Pumpkin Cake

This is one of my all-time favorite recipes.  When I was working in college, a co-worker made this for Halloween and brought it in.  I probably ate half the pan myself that day and have been hooked ever since.  LOVE IT!

Baked Beans

This is another one of Kory's mom's recipes.  No need to say (if you know me...) that I don't use pork and beans, but instead actually use a can of whatever organic baked beans look the yummiest on a given day.  Yes, I add ingredients to ready made baked beans.  I usually do a half batch and bake for only 1 1/2 hours.  Sometimes we skip the bacon all together, sometimes I use the Applegate Farms brand.  These turn out almost candied, they are so thick and sweet. 

Apple Crisp

This is Kory's Grandma Schleicher's recipe.  It's super easy, other than taking the time to peel all of the apples.  Cael loves to help make this one because he can easily mix and sprinkle on the topping.

Amaretto Slush

Kory's mom seems to always have a stock of this in the freezer.  Kory loves it and I used to, but since having the kiddos it is just too sweet for me.

Brownies

I was given this brownie recipe from a girl in my undergraduate lab.  She wouldn't give it to me until my last day before leaving for grad school and said it was a long-kept secret recipe.  Funny thing is, one of my good friends ten years later has the exact same recipe minus the chocolate chips.  Very curious.  I wonder what the original source was.