Desserts

Apple Raisin Cheesecake Bars

Crust and Topping:
3/4 cup rolled oats
1/3 cup flour
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1/3 cup butter or butter flavored shortening
Cream Cheese Layer:
1 – 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened (can substitute neufchatel or light cream cheese)
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 – 1 tsp vanilla (eg. 1 capful)
Fruit Layer:
1 apple (Granny Smith is [...]

Tags:

Was this ever YUMMY!

Apple Blueberry Crumble
4 medium-large apples, peel on or off, cored and chopped into bitesize pieces (I used Granny Smith, peeled)
1 heaping cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup apple juice
1 Tbsp. turbinado sugar (can subsitute brown sugar – 1 Tbsp. will leave fruit distinctly tart. If you like it sweeter, [...]

Tags:

I made these for Valentine’s Day. I had wanted to make them in a heart shape, but, not having a heart-shaped pan (or the time or light-bulb moment to innovate), I made it in a plain old square pan and placed chocolate chips in the shape of two hearts (only on half of it, [...]

Tags:

Bake your choice of brownie, cake, or cookie dough/batter in two or three 9″ round cake pans (I did two cake pans of a sort of eggless brownie/cookie). A mix would make it even easier. Remove from pans and cool to room temperature.

Wash out one of the cake pans, as this will be [...]

Tags:

My FIRST WEEKLY CHALLENGE!!
This is my first of what I am hoping will be regular weekly challenges!
CHALLENGE #1:
1. To attempt to make my first ever ICE CREAM CAKE for my daughter’s birthday party this upcoming weekend. (She has requested a rainbow-type sherbet and cookies-and-cream ice cream to be in the cake. We’ll see…)
2. AND, [...]

Tags: