Quick and Easy Healthy Dinner Recipes For Family

Cornbread Dessert Recipe
4 Serving

Ingredients:
8  egg whites
3 cup skim milk
4  apple made into applesauce*
2 tsp salt (I omit)
12 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp baking posder
2 cup flour
4 cup cornmeal

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 425 deg F
2. Grease a pan (I used a medium vision pot sprayed lightly with pan) and put in oven to preheat.
3. Mix all ingredients, pour batter into heated pan and bake for 20 min.
4. To make applesauce quick I cut up 1 apple and put in bowl with a bit or water and then microwave on high for 2 mins.
5. Then I use my handblender to make it into sauce.
6. Make sure you do this in a tall, thin container as it tends to spit up and hot apple sauce really burns! One apple makes about 1/3 of a cup  so you could use storebought for this.

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Quick and Easy Cookie Recipes With Few Ingredients

Chocolate Fudge Brownies Recipes
4 Servings

Ingredients:
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2  eggs
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chipits cocoa
1/2 cup butter or margarine
Directions:

1. Melt the butter/margarine in medium saucepan.
2. Remove from heat and stir in the cocoa.
3. Stir in the brown sugar, then beat in the eggs and the vanilla extract
4. Blend in the flour, the walnuts, and the salft.
5. Spread evenly in grased 8 inch squre pan.
6. Bake at 350 deg F (180 C) from 20-25 mins.
7. Cool and frost.
8. Make about 16 brownies.

Rum Balls Recipe
60 Servings

Ingredients:
1 each Powdered sugar
1/2 cup Light rum
1/2 cup Honey
1 lb Walnuts (ground twice)
1 packages Vanilla wafers-7 1/4 oz box




Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients and let stand for 1 hour.
2. Roll appoximately 1tbsp size into a ball, lightly roll in powdered sugar.
3. Will store in a tight container for 5 to 6 weeks.
4. Makes about 5 dozen.

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Quick and Easy Dessert Recipes No Bake

Kai's "detox" Green Smoothie
3 Servings

Ingredients:
1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
1 cup of ice
8  strawberries
1 large orange,  peeled and segmented
1  banana, cut up
2 cup fresh spinach

Directions:

1. Add all ingredietns into blender, food processor, or a juicer. Blend until smooth.
2. Very tasty. The yogurt gives it a nice tart flavor while the fruits lend sweetness.

Refreshing Pear Slush 
2 Servings

Ingredients:
1 cup crushed ice
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice
1/4 cup orange juice
2  pears (any variety)


Directions:

1. Place all ingredients into blender food processor, or a juicer.
2. Blend for 40-60 sec or until smooth.
3. Pour into a chilled glass and serve immediately.

Fresh Mango and Banana Smoothie
3 Servings

Ingredients:
3 tbsp sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup Ice Cubes
3  fresh banana
2  fresh cut mango

Directions:

1. In blender add fresh mango and banana, sugar, milk dan ice cube mix until smooth and serve with cool whip and cherry.

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Quick and Easy Healthy Dinner Recipes for Two

Easy Beef Burritos
4 Servings

Ingredients:
10 2/3 oz shredded cheese
1 1/3 can chili beans
2/3 can 8oz  tomato sauce
2/3 tsp chili powder
1 1/3 lb ground beef
8  flour tortillas


Directions:

1. Scamble ground beef in skillet until brown
2. Add tomato sauce, chili powder and 1/2 cup water, stir. Simmer until is evaporeted
3. Mush Up beans to paste in pan, heat and set aside.
4. Spread 2 tbsp mashed beans on tortilla
5. Take 1/4 cup of ground beef and spread on 1 tortilla
6. Add shredded cheese.
7. Fold tortilla over 1/3 of the way.
8. Fold and over then complete rolling.
9. Repeat until all tortillas are used up.
10. Add a little oil to skillet. Place burrito folded side down
11. Fry until golden, turn reapet on other side.

Pear Burrito
4 Serving

Ingredients:
1 tbsp butter
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp flour or corn starch
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
4  flour tortillas,  8 inch size
3  ripe pears, peeled and chopped

Directions:

1. Chop pear, put in 4 quart sauce pan.
2. Fill with enough water to cover pears.
3. Add reamining ingredients, stir well
4. Simmer on medium haet until pears are tender
5. Stir in 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch
6. Simmer until mixture is thick.
7. Take one tortilla, place 1/3 cup pear mixture on tortilla
8. Fold ends over then roll up
9. Repeat until all tortillas are used up
10. Place burritos folded side down in cast iron skillet, heat until golden on one side.
11. flip over, brown in other side
12. serve warm.

