Pumpkin Spice Scones!!!

Stole this from: joannagoddard.blogspot.com

Cannot WAIT to stuff my face with these. Holy crud.

Double Glazed Pumpkin Spice Scones

2 cups flour

1/4 c + 1 Tbsp sugar

1 Tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

6 Tbsp cold butter, cubed

1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree

3 Tbsp half and half

1 large egg

Glaze #1

1 c + 1 Tbsp powdered sugar

2 Tbsp half and half

Glaze #2

1 c + 3 Tbsp powdered sugar

2 Tbsp half and half

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and spices in a large mixing bowl.  Cut in cold butter until it resembles coarse crumbs and there are no remaining pieces of butter.  Set aside.

3. In a small bowl, whisk pumpkin, half and half, and eggs.  Fold in to dry ingredients and form a ball.

4. Pat out dough on to a lightly floured surface.  I like to form a circle about 1 inch thick and about 6-8 inches in diameter.  Cut in to 6 even triangles.

5. Place on baking sheet and bake for 14-16 minutes until light brown and dry to the touch on top.  Let cool completely on wire rack before glazing.

6. Whisk glaze #1 and brush evenly over cooled scones.  Let dry.  Whisk glaze #2 and drizzle over top.  Let dry and serve.  YUM!

Enjoy!

Beef Wellington...

...AKA the best thing you ever ate.

Watch the Master

Hubby made this a few times-- it requires a bit more than usual prep work, but totally worth it. We are both very excited to make it again next month! :)

Enjoy!!

O.M.G.

Graham Crackers, Cool Whip.

Go. Try. Now.

<3

Cheesecake crescent rolls (Or Sopapilla Cheesecake)

We made these a while ago, a pan for Jesse to take to work, and a few for us at home to nom :)

16

oz cream cheese

2

cans Crescent Rolls (we used an organic refrigerated tube from Whole Foods Market)

1

c sugar

1

t vanilla

1/2

c butter, melted

1/2

c cinnamon sugar

• Mix together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla-- really make sure the sugar gets mixed well otherwise it can get grainy. You can use a spoon or mixer for this (we used a handheld mixer)
  Unroll and lay out one can of the rolls flat in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Spread cream cheese mix over the rolls. Unroll the second tube flat over the cream cheese mixture.

Pour the melted butter over the top and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar mixture.

• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Our completed product, chilled.

Found this one online

They are sooooo yummy, creamy, cheesecakey... total comfort food. :)

Enjoy!!

BBQ kabobs!

So this blogging thing has been 100% baby 24/7 but now that we're doing a lot more pinterest-type activities, I figured I'd start posting them here....

First up, BBQ Kabobs!

We made these for dinner today-- super easy and SO delicious!!

4 medium sized ears of corn
1 ring of Kielbasa (you could also use sausage)
12-24 medium to large shrimp
12-24 new potatoes (we used fingerling-- they worked out great as well)
Skewers (12)
2t Old Bay Seasoning
Salt
1/2 stick of butter, melted
4t Tabasco

Start out by boiling the potatoes in salted water until soft.

Put things on the skewers. We cut the Kielbasa into 12 pieces and cut each ear of corn into 3 pieces. Then layer on 1-2 shrimp and potatoes as well. Leaving the potatoes on the end helps keep everything together.

**Warning-- maybe this was just us but the corn is really hard to skewer. Jesse ended up pushing the meat thermometer 3/4 of the way through to help haha.

Use cooking spray on the grill rack and grill until shrimp is cooked and corn is slightly charred. Every time you turn them, brush on a mixture of the butter, Old Bay Seasoning and Tabasco.

Makes 12 kabobs.

These were SO yummy, we will definitely be making them again!

Enjoy!!

Our best friends' wedding :)

After MUCH struggling with finding insurance/ being cleared to fly/ budget issues, Jesse and I were finally able to book our trip back to MN earlier this month! We had been wanting to visit with friends and family but more importantly, we were both part of our friends John and Nicole's wedding party.

We found a cheap flight that went through Philly there and back and even though each flight was about 2 1/2 hours, they really weren't THAT bad (even on a 7 1/2 month preggo lady haha).

one of our four planes...

leaving MN

In line to board...

 We were able to hang out/ stay with Jesse's cousins Keith and Amy and their kids and got to see Jesse's brother Kyle and Christina (Kyle's long time girlfriend... coincidentally also baby Andrew's godparents)-- it was a lot of fun!

At Amy and Keith's house :)

We then jumped around a bit, staying one night with Jesse's parents in St. Cloud, one night with my aunt Jan in Wright, and then finally made it up to Duluth! We had a crazy intense weekend planned so we pretty much were out and about ALL DAY LONG, and got to stay with another great friend, Debra for a few nights :)

Our weekend consisted of Photo shoots for a top secret project, finally getting the top tier of our wedding cake for a belated anniversary:

 picking up Jesse's suit rental for the wedding:

... buying wedding gifts, wedding rehearsal/ groom's dinner/ decorating the reception venue, spending time with friends:

 ...hair appointments, the wedding, more photo shoots and friend hangouts, gift opening, meetings, etc.... it was such a whirlwind just writing about it makes me tired!

Lastly we got to go back to St. Cloud to spend some time with Jesse's folks and his best friend Justin.

Us with Jesse's parents :)

We also finally got to mail out a wedding gift for our friends Lydia and Nikoli which was only hmmmm I think four months late?? Lol trying to get a gift to someone while moving/ living in another state is rough haha! We flew out a week after we got to MN, and though we were sad to again leave everyone, I have to admit it was great getting back to the 80 degree weather and our home :)

Funny side note... I think I somehow forgot I was pregnant in MN, because the day after we got home it all kind of sunk in again when I saw all the baby stuff everywhere haha!

Well, that's all for now, we are busily getting ready for my favorite holiday tomorrow!!! You can indeed expect a Halloween themed 31 week blog post for "wee baby schmitt" by the end of the week :) TTFN!

Leavin you with some photos from the beautiful wedding:

The head table

Jesse and I mid-reception (with comfier shoes and leggings haha!)

The sweet table centerpieces :)

At the reception :)

The grand entrance-- I promise my cup contains Sprite lol

Beautiful ceremony, still can't believe I made it through without crying! I had a lot of close calls...

The GORGEOUS dress-- soooooo happy I got to be there the day she found it :)

My wedding 'do

Beautiful Bride and Groom in their classic car getaway :)

Bride with bridesmaids, Groom with groomsmen

The gorgeous bouquets!! I took out the acorns and pressed one of each flower to bring back to FL with me :)

extra touches

Finally finished decorating... here are the final touches :)

Got some sconces for the dining area-- can't wait to actually have a sit down dinner there with the new touches added in!

The room all aglow (and the new "mantle" above TV) for a grill out

Lanterns from IKEA

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Got some nice fabric to cover the table behind the couch...

Well, that's about it! TTFN! <3