By Sheri Hopkins, Lifestyle Contributor
Hello everyone! Fall is here! Won’t be long till we can take a drive and look at all the pretty foliage.
Y’all know I’m a widow and Chuck and I always made plans to do this or that and seems like we never done those things. I am saying that to say this, just do things together and enjoy each other.
Here a while back Justin Weaver told me, while we were at church, he was praying for me a husband. Of course, he said it so Ronnie Black could hear him. I told Justin, “Do not pray for me a husband, I don’t want one.” So, the next service Ronnie Black comes up to me and says, “have you got any calls this week?” And I said, calls? He says, “Yes, calls from men. Justin Weaver is praying for you a husband.” Them two together is not a good combination.
Wednesday night our preacher is preaching and he’s telling a story about this lady doctor he went to see, and she told him she had to call a plumber to her house, and she ended up marrying him. So, he tells me in front of everybody, “Sheri, you need to call a plumber.” Do y’all see what I have to put up with? So, if I ever get married, you will know Just Weaver’s prayers have been answered. Just kidding, I hope they don’t reach the ceiling. Ha, ha! I do have a bunch of Facebook stalkers, he needs to be more specific when he prays for me a man.
On to something funny. My middle E, Evan, is a man of few words, but sometimes he cracks me up. He always talks a lot when we are by ourselves. We were in the car the other day and he was telling me how chess players use calories by using their brains while playing chess. Then he goes on to say, Nana, if you burned calories by talking, you would be a twig. Grrrr, that kid. Too bad that couldn’t really happen.
This week’s recipe is a pecan dump cake. Y’all know me and my dump cakes.
PECAN DUMP CAKE
2 packages of pre-made sugar cookie dough (the kind in the tube)
1 can coconut pecan frosting
2 cups chopped pecans
1/4 cup caramel syrup
1 box vanilla cake mix
3/4 cup butter, unsalted (1 and 1/2 sticks)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with non-stick spray. Spread the sugar cookie dough on the bottom of the pan. Spread the coconut pecan frosting on top of the sugar cookie dough. Sprinkle the pecans on top. Then drizzle the caramel on top of that. Sprinkle dry cake mix on top of the caramel. Do not mix. Add the sliced butter to the top and bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until golden brown.
