Colder days are perfect for a hot breakfast.  Pancakes are always a favorite; but something just seems wrong when I’m the one standing at the stove flipping more cakes while everyone else is enjoy their hot breakfast {sigh} . . . no more, these Baked Pecan Pancakes allow everyone {including you} to eat at once. 😉

The addition of toasted pecans makes these pancakes extra yummy and perfect for the weekend or when you have a house full of company for the holidays.  I recommend you serve them with Maple Apples (pictured here), Cinnamon Apples, or Apple Cider Syrup

We hope you had a wonderful and fun-filled Halloween and that you are enjoying that Halloween Candy!  If you find yourself with a little more of that candy than you care to consume {or let your kids consume}, here’s a great tip: stash a little chocolate in the freezer to make Chopped Candy Cookie Bars – easy, delicious, and a great addition to your holiday cookie trays.

Can you believe it’s November?   I love these last two months of the year filled with holidays, parties, family and friends.   This Pumpkin Praline Bundt Cake will seriously get you in the holiday

First of all, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!  Are you ready for tonight?  Are you ready for an entire day of candy?  My kids get to wear their costumes to school and the whole school does a parade for all the parents.  It’s always fun to see all the different costumes.

I had great plans today to share with you a great last minute Halloween recipe, but somehow life happened and it did not.  So in the spirit of Halloween and the holidays to come I am hoping to give you a head start, unless it is Halloween then it is too late

Have you found yourself with an overabundance of chocolate candy this week?  Ha, Ha!  Here’s a great trick to put that candy to good use.  These cookie bars are filled with all your favorites goodies and are so easy to make- no mixer required.  You could even freeze some of that excess candy {don’t let you kids know . . . } to make these up for Holiday quests or to take to friends; just add the appropriate colored M&Ms on top!

We hope you have a very safe and happy Halloween!

Chopped Candy Cookie Bars

Ingredients

1 cup butter,

Halloween is officially on Thursday, but this past weekend we had a lot of Halloween fun. Every year our church has a Halloween party that includes Trunk-or-Treating. We enjoy a party inside and to end the festivities we go outside and the kids get to trick-or-treat around the cars, hence Trunk-or-Treat. It is always a blast and the kids look forward to it every year. Of course costumes are worn and it is always fun to see everyone’s costumes each year. My three little ones as you can see went as a Black Kitty Cat, a Peacock and a Cowboy.