Barb's Roman Apple Cake - Week 9 - Hayes Family Challenge

This recipe is almost identical to the Streusel Filled Coffee Cake recipe - the only differences are a teaspoon of baking soda and the apples - so if you are looking for a cake recipe - pick a different one - this one should be served at breakfast.  It is an excellent coffee cake - very moist and tasty.  I wasn't able to try it warm with the ice cream or whipped cream since I took this to a weekend scrapbooking party but they all raved about it!  I bet it would be pretty good microwaved with a dab of butter!  Now I am also curious if I add apples to the afore mentioned recipe if it will be as good?? Guess that will be the next thing I try.....

Buttery Oatmeal Turtle Bars ***** - Week 8 Hayes Family Challenge

This recipe I am guilty on not reading the directions very well.  When I am baking I have a tendency to quickly read the directions to get the idea of how ingredients are to be mixed.  Depending on how rushed I am to baking I may or may not re-read the directions - that was the case in this baking.  I thought that the pecans were to be mixed into the other ingredients for the bottom - well AFTER I had put them into the butter, oatmeal, flour and brown sugar - then I re-read the directions and realize that they are to be added after that stuff in pressed into the baking pan - oops!  I also didn't have the baking chocolate chunks but used chocolate chips instead which worked just fine. Regardless these are buttery delicious and can not wait to make again - this time the right way! 

Banana Muffins ***** - Week 7 Hayes Family Challenge

This recipe is a five star plus recipe because I probably make these muffins every six weeks or so!  Ok you caught me - it again is not a new recipe but when I found it in a cookbook it is titled "Best Banana Muffins"  and it is!!  They are moist, good with nuts, chocolate chips or plain.  Right out of the oven they are a treat for all in our family - especially with butter melting on them!  This one is a keeper!

molasses Cookies **** - Hayes Family Cookbook Week 6

This was not the first time we have tried these cookies but haven't made them in a while.  Overall a good cookie and according to the recipe a prize winning cookie at that.  They stay moist for several days if stored correctly in an air tight container.  Certainly a cookie that i would make again - just do not always have molasses on hand. 

Hayes Family Cookbook Challenge Week #4

Caramelicious Fudge Brownies **** HFC114
My only suggestion on this recipe is there is too much caramel.  Next time I will cut that part of the recipe in half otherwise as you can tell by the picture, the caramel pretty much takes over on the brownies.  I did modify this recipe a bit to fit half my family which does not care for nuts...they loved them too! Most certainly would be a five with half the amount of caramel...but then would they be caramelicious????  Watch for further posts!

Hayes Family Cookbook Challenge Week #3

Sweet Milk Pancakes **** HFC 84
I had high expectations for this recipe because I thought it was going to be similar to Mom's lacy pancakes that she used to make.  I believe the recipes are similar just how to fry them is different.  This recipe makes a lot of batter...with my family of six we did eat most of the cakes I made but smaller families may want to cut the recipe in half.  The more I made the better I got at the thickness.  They should be quite thin which Allison gave it a lower rating because she got some of the first ones will I was still experimenting.  Very good flavor but I think we will stick to regular pancakes...this only once in a while.  

Hayes Family Cookbook Challenge Week #2

Puppy Chow    ****    HFC 174
Granted this was not a true "new" recipe we did try this version.  The family gave it a four rating because we realized that we were going to need to add more cereal while we were mixing it together.  Other recipes we have used called for using 9 cups of cereal.  This is what we went with.  Linda's recipe also called for Crispix cereal - which I could not find at the grocery store I stopped at. Instead we used corn and rice Chex.  Making this recipe other times I would agree that the Crispix cereal seems to hold up better with the mixing and doesn't create so many crumbles.  Definitely a family favorite...especially during swim season when it becomes know as Otter chow at our home swim meets!