Vanilla Cheesecake

I adapted this from a 'Cooking Light' recipe...

3/4 c. graham cracker crumbs

1/4 c sugar

2 T butter, melted

5 (8 oz) blocks cream cheese, softened 

1 c. sugar

3 T flour

1/4 t. salt

8 oz sour cream

4 large eggs

2 t pure vanilla extract

2 vanilla beans, scraped

Combine 1st 3 ingredients and press into a 9-inch springform pan coated with cooking spray. Bake @ 400 degrees about 5 minutes, until edges are barely browned. Cool on wire rack, reduce oven temp to 325.

Beat cheese until smooth. Add sugar, flour and salt. Beat well and add sour cream, eggs, vanilla extract and vanilla seeds. Beat again until combined. Pour into cooled pan and bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until center barely moves when touched. Turn off oven and cool to room temp with door cracked open. Cover and chill at least 4 hours.

Mmmm, peaches... Ive been eating myself sick on them- dispite the crop loss from frost damage, its been a very good year... im going to make more peach butter too- I'm on my FIFTH case...     :)

Wedding Day is here!

The cupcakes are done!! ...there's only 280 of them... geez! It took 15lbs of carrots, 36 eggs, 24 cups of sugar, 40 cups of flour, 12 lbs of cream cheese (!) 24 cups of powdered sugar, and LOTS of fricken' LOVE... about 9 hours of prep/mixing/baking/frosting time & I didnt burn/drop/mess any of them up! --not that I would EVER do that...  8 boxes of 35 'cakes...  CONGRATS, Jordyn and Roger-thanks for letting me be a part of the festivities!!  ... now let's eat 'em!

Mmm...makin cheesecake...

cuppies!

...I also made about 300 carrot cake cupcakes today. It went very well-- 4 TRIPLE batches. I'll be the frosting them on saturday morning... This pic is actually from a batch I made a few weeks ago, & I'll be decorating the ones for the wedding just like them. LOTS of DOTS. 2100 to be exact... yup, I'll be cross-eyed   :)    but they'll be super cute

Mmmm...big bowl of 'maters... I'm hopeful the weather continues to cooperate so i can have enough to make a big batch of spicy salsa!! For now, just enough for snacks and a few sandwiches...

I made these Mexican-spiced brownies (cinnamon, mexican vanilla and chipotle) for the Ely Farmers Market yesterday and they were to die for! I'll be making them again...

Hmmm... Well I'm new to this whole 'blog' thing. I always feel like I'm boring my facebook friends with all of my food talk, so here's a place where I'll be amongst people who share the same obsession for it as I do...

I'm currently preparing to make 250+ carrot cake cupcakes for a friends' wedding this coming saturday. They're going to be SOOO yummers!! ...pics to come...