What Shall We Bake Today?

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September rings in Fall and Fall makes me think of…pumpkins! Today’s recipe is Pumpkin Cheesecake!

Ingredients

CRUST:

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 tablespoon sugar

1/4 cup butter, melted

FILLING:

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened

3/4 cup sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten

1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin

1-1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon salt

TOPPING:

2 cups sour cream

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

12 to 16 pecan halves, chopped

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press into the bottom of a 9-in. springform pan; chill.

For filling, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until blended. Stir in the pumpkin, spices and salt.

Pour into crust. Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes.

Meanwhile, for topping, combine the sour cream, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread over filling; return to the oven for 5 minutes. Cool on rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer.

Refrigerate overnight. Remove ring from pan. Top with chopped pecans. Refrigerate leftovers.

ENJOY!

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146 thoughts on “What Shall We Bake Today?”

    1. Morning, Pat! Still dark here, too, and chilly at 51. Our forecast yesterday predicted highs coming in the high 70’s/low 80’s – no more 90’s for us. The leaves are really going to start falling now. We did have a lot of smoke yesterday – I couldn’t smell it but I could see it – almost like fog.

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  13. scott467(@scott467)Offline
    Coyote
    September 7, 2023 03:15

    BREAKING REPORT: FBI is REFUSING TO RELEASE DOJ-mandated body camera footage from agents who participated in a raid that killed Craig Robertson, a 75-year-old disabled Trump supporter..

    — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) September 6, 2023

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      1. IDK the ins and outs of far too much of that political stuff – the processes and procedures are soooo fucking complicated now!!!

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          1. Don’t worry about it – really – I don’t even care about my own state when it comes to stuff like that. It’s all way too complicated for me.

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            1. LOL
              I know, me too.
              I only read the article to see if there would be a dem taking his place and the articlesaid a repub would, so i promptly put it out of my mind.
              too much else to think about

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  20. Val1
    September 7, 2023 6:29 am
    Reply to Mike in a Truck

    Biden’s mask is falling off:
    «
    “President Biden joked that he’s being forced to wear a mask after First Lady Jill Biden was diagnosed with COVID-19.

    President Joe Biden sparked controversy across social media after he appeared to jokingly ask the audience not to tell people that he did not wear a mask when he entered the room.

    “I’ve been tested again today, I’m clear across the board,” Biden declared as he walked into the room. “But they keep telling me, because this has to be ten days or something, I’ve got to keep wearing it. But don’t tell them I didn’t have it on when I walked in.”

    Earlier in the day, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre deflected questions on Biden’s flagrant violation of White House COVID-19 protocols when he removed his mask to deliver remarks at Tuesday’s Medal of Honor ceremony and never put it back on.”»

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  22. busy busy day here.
    doing the laundry, packing, and making a “ball cake” to take to Mom’s. (It’s the original version of monkey bread i think–but it’s a twice raised dough. tons of work, but Mom said she’s hungry for it, so here we are…lol)
    a lot less hummers so far this morning, but still some.
    there’s more cattails trampled down in the pond and no deer sightings for a few days–so that means there’s a bear close.

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    1. Oh, that’s right – you’re leaving first thing tomorrow! This leaky memory of mine….you should try slipping in some of that frozen Monkey Bread you can get in the store – my Mom loves, loves, loves it and you know what a baker she is! See if she notices! LOL

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      1. i tried that last year iirc…she thought it was “okay” but not as good as her recipe…lol
        of course. and i don’t fuss this much often, but I did tell her when i made her promise NOT to bake anymore, that i would bake anything for her. and a promise is a promise.

        she did tell me Tuesday when i talked to her, that my cousins (5 girls and their families) are coming Saturday to see us, cuz we never all get together anymore. they are scattered in different states, but they’re going to home to visit my aunt, so they’re all coming. so we’ll be cooking up a storm tomorrow afternoon!
        mom is thrilled about the company!

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          1. some of my cousins are saying they never met my hubby–we’ve been married 32 years–I can’t think that’s possible…lol
            but as i said they are scattered in different states so maybe…?

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  25. GA dropped Top Twenty Tweets – thought I’d bring a few…

    Shit!!!

