Fall Treats

One reason I love fall is the food that goes along with. Especially anything with pumpkin. Below are a couple of favorite recipes and both are really easy.



Last night I made this and it was a big hit. And the best part is, it's super easy to make. I've already been asked to make it again. Enjoy!

Pumpkin Crunch Cake

1 can pumpkin (15oz)
Large can evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp salt
4 eggs

Topping:
1 box yellow cake mix
1 1/2- 2 sticks butter/margarine
Pecans (optional)

Beat together pumpkin, milk, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, salt and eggs. Beat together until well mixed & pour into a 13 x 9 greased pan.
Sprinkle cake mix & pecans over pumpkin mix.
Thinly slice 2 sticks of butter over mix. (Cover well)
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes.

I chose to omit the nuts because I'm not a big fan myself.


This next one is a Thanksgiving/ Christmas favorite of my family. I look forward to this every year.

Berry Mallow Yam Bake

1/2 C Flour
1/2 C Brown Sugar
1/2 C Old-fashioned oats
1 t Cinnamon
1/3 C Margarine
2 16oz. Can yams
2 C Cranberries
1 1/2 C Mini Marshmallows

Preheat oven 350. Mix together flour, brown sugar, oats, & cinnamon. Cut in margarine until mixture, resembles coarse crumbs. Put flour mixture with yams & cranberries in a baking dish. Bake 35 minutes. Sprinkly with marshmallows, broil until lightly browned.

We were robbed....

Don't get too worried I don't mean Tim and I personally. Starting this year I have started to be the class of 2012 sponsor with my friend Kristen. Overall its not too time consuming until homecoming starts rolling around. And everything is a contest between the classes. However the seniors normally win, whether it's deserved or not. The week before we have to make a big banner. Ours looked awesome, it was navy and said "Believe. Achieve. Conquer. XII Mustang Mentality Is it in you?" Ours clearly was the best. Even unbiased sources agreed. The following week we have to decorate a hallway that goes along with the homecoming theme. This year was the theme passport to paradise. Going into this Kristen and I agreed we just wanted second, since that was the true winner. But the more we got into it, the more we wanted first. And we were going to go all out to get it. And it turned out awesome and again no contest ours was the best. (Below is pictures, so you can see the awesomeness yourself) Everyday during our conference we would work on stuff and come up with ideas. We made 3-d trees with 3-d coconuts. Fish and other sea
life plus we made an awesome waterfall. Well come the pep rally friday afternoon we got 3rd on our banner and 2nd on our hallway. I am most upset about the hallway situation. We truly were robbed from our rightful win. So next year we must come up with a more elaborate plan...







And yes our awesome hallway was made almost entirely of paper.