Recipes – Tru Original

Category: Recipes

I’m so WEAK!

I’m so weak, I have no control of myself when I make my favorite Christmas treat. I honestly had to have my husband take the last batch of this I made and lock it in a padlocked tote. So weak!! And when I’m feeling entitled to a treat and hit that moment of weakness, I demand that he gives me the key. He lovingly tries to discourage me , just like I instructed, but I just get mad and go from demanding to threatening and he loses the will to fight.

*************

WARNING>>>>>this recipe is dangerous for your health and will power!

Make at you own risk…

Addictive Caramel Corn Puffs

2 sticks butter
2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. Karo (light)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp Kosher salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 package butter flavored corn puffs

In a large saucepan, bring butter, brown sugar and Karo to a boil for 5 minutes stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla, salt and baking soda. (This will cause the mixture to bubble up.) Pour the corn puffs into a large bowl. Pour the mixture over the corn puffs and stir until well coated. Bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour. Turn and stir every 15 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire cooling rack. To store, place in a sealed air tight container.

*I always double this recipe and have to make several batches to share because I’m the Corn Puff pusher and all my friends and family have developed a Caramel Corn Puff habit too!

Enjoy!

We all scream for ice cream!

Yummy…..

My sweet son Cooper , 9 yrs old, has a ton of ideas of what he wants to do this summer. I mean a TON!! Trying to keep up with the kids and their friends this summer has been a real challenge. You think that the older they get the less they’ll need or want, is an illusion. I think God just tries to prepare you for each step the best He can. I am definitely struggling with balance this summer and it is starting to take a toll. I just keep reminding myself in a few more years they won’t even want their old mom around and it gives me the push i need to go the extra mile.

Anyway…..enough of that.

My son is the prince of whatever’s left since he has an older sister to contend with. He asked me for just one thing one recent weekend. “Mom, I want just one thing this weekend and that’s to make homemade Banana Mango ice cream” Oh is that all i thought, but my mouth said “I promise”. So Sunday night rolls around and I was running out of time to keep that promise but I gathered all the supplies needed, determined to keep my word, no matter how tired I was.

Lazy Mom’s Basic Vanilla Ice Cream recipe (no cook!)

-An electric ice cream maker (thank you Nana Di for all the cool things you find at yard sales)

-4 eggs

-1 cup of sugar

-2 tablespoons vanilla

-1/2 pint of whipping cream

-2 cans of Eagle Brand condensed milk

-1 1/2 quarts of dairy milk

-1/4 teaspoon of salt

-any fruit or flavor you want to add to taste (we used 3 mangos and 1 banana cooked down in a sauce pan to marry the flavors)

-Ice cream salt rocks

-lots of ice!

First you follow the directions on your ice cream maker, preparing the ice and salt in the mixer by layering it.

In a big bowl combine eggs, cream, sugar, salt and vanilla and mix thoroughly with a mixer. Pour in any fruit and the condensed milk and stir well, add dairy milk and stir well again.

Add mixture to the fill line in your electric ice cream maker can.

Follow the directions on your maker regarding time, but it took about 30 minutes of mixing on mine to get the consistency we wanted.

Remove the electric mixer out of the can and lick the blades. Kids loved this!

Then remove the can , wrap in towel, and place in the freezer for around 30 min.

Remove from freezer and enjoy.

The ice cream was so delicious, but the best part was hearing my precious son say

“Mom, this is the best ice cream I’ve ever had!”

We love DOGS!

Homemade Dog Treat Recipe

Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits

My daughter made these for our pups and I wanted to share the recipe we found from this website…

http://www.bullwrinkle.com/Assets/Recipes/Recipes.htm

1/2 cups water(add more water later if required)

½ cup oil

2 eggs

3 tablespoons peanut butter

2 tsp. vanilla

2 cups flour

½ cup cornmeal

½ cup oats

Blend wet ingredients together. Whisk dry ingredients together and mix into wet mixture to form a ball of dough. Roll out and shape. Put onto a non-stick cookie tray or lightly greased one. Cook 20 minutes at 400 F. Turn off oven and allow the biscuits to cool in oven until crisp and hard. Store in airtight container.

*******************************

Introducing Our Dogs…..

Newest addition KEVIN

who will be added to the pack after he is wheened on July 5th.

BLACK BABY BOBBY BOY

our 11 year old poodle who is blind, but happy.

KRISSY

6 year old Pom. who should have

been named ‘prissy’ cuz she sure is !

We are total animal lovers and had a great time making these treats. Fun summer activity and the dogs just gooble them up. So does my 9 year old son, but he’ll eat anything!