Feb 17, 2012

Muffindoodles - YUM

During our Big Reveal Brunch we served a new to Home Sweet Hanna dish - Muffindoodles!  They are basically a snickerdoodle cookie in muffin form  - and 100% delicious.  These yummy doodles were so popular that we had zero leftovers.....




I found the recipe on eat me delicious blog.  They were fun to make and were a sweet compliment to our savory breakfast spread!


Snickerdoodle Muffins
slightly modified from Culinary Concoctions by Peabody

2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp cream of tartar
3/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1 1/4 cup sour cream
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar and 1 TBSP cinnamon mixed together for rolling*

1.Cream the butter and sugar until soft about 3 to 5 minutes. Add in the vanilla, eggs one at a time, and then mix until incorporated.

2.In a separate bowl, mix together  your dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, cream of tartar and nutmeg

3.Add the flour mixture and the sour cream alternately to the egg-butter mixture in the additions until fully incorporated

4. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out muffin batter one at a time and drop into a shallow bowl filled with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Roll the muffin around in the mixture until it is covered completely in cinnamon sugar. Place dough into greased muffin tin (I prefer the Bakers Joy spray with flour in it).  



5.  Bake them for approx. 20-22 minutes in a 350F oven or until they are golden brown.


Happy Baking!

Feb 14, 2012

20 Week Ultrasound

Per yesterday's post - It's a GIRL!  So exciting!

The ultrasound was amazing - could not believe how detailed the pictures are including the four chambers of her heart - truly incredible! Two pictures to share below -

A friend of mine turned me on to the blog 269 days - a cartoonist diary of her pregnancy - the cartoon about the ultrasound captures our experience as well - Baby Gal Hanna did not want to show off her parts and it took the technician jamming my stomach a few times to have her move into a less modest position....

Let the nesting begin - be on the lookout for nursery updates!

Feb 13, 2012

Big Reveal Brunch

It's a GIRL!  Yesterday we had our family over for the big reveal brunch - it was fun to celebrate with our parents and Laura/Michael/Bridget/Gina - even George got into the spirit and sported a pink ribbon in honor of his sister...
I love my future little sister!
The Table - with pink bows and hydrangeas 
Ultrasound picture viewing table
Mimosas for those who are not pregnant
Pink Balloons at the door and light post to alert everyone as they arrived that it is indeed A GIRL!
The Menu:
Egg/Sausage Casserole (Hamner Family Christmas Casserole)
Mixed Greens
Fruit Salad
Muffindoodles (more on those later)

It was so fun to share the news with our family!  T minus 19 weeks to go - we are due on June 25th!

Feb 6, 2012

It's a....

We find out this Wednesday at our 8AM appointment.  I am surprised by how many friends wait till delivery - we are just not that patient!  In order to make it more than a phone call to our parents we are hosting a "big reveal" brunch next Sunday to tell our parents and siblings and spread the news....until then...mums the word!

My prediction....I do not have a feeling either way - just feels like a giant gummy bear in there - but the "old wives tales"  are pointing towards boy - so we will see! Brian thinks we are bound to have a girl since both of his sisters have two daughters - and we both come from mostly girl families...

Boy or Gal - we do not care - Can't wait to meet you Baby Hanna! We are half way there - Week 20 - our due date is June 25th!   Can't believe how quickly things are moving now - the first 16 weeks seemed like years!

Feb 2, 2012

Twenty...ONE of the happiest dogs around

Saw this feel good post on BuzzFeed  The 20 Happiest Dogs Around - I am amending the list to add in our sweet Grinning George....he is certainly the happiest dog on our block....
February 1st - Happy Man!
Some of my favorites from the post....