Taffy Apple Salad Recipe

This salad is so delicious and super easy! I make this on pretty much every special occasion. Last time we had it was on Halloween and I served it in my favorite spider bowl. My Grandma and I have been known to eat if for breakfast.Ill will be making this later on today to take tommorow to our family Thanksgiving dinner. Give it a try its even better the next day.

Buster Bar Dessert

Decided to try this dessert for Thanksgiving. It has Oreos in it and we all know anything made with Oreo's has to be good. I bought raw Spanish peanuts instead of the roasted ones on accident so I tried to roast them myself with some oil and sea salt. They were doing great til I had to take out my pups and when we finally came back in they were over roasted. Burning peanuts is not a good smell. Trust me. I ended up putting dry roasted on top instead so just now have to wait a few days to try it. The homemade chocolate sauce was really really good . I had to lick the spoon you know :)  So heres the recipe if you want to try it too.

Where Have I Been??? A New Family Member?? And What To COOK For Thanksgiving??

Now that the busy months on the farm are starting to wind down I hope to have more time to devote to my blog. I have been so busy keeping up with the garden and the yardwork that I havent had much time to post  on here. I have learned so many new things over the growing season and have alot of stories and recipes to share. Im not a big fan of winter but I am actually looking forward to a little bit of a slower pace and some much needed me time. We are also expecting a new family member in the Spring so I am looking forward to sharing this new adventure with my blogging friends. Stay Tuned!  Right now the dilemma at my house is what to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. I have so many recipes I would love to try and am having a hard time narrowing it down to just a few. Nothing will top my Grandmoms and my Moms cooking though. YUMM! Im looking forward to spending the day with the people I love the most and looking forward tooeven more , a late night turkey sandwich with my children and going to bed knowing that the next day we will all be going to cut our Christmas tree..Its such a magical time of the year and its just waiting  right around the corner. Now off to browse through a few thousand recipes...... :)  What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving dishes?

Recipe for Cookies and Cream Cheesecake's

For some reason this didnt show up before on the original post. I halfed this recipe and got 24 mini cakes.

• 54 Oreo cookies, this is about 1 1/3 packages, 42 left whole, 12 crushed/coarsely chopped
• 2 pounds of cream cheese, room temperature (and yes that is right, it is 2 lbs)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 eggs, at room temperature and lightly beaten
• 1 cup sour cream
• pinch of salt

Heat oven to 275 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper liners. Place one whole cookie in the bottom of each liner.
Beat cream cheese until smooth. Scraping down sides as needed. Gradually add sugar and beat until well combined. Beat in vanilla.  Slowly add eggs a bit at time, mixing well. Beat in sour cream and salt. Then stir in crushed cookies.
Divide between muffin cups filling almost to the top.  Bake for 22 minutes. Mine took closer to 28 minutes, so just watch them.  It may vary in your oven.
Cool and then refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Remover liners and serve.

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SO Sinfully Good..Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes with a Oreo Crust

It felt alot like Mid-October here today. These cooler temps make me want to try out all those fall recipes I have been stashing away all summer.I saw these on another blog that I follow called Love From The Oven. Lots of great recipes on there and she even has a whole section just on Oreo's.
I used the Halloween Oreo's in mine because I love the bright orange filling. I believe the original recipe is a Martha Stewart Recipe . Dont wanna have too many of these in the house. So good but oh so bad for you!