The (House) of Dough

Baked Cauliflower. YUM

2013-04-11T17:54:00.001-06:00

Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees.

Break apart cauliflower, wash and place pieces in baking dish, drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice. Add salt, pepper and garlic powder.

Place dish in oven and bake for 15 minutes. Stirring occasionally.

After removing from oven top with parmesan cheese.

Ta-da..... Cauliflower to die for!

Almay Smart Shade Mousse Makeup Review

2013-04-08T23:13:00.001-06:00

I just pick this up today at Walgreens & paid a little over $11. I bought the light/medium 200 and I was quite surprised when I opened it up because it's kinda purple. Yup, I said purple.

Regardless of the color I decided to give it a go.

Sooooo.... The jury is still out, I can't decide! It feels amazing going on but I'm not sure about the coverage.

I plan to try it for the next couple of days hopefully I will figure it out.

Blueberry and Cream Cheese Bread Pudding

2013-01-03T10:58:00.001-07:00

Blueberry and Cream Cheese Bread Pudding with Fresh Blueberry Syrup....
TO DIE FOR 'Nuf said.

Bread Pudding Ingredients:
Cut up bread, dry (I use Texas Toast)
6 eggs
4 cups cream
1/4 cup maple syrup
Cream cheese, cubes
Vanilla
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Fresh or frozen blueberries

Slice bread into cubes (I place my bread in the oven on low to dry them out).

Whisk together eggs, milk, syrup, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon.

When the bread is nice and dry cover the bottom of your baking dish with cubes of bread. Sprinkle on cubes of cream cheese and blueberries (use as much or as many as you think will be yummy).

Add another layer of cubes bread. You can add a little more berries and cream cheese on top, it just depends on your personal taste.

Pour egg mixture over bread. Cover with plastic wrap and then place a little bit of weight on top of your dish, this is so that all the bread is soaking in the egg mixture. Allow bread to soak for at least 3 hours, or even better place it in the refrigerator overnight.

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place a dish of water on the lower rack under your pudding. Bake until golden brown, about 50 minutes.

Blueberry Syrup Recipe

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Combine in sauce pan and bring to a boil. Add approximately 1 cup of blueberries. Slow boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Serve warm over pudding.

Oh ya, it's a little bit of blueberry heaven!

Gingerbread House 2012

2013-01-03T10:44:00.001-07:00

This years 'Whoops' gifts

2012-12-19T07:16:00.001-07:00

EVERY year someone quite random shows up at my door with a gift so I always make a few extra 'Whoops, I didn't forget YOU ' gifts just to be prepared.

I picked up a pack of wooden spoons, blinged them up a bit then tied them with a pretty bow to a muffin mix or brownie mix and ta-da this years 'Whoops' gifts. Yay me! ;)

Gingerbread House Prep

2012-12-15T10:59:00.001-07:00

It's gingerbread house weekend and we have been prepping all week. We have made all sorts of little gumpaste figurines to place on and around our houses. I can't wait to put it all together!

Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake

2012-12-05T17:54:00.001-07:00

Hello Yummm!

2 C sugar
1 3/4 C flour
3/4 C unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 t baking soda
1 1/2 t baking powder
1 t salt
2 eggs
1 C milk
1/2 C vegetable oil
2 t vanilla
1 C boiling water

Spray inside of slow cooker with cooking spray.

In a large bowl mix together dry ingredients. Set aside.

In a small bowl whisk together eggs, milk, vanilla and oil. Slowly add boiling water while stirring constantly.

Add wet ingredients to dry and mix well. Pour batter into slow cooker and set on low. Cook for approximately 3 hours, turn off heat and let stand 30 minutes before serving.

This cake is TO DIE FOR MOIST! Serve warm alone or with topping of your choice. My family favorites are ice cream, hot fudge, warm caramel and of course whipping cream.

Christmas 2012 advent Calendar

2012-12-02T14:27:00.001-07:00

Using the same idea as last year but just tweaking it a little....

I used a big frame that I picked up for just $1, used super cute chevron patterned wrapping paper, then hung numbered ornaments. Originally I didn't plan for the red bow but the patterned paper messed with my eyes a bit, haha. Adding the red bow fixed the problem. It was that easy and I LOVE the final result! Yup, definite 'Dough Style!'

More trees

2012-11-07T17:25:00.001-07:00

So, it's no secret that I love trees and I love coffee filter crafting, here is the latest..... 'natural coffee filter trees'. They work quite well with my burlap, white and bling Christmas theme!

I bought the natural filters, made a cone using a few sheets of copy paper, warmed up the glue gun and of course whipped out the glitter.

Christmas Wreath

2012-11-07T06:45:00.001-07:00

Typically corn husk wreaths are for Fall... But not in this house where everything is paintable! Check out this years wreath and yes, it's already hanging up!

Coffee filter madness strikes again... Oh my!

2012-11-03T21:16:00.001-06:00

I needed a cute little white wreath and I didn't want to go to the store so I headed down to my basement to rummage through all my craft stuff for inspiration. First thing I see..... Coffee filters. Perfect!

Happy birthday little Olivia!

2012-11-03T20:59:00.001-06:00

Sweet Olivia just turned one year old! Yay! Since her birthday is just one day before Halloween I decided to go with Halloween, yet girly cake. I am pretty darn happy with the final result. I think my favorite is the cute little mummy in the middle.

Burlap Trees

2012-11-03T12:57:00.001-06:00

This years Christmas theme is going to be 'burlap, white, and bling' Yee Haw! Here is my first burlap project of the season, it works great with my white coffee filter trees from last year.

Pink Leopard Princess Party!

2012-10-21T08:52:00.001-06:00

It was Perfect Peyton's Pink Leopard Princess Party! Ya, there might have been a mustache or two around as well..... What's a party without a mustache?

