Pumpkin Cake

Tis the season for some pumpkin goodness! Here is a recipe Rachel found from Paula Deen, with only one stick of butter!! One of my new favorites!

Ingredients

Bars:

• 4 eggs
• 1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 15-ounce can pumpkin
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Icing:

• 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Spread the batter into a greased 13 by 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars.

To make the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars.

Breakfast Bowl with eggs, potatoes, sawmill gravy, and BACON!

6- gold poatoes skinned and cut into 1/4" cube
Half pound Bacon cut in 1/4" strips
few eggs (5-7)
2 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. butter
2 cups milk
Shredded Cheese
salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp. paprika
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. garlic powder

Start bacon in skillet over medium low heat. Cook gently till crispy and remove onto paper towel. Put potatoes in and cook in bacon fat for about 20-30 minutes till golden brown and delicious. If they start to look dry, add a little evoo or butter. Do not stir potatoes too much or they will fall apart. When potatoes are done, remove from heat and put into a bowl with a lid and shake with last four ingredients and pepper and 1/8 tsp. salt and shake in bowl with the lid on. Remove lid to keep them nice and crispy. Move onto gravy by adding flour and butter to skillet and stir till golden. (If you want traditional sawmill gravy, you have to have sausage, but I didn't have any so I used the butter in place of the sausage grease.) Whisk in milk and add pepper and salt to taste. Make sure to go around corner of skillet with a spoon to get the roux hiding in the corner and bring to boil. Meanwhile, fry up eggs. Layer the potatoes and bacon then eggs then top with gravy and cheese. About 45 minutes till done. But you get lots of free time with family while waiting on bacon and potatoes to cook.

Red Lobster Shrimp Scampi

1 cup White Wine
1/2 cup unsalted Butter. (do not use Margarine)
3 teaspoons minced Garlic
1 pound Shrimp, peeled and deveined

Bake at 350 degree oven for about 6 to 7 minutes. 

Be careful not to overcook the Shrimp. The shrimp is done when it has turned pink.