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2010
09.24
Tags: appetizers, baked goods, black cat cupcake, black cat cupcakes, Black Cat Cupcakes recipe, breakfast, cakes, calzone recipes, camping food recipes, caribbean food recipes, casseroles, chinese, crockpot, desserts, easy chinese food recipes, ethnic, food recipe, fruits, gourmet sandwiches, grains&veggies, holiday foods, indian food recipes, italian, main dishes, mexican, mexican food recipe, mexican food recipes, miscellaneous, on the grill, pizza, potatoes, puerto rican food recipes, salads, seafood, secret recipes, snacks&appetizers, soups & stuff, southern food recipes, spanish food recipes, special diets, stir fry, sweets&desserts, vegetarian recipes
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Ingredients
- 1 1/4 c Reduced Fat Oreo cookie crumbs
- 18 1/4 ozs reduced fat chocolate cake mix
- 24 pcs Halloween Oreo cookies
- 16 ozs reduced fat milk chocolate frosting
- black string licorice
- jelly beans
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 24-2 1/2″ muffin cups with cooking spray and flour; set aside.
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions; stir in cookie crumbs. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from pans; cool on wire rack.
- Make cat faces on each of the remaining 24 cookies: using some frosting, attach 4-1 1/2″ licorice strings for whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves for eyes and 2 chocolate chips for ears. Let set at least 30 minutes.
- Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Stand cat faces on edge on each cupcake. Place 3″ piece licorice string on back half of each cupcake for tail.
2010
09.23
Tags: appetizers, baked goods, breakfast, cakes, calzone recipes, camping food recipes, caribbean food recipes, casseroles, chinese, crockpot, desserts, easy chinese food recipes, ethnic, food recipe, fruits, gourmet sandwiches, grains&veggies, holiday foods, indian food recipes, italian, main dishes, mexican, mexican food recipe, mexican food recipes, miscellaneous, on the grill, peanut butter reindeer, Peanut Butter Reindeer recipe, pizza, potatoes, puerto rican food recipes, salads, seafood, secret recipes, snacks&appetizers, soups & stuff, southern food recipes, spanish food recipes, special diets, stir fry, sweets&desserts, vegetarian recipes
Posted in Christmas | Comments Off
Cookies Ingredients
- 1 pk Duncan Hines Peanut Butter
- Cookie Mix
- 1 Egg
- 2 t All-purpose flour
Assorted Decorations Ingredients
- Miniature semi-sweet
- chocolate chips
- Vanilla milk chips
- Candy-coated semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Colored sprinkles
Instructions
- FOR COOKIES, combine cookie mix, contents of peanut butter packet from Mix and egg in large bowl. Stir until thoroughly blended. Form dough into ball. Place flour in jumbo (15×13″) resealable plastic bag. Place ball of dough in bag. Shake to coat with flour. Place dough in center of bag (do not seal). Roll dough with rolling pin out to edges of bag. Slide bag not baking sheet. Chill in refrigerator at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375′F. Use scissors to cut bag down center and across ends. Turn plastic back to uncover dough. Dip reindeer cookie cutter in flour. Cut dough with reindeer cookie cutter. Dip cookie cutter in flour after each cut. Transfer cut-out cookies to ungreased baking sheets using floured pancake turner. Decorate each reindeer as desired. Bake at 375′F. for 5-7 minutes or until set but not browned. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheets. Remove to cooling racks. Cool completely. Store between layers of waxed paper in airtight container.
- Makes about 2 dozen cookies.
Note: Reroll dough by folding plastic back over dough.
2010
09.22
Tags: appetizers, baked goods, breakfast, cakes, calzone recipes, camping food recipes, caribbean food recipes, casseroles, chinese, christmas spiced tea, Christmas Spiced Tea recipe, crockpot, desserts, easy chinese food recipes, ethnic, food recipe, fruits, gourmet sandwiches, grains&veggies, holiday foods, indian food recipes, italian, main dishes, mexican, mexican food recipe, mexican food recipes, miscellaneous, on the grill, pizza, potatoes, puerto rican food recipes, salads, seafood, secret recipes, snacks&appetizers, soups & stuff, southern food recipes, spanish food recipes, special diets, stir fry, sweets&desserts, vegetarian recipes
Posted in Christmas | Comments Off
Ingredients
- 2 ts Cinnamon
- 1 t Ground cloves
- 2 c Sugar
- 1/2 c Instant tea with twist of lemon
- 18 oz Jar of Tang Juice Mix
Instructions
- Mix together all the ingredients and store in air-tight container.
- Add 2 Heaping teaspoons for each mug of boiling water for tea.
Note: I remember drinking this as a child during the Christmas holidays. Always a part of the Christmas Eve Buffets.
