Dallas Mavericks NBA Champions!!!

I am just a little excited about last night!!! Dallas Mavericks are #1

Oh and I made some cute little sugar cookies for the game!

Here is a little recap from last night…just in case you missed it!!!!

The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 105 to 95 on Sunday night to become the 2011 NBA Champions for the first time in their 31-year franchise history.


The Mavericks won the sixth game of the series in Miami's American Airlines Arena to win the finals series four games to two, as German superstar Dirk Nowitzki, 32, was named the NBA Finals' MVP, becoming the second European player to earn the award after San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker, from France, in 2007.

With Nowitzki going 1 of 12 from the field during the first half Sunday evening, Dallas Guard Jason Terry gave the team a huge boost, scoring 27 points off the bench, to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists.

Miami began leading the game 20 to 11, but the Mavericks made important defensive adjustments, switching to zone, and going on a 21-4 run to take control of the game 40 to 28 with 9:42 left in the first half. However, the Heat did not lose composure, scoring 14 straight points and regaining the lead 40 to 42.

However, Dallas stared taking complete control of the game in the second half as Nowitzki slowly began making shots, finishing the game with 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Mavs entered the fourth quarter with an 81-72 lead, which they never lost. Nowitzki then made a series of tough shots to take clear control of the game with a 10 point advantage with just over 2 minutes remaining.

In addition to Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, 38, and Jason Terry 33 won their first NBA Championship.


Once again CONGRATULATIONS Dallas Mavericks!!! Job well done!!

Cheeseburger & French Fries (aka) Cupcake & Sugar Cookies

These are the cutest things ever. I saw this last year on Bakerella's site, and actually got the templates from her site. She is so creative. Original post can be found HERE!

To start with just make your favorite yellow cake and make into cupcakes, be sure and use cupcake liners. About 3 minutes before they are done, I remove them from the oven, spray a little cooking spray on top of the cupcakes and immediately sprinkle with sesame seeds and return to the oven for a couple of minutes.
Then make your favorite brownie recipe. You can either use a round cookie cutter to cut out the round shape (this will be your meat patty) or I actually let the brownies cool, then spoon out some of the brownie mixture, roll it into a ball and then flatten it into a patty shape.
And last mix up your favorite sugar cookie recipe.

HERE is the template for making the burger basket, french fry bag and fathers day tissue!
I printed the tray template on card stock (heavier weight paper), the french fry template on vellum (semi-transparent paper) and the tissue insert on regular white tissue paper. I cut the tissue paper into 81/2 X 11 and used a tiny bit of tape in the middle and bottom to secure it to a regular piece of printer paper, just to make it sturdier and easier for it to go through the printer.


Cut out the shapes as shown in the picture from the template with scissors or a sharp blade. Then fold along all the printed lines. Use double-sided tape to secure the flaps. Cut the tissue paper in half and place in the burger basket tray.


Tint your favorite buttercream or vanilla frosting. You will need green for the lettuce, red for the ketchup & yellow for the cheese/ mustard.

Cut cupcake in half and add your brownie (meat patty)

Add lettuce, ketchup and mustard. Then put the top of the bun on.

Make your favorite sugar cookie dough and roll out.

Use pizza cutter to cut into thin strips.

Place on cookie sheet and springle with sugar.
Finished product!

So cute!

Granddaughter Taysen tasting a french fry  (sugar cookie)


These were fun to make...don't stress, use a boxed cake mix and a boxed brownie mix..Actually I did...you can even use canned frosting...that I did NOT, I made homemade buttercream, because it is my fav. Hope you enjoy making these as much as I did!!! 

                                    

S'mores Cookies

Okay so either you love S'mores, or..... you don't care for them at all! Personally, I love them, and if I have to I will make them in the microwave... I know, somehow that is just wrong.

So these are S'mores cookies and they are the real thing..So S'moretastic... okay, I know that's not really a word...but trust me, you will really like love these... So gather up your ingredients and let's get started!

S'mores Cookies

11- Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1- cup brown sugar, packed

1/2- cup granulated sugar

2- large eggs

1- teaspoon vanilla

1- teaspoon baking soda

1/2- teaspoon sea salt

1/2-teaspoon cinnamon

2 & 1/2- cups all purpose flour

1/2- cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1-cup miniature marshmallows

3- regular sized Hershey's bars, broken into squares

2- packages of graham crackers, (break a full sheet into halves)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375*. Line baking pan with parchment paper. I used 11 X 17

Lay graham cracker squares on baking sheet with about 1/2" space on all sides

In a medium bowl cream butter, add brown and white sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined.

Add flour, baking soda, sea salt and cinnamon to creamed mixture. Mix on low speed until well combined. Add chocolate chips & marshmallows and gently mix.

Place a scoop (approx. 2 Tablespoons) of cookie dough on top and in the center of graham cracker. Press down lightly on the cookie dough.

Bake for about 6 minutes, and then remove from the oven and press a Hershey's chocolate square, gently on top of cookie. Return to the oven for about 5 more minutes or until lightly brown around the edges. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

After they are totally cooled I go back and trim them with a metal spatula to make them square. And may I add I end up eating my share of the cut off trimmings :)

Enjoy!!

Before being cut

After being cut



Plate of S'mores Cookies
YUMMERS!!!