One Word… YUM! Ok.. maybe a second word…GONE! Cuz this cake will be gone quicker than you can cool it!
Hands down. Possibly my FAVORITE BUTTERY holiday recipe of all time.

Btw… Don’t forget to ENTER your BUTTERY recipe in the BUTTER Up the Holidays contest! With a chance to win part of $1,250 in Fred Meyer gift cards. Good luck!

Ingredients
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 package yellow cake mix
1 package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup dark rum
1 cup BUTTER
1/4 cup water
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup dark rum

Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Sprinkle chopped nuts evenly over the bottom of the pan.
In a large bowl, combine cake mix and pudding mix. Mix in the eggs, 1/2 cup water, oil and 1/2 cup rum. Blend. Pour batter over chopped nuts in the pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 1-hour, (or do the toothpick no-stick trick). Let sit for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto serving plate. Brush glaze over top and sides. Allow cake to absorb glaze and repeat until all glaze is used.
Glaze recipe: In a saucepan, combine butter, 1/4 cup water and 1 cup sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat and continue to boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup rum.

Show your kids how cool Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster is by taking them to the web site!

Lol. Below are a couple of screenshots, showing the Monster Grrhoof, that I was talking about in my latest radio commercial. When your kids play Sesame Street, Once Upon a Monster, they get to teach Grrhoof how to not scare the cute little Puffalopes. Grrhoof is cute, isn’t he?

So in this frame, Elmo and Cookie are teaching Grrhoof how to be more “sociable” lol. Your kids control the action (with the Kinect motion sensor) and help teach Grrhoof how to dance, wave, and just be silly. Fun!

Here, you see Elmo and Cookie about to take the NEW improved Grrhoof to meet the Puffalopes!

My kids LOVE the cute, cuddly, fluffy Puffalopes. Especially my 7 year old!

Like I said in the radio commercial, I can’t tell you how this chapter ends – lol. Guess you’ll hafta have fun yourself and find out

Click here to visit the official Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster site for more info!

Read the article HERE

Click HERE to enter your buttery recipe in the Butter Up The Holidays Contest

Ingredients:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup BUTTER, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
1/4 cup molasses
2 tablespoons white sugar

Preheat oven to 350. Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Slowly stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet.

Click here for the PEOPLE article, plus the delicious drink recipes

Bartender Jason McGrady of Seattle’s Sazerac Restaurant, inside the Hotel Monaco, was so inspired by the series, he mixed up a handful of specialty drinks inspired by Stephanie Meyer’s series.

And there’s a local connection.

McGrady’s restaurant is located in the closest major city to Forks, Wash., where the Twilight series is set, and fans pass through Seattle when they come to take Twilight-themed tours in Forks, he says.

“One of the most important parts of my job as a bartender is keeping up with what’s current and what’s hot,” McGrady tells PEOPLE. “And in this part of the world, Twilight is definitely hot.”

It’s “karaoke, depression” feel free to sing along with the on-screen words…

The Article here…

Tiny Candy Bars and Chocolates…

It says that you care about Halloween and traditions and children and family values.

Sweet Tarts — Now & Laters, and other NON Chocolates…

Like the person who gives out the little “party sized” treat, you’re into Halloween and doing your duty, but you want everyone to think that you’re a little bit wacky and crazy.

Tootsie Rolls…

You’re probably a very cool and stylish person who has a great wardrobe and a very well-appointed house. People don’t think to ask you for advice, but when you give it, it’s always spot on.

Lollipops..

You are the kind of person who really feels like he has to give out Halloween candy but you’re either too busy or lazy to get to the store before the last possible second, so you have to buy the only thing left.

Full Candy Bars..

You’re just an annoying show off. You want to impress all the parents in the hood that you make so much money or you’re so cool that you are splurging on giant sized candy bars. Either that or you’re so emotionally scarred from childhood that you need everyone’s approval, including a bunch of kids you’re never going to see again.

Is Harry Sleeping or Meditating?!? You Decide

So, I know its going to be warmer towards the end of this week (at least at the time of this writing)… that said, tis the season for slow cooking! Have you ever experienced such a wonder? I absolutely love it. Slow cooking is one of my favorite things ever. Simply throw some ingredients in a pot, turn it on, leave your house, and voilà! You return home several hours later, and everything is done. Tenderly cooked, piping hot. So delicious. And as an added bonus.. when you come home your house smells like Cracker Barrel (thats a restaurant in case youre not familiar) It just doesnt get any better than that. I just bought myself a slow cooker yesterday and on the very first day of bringing it home, made the BEST homemade vegetable soup, using all locally grown vegetables. Sooo good!