Category: Desserts

Apple Caramel Dip

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Apple Caramel Dip

Ingredients

  • 16 oz. package of cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 16 oz. caramel sauce
  • Bag of Heath Bits with chocolate milk (found in baking section)

Instructions

  1. Mix Cream cheese and powdered sugar. Spread on serving tray (dish).
  2. Top with caramel sauce. Then top with Heath Bits.
  3. Dip with apples.
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Baked Apples

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Baked Apples

Ingredients

  • 4 golden delicious apples
  • ¼ c brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ c raisins - optional
  • ¼ c pecans - optional
  • ¼ cup butter divided
  • ¾ c boiling water

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. Core apples leaving ½ inch on bottom intact
  3. Place apples in 8 inch pan
  4. Combine other ingredients and stuff in cored apples
  5. Place 1 tablespoon butter on top of each apple
  6. Pour ¾ boiling water in bottom of pan.
  7. Bake 30-45 minutes in 375 oven.
  8. Baste every 10 minutes to keep top of apples from drying out
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Big Batch Sugar Cookies

Related: Royal Icing

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Yield: 5 dozen, 3" cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups unsalted butter (at room temp)
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 TBSP vanilla (or almond if desired)
  • 6 cups flour (extra flour is needed for rolling out)
  • ½ tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In stand mixer, using paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
  4. Mix dry ingredients and add a little at a time to butter mixture.
  5. Mix at low speed until flour is completely incorporated and the dough comes together. (Sometimes I switch to the dough hook on the mixer.)
  6. Chill for 1 to 2 hours.
  7. Use flour and a rolling pin to roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness.
  8. Cut in desired shapes.
  9. Bake on parchment paper on an ungreased baking sheet for 8 to 10 minutes.
  10. Leave on cookie sheet for 1–2 minutes – Carefully slide parchment paper off of cookie sheet.
  11. Let cool completely before removing from parchment paper.
  12. Decorate as desired.
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Caramel Brownies

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Caramel Brownies

Ingredients

  • 1 14 oz bag caramels
  • 2/3 c. evaporated milk – divided
  • 1 pkg. German Chocolate Cake mix
  • ¾ cup butter melted
  • 1 c. chopped nuts – optional
  • 3 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Melt caramels and 1/3 cup evaporated milk in microwave.
  3. Beat cake mix, 1/3 c. evaporated milk and butter. Add nuts.
  4. Press ½ of dough into greased 9 X 13 pan.
  5. Bake at 350 for 6 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips over crust.
  6. Pour caramel mixture over all, spreading evenly.
  7. Dot rest of dough over caramel.
  8. Bake 15-18 more minutes at 350. Cool.
  9. Chill 30 minutes and cut into bars.
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Carrot Cake

Mrs. Marie

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Carrot Cake

Ingredients

    Cake
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1 ½ c. oil
  • 2 c. flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 c. grated carrots
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
    • Icing
  • 2 - 8 oz. cream cheese @ room temp.
  • 1 stick butter at room temp.
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 cups conf. sugar, sifted
  • 1 ½ cups chopped pecans

Instructions

    Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
  2. Beat eggs until frothy.
  3. Add sugar and oil. Mix well
  4. Sift together dry ingredients (reserve enough to coat pecans)
  5. Fold dry ingredients into batter, alternating with carrots.
  6. Begin and end with flour.
  7. Add coated pecans.
  8. Pour evenly into 3 greased & floured nine inch pans.
  9. Bake @ 300 30-40 minute – cool on baking racks.
    10. Icing
  10. Mix softened cream cheese & butter.
  11. Add 2 tsp. vanilla.
  12. Add conf. sugar, mix until smooth.
  13. Add pecans.
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Chocolate Banana Pudding

Crumb Crust
1 sleeve chocolate graham crackers, crushed
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1 ½ finely chopped pecans
¼ cup sugar
½ cup butter melted

Preheat oven to 300.
Combine graham cracker crumbs, coconut, pecans and sugar
Add melted butter, stir well.
Spread mixture in rimmed sheet pan and bake for 15 minutes stirring often.
Set aside to cool. ** you can do this a day ahead and place in ziplock bag

Whipped Cream Topping (May substitute Cool Whip or Redi Whip)
1 pt. heavy whipping cream
¼ c. sugar
½ tsp. vanilla

Place ingredients in chilled bowl and whip on high until peaks form

Filling
8 oz. cream cheese softened
14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
2 (3 oz) pkgs. instant chocolate pudding mix (may substitute 1 pkg. chocolate for1 vanilla)
3 cups cold milk
4-6 bananas sliced into ½ inch chunks

Beat cream cheese with mixer until smooth
Add sweetened condensed milk, beat until well combined
Stir in pudding mix and milk, beat until smooth.

Layering
Reserve 2 tbsp. crumb mixture

In large glass serving bowl or trifle dish layer:
1/3 of pudding
½ bananas
½ crumb mixture
1/3 pudding
½ bananas
½ crumb mixture
1/3 pudding
Top with whipped cream
Garnish with reserved crumb mixture

Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: 3 dozen

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup Butter Flavor Crisco
  • 1-1/4 cups light brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1-1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans (optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375.
  2. Combine Crisco, sugar, milk, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended.
  3. Beat egg into mixture.
  4. Combine flour, salt, and soda. Mix into creamed mixture until blended.
  5. Stir in chips and pecans.
  6. Drop by rounded tablespoons 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet.
  7. 8 to 10 minutes for chewy cookies 11 to 13 for crisp.
  8. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet.
  9. Remove to foil to cool completely.
    10. If nuts are omitted add an extra ½ cup of chips.
    I use vanilla that I get from Mexico rather than vanilla extract – it seems to have a better flavor. I also use whole milk rather than skim or 2%.
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Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars

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Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ c. all purpose flour
  • 2/3 c. light brown sugar
  • ¾ c. butter
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 1 c. coarsely chopped nuts
  • 12 oz. semi sweet chips (divided)
  • 14 oz. condensed milk
  • 10 oz. toffee bits (divided)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Stir together flour and sugar.
  3. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  4. Add egg, mix well.
  5. Stir in nuts and 1 ½ c. chips.
  6. RESERVE 1 ½ c. of mixture
  7. Press remaining crumb mixture into 13 x 9 greased pan.
  8. Bake for 10 minutes
  9. Pour milk evenly over crust
  10. Top with 1 ½ c. toffee bits
  11. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture on top
  12. Sprinkle remaining ½ c. chips
  13. Bake 25 – 30 minutes
  14. Sprinkle remaining toffee bits.
  15. Cool completely and cut into bars.
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