Heavenly Treats Sunday Link Party #6

Welcome to 

Heavenly Treats Sunday has been such a success, all the link ups are wonderful, you all have such great talent and come up with delicious desserts. 

Featured from Link Party #5

How to Transfer Designs onto a Cookie (Tutorial) by Sugarkissed

~I am going to try this~

Aztec Mocha Cupcakes by DJ's Sugarshack

~These look so good, the ingredients are amazing~

Hershey Bar Cake by  Country Momma Cooks

~Now this would make a good cupcake~

  

~ Please grab a featured button if you were featured on Heavenly Treats Sunday~

Just a few rules:

Link directly to your post

No giveaways or shops

Grab party button or link back to my blog

Please make sure you visit and comment on other posts.

I would love it if you would become a follower of Pamela's Heavenly Treats

Please check back next week to see who is featured!

Remember DESSERTS only!
(All Kinds ~ Not Just Healthy Treats)

Red, White & Blue Whole Wheat Brownies

I am an a roll now with making Whole Wheat Brownies, I thought I would decorate them for 4th of July  for fun eating.  You can go here and get the recipe.

~I made my classic buttercream frosting and added red and blue jello mix for the colors~ 

2 sticks of unsalted butter (softened)

2 tsp vanilla

3 cups sifted powdered sugar

2tbsp fat free milk (if needed)

cherry jello mix

berry blue jello mix

Cream butter and vanilla, add powdered sugar a little at a time, add milk if needed for consistency.  Divide the batch in half and mix in your cherry jello and berry blue jello and frost your brownies anyway you like!

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

Bloglovin' Blog Hop

~I am Co-Hosting June Bloglovin' Blog Hop along with many wonderful blogs, come and join us~
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If you're looking for Whimsy Wednesdays you can find it here.




I am super excited to be hosting a Bloglovin' Blog Hop with Cari and Courtnee from Two Sasters, Amy from While Wearing Heels, Melissa from The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife, Pamela from Pamela's Heavenly Treats, Barb from Second Chance to Dream, Sarah from Becoming Martha, Elle from The Princess Diaries and Carolyn from My Simple Messterpiece for the month of June. 
What's Bloglovin' you ask?  Well, only the greatest way to keep track of the blogs that you love.  With the discontinuation of Google Friends Connect, I decided that I needed to find another way to keep up with all of my favorite blogs that are not hosted by blogger.  I signed up for Linky Followers and I've had great success with gaining new followers, but I’m finding I don’t get any traffic to my site from Linky.  I also do not enjoy reading my favorite blogs from there.  I stumbled upon Bloglovin' and I am in love!  It is very similar to Google Reader, in that you can see the beginning of the post and the first picture attached to the post.  Plus, Bloglovin' automatically updates your posts, unlike Linky Followers, which you have to manually update each time you write a new post.  I don't know about you, but I just don't have the time to do that every time.  Another added bonus is there is a Bloglovin' application for IPhone and Android devices.  Woohoo!  Like I don't spend enough time reading blogs.  Now it's a simple touch.  Love it!

***These are the complete instructions for sign up, so skip to the rules if you already have Bloglovin'***

In order to participate in this hop you need to sign up for Bloglovin’.  Go to Bloglovin'.   Hit the green sign up button in the right hand corner.  Next enter an email address and create your password.  You will get a confirmation eamil that you will need to follow a link back to Bloglovin' to continue the process.  Once you click on the link you will be brought to a page where it says to choose blogs to follow.  You don't need to do this.  Click next in the bottom right hand corner.  The next screen let’s you know about the mobile app so just click next again.  This screen will show that you are not following any blogs.  Click on Account in the upper right hand corner and toggle down to widget.  Choose the widget you want displayed on your page.  Put your url into the search query and it should pull up your site.  Click on your site and it will say display this icon.  The next page should bring you to a screen that has you display it into your layout.   Once you hit publish you’re done!  If you view your blog you should see the icon and now your followers can add you to their Bloglovin’ feed.  Seriously, so simple.  So let’s get to the blog hop.  This is a party so make sure to have some fun and mingle.

 There’s only a couple of rules:

1.       Please follow your host – The NY Melrose Family
&
Your co-hosts Two Sasters, While Wearing Heels, The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife, Pamela's Heavenly Treats, Becoming Martha, Second Chance to Dream, The Princess Diaries and My Simple Messterpiece

2.      Add Bloglovin' to your blog.
3.      Post our button for the blog hop on your page to promote the fun.

  

If you're interested in co-hosting next month shoot me an email at russej10@gmail.com.  I also have some sponsor spots still available for July, which you can find here.  Alright, so let's have some fun and mingle!

Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies

I am guest posting over at one of my lovelies blog today, please go over there and check it out City Corporate To Suburb Mama 

Recipe for

Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies 

ENJOY!

Cookie Surprise Cupcakes (Whole Wheat)

If you don't know what you want for a treat today, you cant decide between a cookie or cupcake, then this is the treats for you. Whole Wheat Cookie Surprise Cupcake, you can have the best of both worlds.  This was a cupcake inspired by my kiddies, when I make cookies and cupcakes, they would say you should put that cookie on top of the cupcake next time, so I decided hey why not do that.  

Easy Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe

1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)

2 tsp baking powder

1/3 cup canola oil

1/3 cup fresh buttermilk

Mix wet ingredients, add dry ingredients, fill cupcakes tins 1/2 full you will get 12 cupcakes.  Bake for 18 minutes.  Cool on wire rack.

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

2 sticks of unsalted butter (softened)

3 cups sifted powdered sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 tbsp fat free milk (if you need)

Any kind of cookies

Cream butter, vanilla and then add powdered sugar, and milk (if needed).  Pipe frosting and add a cookie and then pipe a dollop in the middle of cookie.

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

Whole Wheat Delicious Brownies

Now if you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that brownies are not my friend.  I just cant seem to make them correctly, but I do now! Thanks to one of my lovelies Mar at Raising Bean her brownies looked so good,  I had to attempt to find a way to incorporate my healthy ingredients and then for them to come out kind of good.  Well I really outdone myself this time, they came out PERFECT.  The entire pan was gone but 4, and I wrapped them up for my snack for the next 2 days!  I have to sometimes hide my healthy heavenly treats from my little taste testers or there would be nothing left. 

Ingredients

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 and grease an 8x8 baking pan. Combine the whole wheat flour, baking soda, and salt in a small mixing bowl. Then start to melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat. When your butter is all melted, add the light brown sugar to the saucepan. Cook for about 3 minutes until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is smooth. Remove the pan from heat, and stir in the cocoa powder until everything is blended well. Do the same with the flour mixture. Next put the mixture in your mixing bowl and add the eggs in. Mix on high for about 2 minutes.  Spread the batter into your prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes.

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

4th of July Red Velvet Cupcakes

Since its almost 4th of July, I thought why not let me make my famous 

Whole Wheat Red Velvet Cupcakes 

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup fresh buttermilk

2 fresh eggs

1 tsp white vinegar

1 1/2 cup canola oil or applesauce

2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa

1tbsp red food flavoring

Set oven to 350

Mix wet ingredients, and then add sifted dry ingredients until well blended. Fill cupcake tins 1/2 way, and bake for 18 minutes, once done cool on wire rack.

Whipped Buttercream Frosting

2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)

3 cups sifted powdered sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2tbsp fat free milk

Blue icing coloring

Cream butter and vanilla, slowly add powdered sugar and milk if needed, add icing coloring. Mix on high for 3 minutes.  Pipe cupcakes, decorate if you like.

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

Taste Testers / Etsy Shop / Advertise

If it wasn't for these lovelies, I wouldn't know if the healthy treats I make are good or not.  They are my taste testers, they give me a Yes or No about all my healthy treats.  I am happy to say that majority of the treats that I have tweaked are a Yes, but there are some that are a No, and I either do them over or trash that recipe.  They will tell the truth and let me know.  So I want to thank them today!

Make sure you stop by my Etsy Shop and see all I have to offer, get fresh made to order cookie / cupcake / bread mix.  Promo Code for weekend savings!

ADVERTISE

I would love to help promote your shop / blog on my site, I am now offering Ad Spaces, different sizes,   wonderful prices, I also have a small button swap, if you would like to do that please contact me and I will give you the promo code.  Go HERE to check it out! I would love to have you!

Heavenly Treats Sunday Link Party #5

Welcome to 

Heavenly Treats Sunday has been such a success, all the link ups are wonderful, you all have such great talent and come up with delicious desserts. 

Featured from Link Party #4

Lightened Up Key Lime Pie from Couponing N Cooking

Chocolate Pudding Cake from Five Little Chefs

~ Please grab a featured button if you were featured on Heavenly Treats Sunday~

Just a few rules:

Link directly to your post

No giveaways or shops

Grab party button or link back to my blog

Please make sure you visit and comment on other posts.

I would love it if you would become a follower of Pamela's Heavenly Treats

Please check back next week to see who is featured!

