Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread

Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread

4 oz cream cheese, softened
3 Tblsp brown sugar
2 Tblps pure maple syrup
1/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla extract

In a small bowl, beat softened cream cheese, sugar, and syrup til creamy.

Add pumpkin, spices and vanilla and beat til smooth.

Refrigerate for at least an hour.

Enjoy!

Texas Roadhouse Butter

Here is a recipe I whipped up tonight and it was really good:

Texas Roadhouse Cinnamon Butter
1 cup softened butter (not melted)
1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk (chilled if possible)
1 Tblsp corn syrup (or honey)
1 1/2 - 2 Tblsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup powder sugar
Whip butter with a handmixer, then add the other ingredients and chill.
* You can make this several days in advance, simply stir the butter together again because some of the condensed milk does begin to separate.  Note - if made with honey it tastes more like honey butter than if you use corn syrup, then the cinnamon flavor comes out.  You can also add nutmeg to this if you like.

If you don't have sweetened condensed milk, here is one I found in a ward cookbook that is different, 

Texas Roadhouse Butter
2 sticks butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup honey
2 tsp cinnamon

whip all together and enjoy on warm rolls.

Here is the thought for today:
We all possess more power and greater possibilities than we realize, and visualizing is one of the greatest of these powers. -Generere Behrend

The only difference between people who live in this way, who live in the magic way of life, and who don't, is that the people who live in the magic of life have habituated ways of being.  They've made a habit of using the law of attraction, and magic happens with them wherever they go.  Because they remember to use it.  They use it all the time, not just as a one time event -Marci Shimoff

I want to let you in on a secret to The Secret.  The shortcut to anything you want in your life is to Be and Feel Happy Now - Rhonda Byrne

Raspberry Honey Butter and Cinnamon Honey Butter Pumpkin Buttercream

My daughter Shauna has a friend who has a wonderful site, her food that  I have tried is very yummy and good.  I am trying to collect "butter" recipes, so I had to add hers:  Here it is from www.triedandtasty.com, she says she got it from the following source:

Source: Slightly adapted from One Sweet Appetite

Raspberry Honey Butter

1 c. butter, softened
1/4 c. + 2 tbsp. honey
1 1/2-2 tbsp. seedless raspberry jam

Mix together all ingredients. Done.

Honey Cinnamon Butter

Ingredients

1 cup salted butter, softened
6 Tblsp honey
1/2 tsp cinnamon

instructions:
Whisk together your ingredients.  Serve on warm bread

Pumpkin Buttercream Frosting

Source: Your Cup of Cake

1/2 c. butter, softened
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 c. powdered sugar
1 tbsp. pumpkin puree

In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat softened butter for 2 minutes. Add pumpkin pie spice and vanilla extract and slow add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency. Add pumpkin puree and beat until fully incorporated. Add more powdered sugar as needed.

I think this would be fun on homemade rolls as well!

Thought for the day:
"In the end, only three things matter:  how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you"  -Buddha

Raspberry Butter

Yay for flavored butters for our homemade rolls.  As I come across the ones I like, I will post them!

Raspberry Butter from Melanie from Sisters Cafe
1 cup (2 sticks) butter at room temp
1/2 cup good raspberry jam (seeded)
1/4 cup powdered sugar (you could add more -depending on the sweetness of your jam and your taste)

Mix thoroughly and store in fridge.  Enjoy!
This recipe can be halved

Thought for the day:
We watched a christmas movie from Netflix last night, and I cried through the whole movie, but it is based on a true story of a 3 year old with leukemia and they give him a Christmas on Halloween as they realized he was not going to live to Christmas, but the whole theme was to Cherish each Moment we have with our family, and to Make each Moment Count.  We should live each day as if it were our last or someone else's last. Cherish Each Day we have