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Quick Easy Brownie Recipes

Pumkin Swirl Brownies Recipe
2 Servings

Ingredients:
2 box of your favorite brownie mix-fudgy brownies work best for this recipe.

For the Filling:
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
2 tsp ground cinnamon
6 tbsp sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
2  8 oz package cream cheese, softened

Directions:

• Mix brownie mix according to package directions.
• Spread 3/4 cup of brownie better into a greased 8*8 pan.
• Mix filling ingredients with mixer until well combine.
• Spoon filling over brownie better and spread evenly, reserving a couple tbsp for topping.
• Pour remaining brownie better over pumpkin filling and spead evenly.
• Add remaining tbsp of the filling on top by tsp.
• Take a butter knife or skewer and drag across entire pan back and forth and then back and forth the opposite side of the pan to create a desing.
• Cook according to the package for brownie mix until toothpick insered comes out clean.
• Cool and cut to serve.

Brownie Recipe
2 Servings

Ingredients:
3 cup flour
4 tsp vanilla
4 cup sugar
8  eggs
8 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 cup butter or margarine



 
Directions:

• Spray a 8*8 inch brownie pan, set aside, in small pot melt butter and chocolate over low heat remove from heat set oven at 350 deg F.
• In large bowl slowly mix sugar, eggs, vanilla and flour, add in chocolate mixture.
• Spead better in prepeared brownie pan bake for 30 mins, let cool.

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Quick Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes Healthy

The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
36 Servings

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
2 tsp Baking soda
1 tbsp Salt
2 cup All-purpose flour
1 1/8  Egg
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
2 tablespoon & 1 tsp Milk
 3/4 cup & 1 tbsp Butter Flavor Crisco Shortening
1 1/3 cup & 1 tbsp Packed light brown sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat ovet up to 375 deg F.
2. Place length of foil flat surface.
3. In large bowl, beat shortening, brown sugar, vanilla and milk on medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
4. Add egg, beat well
5. Toss together, salf and baking soda.
6. Gradually add to sugar mixture, beating on low speed just until  blended.
7. Stirr in chocolate chips.
8. Drop by rounded tbspfull 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
9. Bake 8-10 mins for chewy cookie or 11-13 mins for crips cookies.
10. Cool 2 mins, remove from cookie sheet to foil.
11. Cool completely.
12. Make about 3 dozen cookie

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
1 Servings

Ingredients:
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup flour
1/2 cup pecans -- chopped
1 cup chocolate chips
2 cup oatmeal
1 tsp vanilla
2  eggs
1 1/3 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup shortening

Directions:

• Sift together first 5 ingredients in mixing bowl
• Add shortening, brown sugar, valilla and milk and beat up to smooth.
• Stir in oatmeal, pe cans and chocolate chips.
• Drop onto greased baking pan and bake at 350 deg F 12 - 14 mins.

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Quick Easy Sugar Cookie Recipes

Sugar Cookie Recipe
12 Sevings

Ingredients:
1 tsp Vanilla
2 large Eggs, beaten
1 cup Butter
1 pinch Salt
2 tsp Baking powder
3 cup Flour
1 1/2 cup Sugar

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350 deg F.
• Sift dry ingredients togeter.
• Work butter into the dry mixture with a pastry cutter until it become coarse grains.
• Add eggs and vanilla mxs well until everything is blended. You can an electric mixer at thie point, but it's done by hand.
• Roll out dough to about 1/8 inch thick and cut with cookie cutter.
• Space cookie 2 inches apart on baking sheets.
• Bake 8 up to 10 mins and cool on rack.
• Cool completely before froasting.

Chewy Sugar Cookies
2 Servings

Ingredients:
2  Sprinkles
6 tbsp Buttermilk
2 tsp Vanilla extract
3 cup White sugar
2  Egg
2 cup Softened butter
1 tsp Baking powder
2 tsp Baking soda
5 1/2 cup All purpose flour

Directions:

• Heat over 375 deg F
• In small bowl, stir flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla.
• Grandually blend in dry ingredients.
• Add anough of the buttermilk to moisten the dough and make it soft, not wet
• Roll rounded tsp of dough into balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• With a brush of fingers, moisten the top of each cookie with  the reamining buttermilk and slightly flatten the topof each cookie.
• Sprinkel sprinkels on the cookie
• bake 8 up to 10 mins or until slightly golden.
• Let stand for 2 mins before removing to cook on rack

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Quick and Easy Dessert Recipes With Few Ingredients

