Our Best Bites {The Recipe Book}

So I'm walking a long in a big warehouse store and I look over and find the most amazing thing... Our Best Bites recipe book!  Their site is where I got my yummy berry cobbler recipe and I have them featured on my button list. Make one of their recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert today!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread {MY FAVE!}

One of my favorite things to buy from Great Harvest this time of year is Pumpkin Chocolate Chip bread.  It's my all time favorite sweet bread.  This year however I decided I wanted to make it myself.  So here we go!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Ingredients:3 cups white sugar

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

1 cup vegetable oil2/3 cup water

4 eggs

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
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• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional, I did not use nuts)

How To:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour 9x5 loaf pans.

In large bowl, combine: sugar, pumpkin, vegetable oil, water, & eggs.

Mix until smooth.

In small bowl, combine: flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, & salt.

Combine wet and dry ingredients. 

Add chocolate chips & nuts (optional).

Bake for 1 hour or until you can insert a knife and pull it out clean.

Cool on racks.

& enjoy!

Feel free to share how this turned out for you.  

It turned out super yummy for me! :)

HaPPy FaLL {Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies}

All I have wanted for Halloween is a yummy treat and to put my little man in his tiger costume!!! Well what better way to kick off Halloween than to cook up my FAVORITE cookies!

Halloween Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

makes about 2 dozen give or take a few 

Ingredients:1 cup canned pumpkin

1 cup white sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 egg

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon milk

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 cups semisweet OR milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

How To:

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In separate bowl mix flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ground cloves, and nutmeg.

Dissolve baking soda in milk and mix into dry mixture. 

Combine dry mixture and pumpkin mixture in one bowl.

Add chocolate chips and vanilla (and nuts if you wish) to combined mixture.

On a greased cookie pan drop spoonfuls of cookie dough onto pan. 

Cook for 10 minutes or until

Let cool for about 5 minutes on cooling rack

& Enjoy! 

Chicken Bruschetta on Ciabatta Rolls

This is a super yummy recipe if I say so myself. It's quick, easy, and looks fancy. It's great for when you have friends over and want to look fancy sham-ancy. Did I mention it is sooooooooooo yummy!

Ingredients: 

4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

4 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

4 Tablespoons of  Rosemary Garlic

1 Cup of Bruschetta

4 Ciabatta Rolls 

4 Slices of Provolone (or cheese of choice)

Step 1:Prepare

I used the George Forman Grill to prepare the chicken. You could cook it on the stove in a skillet also, but I prefer the grill just because it's quicker and helps smash down the chicken for the sandwich. I turned my grill all the way up and let it warm. I took the four chicken breasts and put them in a glass pan. I drizzled the extra virgin olive oil over both sides of the chicken pieces (I didn't measure out how much, but it was roughly a tablespoon on each piece). Then I seasoned the chicken with the rosemary garlic. You can season it however you wish, but I found the rosemary garlic paired very well with the bruschetta. I just sprinkled the chicken with it. Once again, I did not measure but it was roughly 4 tablespoons. 

 Step 2: Cut-up The Chicken

I filleted the chicken and then cut it into small pieces. This doesn't have to be cut into perfect squares, but make sure it's small enough for a sandwich. 

 Step 3: Cook Chicken

I spread the pieces across the grill and pulled the top part down. On the grill it only took a minute or two on each side. If you cook it in a pan just make sure that you cook the chicken til it's completely cooked.

 Step 4: Prepare Rolls

Cut your rolls in half. You can toast them before if you desire. I just warmed them in the oven for a few minutes with the cheese on the bottom piece. 

 Step 5: Put It Together

After toasting the rolls I spread the chicken on top of the cheese and then put about a quarter cup of bruschetta on top. I like a lot of bruschetta where my husband enjoys a little less. You may want to make your own bruschetta, but I was trying to keep this short and sweet. 

 ENJOY! 

Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions.

Special thanks to my parents who showed me this lovely sandwich.

Feeling Fall: Pumpkin Pie

So my husband loves fall. He loves the fact that her can wear hoodies because it's "hoodie weather", he loves the smell of fall spices that I put in my scentsy, and most of all he loooooves pumpkin pie.  He likes it to be made just like his grandmother and mom make it.  I can't say I blame him it is delicious. It's pretty simple.



Step 1: Buy a can of Libby's Pumpkin
This is the most important part. Follow all the instructions on the can. Ingredients, mixing directions, and baking directions. The only thing that you do different is add 1 tsp of nutmeg and a 1/2 cup more of sugar to the dry mixture. That's the "Chapman/Deans/McGregor" twist to things. It may seem small but it makes a HUGE difference. ( I would write all the directions from the can, but that seems silly since you'll have to buy the can of pumpkin anyways. Call me lazy or call me genius.)




Step 2: Prep your crust
We just buy the Pillsbury pie crust because it's simple to use. Lay it out over the pie pans (as shown above). Cut the extra off with a butter knife around the edges. Then that your index and middle finger and make a small "peace sign" and take your other index finger of your opposite had and pull up the crust between the "peace sign". I tried to take a picture, but it was hard to get both hands since I needed one to take the picture.





Step 3: Pour in filling and bake
Be careful when putting the filling. It says it's just for 2 pies but I swear you could make 3 pies. I saved a little to put in once I got it in the actually got them in the oven because I always spill the filling trying to get it in the oven.  Follow baking instructions on the back of the "Libby's" can.



Step 4: Cool Pies
Place pies on cooling racks for 2 hours and then enjoy. I like to buy cream and whip it with an electric mixer adding as much sugar as I want to taste. I recommend that over any canned whipped cream. Just a warning though, once you have the real stuff there is no going back...



(sorry it's blurry)

It's honestly the best pumpkin pie in the entire world if I do say so myself.


Special thanks to Jan McGregor (my lovely mother-in-law) who always reminds me of the secret ingredients and measurements :) 

Berry Cobbler

my sweet mother-in-law was on this cute little site called  Our Best Bites a very darling recipe site.
lots of deliciousness yes it is a proper word on this blog!
all the foods look divine, but of course i had to go to the treats.
i found the most wonderful, amazing, tasty berry cobbler. it mmmmmmhmmmm good!
i wanted to post a picture of how mine turned out but it's been all eaten up (not just by me).

Our Best Bites is listed on my faves, but here is the direct link to the berry cobbler
Our Best Bites: Berry Cobbler