Apple Goodie

Peel and slice 3 heaping cups of tart apples.

Toss with:

1/2 cup sugar

2 heaping T. flour

Cinnamon to taste

Place in bottom of greased 9x13 pan.

Sprinkle with nuts. (optional)

Mix together:

3/4 cup brown sugar

3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup oatmeal

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

Mix in:

1/2 cup melted butter

Spread over apples.  Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown-- about 30 minutes.  

Variations:  Can use blackberries, pears (with a dash of lemon juice) or combinations of apples and berries.

No Bake Cookies Without Peanut Butter

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar

• 1/2 cup butter

• 1/2 cup milk

• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

• 3 cups quick cooking oats

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Mix together sugar, butter or margarine, and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil for one minute, stirring constantly.

2. Remove from heat and mix in cocoa, quick oatmeal and vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls on waxed paper.

Tips: Whenever you heat sugar, you are using the science of candy making, which allows for the heating of sugar to very particular temperatures, and since many stoves very in temperature, relying on 1 minute of boiling may not work for everyone so try this: Remember the stages of sugar making Thread: 230-235 (This will make a syrup) Soft Ball: 335-240 (This is the stage we will concentrate on for making these cookies) firm ball: 245-250 hard ball 250-265 Soft crack- 270-290 hard crack- 300-310 For this particular recipe, after 1 minute of boiling, get a cup of cold water and drop a small spoon full of the syrup into the batter. If it forms a small, soft ball in the water, take it off the heat. If it creates a stringy thread, it's not done yet.

Giant Cinnamon and Orange Rolls

 

3 T yeast

5 c. warm water

3/4 c. sugar

2 T salt

2 eggs, beaten

1 c. oil

1 c. powdered milk

5 lbs. flour (about)

margarine, cinnamon, brown sugar

greased jelly roll pan

flour for rolling

Combine in mixer: yeast, water, sugar, and salt. Beat in eggs, and blend in milk. Add oil and flour. If using a mixer, add flour until it cleans the sides of the bowl. You may mix in flour by hand. Dough should be sticky. Turn into oiled bowl and let rise until double, approx. 45 minutes. Punch down. Take out half of the dough and roll into a 18" x 36" rectangle. Spread with softened 1/4 c. margarine. Sprinkle with cinnamon and with one cup brown sugar. Roll up. Seal edges and cut into 12 sections using a piece of string. (Tip: cut narrow end pieces longer, then smash down on pan to make them roughly the same size as the rolls from the thicker center pieces.) Place on greased large jelly roll pan (place largest rolls on edges, smallest toward center.) Let rise till double - about 30 minutes. Bake for 21 minutes at 350. Remove from oven. Let set for 5 minutes. Invert on cooling racks. Frost when cool with cream cheese frosting. 

Make orange rolls with other half of dough by spreading with margarine, then orange filling. Top with Orange Icing.

Cream Cheese Frosting: 1 lb. powdered sugar, 1 cube butter, 1 8 oz. cream cheese, lemon extract. Beat until smooth, adding milk if necessary to thin.

Orange Roll Filling: 1 c. sugar, 2 T orange juice, 1 T grated orange rind, 1 t. orange extract and if desired 1 drop orange food coloring.

Orange Icing: 2 1/2 c. powdered sugar, 2 T grated orange rind, 1/4 c. orange juice, 1/2 t. orange extract.

Chocolate Pudding Cake

3/4 c. sugar

1 1/2 tsp. cocoa

2 tsp. melted butter

1 c. flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 c. nuts (optional)

1/2 c. milk

1/4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

Topping:

1/2 c. sugar

1/2 c. brown sugar

2 Tbsp. cocoa

cup hot water 

Sift together dry ingredients.  Add milk, butter, vanilla and nuts.  Mix well, then pour into a 9 x 9 inch cake pan.  Sprinkle 1/2 c. sugar, 1/2 c. brown sugar, and 2 Tbsp. cocoa on top of batter.  Pour 1 cup hot water over all.  Bake 40 minutes at 350.  Serve warm with vanilla ice cream, or cold.

Liege Waffles/Copycat Waffle Love Recipe

If you're looking to make some quick waffles, these are not it. If you want some with a lot more flavor than the typical waffles, then this is the recipe for you. The difference, aside from the ingredients, is that these waffles are made with a dough rather than batter. The waffle is also pretty sweet so you usually don't use syrup with this recipe either.

Ingredients

·         3/4 cup milk, scalded and cooled to warm milk

·         2 tablespoons water, waarmed

·         1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

·         2 teaspoons instant yeast

·         2 large eggs, lightly whisked

·         1 cup unsalted butter, softened

·         3 tablespoons honey

·         1 tablespoon brown sugar

·         2 tablespoons white sugar

·         3 teaspoons vanilla

·         4 cups bread flour

·         1.5 cups belgian pearl sugar (we bought ours from orson gygi, but you can also order it online from somewhere like Walmart)

Instructions

1.      Mix the milk and water together

2.      Add the 1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar, then add the yeast, stirring to combine. Allow the yeast to grow.

3.      In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugars. Add the egg, honey and vanilla. Stir together and add the yeast mixture.

4.      Place in a standing mixer with the dough hook (or bread maker on the dough setting) and add 2 cups of flour. Mix until the dough is thoroughly incorporated. Add the remaining flour, mix in, then cover and allow to rest for 4-24 hours.