Life in Utah!

2012-10-18T01:16:00.001-06:00

Lexi's wedding cake.....

2012-10-14T16:51:00.001-06:00

Christmas Gifts

2012-10-12T21:10:00.001-06:00

What a darling little gift for teachers and neighbors right?! Pepper Jelly is easy to make, kind to your budget and unique. Perfect.

Pepper Jelly Recipe and Procedure

2012-10-10T10:32:00.001-06:00

Chopped jalapeños
Chopped bell or anaheim pepper
1 1/2 C cider vinegar
6 C sugar
4 oz liquid pectin
Food color (optional)

Remove ribs and seeds from peppers and finely chop.
In a deep pan add vinegar, sugar and peppers. Place on medium heat gently stirring often until it's at a full boil.
Remove from heat and slowly add liquid pectin while stirring. Add food color if desired.
Pour jelly into warm and sterilized jars leaving 1/4 inch head space. Carefully wipe the tops of the filled jars with a damp paper towel. (if there's anything on the top rim of the jar it may not seal properly)
Place sterilized lids and rings onto jars (rings do not have to be really tight)
Place jars in a warm water bath and bring to a full boil. I leave my jelly in for about 30 minutes because I live at a high altitude and I'm a little paranoid.

Helpful hints.....

Wear gloves while working with peppers because they WILL burn your hands (yup, speaking from experience).

I like to bring the whole mix to a boil slowly, this seems to create a beautiful, consistent and smooth flavor.

In my first round of jelly making I placed most of my peppers in the processor to make a purée, I chopped the remaining peppers by hand until I had them finely minced (I wanted to have little red and green 'specks' throughout the jelly). Using the pepper puree resulted in a cloudy jelly and that's not the vision I had in my head. I pictured a beautiful green jelly that you could kind of see through. I was a little bummed with the appearance but WOW the taste was AMAZING!

Round two I tried for a clear jelly so I chopped the peppers then placed them in a strainer to remove some of the liquid. I then added the peppers and a little bit of the strained fluid to the vinegar mix. The result was beautiful but the pepper flavor just wasn't there (it was still yummy but it didn't have that fantastic flavor. I'm not talking about the heat, just the flavor of the pepper itself).

Round three..... This time I did the same as my second batch but I added all of the pepper juice that I had strained out. Ya it was good but it STILL didn't have the FLAVOR! Ahhh!

At last I made a decision..... Flavor over appearance - hands down.

Ok so at this point I thought I was done with experimenting, ya I was wrong.... For some reason I thought 'hmmmmm, what about red peppers? How would they do if I pureed them? Would they be different from the green? Guess what?? Red is different (in my eyes anyway). I pureed red peppers, chopped a few by hand for 'specks' & ta-da it was beautiful!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! It has it all.... It's beautiful and tastes amazing! Yay me!

I chose to do both colors of peppers since I plan to give them out at Christmas (get it? Red and green! Christmas colors!). Since the red worked the best I did all the jellies red with only a few specks of green peppers. I love the final result!

I plan to make cute little tags explaining how to serve the jelly (over cream cheese and served with crackers). Then I will put them in a cute little cellophane bag and tie it up with something fabulously Christmasy. I think that for teachers and close friends I'll create a gift basket that will include crackers, cream cheese and a cute little spreading knife. Oh! I could pick up some cute little serving plates, place the jelly, cream cheese and crackers on the plate and wrap it all up with cellophane. Wow, the possibilities are endless. (I love it when that happens!)

I will post pics when I start putting the baskets together.

Pepper-mania.... Oh my!

2012-10-09T18:07:00.001-06:00

It's October 8th and yep, I'm done with my Christmas gifts for neighbors and teachers. Yay me!

My spicy theme was a bit of an accident. I picked loads and loads of peppers from the garden, made salsa, tomato paste, tomato soup, green chili sauce, pickled peppers and pepper jelly (yes, I am peppered out!). When I started canning pickled peppers I thought "Hmmm, this looks like Christmas! Perfect!" Then I moved on to peppered jelly (which I have never ever made) it turned out amazing and once again.... Christmas colors.

Ta-da Christmas gifts, dough style of course.

New sculpting medium?

2012-08-15T14:35:00.001-06:00

So I've had a little trouble sleeping lately and last night this is what my brain did. Ya, I made a rose using plastic spoons. So weird.

Lemonade Bling

2012-08-14T13:16:00.001-06:00

We are on a HUGE lemonade kick this summer, so today I wanted to bling it up a bit and all it took was a little colored sugar. Ta-da! Dough-style lemonade!

'Fake' Book Find

2012-08-06T15:02:00.001-06:00

Oh my goodness walking around TJ Maxx today and I came across these darling little fake books that are actually little keepsake boxes. I love using them to prop things up on, in this pic I have used them to boost the height of a lamp on my Bombay chest. Here's the best part.... they were only $5 and $6 bucks!

Summer Skewers

2012-08-02T19:18:00.004-06:00

So I open my email from BHG today and what do I see????

Summer on a Stick

Uhm, hello ~ tell me more!

Go check out there amazing recipes for:

Tomato Mozzarella Skewers

Salsa Chicken on a Stick

Greek Meatball Kabobs

www.recipe.com

Candied Lemon Peel

2012-07-25T22:57:00.001-06:00

This is the first time that I've tried this so it's a work in progress, let's hope they taste as good as they look! Stay tuned.

Vanilla Lemonade

2012-07-24T17:41:00.001-06:00

There's nothing like homemade lemonade; add a little vanilla and well there really are no words.

Juice from fresh lemons
Sugar
Vanilla
Water
Ice
Lemon slices
Lime slices
Sprig of mint