Pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!

These are oh so good! And even more so, they are so easy! I could sit here and eat the whole pan. Good thing they are low fat and low calorie! Top them with a piece of candy corn!

1 butter recipe (or any flavor you want/have)
1 can pumpkin (I just used Libby's)
1 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp cinammon

Mix together, it will be dry, but okay!

Preheat oven to whatever the box says.

Cook them according to box directions.

I got 21 cupcakes out of this, I will make them fuller next time as they don't rise much.


Cream cheese Frosting (from allrecipes)
1 8oz package cream cheese
1/4 cup softened butter
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar

Cream the cream cheese and butter, stir in vanilla and add in powder sugar. Frost cupcakes, this made plenty probably enough for more than 24!

Baked Crab Rangoon

My friend Carla gave me this recipe to try. I am very glad she did because it's very good!

12 wonton wrappers
1 can white crab meat
4 oz cream cheese-softened
1/4 cup mayo
1/4 cup chopped green onions
I added a sprinkle of garlic powder

Preheat oven to 350.
Mix crab meat, cream cheese, mayo, green onion and garlic powder in small bowl.
Put each wonton wrapper in a muffin tin, pushing down the middle and letting the ends stick out.
Put a tablespoon of filling in each wonton wrapper. (I found if you know fold the corners in they won't get as brown like they do when you leave them sticking out).
Bake in muffin tins for 18-20 minutes.

Pumpkin Roll

This is my husbands favorite dessert and fastly becoming mine as well. Pictures to come!

Libby's Pumpkin Roll:

CAKE
1/4 cup powdered sugar (to sprinkle on towel)
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional


FILLING
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Powdered sugar (optional for decoration)


Directions:
FOR CAKE:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar.

COMBINE flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with nuts.

BAKE for 13 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. (If using a dark-colored pan, begin checking for doneness at 11 minutes. Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack.

FOR FILLING:
BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until smooth. Carefully unroll cake. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired. DH says it has to have icing on the top also (that's how is mom does it) so I reserved some icing and used a bag with a decorator's tip and made some decorations on the top.

COOKING TIP:
Be sure to put enough powdered sugar on the towel when rolling up the cake so it will not stick.

Chocolate chip cookie dough dip!

I made this again 11/14/08 for a Wii party with my mom & dad since hubby was at deer camp. They had not tried it. This time I got a picture of it beforehand!

Okay this is soooo good. This is from the Nest's What's Cooking board, I think everyone has made it. Since I had heard girls talking that it was too tangy-too cheesecakey I modified the recipe. I also think it is best the next day after it's had a night to sit in the fridge for awhile. You won't get a picture of this one, because well it disappeared too fast!

1 package cream cheese
1/2 cup powder sugar + about 1/3 more
1 stick butter
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 handfulls mini chocolate chips
2 tbl regular sugar

Melt butter and brown sugar, I did this in the microwave, took me just a little over a minute, don't do it all at once do about 30 secs at a time and take out and stir. Let cool.

Cream cream cheese and 1/2 cup powder sugar. Taste and add more powder sugar to your liking. Add reg sugar, I added the regular sugar for the texture, so it would taste more like regular cookie dough.

Stir in chocolate chips.

I served with graham crackers and it was great!