Remember DESSERTS only!
(All Kinds ~ Not Just Healthy Treats)

M&M Candy Cupcakes (Whole Wheat)

Since the kids are helping me in the kitchen this week, I thought we would do a cupcake and incorporate candy with it. So they said how about we make a cupcake, and put an M&M on top, I thought that was a great idea.  So we came up with 

Whole Wheat M&M Candy Cupcakes

You can't go wrong with this, a healthy cupcake and then a little piece of sweet candy on top.

M&M Candy Cupcakes

2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup fresh buttermilk

2 fresh eggs

1 tsp white vinegar

1 1/2 cup canola oil or applesauce

Set oven to 350

Mix wet ingredients, and then add sifted dry ingredients until well blended. Fill cupcake tins 1/2 way, and bake for 18 minutes, once done cool on wire rack.

Whipped Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)

3 cups powdered sugar 

fat free milk for consistency

2 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and vanilla add powdered sugar little at a time, add fat free milk if needed, mix on high for 3 minutes.  Pipe cupcakes and add an M&M on top (I used almond M&M's)

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

Lemon Kisses Mini Cupcakes (Whole Wheat)

These are the most cutest cupcakes that I ever made, I love the mini cupcakes, especially for the kids or for get togethers because its one bite and its a nice small dessert.  I made these the other day when I had my girlfriends over and they loved them.

Lemon Kisses Mini Cupcakes

2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup fresh buttermilk

2 fresh eggs

1 tsp white vinegar

1 1/2 cup canola oil 
lemon zest
fresh lemon juice

Set oven to 350

Mix wet ingredients, and then add sifted dry ingredients until well blended. Fill cupcake tins 1/2 way, and bake for 18 minutes, once done cool on wire rack.

Lemon Buttercream Frosting

2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)

3 cups powdered sugar 

milk for consistency

1 tsp vanilla
lemon zest
yellow icing coloring

Cream butter and vanilla add powdered sugar little at a time, add fat free milk if needed.  Add lemon zest and yellow icing coloring, pipe cupcakes.

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

Cherry Icee Cupcakes (Whole Wheat)

Today we have Whole Wheat Cherry Icee Cupcakes, I follow a wonderful blog 

 Crazy for Crust  and the desserts are amazing.  Last week she made Icee Cupcakes which were beautiful and really looked like Icee's on top of a cupcake.  So my kiddies wanted to make them, and we did, and they came out really good, and I must say that the frosting tastes just like a cherry Icee its amazing!  These could be a wonderful treat for a pool party, park play date, any outside event!

Whole Wheat Cherry Icee Cupcakes

2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup fresh buttermilk

2 fresh eggs

1 tsp white vinegar

1 1/2 cup canola oil or applesauce

2 tbsp maraschino cherry juice

Set oven to 350

Mix wet ingredients, and then add sifted dry ingredients until well blended. Fill cupcake tins 1/2 way, and bake for 18 minutes, once done cool on wire rack.

Cherry Icee Buttercream Frosting

1 pack cherry Jell-O mix

2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)

3 cups powdered sugar 

milk for consistency

1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and vanilla add powdered sugar little at a time, add pack of jello mix, add fat free milk if needed.  Pipe cupcakes and add a straw if you like.

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

Book Review: Hope Springs

Link to the Blog Tour

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Hope Springs by Kim Cash Tate

In a small community where everyone is holding tight to something, the biggest challenge may be learning to let go.

Hope Springs, North Carolina, is the epitome of small town life-a place filled with quiet streets, a place where there's not a lot of change. Until three women suddenly find themselves planted there for a season. 

Janelle hasn't gone back to Hope Springs for family reunions since losing her husband. But when she arrives for Christmas and learns that her grandmother is gravely ill, she decides to extend the stay. It isn't long before she runs into her first love, and feelings that have been dormant for more than a decade are reawakened. 

Becca is finally on the trajectory she's longed for. Having been in the ministry trenches for years, she's been recruited as the newest speaker of a large Christian women's conference. But her husband feels called to become the pastor of his late father's church in Hope Springs. 

And Stephanie has the ideal life-married to a doctor in St. Louis with absolutely nothing she has to do. When her cousin Janelle volunteers to stay in Hope Springs and care for their grandmother, she feels strangely compelled to do the same. It's a decision that will forever change her. 

As these women come together, they soon recognize that healing is needed in their hearts, their families, and their churches. God's plan for them in Hope Springs-is bigger than they ever imagined. 

About Kim: 

Kim Cash Tate is the author of Cherished, Faithful, Heavenly Places, and the memoir More Christian than African American. A former practicing attorney, she is also the founder of Colored in Christ Ministries. She and Her husband have two children. 

Link to buy the book: http://ow.ly/bAPH

My Review

~I loved this book, once I had it in my hand I couldn't put it down, it had so much truth to it about love for God, forgiveness and love for each other. This book really showed the characters struggles, weaknesses, and growth. 
The characters were so real to me while I was reading the book, and it made it easy to identify with their struggles and flaws.

