In the Kitchen Thursdays Blog Party Link Up!

Welcome to our FIRST ever Blog Party Link Up!!!!  Hope everyone gets involved!  We are calling all crafters, cooks, bakers and artists to share their creations!!!!

Very Simple Rules:

Follow Both Our Blogs:

Either Through Email or Google Friend Connect

Art By ASM's It's In There....

and

Jessica@Battling The Home Front

Like Both Our Facebook Pages:

Art By ASM

&

Battling The Home Front

Place the Blog Party Button in your actual post of your creation:

                                       

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Also please no Giveaways, Etsy Shops, Contests, Personal Ads or Promotion.

That's It!  Now Get Down & Partay!!!!!  Once we get the Parties Going we will do the Featured Links every week.

Please visit other bloggers who have posted their links and show your support!  

Thank You!

~Annamaria

Are You Ready To Blog Party?!

I am happy to announce that Myself along with my great new blogger friend, Jessica @ Battling The Home Front (who has an amazing and adventurous blog that features so many great things as well as her adventures of being a Military Wife and Mom, will be hosting our 1st ever Blog Party!  I am very excited for Jessica to invite me to start one with her.  Thank You Jessica!

So I am asking you all my creative blogging friends to come join us every Thursday starting next week, September 27, 2012 for our first ever blog party and submit your creations!  Both Jessica and I would be excited to see what everyone has conjuring up in those kitchens of yours.  We would love it also if you could spread it to your friends, so we can make it a great success for all of us!

Jessica so kindly created our Blog Party Button, I hope you can not only post it to your submitted posts but also on your sidebars!  The Button is provided below!  I am so excited to start this with Jessica!  When we post our "In The Kitchen Thursdays" Party, we will have the easy to follow instructions and rules which are very simple!  Just follow both our blogs!  You can also subscribe to our blogs by email to instantly get news of our Party Being On!!!!

So get our your cookbooks, kitchen gadgets and conjure up something tasty!  We will love to feature 3 fabulous entries at the start of a new Party every week!  We will also give you access to a "I've Been Featured Button!"  Thank You Everyone and don't forget to spread the news!!!!  Wish Us Luck!

Blog Party Button

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If the code doesn't work, you can always copy and save it and then post onto your blog and link it to my Blog Party that you have posted your entry at as well as your post that was entered!

Warmest Regards & Thank You for your support!,
Annamaria

Sweet Buttery Vanilla Glaze for Donuts, Cookies, Cakes, Cinnamon Rolls & More

Yummy Glaze!

This has to by far be the best ever glaze to use on just about anything that requires a glaze.  For instance, Donuts, Cakes, Cinnamon Rolls, Muffins, Scones, Cookies and more! It's just like that glaze on that amazing  fresh yeast or cake donut, or freshly baked cinnamon rolls.  You know how there is just not enough glaze in the refrigerated cinnamon roll cans?  Well make this instead and you will have yourself some gooey yummy cinnamon rolls.  It's great for that drizzle on Bundt Cakes.  The butter just gives it a comfort smoothness to the glaze and the milk/cream of course give it that creaminess along with the butter and the vanilla is a great flavor for it.  You can also use lemon extract, anise extract, almond extract, maple extract, rum extract....etc...  I like to use pure extracts if I can and if it's available, imitation is only a last resort.  Pure extracts are a little more expensive but really worth it and you can use one bottle a long way.  You get the real true flavor potency too.  So a little bit ago I made a Cinnamon Roll Coffeecake, which I used this glaze. It was perfect.  I am forever in love with this recipe.  Make sure you follow the directions exactly to get the best smoothness possible, or you can always send it through a mesh strainer to get the lumps out from the powdered sugar.  Make sure to sift it the powdered sugar.  Enjoy and if you do use this glaze please give me your feedback!

Vanilla Butter Glaze for Cakes, Cinnamon Rolls and Donuts: 
2 Tablespoons Butter, Melted
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tablespoon of Milk or Heavy Cream
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions:
Sift powdered sugar into a bowl. Add the melted butter. Add 1 Tablespoon of milk or cream. Mix in Vanilla Extract. Beat until smooth and creamy, adding more milk if necessary. Drizzle over cake, cinnamon rolls or donuts.

Have A Sweet Weekend!
Annamaria

Quotations: "Happiness of Every American" Benjamin Franklin

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Benjamin Franklin

January 17, 1706-April 17, 1790

Pursuit of Happiness does not just apply for Americans but of all who inhabit the world.  We as Americans are blessed to have such a written document to ensure Happiness.  I think all should have an unwritten Constitution for themselves to "Pursue Happiness".  ~Annamaria