A Recipe for the Thanksgiving Holiday!

Sweet Potato Puff

3 yams/sweet potatoes
8 egg whites
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup sugar
2 Tbs. flour

1 cup brown sugar
4 Tbs. butter
6 Tbs. flour
1 cup chopped pecans (I don't measure, I just use a bunch to cover the top)
Mini-marshmallows

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 pan with no-stick spray. Peel yams and cut into 1 inch squares. Place in a bowl; add about an inch of water, cover with plastic wrap and microwave until tender then drain. OR Use the plastic microwave steaming bags. (I mash the yams with a fork before adding them to the mixing bowl.) While your yams are cooking, beat egg whites until stiff. In a large bowl mix cooked yams, egg whites, sugar, vanilla, and 2 Tbs. flour with an electric mixer, until smooth. Put mixture into prepared 9 x 13 pan. In a small bowl mix brown sugar, butter, and 6 Tbs. flour with a fork. Sprinkle on top of yam mixture. Then lightly cover with pecans, as desired. Bake about 30-45 minutes or until golden brown. Pull out 5 minutes before done and cover with mini-marshmallows. Return to oven and bake just until mellows melt and turn golden brown. Makes 12 servings.

I used to HATE yams growing up. My mom used to make me eat them every Thanksgiving. But she never made them this way!! My little sister, Tricia, got this recipe from her Introductory Foods Class in College. I have taken Sweet Potato Puff to a couple of parties and EVERYBODY has LOVED them!!! I'm making two batches for Thanksgiving this year!!!

Happy Halloween

Just a few days late.....

HAVE to share this recipe!!!

So my family and I are totally in LOVE with these cookies!! And the best part is that they are healthy!! I love to make a double batch and have them handy for those crazy mornings, just grab a couple cookies and go. If you've ever had the oatmeal breakfast bars they are similar, but much better!!! (I like to add a few white chocolate chips, I know, not healthy, but yummy to have a little bit of that in there...just a few, don't over do it!!)

Healthy Oatmeal Cookies

1 Cup flour (I use 1 1/2 cups because of our higher elevation)
1 1/2 cup Oats
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tablespoon cinnamon (use 1-3 depending on how cinnamony you want them)
1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 cup Honey
1/2 cup Oil
1 Tablespoon Molasses
1 egg
1 tsp Vanilla

1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts

1. Mix all dry ingredients
2. Mix all wet ingredients
3. Mix wet and dry together. Add raisins and chopped nuts to the mix.
4. Cool mix for 20 minutes in the fridge
5. Preheat oven to 335 degrees
6 Scoop cookies onto creased sheets and press down lightly with a fork
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden on bottom of the cookie