Monday, October 31, 2011

Pie Pops!!!

I love how my friends share their awesome recipes with me!!  Thank you to Pati for this delicious pie pop recipe!!  I made them and brought them over to Layne's house for our pre trick or treating party!!  It was my first time making them so I think they need a little revamping but they looked super cute anyway!! They are pretty easy to make and make a fun new pie treat (instead of making a whole pie) for any party!!!  Here is a picture of how mine looked!






And Here is the recipe so you all can enjoy some delicious pie pops too!!!

Ingredients
  • Pillsbury Pie Dough 
  • Flour, for dusting
  • Pie Filling (Any Pumpkin Butter or Apple Preserve will work)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • Turbinado sugar, for dusting 

Tools 

  • 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter
  • baking sheet
  • Cooling Rack
  • 8 (6-inch) lollypop sticks
  • parchment paper or silicone baking mat

 Pillsbury Pie Crust works best
1 package makes about 18- 20 pie pops just make sure to use a smaller cookie cutter . 




For this recipe I used House of Webster (http://www.houseofwebster.com)
Pumpkin Butter & Dutch Apple Preserves. 







Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Roll out the Pie Dough on a well-floured surface until it is 1/8-inch thick. Using a 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter, cut out 16 rounds, for 8 pie pops. Place the rounds onto the prepared baking sheet. If the dough becomes too soft, place the entire baking sheet into the refrigerator to chill.

Place about 1 heaping tablespoon of the Berry Pie Filling in the center of 8 rounds, leaving a border about 1/4-inch from the edges. Wet the edges of the pie crust with water to help them stick together better.  Place the lollypop stick in the middle of the 8 rounds through the filling and almost to the top of the rounds. Take the remaining 8 rounds and slightly stretch them out so they can fit over the filling. Brush the edges of all the rounds with egg wash. Place the 8 rounds on top of the filled rounds, egg wash side down. Press the edges together gently with your finger and then crimp the edges with a fork to make sure the edges are completely sealed. (Use a little flour on your fork to crimp the edges so your fork doesn't stick to the pie dough.) Brush the tops of each pie pop with egg wash and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Use a paring knife (or a toothpick) to cut small vents in each pop.
Sprinkle Topping
* For the Pumpkin pie pops I mixed pumpkin pie spice in with the sugar.  
For the Dutch Apple pie pops I mixed Cinnamon Sugar in with the sugar. 

Bake the pie pops until golden brown, about 13 minutes. 



ENJOY!!!!!!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Saturday Fun Day!!

Continuing with our busy weekend......Saturday morning was a chilly morning that started with Jackson's soccer game at 9am!!  Week 3 of soccer went better then the first two but we still have some work to do with listening to the coach!!!  Which could definitely take awhile but we are hopeful it will get a little better each week!!  After Soccer we went to the playground with the Pepins to let the boys run around and get more energy out which they did playing freeze tag and Hide and seek!

Team meeting on this chilly morning!!

Warming up with his friend Brody!

The game started!

Jackson going for the ball!

Trying to kick a goal but missed :-(

Chasing the ball!


Then the Muellers invited us over for some family fun to celebrate Treys birthday Saturday afternoon which went into the evening and what a great time was had by all!  It was a perfect evening with delicious food, fabulous company and the kids were entertained with a bounce house and playing outside in the beautiful weather that I never want to end!  It was a late night that solidified the fact that Jackson is always the last child standing this time until 12am and he still put up a fight to leave and go to bed.  Thank you Mueller family for a wonderful evening!!

Jackson and his buddy Mackenzie Riding in the Barbie Jeep!

Uncle Trey pushing the kids on the swing!

Higher Uncle Trey!!




Sunday, October 23, 2011

Zoo Boo Fun!

Since we have been celebrating Halloween for a month already and its not even here yet we decided to keep it going with a night at Zoo Boo!!  Every Year the Lowry Park Zoo puts on Zoo Boo which is all about Halloween fun with Halloween decorations, Haunted Houses and Halloween activities for kids to enjoy! Jackson always has a blast at Zoo Boo as do Ryan and I but this year Jackson was totally all about it!!  Jackson loved riding all the rides, seeing creepy crawler lane, going in the haunted houses (although he was a little frightened in one when a man jumped out at us but he took it like a champ) and of course best of all a cupcake to top off the fabulous night!!! And what made it feel even more like fall was that it was a beautiful cool night that we enjoyed every moment of!! Enjoy our pictures from our night at Zoo Boo!!

Jackson and I in front of the witch decoration!

Jackson was excited and ready to start Zoo Boo!

Jackson and Ryan in front of the ghost display!

Sting Ray touch tank!

Touching a sting ray!

He loved it and didnt want to leave! 

Jackson and Ryan with a bald eagle if you look closely in the background!

Jackson and I with a real owl kind of scary! Although Jackson was more interested in playing with my hair!

Jackson loved all the decorations as you can see!

Jackson trying to climb on the ghosts!

Not wanting to leave the ghost decorations!!

Trick or Treat!

Jackson with his light up sword and ghost!

Jackson riding the flying bananas!

Jacksons favorite ride!
Again please!

On the ghost train although Jackson wouldn't let me sit with him I had to sit behind him! Independent 3's!!

Enjoying his cupcake!

Icing everywhere :-)

Jackson and Ryan on the rollercoaster that they waited 45 minutes to go on!


Jackson so excited with his hands up!

Jackson and Ryan in the front seat of the rollercoaster!

Jackson on the carousel!

Bundled up for the ride home!


Goodnight Zoo Boo!!! See you next year!!

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Hyde Park Pumpkin Patch!

Since it was such a beautiful day yesterday Jackson and I decided to go to the Hyde Park pumpkin patch to enjoy the amazing weather!!  I love to take Jackson to this Pumpkin Patch every year because it is decorated so cute and they have great pumpkins that benefit the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. Jackson had a blast trying to pick up all the pumpkins even the heaviest ones and he got to ran around like the wild man he is.  And Jackson was even more excited when his friend Drew just happened to come to play at the pumpkin patch too!! The boys had a great time playing together in the gorgeous weather!!!  Enjoy and Happy Fall!!

Jackson playing in the pumpkins!

Trying to get a good picture!!

He finally smiles but gets distracted looking at the other kids :-)

Jackson picked his favorite pumpkin!



My cute little guy!

In the middle of all these pumpkins Jackson finds a ladybug to play with!

About to make a run for it with his pumpkins!

He wanted to bring them all home!

Jacksons pumpkin! 
Think we found the carving pumpkin!


Notice all the pumpkins he wants to bring home!

Pretending to sleep on the pumpkins so I wouldn't take any more pictures!

Mocking me because I told him there was a Pumpkin on my head to get him to look at the camera!

Still has his pumpkin!

Another display for a photo opportunity!

Being a cat in the display!


Hanging with the ghosts!


All smiles today!

Drew and Jackson running around the fountain!

And its amazing no one fell in!

Pumpkin in hand at all times!

Jackson and Drew moving pumpkins around!


Another cat picture before we left!

Trying to wash off their pumpkins aka Jackson throwing them in!