Football Sunday!

 

This year for opening day I made Pumpkin Cupcakes along with a spread fit for a Tailgate King.

 

What You'll Need:

 

Pumpkin Cupcakes-

1 1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 stick butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree

 

Cream Cheese Frosting-
2 sticks butter
12 oz cream cheese
4 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

 

What To Do:

 

1. Preheat oven 350.

2. In large bowl sift flour, baking soda, spices and salt. If you don't have a sift you can always use your mesh strainer that you use to drain pasta. It works wonderfully. :)

3. In separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Beat. Add in vanilla.

4. Add in flour mixture and pumpkin puree alternating, beginning and ending with flour.

5. Fill liners. Bake 18-20 minutes rotating halfway.

6. While cupcakes cool, make frosting.

7. Frost cupcakes and decorate.

 

I used tiny football picks I found at party city. Party City has great tail gate/ football party supplies. I'm sure they carry sports teams based on your area. The Party City in Deptford has a ton of Eagles decorations!

 

 

 

We also had Ric's Famous Chili, veggies and dip, Homemade salsa, buffalo chicken dip, tons of chips and crackers. And at my lovely friend Noel's request I made Philly cheese steak egg rolls!

 

The egg rolls were so easy to make!

 

Just brown ground beef or ground turkey whichever you prefer in a skillet with peppers and onions. I used cubanelle peppers. Season with s&p and a tiny bit of Worcestershire sauce.

 

I used store bought egg roll wrappers. They came in a package of 20. Can be found in your ethnic food section of your grocery store. Lay out the wrappers brush edges with water and spoon on mixture.

Fold in edges and roll.

Brushing edges with water prevents egg rolls from unrolling.

 

Now I made the egg rolls ahead of time and kept in the refridgerator until guests arrived. I then baked eggrolls in oven but frying could also work. Do Not bake for too long or try to reheat in oven. The egg rolls will start to crack and fall apart. Serve with any of your favor dipping sauces I suggest melted cheese. So good!

 

Enjoy your Football Sundays everyone! Go Eagles!