Did you guys know that Gooseberry Patch is featuring Sweet & Simple  as their cookbook of the week this week?

In honor of this occasion, I have decided to finish up my 10 posts for my Real Farmwives of America and Friends’ In the Kitchen with Gooseberry Patch project (whew that was a mouth full!)

Then tomorrow I will share a homemade Orange Sherbet recipe (only 2 ingredients!!!)  before doing a recap and posting a giveaway of this sweet treat of a book…

So without further ado…

Ok… let me start by saying this is serious GOODe stuff…

I was shocked at just how much we loved it…

You just take 1/3 cup brown sugar– packed of course… do you ever NOT pack brown sugar???

Mix that with 8 oz of cream cheese… I used the Weight Watchers “spread” to help me from “spreading” myself with all these yummy sweet treats… just sayin’

It worked just fine.

Add 1 teaspoon vanilla

And a very powerful 1/2 teaspoon of Caramel extract…

Truth be told, I had no idea there was such a thing.

Finding this lead me to other life altering questions like…

Is it pronounced CAR-MELL or CARE- A- MELL?

I say CAR-MELL… so do a lot of other people I know…

Are we saying it wrong?

Is it a regional thing?

Or are CARE-A-MELL and CAR-MELL two different things?

Or is it a POTATO-PATATO type of thing?

How have I went all my life not knowing this?

One thing I DO know is that after you mix those ingredients all together it is GOODe and that is really all that matters…