Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: cake balls recipe,fun dessert recipe by 1 Comment »

Serves 4

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 3 1/2 tablespoons rum
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 bananas, sliced
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: Bananas Foster,elegant dessert recipe by No Comments »

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups mini marshmallows
• 1 yellow butter cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1-1/4 cups water
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Grease a 9×12″ cake pan with the butter. Spread marshmallows in pan. Blend cake mix, oil, eggs, water, and peanut butter until smooth. Pour over marshmallows. Top with chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes. Let cool and set in pan.

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: by No Comments »

This cake is moist and delicious, like a perfect cake donut with rich glazed frosting on top.

Ingredients

• 1 white cake mix (with required ingredients, typically eggs and oil)
• 3 squares almond bark
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 tablespoons butter

Grease and flour a bundt pan, and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare cake mix according to directions. Melt almond bark with butter in double boiler or microwave, and stir in condensed milk and almond exact. Pour half of condensed milk mixture into bundt pan. Top with cake batter, spreading evenly. Bake for approximately 30 minutes, until knife inserted in cake comes out clean. Turn cake out onto cake platter, and while still warm, pour remaining condensed milk mixture over cake. Cool, and then cover until serving.

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: bundt cake,donut cake,Easter cake,vanilla cake recipe by No Comments »

This recipe calls for canned whole-berry cranberry sauce, which is an Organizing Dinner “Smart ingredient” that brings potential to your kitchen for many recipes, and is easy to keep on hand. If you happen to have fresh or frozen whole cranberries, great, just double both sugars called for in the recipe.

Ingredients

• Store-bought crust for 2-crust 9-inch pie
• 3 cups apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey

• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

1. Heat oven to 425°F (210°C). Place 1 pie crust in ungreased 9-inch glass pie plate. Press firmly against side and bottom.
2. In large bowl, gently mix apples with flour, cinnamon, salt, cranberries and lemon juice.
3. Spoon into pie crust in plate. Drizzle with honey. Top with second crust, and crimp edges of crusts together to seal.
4. Cut slits or shapes in several places in top crust. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Cover edge of crust after first 15 to 20 minutes of baking to prevent excessive browning. Cool before serving.

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: apple cranberry pie,cranberry apple pie by No Comments »

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup peanut butter and milk chocolate chips
2/3 cup fine chopped pecans (optional)
graham crackers & strawberries

Beat cream cheese, butter and peanut butter at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy. Stir in sugars, cocoa and chocolate chips. Cover and chill 2 hours until firm. Form into a heart-shape or ball, press with pecans, and serve with graham crackers and strawberries.

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: chocolate cheese ball,chocolate desserts for valentine's day,Valentine's day desserts by No Comments »

Peppermint Freezer Cheesecake

Make today, and freeze until you eat.

Ingredients

• 2 cups chocolate wafer cookies
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
• 1/2 cup crushed Peppermint candy
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon Peppermint extract
• 2 cups whipped cream
• red food coloring (optional)

Combine cookie crumbs and sugar. Add butter and mix well. Line a 9-inch cake or springform pan with foil. Press crumbs firmly on bottom and halfway up sides of pan. Chill.

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, condensed milk and extract until smooth. Add food coloring one drop at a time, and continue to blend until pink. Fold in whipped cream and one half peppermint candies. Pour filling into pan. Top with remaining peppermint candies.

Cover tightly and freeze.

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: freezer cheesecake recipe,make-ahead dessert,make-ahead recipes,peppermint cheesecake by No Comments »

If you happened to stash away some of your kids’ leftover Halloween chocolate bars, this is a great way to use up the excess. These cookies also freeze well.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 2 cups quick cook oats
• 1 egg
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 4 cups chopped candy bars (any combination of chocolate bars will work… wafer, nougat, caramel, etc.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl, combine butter and peanut butter. Stir in brown sugar and baking soda, and then flour, oats, and egg, mixing well.  Place firmly in a 15 x 10 x 2 inch baking pan, Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Spread condensed milk over crust. Sprinkle with candy bars and bake for 20 minutes more. Cool and cut into squares.

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: cookie recipe,leftover halloween candy,unique christmas cookies by No Comments »

Ingredients

• 1- 9″ pie crust
• 3 pears, peeled and cubed
• 2 apples, peeled and cubed
• 1/3 cup sugar
• juice of one half lemon
• Pinch of salt
• 2 cups blueberries
• 6 tablespoons flour

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Combine pears, apples, lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, and salt in large nonstick skillet. Cook over medium heat until fruit is tender, pears are tender stirring often, about 6 minutes. Transfer to large bowl, and cool to room temperature. Add blueberries, flour and remaining sugar, and gently combine.

In processor, combine topping ingredients and pulse.

Transfer filling to pie crust. Sprinkle with Walnut-Streusel Topping. Freeze until holidays!

When ready, bake pie for one hour at 350 degrees.

Filed under: Category Dessert, Recipes | Tags: apple blueberry pie,apple pie crumble topping,apple pie recipe,holiday dessert by 1 Comment »

Crepes are a favorite recipe of mine because they can be filled with so many things.. giving you the flexibility to make dinner (or breakfast, or desert!) with what you have on hand at home. Here is an easy recipe for a basic crepe, and many ideas for what to fill them with.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup cold water
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 1/2 cups sifted flour

Blend all ingredients. Refrigerate for two hours, and blend again. Spray a round skillet with cooking spray and cook batter in thin layers, turning once.

Filling suggestions:

• a combination of one cup marshmallows, and one half cup chocolate chips plus 2 tablespoon butter
• cherry pie filling
• ham and swiss cheese
• A combination of 1/2 cup condensed cream of chicken soup, 2 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon curry powder, 1 1/2 tablespoons grated onion, 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice, 1/2 tablespoon each salt and pepper, and 2-1/2 cups, chopped, cooked (or leftover) chicken
• spinach, mushrooms and cheese

Filed under: Category Chicken, Dessert, Recipes, Vegetarian | Tags: chocolate crepes,creamed chicken crepes,crepes,crepes recipe,desert crepes,spinach crepes by No Comments »