Life as an Aced

Eddie and His Brothers all LOVE chocolate and since today is one of his brothers birthday I decided to go all in with the chocolate and make a chocolate chip like cookie with chocolate batter and throw in some caramel because why not? :) Double Chocolate and Caramel 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 1/4-1/2 cup Baking Cocoa 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips 1/2 Cup Caramel Bites Directions: 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 degrees 2) Cream Butter and Sugars 3) Add in Egg and Vanilla 4) Add Flour, Baking Soda, and Cocoa 5) Add in your Mix Ins 6) Bake for 10-15 minutes depending on the size of your cookies

As the years before we headed to Eddie's Mom's house for Thanksgiving - theme this year was to keep it easy!! I brought along the appetizers and potatoes and we spend the day watching football and getting our drink on!! No Black Friday shopping this year for us unless it was something we found online and instead spent the night relaxing and not worrying about what was on sale For the Appetizers we went with things that you could spread or put on bread - I've been on a bit of a dip kick lately so this was right up my alley and for the potatoes I've been wanting to try out a crock-pot mashed potato recipe for a while and thanksgiving seems to be the prefect time for that THE APPETIZERS Bread - Pretzels - and Crackers Cheese Ball Spread Bacon Jam Spicy Cannellini Dip Meat and Cheese Plate THE POTATOES Crock Pot Loaded Mashed Potatoes NOTES: 1) The Bacon Jam was a total bust and I will not be sharing that recipe . . . From what sounds li...

I have tried soooooo many recipes for Queso Dip but I think I have FINALLY found one that's perfect - all thanks to Trader Joe's Chili Pepper Sauce!! Eddie Seriously puts this stuff on everything :) Queso Dip Ingredients 1) Package Velveeta Cheese 2) 1/4 cup Milk 3) 1/4 cup Trader Joe's Chili Pepper Sauce 4) Ground Beef (cooked and crumbled) Microwave Directions 1) Cut Velveeta into bite sized squares 2) Microwave Velveeta - Milk - and Chili Pepper Sauce for 5 minutes 3) Stir Until Smooth then Top with Ground Beef and Microwave for 1 more Minute 4) Serve with your favorite chips Oven Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 2) Cut Velveeta into bite sized squares 3) Bake Velveeta - Milk - and Chili Pepper Sauce in a Cast Iron Skillet or other baking Dish for 10 minutes 4) Stir Until Smooth then Top with Ground Beef and Bake for 5 more Minutes 5) Serve with your favorite chips

These came about the other day when I had a ton of left over taco meat and biscuits in the fridge - super simple, easy, and who doesn't like finger food? They aren't the prettiest things but sure are tasty Taco Bites Ingredients Can of Biscuits Taco Meat Shredded Cheese Hot Sauce Directions 1) Pre Heat oven to 425 Degrees 2) Place 1/2 a biscuit into each hole of a mini muffin tin 3) Top with Meat - Cheese - and Hot Sauce 4) Bake for 10 minutes

Some People Like Thin and Crispy Cookies - others like them thick and chewy - Eddie and his brother Luke are just happy when I make cookies lol The other day I went to make up a batch when I noticed I didn't have any eggs - I had already beaten the butter and sugar together so I just went for it substituting the egg for milk and baking soda and they surprising turned out pretty good - without the eggs the cookies really spread thin but still had a nice flavor and bite to them Thin and Crispy Cookies Ingredients: 1 stick of butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 2 tbsp milk 2 tbsp vanilla 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 1/2 cups flour Mix Ins (I used Andes mints) Directions: 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 degrees 2) Cream together butter and sugars 3) Add Milk - Vanilla - and Baking Soda and mix until smooth 4) Add Flour 1/2 cup at a time 5) Stir In Mix Ins 6) Spoon out cookies onto a baking sheet 7) Bake for 12 minutes

Football seems to equal Dips and Appetizers in My Mind so for Football Sunday I cooked up a dip I've been thinking about since I pinned it Sausage and Cheese Dip Ingredients: 1/2 Pound Sausage 1 Cup Sour Cream 1 Cup Velveeta Cheese Shreds (or cut a block into cubes) 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese 1 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce 1 tbsp Parsley Directions: 1) Pre Heat Oven to 350 Degrees 2) Cook Sausage then drain on a paper towel 3) Mix all the ingredients together in a large bowl 4) Put into Baking Dish and Bake for 30 minutes (Top with extra cheese in the last few minutes if you want it extra cheesy) Adapted from Plain Chicken's Hissy Fit Dip

I've been craving Hummus Lately so I decided to whip up a batch - I've also had a can of Chipotle Peppers in the Cabinet I needed an excuse to use so. . . Spicy Hummus it is #yum!! I love eating this with Pretzel Thins but really anything from Bread to Veggies tastes great with it Spicy White Bean Hummus Ingredients 1 can of Chipotle Peppers in Adobo 1 can of Cannellini or white beans (drained Juice of 1/2 a lemon (1 1/2 tbsp) 1 clove of garlic 2 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp salt Directions: 1) In a food Processor Empty 1 can of Chipotle Peppers in Adobo and blend until smooth 2) Empty this mixture into a container and save for later 3) Rinse out Container and then add the rest of the ingredients to the Food Processor 4) Blend Until Smooth 5) Empty into your serving dish and top with a few spoonfuls of the Chipotle Pepper Mix