20 minutes 5) Broil for 5 minutes (adds a nice crunch) THE SPICY SUB SAUCE Ingredients: 1 can tomato paste 2 tsp greek seasoning (or 1 ...