Thanksgiving desserts!

I was only going to make one dessert this year. There were only four adults and two kids at my house for Thanksgiving :( but then Brody made a request and I couldn't say no.

I chose Pumpkin Pecan Skillet Cake with a Salted Caramel Drizzle.
Brody chose Pumpkin Cream Pie with homemade Whipped Cream.

They were both amazing!

So I found this pin, and I HAD to make it.
Only substitutions I made were I only used white flour and I used caramel sauce.
The original post says the pecans are optional, and they are, but I would definitely include them!
I am planning on making this again over Christmas for my dad!

For my pumpkin cream pie I use this Paula Deen recipe. If your pie crack on top it's either been over mixed or over baked. I have learned from my mistakes!

I top it with this yummy and super easy Whipped Cream!

Needless to say, I ate some sort of pumpkin dessert everyday for a week!  And I enjoyed every second of it!

Caramel Stuffed Apple Cider Cookies

Yesterday was a no good terrible day.

So many emotions brought back to the surface just like 15 years ago.

My prayers are with every parent and child who was affected by the shooting at Arapahoe High School yesterday, and I am so thankful it wasn't worse!

So in an effort to love on my kids and just have some time together we decided to make cookies!
I have had the ingredients for these cookies for a while and hadn't gotten to them yet. We really aren't that big of sweet eaters, so we don't make sweets all that often. I am a huge apple cider fan and caramel is my favorite ice cream topping. These delicious little nuggets combine the two and are just about perfect!

I found a pin that lead me to this blog.

I followed the recipe, I often do when baking! I didn't have a cookie scoop so I just used a spoon. I only got 20 cookies, so I made mine too big, but I don't know how I would have covered the caramel with much less. They taste divine anyway! Slightly tart with apple, slightly spiced for the cider, and gooey caramel center! Yum!