Fruit Pizza

So I found this recipe in a familyfun. magazine, so I  tried it. And it was SO YUMMY!!!

Its a sugar cookie crust with a orange cream cheese spread and fruit on top!


     Crust:

• 1 pound (or more) homemade or store bought sugar cookie dough
• 1 tbsp. melted butter
• 2 tbsp. sugar 

     Frosting:

• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1/4 c. sugar
•  1 tsp. orange zest
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla

      Topping:

• fruit and toppings of choice (I used strawberries, blueberries, and kiwi.)

Heat oven to 400.

Spread dough on an ungreased 15-inch pizza pan. Brush on butter and sprinkle two tbsp. sugar over dough. Bake crust 12-15 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

In a medium-size bowl, combine frosting ingredients with a rubber spatula. stir until smooth.

Spread the frosting over cooled crust. Gently press in fruit. Serve and enjoy!

P.S. I'm not sure how much this makes, but as far as I know it works for my family!

B.B.

Ballerina Bon

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Cream together:

• 2 c. butter, softened
• 2 c. sugar
• 2 c. brown sugar

Add and mix in:

• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla

Sift together, mix in:

• 3 c. flour
• 2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking soda

Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350. for 5-8 minutes (Don't Over Bake!)

For variety, add any combination of:

• 2 c. chopped walnuts 
• 2 c. chocolate chips
• 2 c. gumdrops 
• 2 c. raisins
• 2 c. coconut
• 2 tsp. cinnamon

Makes lots!



B.B.
Ballerina Bon

Blueberry Sour Cream (Breakfast) cake

Blueberry Sour Cream (Breakfast) cake

• 3/4 c. butter, softened
• 1 1/2 c. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3 c. flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 c. sour cream

     Filling:

• 1/4 c. packed brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 c. fresh or frozen blueberries 

     Glaze:

• 1 c. powdered sugar
• 2-3 Tbsp. milk

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla. combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture with sour cream.

Spoon a third of the batter into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Combine brown sugar, flour and  cinnamon; sprinkle half over batter. Top with half of the berries. Repeat layers. Top with remaining batter.

Bake at 350. for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing  from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over cake, serve and enjoy!

Vanilla Pudding/Pudding Sauce

Vanilla Pudding/Pudding Sauce

• 4 Tbsp cornstarch
• 2/3 c. sugar or honey
• 1/4 tsp.  
• 4 c. milk
• 4 egg yolks, beaten 
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 4 tsp vanilla

Mix cornstarch, salt and sugar in a saucepan (if using honey, add with milk and eggs.) Whisk together milk and eggs thoroughly, and gradually stir in. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, till mixture comes to a boil.

 (Don't be tempted to turn up the heat; if it gets hot to fast, the eggs will cook. And scrambled eggs in vanilla pudding would be bad. Really, really bad!)

Boil for at least 1 minute, still stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Serve warm or chilled.

Notes: For chocolate pudding: increase sugar and add cocoa with cornstarch. For banana pudding add one blended banana with butter and vanilla.

An awesome ballet video

I thought I'd share this with you because I think its awesome! see what you think, enjoy! 

Okay I admit it all I can think about right now is "Pointe shoes" and your probably sick of  hearing about them, but this is probably the last one for a while so bear with me!

"Pointe shoes"

As long as I can remember I have always wanted to be a ballerina dancing on my toes! 

See why I love ballet?

I have always admired how ballerina's dance on there beautifully pointed toes!

 When I was little I didn't know they had special toe shoes for support, I thought they just danced on there toes with normal ballet slippers. 

It wasn't until latter that I found out that ballerina's had special toe shoes for support, sense then I have researched  "Pointe shoes" and here is what I've found.

"Pointe shoes, sometimes called toe shoes, are a special kind of ballet shoe used by advanced dancers for pointework.
 "Pointe shoes" were developed  from the desire of ballerinas to appear weightless.
 The shoes allow a dancer to literally dance on the tips of the toes.

Yeah I know I already posted this but still.

Parts of a "Pointe shoe"

And one of the things I found is that you have to be a certain age and level in ballet to wear "Pointe shoes."

Sure you get sore feet and occasional blisters but I think my work, practice, and pain will all pay off in the end.                                                                                                                                                   

 And my ballet teacher told me that in the next year or so I will will be able to to start wearing and practicing in "Pointe shoes," as you can imagine I'm pretty exited! 

I don't know about you but I think "Pointe shoes" are the most beautiful shoes in the world! (just saying)

A new blog

Okay so I just made this blog and the main reason I made this blog is to share my feelings about ballet, homeschooling, and being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!

So I hope you enjoy my blog!