Delicious Monkey Bread Recipe!

Here is the delicious Monkey Bread recipe that my family had for our Christmas breakfast. Everyone loved this!
We ended up only using 3 cans of biscuits and it was plenty for 5 adults and 2 children.

4 cans refrigerator biscuits (about 40)
1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup pecans, raisins and/or coconut, if desired

Cut each biscuit into 4 pieces. Pour sugar and cinnamon into a plastic bag and mix.

Add biscuit pieces, several at a time; shake to coat well.

Place pieces in a Bundt pan until all are used.

Sprinkle layers with nuts, raisins or coconut.

Bring brown sugar and butter to a boil in saucepan. Cool 10 minutes, then pour over top of biscuits.

Bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Allow to cool 15 minutes before removing from pan. Turn upside down to serve.

Submitted by: Belle

Mr. Gingerbread Killed, 2 Suspects and No Motive

Mr. Gingerbread was killed while he was at work, hanging on his tree making the Lemke household smell all cinnamony! There are 2 suspects in this horrific death, but no real motive. Mr. Gingerbread was a well liked man, especially by all the little BOYS and girls. Finger(paw) prints are being taken and hopefully we'll have someone put away for this!
Here is what was found at the scene.


And this is what Mr. Gingerbread looked like.


If you have any leads as to who did this, please call 1-800-Stop-Crime

Venison Stew

I think Erin has abandoned the blog to devote time to saving the planet... one bottle at a time. It's been a while since it's been updated so I figured I'd step up to appease the throngs of devoted followers that live to read about or ultra-exciting lives.

I made venison stew yesterday and it was so good I thought I'd brag and post the recipe. If you don't have venison you could use beef.

You'll need the following:
Carrots
Celery
Mushrooms
Red Potatoes (they don't break down after cooking all day)
Black Pepper
Salt
Thyme
Paprika
Rosemary
Olive Oil
Flour
Meat
1 can of each of these soups, Beef Broth, Beef Consomme, Beefy Mushroom

First, I don't use recipes. I didn't measure or pay attention to how much I used. Use what suits you. Cut your meat into chunks. Heat a large skillet or stock pot. Coat the meat with flour. cover the bottom of the pan with olive oil and toss the meat in to sear it. Once all of the meat is browned and the oil and flour have thickened a bit, toss in all of your chopped veggies. When the celery and mushrooms soften pour your three cans of soup in and top off with two cans of water. Simmer for a while to deglaze the pan and transfer to a crock pot on low and cook for 4-6 hours. The flour and oil should have made a roux and along with the starch from the potatoes it should thicken the broth over time. If it seems too thin you can let the crock pot vent. This also doubles as an air freshener.

While it cooks enjoy the compliments of how good it smells. Revel in your awesomeness, or if you're not awesome like me then you can just enjoy breathing.