Category: dessert
German Chocolate Cake Bars
German Chocolate Cake Bars
Crust:
1 box devil’s food cake mix (not the kind with pudding added)
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted *I used Smart Balance
1 large egg
Filling:
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk *I used fat free
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 cup chopped pecans *I used walnuts since that’s what I had
1 cup shredded coconut
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (milk chocolate is fine too)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan with non stick cooking spray or butter.
In a medium bowl, mix together the cake mix, butter and egg, and press into the bottom of the prepared pan. The crust should not come up the sides.
Bake for 7 minutes and remove from the oven. The crust will not look done.
While the crust is baking, mix together the sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, egg, pecans walnuts and coconut. Pour evenly over the warm crust and sprinkle evenly with the chocolate chips.
Bake for 24-30 minutes, until the top is a light golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool completely before cutting into squares.
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Strawberry Shortcake on Chocolate Chip Biscuits
- 3 c. flour (can use a mix of all-purpose & white whole wheat)
- 1/3 c. sugar
- 1 1/2 T. baking powder
- 3/4 t. salt
- 1/2 c. butter
- 1-2 c. chocolate chips (I used a combo of dark and semi sweet – 1 cup)
- 1/2-1 c. milk (I only needed about a 1/2 cup, skim milk)
‘Lightened Up’ Apple & Snicker Bar Salad
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White Chocolate, Cranberry & Pistachio Cookies
Preschool ended this week for Mr. Three and we wanted to give a little something to his teachers. He really loved his teacher and classmates…it is so sweet! As always, when thinking of a little gift, food comes to mind. I’ve especially been on a cookie kick recently. (Why can’t I get on a lunges kick, or jump rope kick…why’s it always food?!)
had a perfect guess to my little sneak peak photo yesterday!
White Chocolate, Cranberry & Pistachio Cookies
adapted from my Tropical Trail Mix Cookies
1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter or margarine *I used Smart Balance 50/50
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
1-1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup chopped pistachios *I used a 1/2 c. pistachios and 1/2 c. almonds b/c that’s what I had on hand
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a bowl, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy; add egg. Combine flour and baking soda; blend into creamed mixture. Stir in chips, fruit and nuts. Drop rounded tablespoonsful of dough (1-1/2 inch balls), about 2 inches apart, on silicone mat lined or greased cookie sheet. Bake 13-15 minutes. Cool 2-3 minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool. Store in tightly covered container. Makes about 32 cookies*
*Depends on the size of your cookies and how much dough you eat!
We took the cookies and put them in little tins that I picked up from Target (in the dollar bins). If you are thinking this looks familiar, it’s because it is….I did almost the same thing for Teacher Appreciation last year, except I made Tropical Trail Mix Cookies. Yum.
I wrote a little note on the back and my son signed his name all by himself!
I thought these cookies were really good. (Because you know I had to try them several times before I gave them away. Obviously.) I’m not a huge fan of white chocolate, but it pairs very well with the cranberries and pistachios/almonds. Definitely a combo I’ll be making again!
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Homemade Brownie Larabars
Homemade Brownie Larabars
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 and 1/3 cups pitted dates
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3-4 T cocoa powder (I used Hershey’s Dark cocoa)
- 1/8 tsp salt (optional)
- chocolate chips (optional) (of course I used chocolate chips! Ghirardelli 60% chips)
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2-ingredient Apple Angel Food Cake
Apple Angel Food Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix can of pie filling with dry cake mix. {No other ingredients}
- Stir until blended.
- Pour in a greased/sprayed 9×13 baking dish.
- Top with walnuts if desired – making this a THREE ingredient cake 🙂
- Bake at 350 until done. *I saw on a pin somewhere that it should be baked for 20 minutes. This was not long enough in my oven. It took at least 25-30, and the middle of mine still wasn’t done, and my oven usually cooks faster than the recommended times. Next time I will def. cook it longer and make sure to check the center. Mine also ‘deflated’ by the next day, but that could also be because I didn’t cook it long enough. However, the flavor was really good, especially since I was craving something sweet like a mad woman.
Banana Ice Cream with Oreos
Yesterday I posted this pic –
Oreo Banana Ice Cream
Margarita Cake
I’ve mentioned that I made a Margarita Cake for Easter, and wanted to share the recipe. It was really good, and it starts with a cake mix!
Margarita Cake –
slightly adapted from the
- Cake:
- Cooking spray, for misting the pan
- Flour, for dusting the pan
- 1 package (18.25 ounces) plain yellow or lemon cake mix (I used lemon)
- 4 tablespoons vanilla instant pudding mix (I used fat free, sugar free instant pudding)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup water
- ½ cup vegetable olive oil
- 1/3 cup fresh lime or Key lime juice
- ¼ cup tequila
- 2 tablespoons triple sec orange liqueur
- 1 teaspoon tablespoon grated lime zest
- 4 large eggs
- Glaze:
- 1 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon tequila
- 1 tablespoon triple sec orange liqueur
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice or Key lime juice
- 3-4 drops (optional)
- 2-3 drops of (optional)
- 1 lime, cut into thin slices (I omitted)
- 1 to 2 teaspoons coarse sugar (I omitted)
- Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray, then dust with flour. Shake out the excess flour and set the pan aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix the cake mix, pudding mix, sugar, water, oil, 1/3 cup lime juice, ¼ cup tequila, 2 tablespoons orange liqueur, lime zest and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until the ingredients are combined, abt 30 seconds. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and mix on medium speed for 1½ minutes longer, scraping down the side of the bowl again if needed. The batter should look smooth and thick. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan, smoothing the top with the rubber spatula, and place the pan in the oven.
- Bake the cake until the top springs back when lightly pressed with a finger, 42 to 47 minutes. Transfer the Bundt pan to a wire rack and let the cake cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Run a long, sharp knife around the edges of the cake, shake the pan gently, and invert the cake onto a wire rack. Let the cake cool completely, about 25 minutes longer. (My cake pulled away from the sides as it cooled and I didn’t need to run a knife along the sides of the pan. It came out easily, unlike this one! My cake also fell some. ALL my cakes fall…I don’t know what I’m doing wrong!)
- Meanwhile, make the glaze: Place the confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon tequila, 1 tablespoon orange liqueur, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and the lemon and orange Stevia drops in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Slide the cake onto a serving plate. Using a long wooden skewer poke 12 to 16 holes in the top of the cake. Spoon the glaze over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides. Garnish the cake with the lime slices and a sprinkling of coarse sugar. Let the glaze set for 10 minutes, then slice and serve the cake.
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Chocolate Pudding Dump Cake – 4 ingredients!
I know, I know. Chocolate again. I just can’t help it. There have been birthdays and stuff that have just required chocolate. (Not that I really need a reason, but it helps ease the guilt.) Week before last, I volunteered (yes, volunteered. I should know better.) to make dessert for a church fundraiser/dinner. I had all kinds of fabulous ideas floating around on Pinterest in my head that I wanted to try out. Last week rolls around, and it’s time to make the dessert. And guess what….sick kid. Like 104 fever, coughing his guts out sick. So, I stay home doctoring him for a couple of days and realize it’s getting worse instead of better, so we make a trip to the doctor. Of course this happens to be the day I’m supposed to make the dessert. We go to the doctor, Mr. Three has an ear infection, we go to the pharmacy….yada, yada. So, by the time I get home to make said dessert, I don’t have a lot of time. Nothin’ fancy is going to be happenin’ in my kitchen.
Thank goodness I had some quick and easy recipes pinned! Like this ‘‘ by Eat, Live, Run. It looked super delicious, but only required 4 ingredients. Holla! I was all over it.
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