Macaroni and Cheese baked

I got this recipe from Alton Brown on food tv and it is really good.  I have to say though that it takes a while to prepare it so it is not one of my "go to quick recipes" at all.  But I am posting it for those of you who want to impress the mother in law or hubby.  It presents nice and it tastes great.  When I am in a hurry I usually make mine in the crockpot which is a recipe from Paula Dean but my hubby decided at 4pm to tell me he wanted me to make mac and cheese so I dug up this recipe.  It gets rave reviews online and in my house!http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/baked-macaroni-and-cheese-recipe/index.html

Back to school Alphabet letter cookies

My kids have always loved the stuffed icing cookies at the bakery.  They are so expensive that I have never bought them one before. (Grandma has though!)  So this is where I got my inspiration for this years "back to school" treat that the kids and I make every year right before school starts.  I usually find someone elses idea in a magazine or online but this year I was really short of time and had to come up with this at the store!  So here it is, our creation of alphabet letter google eye guys.  Don't you love the title?  And it's so easy for kids to do!

2 boxes of bakery small chocolate chip cookies

white icing ( we colored ours with blue food coloring since that was what kids wanted to do)

candy eyes (I got them in cake section at Michaels)

Black Wilson sparkle gel (to write the letters on the cookies)

Frost flat side of cookie and then put other cookie on top.  Frost top of that cookie.  Draw the letter on cookie and then add eyes.  Good practice for young kids with their letters!

Linda's Easy Koolaid Pie

Ok, so I am all about an easy yummy recipe.  This recipe was shared by a friend so we will call it Linda's Koolaid Pie.

1 packet of Koolaid (I used grape)
1 can condensed milk
1 tub of whipped cream

Mix together and put in a graham cracker crust.  Or make your own easy crust which is what I did.
1/4 c sugar
1/3 c melted butter
1 1/2 c graham crackers crushed
Mix together and put in bottom of pie plate.
(bake in oven for 7min on 350) Let it cool before you put anything in the pie crust!

Put in fridge for 1 hr before serving