Pineapple Dream Dessert

 

I love finding old recipes I made

 a million years ago and forgot all about.

This is that recipe.

 

 

It is so easy you won't believe it.

 

And it looks good done!

 

And tastes even better!

 

Crust:

2 1/2 cups graham crumbs (2 sleeves)

1/2 cup unsalted butter

 

Layers:

2 cups of powdered sugar, sifted

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

4 oz cream cheese, softened

8 oz container Cool Whip

20 oz can crushed pineapple, drained well

 

*Preheat oven to 300 F.

 

*Melt butter in the microwave and allow to cool. Combine the crumbs and butter and toss together until incorporated. Press 2 cups of the crumb mixture firmly into an 9×9 square pan and bake for 8-10 minutes. Place on wire rack to cool.

*Beat the cream cheese and butter together until creamy. Turn the mixer down to low and add the powdered sugar one cup at a time until incorporated. Turn up and beat well for a minute or so. Add a heaping tablespoon of the drained pineapple and stir in with a rubber spatula. Spread the cream cheese and pineapple mixture over the crust.

*Fold the remaining pineapple into the Cool Whip and spread on top of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle the remaining graham cracker crumb mixture on top. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.

I had forgotten all about this recipe and when I found it I had so many fun memories of my kids when they were small and being so excited over desserts! lol so funny!

No Soliciting

I had to laugh when I saw this! 

My Daughter Darcey made this for by her front door.

She makes the cutest signs ! All of the things she does are so cute.

Tie Up Your Apron Strings

I love making dish towels more than just about anything.

These are 2 of my favorite patterns.

The top can be done 2 ways...

all stitching  or appliqué and stitching.

This one I designed to go with my food blog.

http://tieyourapronstrings.blogspot.com/

Summer always makes me think of canning and you need your apron for that.

Oh and a cute dish towel wouldn't hurt.

you can find these patterns at my etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Busyascanbe

Read or Cook

                                                        Do you love to read cookbooks?

It's my favorite!

I like mystery books but cookbooks are my fav!

My husband was so sweet and turn an hutch  into a cookbook hutch!

I love it!

Island Farm House Shrimp

We love Shrimp at our house so I thought I would share a very yummy recipe.

Since it doesn't have a title I just made one up.

Island Farm House Shrimp

1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil

4 Cloves garlic chopped up

1/2 cup fresh chopped basil or 1 tablespoon dried

1/4 cup white wine

1 cup chicken or vegetable broth

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

4 Lbs shrimp ( I use same recipe for clams)

fresh ground black pepper

Heat oil when hot add garlic and saute for 1 Minute. 

Add chopped basil, wine, broth, butter and bring to a boil.

Add Shrimp and cover with lid and cook until it turns pink.

Remove shrimp to a really cute serving plate and add salt and pepper to broth  to taste.

Pour some over Shrimp to keep moist.

You can eat it like this with cocktail sauce or I also serve it over noodles with lemon and more basil.

It is so yummy so make lots its also great on salads!

Enjoy!

Hen Quilt

There are so many choices in Lori Holt's new book

"Farm Girl Vintage" it was hard to decide which one to do first.

This was a fun quilt to work on except for picking colors.

I hate picking colors.

I love the newspaper  print that is around the edge.

I love this quilt and I loved working on it.

I think I will do the lamb one next.

New Vintage

 

There is nothing more fun in decorating than to take something old

 and make it new again!

I have had this milk can kicking around forever and I knew

if I hung on to it long enough I would finally think of something to do with it.

Well... I am at least this far...

Now I just need to decide if it will get more added to the bow

or if it will become a planter.

Either way its going on the front step by my Rocker!