YUMMY Pumpkin Cake

Mindy (our cousin) brought me a plate of these.  Let me tell you they were SO GOOD, that I have been dreaming about them ever since.  Here is the recipe, perfect for fall!   The whole family agrees, yummy!

Pumpkin Bars

6 eggs

1 1/2 cup oil
3 cups sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1 large can (29 oz) pumpkin
3 1/4 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 Tbsp cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp salt

Mix together eggs, oil, sugar, vanilla, and pumpkin. Fold in dry ingredients an pour into jolly roll pan (13 x 18 pan - large cookie sheets with edges). Bake at 350 for 30 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Do NOT over bake. Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.

Yields approx.. 24-36 (depending on size)

Cream Cheese Frosting

2 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese, softened

2 sticks butter (16 Tbsp), softened

2 cups powdered sugar

2 tsp vanilla

Blend together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla.

Fernhill Wilderness Preserve

Jed and I went for a walk at this place on Sunday and there was a lot to see. We saw over two thousand canadian geese, two golden eagles, an egret, two blue herens, swans, and a couple other birds that we didn't know. We didn't get pictures of them all cause they were too far away, but we got to see them through Jed's binoculars. It was so cool hearing all the geese and seeing everything. It's one of my new favorite places to go, which is good because it's five minutes from our house.



Yummy Dip

  

You want a way yummy dip, try this.  I went to a Witch Tea on Thursday night.  We dressed up like witches and then had dinner at my friends house, she went all out with decorations, etc.  It was so cute, but looked exhausting!  Anyway one of the appetizers was this dip, my other friend who made this served it in a hallowed out small pumpkin.  It was so yummy!  Here is the recipe.  No water chestnuts though, she left them out, which I would too.

http://www.letsmakeknorr.com/Recipes/6200/1/Knorr-Spinach-Dip.aspx

Also, on Glen's side we started having a "dip" party for Christmas a couple years ago.  Everyone brings different dips for the food.  Like sweet dips (caramel, fruit, cream cheese, chocolate) and savory (bean, spinach, salsa, queso, veggie, etc).  It works out really good and you have a real balance of food, bread, veggies, fruit and dessert.   Anyway my sister in law makes this warm pizza dip and serves it with chunks of bread, it is so good and always the first thing to go.  I have the recipe and I'll post it on here, soon.  You should try it.  It is way yummy.  Now I'm totally craving dips! :)