Black Friday Shopping??

Among the many stops on black Friday, there is one store you will want to hit for sure! The past few months my husband and I have been getting to know the owner's of the Sandy Bosch Store and have really been impressed with their store, their customer service, and their product. I have owned a Kitchen Aid for my entire marriage (11 years) and have never been completely satisfied with how it performed. I like to make large batches of anything I make, and my Kitchen Aid could never keep up with what I wanted it to do. Nearly every time I doubled a recipe, the motor would begin smoking and stop--grr! Although many family members and friends have been trying to talk me into getting a Bosch for YEARS, I had a hard time thinking they could really be that different. Boy, was I wrong!

I was completely shocked when my husband came home a week ago with an early Christmas present. I have been complaining about my Kitchen Aid for several years now, and my husband finally felt sorry for me. I have (get) to make over 100 rolls for Thanksgiving, so he thought he would surprise me with a machine that could make my HUGE batch all at once--yeah!! He did say I will need to wrap it back up after Thanksgiving and put it under the tree..I am not sure I can do that!! :)

If you have been wanting to purchase a Bosch Universal 800W, Friday is the day to do it! The Sandy Bosch store is going to be selling their Bosch for an ALL TIME LOW price! I can't give away all of the details, but just know, if you have been wanting a Bosch, this is the day to get it! This is the lowest price I have seen on a Bosch for several years!
Sandy Bosch Store
8940 S. 700 E.
Sandy, Utah
801-562-1212
www.mykitchencenter.com

My first experience using my new Bosch was making 10 loaves of bread!! I had heard the Bosch machine could make 6-8 loaves, but I wanted to test it and see what this baby could do. Yes, I had flour ALL over my counter, but this amazing machine somehow mixed 26 cups of flour (my Kitchen Aid would kill over after 12 cups!!). It was amazing! I think in the future I would make 8 loaves and it would be perfect, I just wanted to see just how much dough this machine could hold.

I also made some strawberry butter in the new blender attachment I got with the Bosch and it worked like a dream! This butter is fabulous on rolls or bread..and is SUPER easy to make. Here is the recipe:

Strawberry Butter
2 cubes of butter, softened (super soft if you are blending in a blender)
1/3-1/2 c. strawberry jam (I used homemade and it was a little more runny-so just add enough to make the butter the correct consistency)
1/4 c. fresh strawberries (I just added 4-5 whole frozen strawberries)
2 T. sugar
1 t. vanilla

Blend or puree butter until smooth. Chill and serve with bread or rolls.

*For my favorite bread recipe, visit my blog www.myfoodstoragedeals.blogspot.com

Cranberry Perfection

(Sorry! My picture doesn't do this dessert justice. Once again, I waited until I only had 2 pieces left before I took my picture--they were too good to wait!)

My friend made these the other day and they were DIVINE! I have several cans of cranberry left in my storage from last year, and this has been the perfect dessert to help use them up! This would make a delicious (and EASY) dessert for any Thanksgiving party.

Premier Cheesecake Cranberry Bars
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups quick or old-fashioned oats
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
2 cups (12 ounce package) White Chocolate Chips
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (14-ounce) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (16-ounce) can Whole-Berry Cranberry Sauce
2 tablespoons cornstarch

1. PREHEAT oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
2. COMBINE flour, oats and brown sugar in large bowl. Add butter; mix until crumbly. Stir in chocolate chips. Reserve 2 1/2 cups morsel mixture for topping. With floured fingers, press remaining mixture into prepared pan.
3. BEAT cream cheese in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and vanilla extract; mix until smooth. Pour over crust. Combine cranberry sauce and cornstarch in medium bowl. Spoon over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle reserved morsel mixture over cranberry mixture.
4. BAKE for 35 to 40 minutes or until center is set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cover; refrigerate until serving time (up to 1 day). Cut into bars.

Makes 30 bars.

FREE Christmas Cards

Anyone looking for a good deal on Christmas cards? A friend sent me the following information where you can get 50 photo cards FREE! Thanks Tiffanie!

Go to www.seehere.comGoo and order 50 4x8 photo cards. Once you put them in the cart, use the code newbaby at checkout and you should get the cards for free--the shipping is $3, but thats it! You must create an account to use the code. The site is slow depending on when you try it. I couldn't get it to work on a late Saturday night, but it worked monday morning and I got 50 photo cards for $3.19:).

Walmart Thanksgiving Bargains!

I was at Walmart today picking up a few items and found a few Thanksgiving necessities for GREAT low prices (keep in mind these prices were at the Riverton Walmart)!

First off..their Jennie-O whole turkeys were only .40/lb. (they have a limit of 2 per person). That is an amazing deal! The 15 lb. turkey I bought was just over $6! I am not even baking the REAL Thanksgiving turkey, but for $6 I could handle cooking one for leftovers--yum!

They also had their Ocean Spray Canned Cranberry for .88 a can. This week the no-name brand cranberry will go on sale for less, but this is a great deal for the Ocean Spray brand (if you are particular).

Their Stove Top Stuffing was marked down to .78 a box. This is about as low as these get. These are great to have on hand for quick weeknight meals. I have a recipe for Chicken Stuffing Casserole that is DIVINE, and uses Stove Top Stuffing (I will be posting this recipe shortly).

Dole Pineapple for .75 a can. For Dole, this is a screamin' good deal! (Although, Utah shoppers, Reams is having Liberty Gold pineapple for ONLY .59 this week--AWESOME PRICE!!). So, whether you like Dole, or Liberty Gold pineapple, this is the time to stock up!!

Crisco Oil 48oz. $2--an awesome deal and an important item to have in your food storage!

Great prices this time of year on many food storage and freezer items...canned pumpkin, cranberries, stuffing mix, whipping cream, evaporated milk, crackers, cream cheese, flour (hasn't been great prices yet this year!!), sugar, and MUCH more! Too busy to search through the ads yourself? Let Deals to Meals to do it for you! Sign up for a two week FREE trial and we will tell you where all of the BEST deals are and give you your weekly menu planner with DELICIOUS Thanksgiving recipes and meals, ALL based around what's on sale.

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Up Movie Coupon Offer

I just watched the Disney movie UP with my kids. It was a darling show (sad, but cute!) and I thought I would pass along a coupon offer if you were interested. If you go to the following website you can print off a $10 coupon for this movie.

Here is the link:
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/up/couponoffer/

A great Christmas idea!