2010
09.22
Tags: appetizers, baked goods, breakfast, cakes, calzone recipes, camping food recipes, caribbean food recipes, casseroles, chinese, Christmas Pudding recipe, crockpot, desserts, easy chinese food recipes, ethnic, food recipe, fruits, gourmet sandwiches, grains&veggies, holiday foods, indian food recipes, italian, main dishes, mexican, mexican food recipe, mexican food recipes, miscellaneous, on the grill, pizza, potatoes, puerto rican food recipes, salads, seafood, secret recipes, snacks&appetizers, soups & stuff, southern food recipes, spanish food recipes, special diets, stir fry, sweets&desserts, vegetarian recipes
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Ingredients
- 2 cups Pillsbury’s Best All Purpose Flour* sifted
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon French’s Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon French’s Ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon French’s Nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon French’s Cloves
- 1 cup suet — ground or grated
- 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/3 cup molasses
- Butterscotch, Nutmeg or Hard Sauce
Instructions
- Steam for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Sift together the flour, sugar, soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. Stir in suet, buttermilk or sour milk, raisins, and molasses. Mix until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn into well-greased 2-quart mold or casserole. Cover with tight cover or aluminum foil. Place on rack in large steamer or kettle. Add boiling water to height of 2 inches in steamer, cover. Steam 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until pudding springs back when touched lightly in center. Serve hot, cut into slices with Butterscotch, Nutmeg, or Hard Sauce.(If desired, Christmas Pudding may be baked in a 300 degree oven. Place a pan of water in oven. Cover pudding and bake 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours.)
- Butterscotch Sauce: Combine 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/8 teaspoons salt. Stir in 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened.
- Hard Sauce: Cream 1/2 cup butter. Add gradually 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. Blend in 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon boiling water, 1 teaspoon French’s Vanilla and 2 teaspoons
French’s Rum or Brandy Flavoring, if desired. Chill until serving time.
- Nutmeg Sauce: Cream 1/4 cup butter. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar, creaming until light and fluffy. Blend in 1 egg yolk, 1 1/2 tablespoons flour and 1 teaspoon French’s Vanilla. Gradually add 1 1/4 cups boiling water. Cook in top of double boiler over boiling water, stirring constantly until slightly thickened. Stir in 1/4 teaspoon French’s Nutmeg.
Note: *For use with Pillsbury’s Best Self-Rising Flour, omit soda and salt.
2010
09.21
Tags: appetizers, baked goods, breakfast, cakes, calzone recipes, camping food recipes, candy m&m christmas, Candy: M&M Christmas Ornaments recipe, caribbean food recipes, casseroles, chinese, crockpot, desserts, easy chinese food recipes, ethnic, food recipe, fruits, gourmet sandwiches, grains&veggies, holiday foods, indian food recipes, italian, M&M Christmas Ornament, M&M Christmas Ornaments, main dishes, mexican, mexican food recipe, mexican food recipes, miscellaneous, on the grill, pizza, potatoes, puerto rican food recipes, salads, seafood, secret recipes, snacks&appetizers, soups & stuff, southern food recipes, spanish food recipes, special diets, stir fry, sweets&desserts, vegetarian recipes
Posted in Christmas | No Comments »
Tree Ornaments
- Plastic wrap
- Pkg.’s M&M’s
- Pipe Cleaner
- Ribbon
Christmas Wreath
- Same ingredients as ornament but also a wire coat and hanger
How to do Tree Ornaments
- Cut plastic wrap into 6-inch squares.
- Gather corners and twist tightly. Secure with pipe cleaner.
- Cluster individual balls into one large one, connecting each ball with the adjoining pipe cleaner.
- Tie “curling” ribbon around the cluster to form a loop at the tops.
- Tie two 10-inch strands of ribbon at the bottom and curl. Hang on the tree with the loop ends.
How to make M&M Candy Wreath
- Make cluster balls the same way as the candy tree ornament clusters, using plain or peanut M&M’s.
- Form a circle from a wire coat hanger, the hook forms the hanging loop.
- Attach cluster balls to the hanger with pipe cleaners. Tie a large bow at the top of the wreath.
2010
09.20
Tags: appetizers, baked goods, breakfast, cakes, calzone recipes, camping food recipes, caribbean food recipes, casseroles, chinese, crockpot, desserts, easy chinese food recipes, ethnic, food recipe, fruit and nut easter egg, fruit and nut easter eggs, Fruit and Nut Easter Eggs recipe, fruit easter eggs, fruits, gourmet sandwiches, grains&veggies, holiday foods, indian food recipes, italian, main dishes, mexican, mexican food recipe, mexican food recipes, miscellaneous, nut easter eggs, on the grill, pizza, potatoes, puerto rican food recipes, salads, seafood, secret recipes, snacks&appetizers, soups & stuff, southern food recipes, spanish food recipes, special diets, stir fry, sweets&desserts, vegetarian recipes
Posted in Easter | No Comments »
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 3/4 cup hot water
- 1/2 pound marshmallow cream
- 1/2 cup shortening — melted
- 1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 2 cups candied fruit (pineapple and cherries)
- nuts
- dipping chocolate
Instructions
- In a saucepan, cook sugar, syrup and water to 265 degrees on a candy thermometer.
- Add marshmallow creme and beat until almost firm.
- Add melted shortening, confectioner’s sugar, candied fruit and nuts. Mix well.
- Shape eggs by hand and dip in dipping chocolate.
- Makes 10 eggs which will keep for 6-8 months.
NOTE: try piping a name on the egg after the chocolate is firm.
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