I loved that the book let us know  that all Christians are united in Christ, no matter the color of their skin, was wonderful to me, because that's how it should be. Other important topics were forgiveness, faithfulness in marriage even when your spouse is unfaithful to you, love, and acceptance. 

This book is going  around in my woman's circle, because we all need a novel that is full of truth and clearly reveals the Godly relationships that can exist between woman.

~I received this novel for free from Litfuse Publicity Group in exchange for an honest review.

Chocolate Goodness Cupcakes (Whole Wheat)

 Today we have
Whole Wheat Dutch Chocolate Cupcakes with Whipped Buttercream Frosting
it doesn't get no better than that. We made these for the teachers end of the year gift.  This is a very simple recipe, if you follow it; you will have a heavenly healthy treat.  My kiddies said that the frosting tasted like ice cream!  We really outdid ourselves on this one, if I must say so myself.  

Whole Wheat Dutch Chocolate Cupcakes

2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup fresh buttermilk

(2 tsp white vinegar and 1 cup of fat free milk)

2 fresh eggs

1 tsp white vinegar

1 1/2 cup canola oil or applesauce
(I prefer canola oil)

1/4 cup dutch cocoa

Set oven to 350

Mix wet ingredients, and then add sifted dry ingredients until well blended. Fill cupcake tins 1/2 way, and bake for 18 minutes, once done cool on wire rack.

 

Whipped Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting

2 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter (softened)
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp fat free milk
1/3 cup dutch cocoa

Cream butter, add powdered sugar, vanilla, cocoa, milk (add a little dabble at a time, you want to be able to pipe the frosting). Now to make it whipped buttercream you have to put your mixer on high speed for about 3 minutes, place frosting in your piping bag and frost your cupcakes.

Enjoy!

You can find me linking up Here

Featured Lovely ~ The Fontenot Four

My name is Sarah.  I am the one behind The Fontenot Four!  I am in love with God, my husband {Ron}, and my girls {Moira and Peyton}.  I am a stay a home mom of two girls (8 and 6), the younger of whom is special needs and is medically fragile.  I started The Fontenot Four as an outlet for me to write about the blessings in my life.  The good stuff.  Nothing negative.  I figured if I focused on the positive for a change, it might really help me work through life's challenges.  I decided somewhere along the way that I could really use my blog to help people.  I love to blog about the blessings in my life, my faith, the occasional book review, recipes from time to time, musings about my family, and so on.  I also have a scripture print shop on Storenvy!

Please follow Sarah

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Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes (Whole Wheat)

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN

Kids in the Kitchen ~ Day 2, we have a delicious treat that everyone loves, you eat it for lunch or for a nighttime snack.  So we decided why not put it in a cupcake, Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes, the kids were like mama those are going to be good!  Sure enough they were delicious, they tasted better than a plain old peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

  

Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes (Whole Wheat)

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

2 fresh eggs

1 cup of buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp vinegar

1 1/2 cups canola oil

1 cup light brown sugar

Mix all wet ingredients and then add dry sifted ingredients, mix thoroughly. Fill cupcake liners 1/2 full, bake for 18 minutes.

Peanut Butter ~ Butter Cream Frosting

2 sticks unsalted butter (softened)
3 cups of sifted powdered sugar
2 tbsp fat free milk (if needed for consistency)
1/3 cup peanut butter
2 tsp vanilla
Jelly

Cream butter, vanilla together and then add powdered sugar and milk, once that's mixed to where you want it, stir the peanut butter in. Pipe your icing on your cupcakes and then put a little dollop of your favorite jelly on top.  

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here

Potato Chip Cookies (Whole Wheat)

KIDS IN THE KITCHEN WEEK

It's Kids in the Kitchen week here at Pamela's Heavenly Treats, it was a LONG weekend with my kiddies but we had fun creating different healthy treats to share with you this week. 

Today we have Whole Wheat Potato Chip Cookies, who would have thought that cookies and potato chips would go together, well they do, think about the Salty and Sweet.  I must admit I was a little reluctant to try but I am glad we made them, they were down right DELICIOUS, everyone loved them.  

Potato Chip Cookies (Whole Wheat)

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 cup finely crushed plain potato chips

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla 

2 cups coarsely crushed plain potato chips 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Mix together flour, 1 cup finely crushed potato chips, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside. Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and then add flour mixture mix well. Fold in the 2 cups coarsely crushed potato chips. Scoop dough onto baking sheets, bake for 12 minutes. Cool on baking sheet and then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

ENJOY!

You can find me linking up Here