Recipes

Cherry Coconut Chocolate Squares

Ingredients: Cookie Dough: 1/2 cup (or 1 stick) butter (or margarine) at room temperature 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour And: 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 3 large eggs 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 teaspoon almond extract 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3 cups flaked...

Cookies – Orange

Ingredients: Cookie Dough: 1/2 cup (or 1 stick) butter (or margarine) at room temperature 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour And: 1 tablespoon of grated orange zest Directions: (Makes about 32) In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients except the flour. Beat with an electric...

Chocolate Mint Dazzle (no bake)

Ingredients: 18 graham crackers 1/2 cup melted butter 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup softened butter 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar 3 eggs, slightly beaten 2 (1 ounce) squares chocolate, melted 1 1/2 cup cream 1 package miniature marshmallows 1/4 cup crushed peppermint candy Directions: Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan. Crush the graham crackers and mix them with the 1/2 cup of melted butter and the sugar. Press the...

Apple Pie: A Tradition Beyond Traditions

Apple pie is as American as it gets! A tradition beyond traditions! It’s served at Thanksgiving, Christmas, 4th of July and at many other holidays. Apple Pie Recipe All Butter Pie Crust 3 cups All Purpose flour 2 ½ sticks Un-Salted Butter ½ cup+ 2Tbls Water (Ice Cold) ½ tsp. Salt 1 Tbsp. Granulated Sugar Yield: 2 (10-inch) crusts (top and bottom) Dice the butter and return it to...

Lemon Delight (no bake)

Ingredients: 2 3-ounces packages of Lemon Jello 1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple (in it’s own juices) 1 can lemon pie filling Directions: Make jello as directed in jello package instructions EXCEPT use 2 cups of boiling water and 1/2 cup cold water Mix pie filling and pineapple Stir pie filling/pineapple mix into your jello Put in refrigerator and let set before...

Chocolate Twinkie Dessert

Ingredients: 9 Twinkies 1 Large box of instant chocolate pudding 1 1/2 cups milk 4 cups softened vanilla ice cream 8 ounces cool whip 3 crushed Heath candy bars Directions: Slice Twinkies in half lengthwise and lay then in the cake pan (filling side up) Mix pudding with milk Add ice cream to pudding/milk mixture Spread mixture over Twinkies Top with Cool-Whip Sprinkle crushed candy...

Pineapple Hash Dessert (no bake)

Ingredients 1 small box instant vanilla pudding 1 medium can crushed pineapple 2-3 handfuls miniature marshmallows 1 can fruit cocktail 1 9-oz container of Cool Whip Directions: Mix together the pineapple (juice/syrup included) and pudding mix Drain fruit cocktail Add the rest of the ingredients Stir together Chill before...

Rice Pudding (Arroz Doce)

Lucy Fonseca is 92 years young and knows her Rice Pudding or Arroz Doce as it’s known in Portugal, where the Fonseca’s hail from. Rice Pudding or Arroz Doce is a universal dish that almost every culture in the world from Europe to the Middle East to Asia to the Nordic countries has some inspired version of. The flavorings of Rice Pudding or Arroz Doce change from one culture to another –...

Malasada (Fried Dough Recipe)

What a great recipe! A Malasada (or Malassada or Malasedes or Portuguese Filhos) is a fried Portuguese confection. Essentially a Malasada, in American speak, is a donut. This recipe for Malasada was first created by the inhabitants of São Miguel Island, part of the Azores. A Malasada looks like an egg-sized fried dough ball that’s coated with granulatedsugar. In the United States,...

Cookies – Cereal (no bake)

Ingredients: 6 cups of krispy rice cereal 1 cup of peanut butter 1 cup of white sugar 1 cupt of white corn syrup Directions: No baking is necessary, but you do have to combine the sugar and syrup in a pot and bring it to a boil. Add peanut butter and stir well. Remove from heat. Add your krispy rice cereal to the mix. Spread/pat into a 9 x 13 pan. You may also top it with a topping or frosting...

Chocolate Filling & Cake Tins

These are all brand new cake tins that I received yesterday. I love these, only they do take a lot of the space in my kitchen cupboards, but that’s how it is when you are a cake maniac, right? They’re all 3″ high which I love because I also use them to assemble my cakes, this way the filling is not “running” away. In fact why not show you how I do it? I use this technique...

A Very Different Twist on Chocolate Brownies

Here’s something new and different. Check out the chocolate Donut Brownie recipe (below) which is based on the first brownies recipe batter. Chocolate Brownie Recipe (classic) (Published in the book of “18 Cakes & Cookies” by NCC) Ingredients: 4 eggs 2 cup castor sugar 1 tspvanilla 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 1/2 cup plain flour 1 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup chocolate chips ...

Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe

Strawberry Cheesecake Recipe I recently made this recipe from another recipe that I’d previously made and it was even better the second time around. It’s Abbey’s infamous Cheesecake recipe (plain, not Strawberry). The first time around, I tried this recipe but didn’t get to sample it. I decided to try the recipe again so that I could taste it! In one word, it was sublime. It...

Cookies – Peanut Butter (no bake)

Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons of butter 1/4 cup cocoa 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup milk 1 Pinch of salt 1 Teaspoon of pure vanilla bean paste 1 Tablespoon of peanut butter 1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal Directions: First you will get your ingredients all scaled out and a mixing bowl. You will then melt the butter in the microwave for about 30 seconds, you will take it out of the microwave and give it a...

Raspberry Revel (no bake)

Ingredients: 8 ounces of vanilla wafers 3/4 cup butter 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 pint frozen raspberries, thawed and drained 8 ounce container of whipped topping Directions: Grease a 9 x 11-inch pan. Crush the vanilla wafers. (The easiest way to do this is to put the wafers in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin.) Reserve 1/4 cup of the crushed vanilla...

Cookies – Coconut Pineapple

Ingredients: Cookie Dough: 1/2 cup (or 1 stick) butter (or margarine) at room temperature 1/2 cup brown sugar, lightly packed 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour And: 1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut 1/3 cup pineapple preserves (use raspberry or apricot if you prefer) Directions: In a large bowl, combine all...