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      1. They asked him to come for a rally – sold out immediately, so they moved it to a larger venue and promptly sold out again. More want tickets but can’t get in so there should be a huge parking lot party, I expect. Hope the weather cooperates. Later this month, I think.

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      2. They asked her if he had discussed it with her and if she would accept if he wins the nomination and asked her to be VP. She said no, he hasn’t brought it up but then segued into she thinks anyone who is asked should consider it – we all have to step up and do our part to serve, etc., etc. so, of course, she would consider it.

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  28. NF: This is one insecure wifey!!!

    “And now from the Filadelfia public school system….”


    “Looks like he lost the wife…”

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        1. i was originally under the impression that liberty somehow gave the fib HIS code, but they have a universal code ANYONE can use to get in. so if liberty has a security breach and someone steals that universal code they can access EVERY liberty safe…
          i’d say that’s a freaking NO GO for gun owners.

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  29. OMG! Steve Doocey…did you just listen to yourself???? “…talking to a Mother on Staten Island and she is furious regarding the vaccination status; historically, first day of school in NYC you have to have had ALL the vaccines. However, with the migrant children, they’ve got 30 days so there’s a possibility they could actually show up, in the schools with the vaccinated NY kids, and wind up giving them chicken pox, measles…who knows what…”

    Um…..is that NOT what a vaccine is for – to prevent the transmission of the disease? The parents SHOULD be pissed that they have obviously been lied to all these years about vaccines!

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  31. Old Train Tuesday – Weird Train Tuesday this week….

    “Brennan Monorail. Electrical powered train was invented by Louis Brennan in the early 20th century. It had a single set of wheels and ran on a single track rendering it look like a motorcycle of train. Due to its inability to pull the other coaches and incur cost-effectiveness, the train could not commercialize.”

    “Jean Bertin’s Aerotrain — This train came into existence as a replacement for the conventional trains. Funded by the French Government, the train was light, quiet and fast with a speed as lofty as 420 kilometers (260 mph). However, later, the government denied its introduction followed by the view of safeguarding the state-sponsored railway system.”

    “Schienenzeppelin — The Schienenzeppelin was an assembly of the German machineries. This preliminary super fast train was powered by an engine connected to a huge propeller in the back. It never went past the prototype stage as a result of fears that its propellers could injure or even kill the people who stood close to the tracks at railway stations. The highest speed recorded for this train was 225 kilometers (140 mph).”

    “Meigs Elevated Steam Monorail Railway, E Cambridge, Mass, 1186

    “Swiss High Pressure Steam Locomotive.”

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  32. Wonder what the union is going to say about the fact that NYC teachers have been told to deal with all the different languages among the incoming migrants on their own!!!

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        1. not a problem for google i was told…LOL
          she scans the handout/test in and a program translates. I asked how confident is she that it’s CORRECT and google isn’t making shit up (you know how trusting we conspiracy people can be) and she said it’s google–of course it’s right.
          I weep for our children

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  38. what a crock of shit…
    FTA
    While Biden tested negative for COVID, first lady Jill Biden tested positive on Monday, despite being doubled vaccinated and boosted.

    “He left when there was a pause in the program in order to minimize — to minimize his close contact with attendees, who are who are about to participate in a reception,” Jean-Pierre said.

    “And as you all reported that, and noticed that he left, when there was a pause in the program because again, he wanted to minimize certainly his impact on folks who were there,” she said.

    But Jean-Pierre had no explanation for why Biden wore a mask during the ceremony, and then took it off in the middle of the ceremony, not putting it back on again.

    “The President took off his mask, as I said he would deliver incredibly powerful remarks about this Captain Taylor, and what he did in service to our nation,” Jean-Pierre said.

    “And we wanted to honor the captain. And for a brief time afterwards, he also didn’t have his mask on, as you just laid out. And he left as planned.”

    The White House Press Secretary also claimed Biden was masked while spending a “good amount of time” with Taylor and his family before the ceremony.

    But she failed to explain why Biden had his mask off while standing beside Taylor and placing the award around his neck.