5.      Punch down and knead in the pearl sugar. Separate into 8 to 10 balls and place on a hot, greased waffle iron. The pearls should melt somewhat on the waffle iron. Cook until golden brown and serve with biscoff, whipped cream and fresh berries.

This recipe is adapted from: http://www.ohsweetbasil.com/2013/12/copycat-waffle-love-recipe.html

Apple Enchiladas

It's just as amazing as it sounds. I can't believe I hadn't stumbled across something like this before. If you use canned apple pie filling it takes about 10 minutes to prepare, but tastes AMAZING.

Apple Enchilada

1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling

6 (8 inch) flour tortillas

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup butter  

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup water

• Spoon about one heaping quarter cup of pie filling evenly down the center of each tortilla.
• Roll up, tucking in edges; and place seam side down in prepared dish.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and water. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes.  
• Bake in preheated oven 20 minutes, or until golden.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream.

Pineapple Mango Sorbet

Very refreshing and a perfect end to a summer barbeque!

1 fresh pineapple
2 mangoes
3/4 c. sugar

Cut up pineapple, add sugar and blend in blender or food processor. Pour into bowl and set aside. Cut and blend mangoes (may need to add a little bit of water) until smooth. Add to pineapple/sugar mixture. Pour into ice cream maker and serve. Can also be made without ice cream maker, just put bowl in fridge and stir every 30 minutes until ice cream consistency.

Also I occasionally serve it like it is pictured above if you are going for a wow! factor.

Caramel Oatmeal Cake

This is my friend Angela Heider's recipe.  It is awesome!  I am actually posting it here because I just found it again in my email and don't want to lose it. If you are looking for a yummy dessert, this is definitely worth a try!

Pour 1 1/2 cups of boiling water over 1 cup of quick oatmeal.  Set aside.

Cream together:

   1/2 cup of butter

   1 cup of sugar

   1 cup of brown sugar (packed)

   2 eggs

Add (and mix) oatmeal into sugar mixture, then add:

   1 1/2 cups of flour

   1 tsp. baking soda

   1 tsp. cinnamon

   1/2 tsp. salt

Mix everything together.  Pour into greased 13 x 9 in. pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Frosting:

In saucepan on stovetop, combine:

   1/2 cup of butter

   1 cup brown sugar (packed)

   1/4 cup evaporated milk.

Mix together and boil for 1 minute.  Add:

   1 cup of shredded coconut

   1/2 cup chopped nuts (I left the nuts out, but it's really good with them)

Spread over top of hot cake.

Lemon-Lime Sorbet

We have tried quite a few homemade ice cream and sorbet recipes around here since we got our electric ice cream maker a couple years ago.  We found this recipe this week and it is now one of our top favorites! So good! And even better the day after you make it! 

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup plus a little extra of freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup plus a little extra of freshly squeezed lime juice
3/4 Tbsp of finely chopped/grated lime and/or lemon zest

Combine the sugar and water in a larges saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.  Reduce heat to low and simmer without stirring until the sugar dissolves, about 3 to 5 minutes.  Cool completely (about 30-40 minutes in the refrigerator).

When cool, add the lemon and lime juice and the zest.  Stir to combine.  Pour mixture into ice cream maker and mix about 25 to 30 minutes.

For firmer consistency, freeze in tubberware overnight.

Peanut Butter Candy

My friend brought this to Kin's baby blessing - Sinfully yummy!

3 cups peanut butter
2 pkgs graham crackers, crushed
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup butter melted
1 lb powdered sugar

Mix above ingredients together and press into bottom of 9x13 pan

1 pkg chocolate chips, melted (Spread on top and let set)

ENJOY!!

Raspberry Oatmeal Cookie Bars

jacob & I were assigned to the treats for Barlow FHE last night and I wanted to make something fruity.

i got this app [for android] and found this recipe on there >>> all recipes 

it was delicious!

the recipe you can find online here >>> Raspberry Oatmeal Cookie Bars

i doubled the recipe for the FHE and i also added cinnamon to the oatmeal mixture.

and i added cream cheese to the top!

i found those little additions in the reviews part.

pre baked cookie bars!

i just randomly dolloped [is that even a word?] the cream cheese everywhere. 

[it is, just looked it up in the dictionary.]

baked raspberry oatmeal cookie bars!

and you can try it with any fruit you'd like. so yum!

Chocolate Chip Oreo Fudge Brownie Bars

photo from http://www.kevinandamanda.com

I made these for Harrison's birthday party last week.  Wow. 
Makes any other dessert hardly worth the effort.  A-ma-zing!

Chocolate Chip Oreo Fudge Brownie Bars

Yield: 32 bars

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Bake Time: 45 to 55 minutes

1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup light brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups (12 ounces) milk chocolate chips

1 pkg Double Stuffed Oreos

1 Family Size (9x13) Brownie mix

1/4  cup hot fudge topping

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9×13-inch pan, line with parchment paper, and then butter the parchment paper.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Cream together the butter and both sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well to thoroughly combine. Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture into the mixer until the flour is just combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Spread the cookie dough in the bottom of the prepared 9×13 baking dish.

3. Top the cookie dough with a layer of Oreos.

4. Mix together the brownie mix according to the package directions, adding ¼ cup of hot fudge topping to the mix. Pour the brownie batter over the cookie dough and Oreos. Bake for 45-55 minutes. Let cool completely before slicing into bars. Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.