5 Favorite Fall Recipes
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Go promptly to your kitch and bake eight batches of these Brown Sugar Cookies with Maple Icing. They are the muse for all autumnnal pleasure.
In a frantic rush today, I sent my oldest and youngest sons into Walgreens to buy a mask for “Mask Day” in the youngest son’s hip-hop dance class. Do not ask me what “Mask Day” means for a hip-hop class. There are no words. But, anyway, a mask was needed, so I tossed my credit card into the hands of my teenager and pushed them inside.
“Less than ten dollars!” I shouted behind them. Reaching across the car, I buckled in one daughter, squeezed the other’s hands, continued my cell phone call, tucked the car into reverse, and waited for the boys to return. Which they did about two minutes later.
The little one was whining. “Mom! Andrew wouldn’t let me get a Scream mask!” He was holding back tears. I shushed him, trying to pay attention to the phone call, road, and voices in my head.
We buzzed down the road, peeled into the parking lot for dance class, and I motioned the little one out of the car with one arm. “Buddy! Head on in! Have a great class!” I whispered through the cell call.
The little one climbed out of the car, paused just outside my window, took a deep, sad breath, and pulled his new mask on over his head. It was a red, sparkly masquerade mask.
“Oh no, Andrew!” I gasped. “Is that the mask you just bought? That poor child.” But it was too late. My beautiful baby boy was already walking (reluctantly masked) into his hip-hop class.
From the back seat, big brother Andrew piped up, “yeah mom. And you should be glad. He wanted that Scream mask and it was ten bucks. I saved you tons of money. That one only cost 69-cents.”
And for the first time in my life, I vowed that I would spend ten dollars on a Scream mask. Because, holy crap. It was Mask Day in hip-hop class. And I get the sneaking suspicion sparkly red masks have no business mixing it with Jay-Z, yo.
Ready to get your scream on? I’ve pulled 5 of my favorite retro recipes from Cheeky Kitchen for your baking pleasure. My kiddos went gaga over these Monster Nachos. I loved how I could pretty much buy all the ingredients at Walgreens. Okay, I didn’t love that part, but it’s terrifically true.
And this Pumpkin and Gingerbread Swirl Bundt Cake? Hello, Nelly. (And by Nelly, I do mean the rapper).
Remember these easy peasy Owl Sugar Cookies? There’s a secret to making that adorable owl shape, and you’ve already got it in your house.
Grab your costumes, masks, and minions and pull off a Grimm celebration without the least bit of goriness, gooey-ness, or gross-out eats. A truly magical Halloween party, with recipes you’re going to adore.
Once you’ve got these all baked up in your kitch, stop on by tomorrow for some all new eats. Lots of yummy stuff coming out of the oven. Grrrrr.
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alexandra on October 13, 2011 at 3:29 am
Ah yes you saved money but…what happened during Mask Day? Did he get embarrassed? Ngaw, poor child. Besides that~back to the food~what you made is fantastic!!! And yes I would have gone gaga over the nachos as well. You don’t eat the spiders right? ^^
Brooke replied: — October 13th, 2011 @ 10:20 am
Soooo embarrassed. It was hysterial and horrible all wrapped up in the same package! Poor baby.
Katrina on October 13, 2011 at 5:04 am
Eeee! Everything is so fun! Love these recipes. Especially those nachos.
Karan on October 13, 2011 at 6:19 am
Oh everything looks so good. The brown sugar cookies afre a must try for me. Love that it has a maple frosting , one of my favorite fall tastes.
Karan
Lindsay @ Schnoodle Soup on October 13, 2011 at 6:42 am
I think you have become my favorite blogger. Which really means something because, man, I read a lot of damn blogs, homie! (said through my red, sparkly masquerade mask). Haha – I’m going to be laughing about that all day.
Brooke replied: — October 13th, 2011 @ 10:19 am
Darling. You just made my day. Thrice.
XO!
Caitlin on October 13, 2011 at 1:11 pm
I have made all of these recipes! I love your blog. It’s my go-to place for yummy treats. I try out almost all of your recipes and they always turn out good :) Thanks for all of the great ideas!
ps: I made your friendship bundt cake once in the middle of the night because I couldn’t sleep and my kids didn’t feel good and kept getting out of bed. So, we all got up and baked :)
Amilia Nimblett on October 13, 2011 at 7:00 pm
All of these look delicious! I definitely need to make those brown sugar cookies soon!
Dennis on October 13, 2011 at 10:08 pm
Everything looks delicious and really fun! Don’t eat the plastic spider!
How To Make Sushi on October 14, 2011 at 3:34 am
Recipes are seems to be very tastier food. The photos are very attractive and tempting me to visit the near by restaurant to eat all this.
anna on October 14, 2011 at 8:08 pm
lol! i hope someone lets nelly know that he should slow down and enjoy the bundt cake. these recipes are fabulous!
Brooke replied: — October 16th, 2011 @ 10:56 pm
Whoot! ;)