    “The President, in every way that we could yesterday, followed the CDC guidelines,” she said.

    https://www.dailyfetched.com/white-house-claims-biden-abruptly-left-medal-of-honor-ceremony-due-to-covid/

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  40. NF: I agree – Paxton is one of the good guys!!! Far better than that jackass governor!
    https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/republicans-reject-motions-to-dismiss-impeachment-articles-against-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-5486408
    Our Take: “Attorney General Ken Paxton is the only AG in the nation to seriously investigate evidence of election fraud. So, of course, they’re impeaching him.

    It’s become increasingly clear that the regime isn’t just coming for Trump, but for everyone who stands with Trump and everyone who stands for America First.

    The fact that Texas Republicans are standing opposed to AG Paxton tells you everything you need to know about Texas Republicans. The party establishment is still very much opposed to the people — across the nation. America First.” — Ashe in America

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    1. i’ve been reading that the bushes are behind it—the next bush in line got overlooked for the position which would have positioned him for a presidential run at some point…and the bushes are every bit as petty and evil as the obamas and clintons

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  45. they are used to cheating and getting away with it.
    a third of mexico city marathon runners cheated and are disqualified–they rode bikes or used pubic transportation.
    FTA
    Thousands of runners have been disqualified from Mexico’s most popular marathon after accusations of mass cheating.

    Around 11,000 people are reported to have cut corners in the capital Mexico City, with some complaints suggesting competitors rode bikes and even public transport in parts, according to Spanish paper Marca.

    A timing detection system installed in the course is meant to detect runners as they pass certain points in the race, meaning anyone who misses a checkpoint could raise suspicions.

    The organisers of the race confirmed investigations are under way and anyone who cheated has been disqualified.

    “The Mexico City Sports Institute informs that it will proceed to identify those cases in which participants of the XL Mexico City Marathon Telcel 2023 have demonstrated an unsportsmanlike attitude during the event and will invalidate their registration times,” organisers said.

    “This great event not only represents an outstanding celebration for all the inhabitants of the capital, but also an occasion to reaffirm the transcendental values of sport.”

    The Mexico City Marathon holds World Athletics Gold Label Status, which is given to events upholding the strictest standards for organisation and delivery.

    This race has been dogged by disqualification before, with 6,000 denied medals in 2017 and another 3,090 the following year – all for cheating.

    https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fstory%2Fmexico-city-marathon-cheating-thousands-disqualified-amid-reports-of-runners-using-bikes-and-public-transport-12956814

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  46. if you’re rich and bored, you can participate in an event that will simulate poverty for you

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  47. anyone keeping track of how many times Garland has lied to congress now?
    no evidential documents supporting garland’s assertion that he gave weiss authority
    FTA
    Emails obtained by the Heritage Foundation following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, and shared exclusively with The Federalist, reveal a glaring gap in the documentation maintained by the Delaware U.S. attorney’s office: There is nothing memorializing the authority Attorney General Merrick Garland claims he gave U.S. Attorney David Weiss for the Hunter Biden investigation.

    For more than a year, Garland represented to Congress that Weiss held ultimate authority over the Hunter Biden investigation — which the eventual appointment of Weiss as special counsel contradicted. But now there is more evidence — or rather a lack of evidence — indicating the claimed authority was always a charade.

    The Friday before the long holiday weekend, the DOJ provided the Heritage Foundation with the second batch of documents it was ordered by a federal court to produce in response to Heritage’s FOIA lawsuit. This installment concluded the DOJ’s production of the non-exempt documents in Weiss’s custody which concerned his authority for investigating Hunter Biden. But none of the documents produced addressed Weiss’s authority or any authority promised by Garland.

    Mike Howell, the director of the Heritage Oversight Project and a co-plaintiff in the FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ, stressed the significance of this omission to The Federalist.

    “The DOJ lives on paper.” Anything as important as granting Weiss ultimate authority over an investigation or promising to give him authority to bring charges in another venue, if necessary, “would have been written down,” Howell explained. To Howell, this last batch of documents constitutes an admission by Garland that “there was nothing written down at the DOJ and sent to Weiss, indicating Weiss had any of the authority that Garland claimed he did.”

    “We’re beginning to understand why Biden’s DOJ is throwing everything and the kitchen sink at us to fight the release of these records in federal court, all paid for by the taxpayers of course,” Howell told The Federalist.

