Blissful & Domestic: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello lovelies! Happy Pumpkin Day!! Since I know we are all excited to get our littles ready for trick or treating, I decided to keep it simple. I am sharing a super easy cookie recipe, which is perfect for this fabulous Fall season we are falling into.

I love baking and sharing that yumminess with my littles,

which is why I love making my Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies.

These are so simple and take very little time.

Plus your littles can help, which is always a plus in my book.

So here is what you need:

1 can of pumpkin

1 box of spice cake mix

2 cups of chocolate chips

(my hubby prefers a lot of chocolate chips)

Here is What you do:

Find a sweet little helper.

Mine happened to have found me.

It is like she knows when I am going to bake.

She climbs right on the counter and waits for me to give her direction.

Add all ingredients together in a bowl.

Let your helper do the mixing.

Spoon small mounds onto a baking pan.

Bake at 350' for 15 minutes.

Let cool and enjoy!

So Easy Peasy

Hope you are enjoying the Autumn weather with your littles

and Happy Baking from Blissful and Domestic.

-Danielle
Blissful and Domestic.

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Oatmeal Caramel Apple Cookies

Fall is slowly coming to a close and
I decided that it was time to make
something healthy.

If you add apples to cookies,
that counts as a healthy snack right??? :-)

Anyway to get your apple a day!!!

Oatmeal Caramel Apple Cookies

1 3/4 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. oatmeal
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 c. chopped rolos (I quartered them)
1 c. finely chopped apples
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 375* Sift all dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and beat again. Slowly add the dry ingredients until all incorporated. Stir in the apples, nuts, and rolos by hand. Drop by spoonfuls onto a baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes. Cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes before moving onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Have a great day,
Jocelyn
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Idea Sharing Wednesday

Beware, good ideas ahead!

Applesauce Cake:

Spider Web Tree:

Super cute Halloween road sign:

A beautiful headboard:

Thanks for coming.

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Diet Detox Soup

As Summer fades and Winter rolls around, there are certain things that bring in the season.  Coconut candles that were the must have for the spring, are slowly being replaced by pumpkin spice scents.  My iced green teas are replaced by coffee and as I snuggle into bed at night I MUST have my sleepy socks on.

On my stove however, cutting boards filled with veggies for salads are replaced by my hearty Diet-Detox Soup.  Don't let the name fool you, I've turned people on to this soup who don't even have the words 'diet' or 'detox' in their vocabulary.

This is a great winter soup filled with veggies and chicken. It's spices are also great for detoxing the body weather your detoxing after the flu, or before a new diet regimen.

 You could also switch it up into a tortilla soup by adding a dollop of sour cream and tortilla chips. 

• Olive Oil
• 6 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 cup of chopped onion
• 1 cup of chopped turnip
• 2 large carrots, cubed
• 4 cups of chicken stock, I use free range organic
• 2 large zucchini, chopped
• 2 cups torn, fresh spinach
• 1 pre-cooked rotisserie chicken from the store (Or make your own!)
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 2 tsp oregano
• 2 tsp rosemary
• 1 tsp coriander
• 1 tsp cumin

For those of you were like me and didn't know...This is a turnip.  You can peel it with a carrot peeler before you chop it.

• Heat olive oil in large pot over medium heat and add garlic and onion. Saute for 5 minutes.
• Add turnip and carrots and saute another 5 minutes.
• Pour in chicken stock and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, shred the chicken.  I only used white meat.

Shaundee really likes this part!

• Add zuchinni and chicken and simmer for 5 more minutes.
• Add spinach and spices and simmer for 5-10 more minutes.

Enjoy!

Thanks for reading!

Marcy
Life's Gristle

Blissful & Domestic: Halloween Scavenger Hunt

To have a little Halloween fun, we had a scavenger hunt. I found some fun stuff in the dollar section at Target, items to make a few Halloween crafts, and a new Halloween movie for my littles. I originally thought these treats would just be waiting for them in the morning, but knew a scavenger hunt would be 100 times more fun. Who doesn't love a good scavenger hunt. No child under 8 that I know of.

I found a 5pk of glitter pumpkins at Target, for $1. I wrote clues to where they could find their goody basket. The clues took them throughout our house.

It was so fun seeing how giddy they got while searching for each clue. 

Totally worth all the planning. 

They ended up finding their goodies behind mom and dad's bedroom door.

They posed for a picture, before they dug into to see what treats were waiting.

Here is what was included and the break down of cost:

2 Halloween pens  $1 each

2 Halloween velvet art work $1 each

1 pack of Hershey candy bars .72 cents

1 package of tootsie pops $2.78

1 package orange napkins .75 cents

1 box of marshmallow ghosts $1.99

Haunted Mansion DVD $9.99

2 PEZ glow in the dark dispensers .99 cents each

Total:  $22.23

Not to bad when we're talking about goodies for two kids. I also included a few goodies for some Halloween countdown crafts. I put labels on them.

All these goodies gave us an afternoon of fun. They colored their pictures, ate PEZ, begged for me to plan another scavenger hunt, and made pumpkin lollipops. This was a craft from their Halloween countdown. Want to know how we did it?

Well scroll down to see how. These were easy and fun for the littles.

Gather Your Supplies

Wrap a napkin around a lollipop and secure with ribbon.

Let your littles draw faces on them.

so cute and fun to display in your home for Halloween.

simple and fun

Enjoy some Halloween fun with your littles today.

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Burlap Ruffle Wreath

Burlap is super hot this fall and I just can't get enough of it!

Burlap Ruffle Wreath Tutorial

Supplies:

Wreath Base

 Jute/Burlap Ribbon 

You can find this in the floral area of your local craft store.

It is sold by the 30 ft/10 yd bolt.

You will need two for this project.

 Wrap the wreath base with the burlap.

To start your ruffle.

Fold the end of the burlap like shown and glue down.

Be sure to use the low setting on your hot glue gun.

Your fingers are going to get covered in glue.

 Next just loop the burlap and fold over the middle and glue down.

 Repeat this process as you go around the wreath.

 I went around two or three times.

Until I achieved a nice full wreath.

Embellish your wreath with Hydrangeas, feathers, branches, leaves, birds nests, wheat.

What ever you like!

I made a few different variations.

 It's hard to pick a favorite!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!

Be sure to stop by my blog Living A Radical Life for more crafty ideas. 

Happy Crafting!