Dump Cake
2 cans fruit pie filling 1 box cake mix (yellow or white) 1 stick butter chopped nuts (optional) Preheat oven to 350 Dump the fruit filling in a 9×13 pan, spread the cake mix over that, chop the butter and place evenly on the cake mix (or melt and drizzle evenly). Spread nuts if desired. [...]
Baklava Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients: (makes 48 cookies – recipe can easily be halved) 1.5 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp sea salt 4 oz Earth Balance 1/2 cup organic cane sugar 1/4 cup sucanat 1/3 cup almond milk 1 tsp vanilla 1/3 cup hazelnuts 1/3 cup walnuts 1/3 cup [...]
Apple crisp
Ingredients 3 medium baking apples, cored, sliced thin 1 tsp cinnamon 2 Tbsp sugar 2 Tbsp flour Topping: 1 cup quick oats 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 Tbsp heart-healthy margarine Directions Mix first four ingredients and place into 9-inch (square or round) baking dish. In small bowl, mix Topping [...]
Catalan Panellets
Don Quijote autumn 2009 newsletter Ingredients: 750gr. almonds (250 crushed, 500 ground) 200gr. of potatoes 200gr. of sugar 1 egg (whites and yolks separated) Lemon peel shavings 500gr. pine kernel nuts Preparation: Boil potatoes in their skin with salt. Once cooked, peel and mash them with a fork. Place aside 250gr of crushed almonds, to [...]
No-bake flax-seed cookies
Here are the base elements, folks. 3/4 c. ground flax seeds 4 TB dry oatmeal (extra for rolling the cookies) 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp nutmeg 3 TB peanut butter (smooth or chunky is fine) 1/2 c. honey or molasses Put all ingredients in bowl and use mixer until pulls away from [...]
Debbie Wyatt’s Breakfast Cookies
makes about 40 cookies Ingredients 1 cup oil 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 3/4 cup quick oats 1+ cup chopped pecans 1 cup Craisins or golden raisins 1 cup flaked coconut 2 cups corn flakes Semisweet or white [...]
Pumpkin Spice Cake
My sister used to call this “pumpcake” and she loved it. Ingredients: 1 package Spice cake mix 1 cup pumpkin 1 cup oil 1 small package instant vanilla pudding 3 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup water 1/3 cup pecan halves Directions: Add ingredients together in order given, mix for 5 minutes Grease and flour [...]
Snowball Cookies
Time to pull this recipe out! Ingredients: 2 sticks margarine or butter (I use unsalted butter) 1/2 cup of powdered sugar 2 cups of all-purpose flour (I’m trying whole-wheat flour this year) 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla 1 cup of pecans; chopped fine (by my handy-dandy Pampered Chef chopper) Directions: Cream margarine and sugar together [...]
Graham cracker dessert
I had this at the beach so I went hunting for the recipe. This one looks right. Cookie pan with edge Graham crackers 1 c. almonds (or pecans) or walnuts! 2 sticks butter (I use 1 of butter & 1 of butter) 1/2 c. sugar Layer cookie pan with graham crackers (break them apart). [...]
Crock-Pot Caramel Apples
Ingredients: –caramel candies. This time of year in the produce section, there should be bags of soft caramel complete with popsicle stick handles. –apples (one bag of caramel makes 4 large apples) –nuts/sprinkles –2 T water The Directions: Use a 1.5 quart or larger crockpot—I used a 4 quart. Unwrap all of the caramel, and add them and [...]