    While the DOJ withheld some documents from the production, claiming various exemptions from FOIA, it is difficult to fathom what FOIA exemption would permit the DOJ to withhold a communication granting Weiss the authority Garland publicly discussed on multiple occasions. When asked why Garland had not memorialized his supposed grant of ultimate authority to Weiss, the DOJ did not respond to The Federalist’s inquiry.

    The lack of any materials documenting such authority raises more questions about the statements both Garland and Weiss made to Congress. As far back as April 26, 2022, the attorney general told Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty that the “Hunter Biden’s investigation … is being run by and supervised by the United States attorney for the District of Delaware,” and that Weiss “is in charge of that investigation.”

    Then on March 1, 2023, Garland unequivocally testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in response to questioning by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, that “the U.S. attorney in Delaware has been advised that he has full authority … to bring cases in other jurisdictions if he feels it’s necessary.”

    Garland maintained that position even after IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley testified that during an Oct. 7, 2022, meeting, “Weiss stated that he is not the deciding person on whether charges are filed.” Specifically, after news broke of the whistleblower’s testimony, Garland said during a press conference that Weiss was assured he could “make a decision to prosecute any way in which he wanted to and in any district in which he wanted to.”

    Weiss would later write to Congress to confirm Garland’s position, stating:

    I want to make clear that, as the Attorney General has stated, I have been granted ultimate authority over this matter, including responsibility for deciding where, when, and whether to file charges and for making decisions necessary to preserve the integrity of the prosecution, consistent with federal law, the Principles of Federal Prosecution, and Departmental regulations.

    After the transcript of Shapley’s testimony was released, however, Weiss would walk back his claims by clarifying that what he meant was that Garland had promised him that he would be granted ultimate authority to make charging decisions — not quite the same thing as having that ultimate authority.

    Either way, one would presume that if Garland had granted Weiss full authority over the Hunter Biden investigation and promised to authorize him to file charges in other venues, there’d be some documentation to back up the claim. But there was none in the FOIA production.

    Of course, after the sweetheart plea deal — footsied out between one of Weiss’s top assistant U.S. attorneys, Lesley Wolf, and Hunter’s attorneys — imploded, Garland named Weiss special counsel. So the federal prosecutor now has the requisite authority to charge the president’s son in whatever district he wants.

    But that belated appointment isn’t a grant of absolution for misleading Congress, which is precisely what appears to have happened. And the documents that weren’t suggest as much.

    https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/07/exclusive-foia-turns-up-zilch-on-the-full-authority-garland-claims-he-gave-weiss-over-hunter-biden/

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  48. EXCLUSIVE: Ron DeSantis Fabricated GOP Debate Story About Meeting Texas “Angel Mom”, Falsely Claims Gold Star Mother’s Son Died From Taking Drugs Laced With Fentanyl
    The absentee Governor of Florida has been caught distorting the truth about a Gold Star Mother who says she has never even met Governor DeSantis and is accusing him of lying about her son’s death.

    LAURA LOOMER
    SEP 7, 2023

    EXCERPT: “A Texas Gold Star mother is blowing the whistle on what she says is a bold face lie about her family, and her son, which was told by Governor Ron DeSantis during the first GOP Presidential debate for the 2024 cycle.

    Tracy La Porte is a Gold Star mother in Texas whose son, Sergeant Adam “2Step” Huckstep- La Porte tragically passed away at the young age of 23 years old on February 1, 2012, in Georgia after his motorcycle was struck by an oncoming driver who was illegally driving a rented vehicle with a suspended license.

    Tracy La Porte says that during the first US Presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 23, 2023, she believes Ron DeSantis used her name without her permission to score political points with Angel Moms when asked about his border policy, and in the process, she says DeSantis butchered the facts surrounding the tragic loss of her son, and lied about her son by falsely claiming her son died from taking fentanyl, which caused Tracy and her family an avalanche of pain and emotional trauma directly following the debate…..”

    https://lauraloomer.substack.com/p/exclusive-ron-desantis-fabricated

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  49. Finally! News from Marica in NY:

    “Hi! Captain Marica has taken over baby care and kitchen organizing and all are happy! DIL is still in hospital til at least tomorrow regulating BP. Worry levels have gone down! Praise God and thank everyone for prayers! The baby is super gorgeous!”

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