{Saw it, Pinned it, Did it} - FIVE on FRIDAY!! PUMPKIN

Since it's Friday and Fall...my 5 for Friday is all about Pumpkin!!!

If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you may know that I am a lover of pumpkin, except pumpkin pie. I typically hate baking, but for some reason, when it involves pumpkin, I just have to do it.  

 

 

Today I wanted to share with you some of my favorite pumpkin recipes. Please excuse my photos, a lot of them were taken from my iPhone. 

 

1//Pumpkin Bread with Cinnamon  Streusel

 This turned out delicious and has become my hubbies new favorite thing to eat for breakfast. We ran out the other night so at 9pm I had to start another batch. It is super easy just takes a little while to bake :)

 

 

2//Pumpkin Spice Cake

Recipe: 1 Box Spice Cake, 1 Can Pumpkin.

So easy...To spice it up, I added cream cheese frosting (to half, hubby doesn't like frosting).

 

3//Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies



 

I couldn't find the picture of mine, so picture is also taken from Blog. These are soooo good.

  4//Pumpkin Spice Lattes When living in Haiti, I craved these. So I had groups bring me in cans of pumpkin (of course I treated them to PSL's too).  These are super easy.    

 

5//Pumpkin Angel Food Cake 

  I couldn't find my picture of this one, but it was super easy to make and is such a light cake. Definitely a great treat to share with others.     There you have it...I saw it, pinned it, did it!!! What are your favorite pumpkin treats?    

 

{Saw it. Pinned it. Did it.} - Dilled Pretzel and Crackers

One of my cousins made this last summer...and I loved it. It reminded me of my childhood, when I would make it often. 

Lately I've been craving (not preggo) salty things, so I decided to give it a try!

 I looked on pinterest and found a recipe.. 

Dilled Pretzel and Crackers

I used both Pretzel's and Crackers, but you don't have to do both, you could just use one of these. 

40 ounces of pretzels or crackers
12 ounces OrvilleRedenbacher's popcorn oil
1 oz. Hidden Valley Ranch powder
1 tablespoon garlic powder - ** I thought this was too much and would use half the amount
1 tablespoon dill

Mix oil, ranch powder, garlic powder and dill together in a bowl. Put pretzels in a bag and pour oil mixture in bag and mix together. Let sit overnight.

Enjoy!!!

{Saw it. Pinned it. Did it} - The best things in life aren't things...

It was a while that I saw this gem on pinterest. 
I thought it would look awesome in my entry way and it was something I could make easily in Haiti. 
This is what I came up with. 

I hand wrote it, if I would have been near a craft store I would recommend using stencils and instead of using bows, I crocheted little flowers. I love how it turned out and love how easy it is to change the pictures. 
It definitely will find a place in our new home. 

{Saw it. Pinned it. Did It} - Caramel Pretzel Brownies

I love the mixture of Chocolate and Salty...At the holiday season, one of my favorite drinks is the Salted Mocha or Salted Hot Chocolate. When I saw this pin in my feed, I had to try it. 

It didn't have a recipe, so I decided to switch things up a little bit. 

I first melted butter in the bottom of my 9x13 

Then I smashed a bag of pretzels and put on top of the butter. (You could use a smaller pan, but i would use less pretzels if that is the case). 

I then used one container of Caramel Sauce (If I had to do it over, I would have used a thicker sauce or made my own, but I couldn't find caramels). 

I put on top on brownie mix (you could use two if you want them to have more chocolate)

I then baked for 25 minutes. 

If I had to do it over again. I would make the pretzels into smaller pieces. I would use caramels instead of caramel sauce and try to make it more layery. It was delicious but it didn't look quite how I imagined.  

Saw it. Pinned it. Did it. - Wall Decor

I actually did this a long time ago, but never posted it :) 

I was newer to Haiti and desperate for somethings for my walls. I've never really painted before or been artistic...creative yes, but not artistic. 

Anyway...I thought it was worth a try and I must say, it turned out better than I thought it would. If I could do it again, I would have used a bigger canvas, to space things out a bit. But, I was extremely pleased. 

What do you think???