Chocolate Truffles  Recipe
5 Servings

Ingredients:
5 dash decorations to top
5 cup cocoa powder (if using white chocolate use icing sugar)
5 tbsp favourite port, whiskey or vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup & 1 tbsp favourite jam/preserve
8 cup favourite chocolate (milk, white or dark)


Direcrtions:

1. Melt half chocolate in a bowl over boiling water or on a low setting in the microwave.
2. Add the liquid and jam. Toss until completely.
3. Put in the fridge for half hour until firm.
4. Dust your hands with cocoa powder and using a tsp, get a half golf ball sized amount and roll in your hands. If the mix is too  loose then do you best then freeze for an hour then reball for a smoother rounder finish.
5. Melt the other half of chocolate. Sieve the cocoa powder into a shallow  bowl.
6. Roll the balls to lightly cover in cocoa. The using a toothpick to hold them, cover in melted chocolate and place apart on a plate.
7. Decorate as you cover them before the chocolate harder. Leave to harder in a cool place but putting in the fridge will make them look dull.

Easy Tiramisu Recipe
6 servings
Ingredients:
1 tbsp Cocoa powder
1 packages lady fingers
1 cup strong coffee
2 1/2 cup Mascaporne Cheese
3  eggs
5 tbsp sugar

Directions:

1. Whisk the sugar and egg yolk until pale.
2. Add in the mascaporne cheese and mix well.
3. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, then fold into the cheese mixture.
4. Dip a lady finger into the coffee quickly and place it at the base of a cake mould. Do this until the entire base of the mould is covered.
5. Spread a layer of cheese mixture above the lady fingers, masking sure they're well covered.
6. Repeat steps 4 - 5 until yuo've finished your ingredients.
7. Refrigerate overnight and serve with cocoa powder sifted on it.

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Quick Easy Italian Dessert Recipes

Italian Crostata Recipe
8 Servings

Ingredients:
5 tbsp Jam (any kind, I like strawberry or apricot
1 tsp Baking powder
1 2/3 cup Flou
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Butter
2 each Yolk

Directions:

Italian Strawberry Dessert Crepes
6 Servings

 Ingredients:
1 pints Fresh strawberries, hulled and crushed
1 tbsp Vanilla extract
1/4 cup Granulated sugar
2/3 lb Of ricotta cheese
1 pinch Of salt
1 tbsp Granulated sugar
2 cup Milk
2  Eggs plus 2 extra egg yolks
1 1/2 cup Sifted flour
2 tbsp Butter

Directions:

1. Confectioner's sugar
2. Melt butter in top of a double boiler over hot, not boiling water. 
3. In a bowl. prepare the better by mixing the flour, egg, milk, egg yolks, granutale sugar (1 table spoon), and salt. 
4. Blend well. 
5. Prehete a 6 inch skillet or crepe pan and brush it with melted butter.
6. Pour in about 3 tbsp of the butter and tilt the pan to spread better over entire bottom. 
7. Cook on both sides, stack crepes as they are cooked. Menu Buka Puasa
8. Cover them with wax paper until the are to be filled. 
9. To make filling, cream the ricotta with the granulated sugar and vanilla. 
10. Add strawberries and mix gently. 
11. Spoon some of the mixture down the center of each crepe and roll up the crape. 
12. Sprinkle the rolled crepes with confectioner's sugar. Serve 6-8.

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Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes

Mom's Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
24 Servings

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Walnuts, Chopped
6 oz Chocolate Chips
2  Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 cup Butter, Softened
1  Yellow Cake Mix
 
Directions:

Imperial Chocolate Chip Cookies Resipe
36 Servings

Ingredients:
3/4 cup Imperial margarine
1 packages semi sweet chocolate chips
2 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 large egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

Directions:

• Heat ovet to 350 deg F.
• Beat imperial spread with sugars in bowl until smoot.
• Beat in vanila, egg, baking soda. Stir in flour until blended. stir in chips.
• Drop by heaping table spoon. 2 in apart on ungreased baking sheets
• Bake 10 minuts, or up to edges are golden.
• Cool on baking sheets, aet with cold glass of milk.

Tallhose Chocolate Chip Cookies (1939)
48 Servings

Ingredients:
 2 large Eggs
 2 cup Chocolate Chips
 1 tsp Vanilla
 3/4 cup Brown Sugar (firmly packed)
 3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
 1 cup Butter, softened
 1 tsp Salt
 1 tsp Baking Soda
2 1/4 cup AP Flour

Direcctions:

• Heat oven to 375 deg F.
• Combine baking soda, flour, salt in a bowl and set aside.
• Beat sugars, butter and vanilla till creamy.
• Add eggs.
• Gradually add the fluor mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chip.
• Drop by runded tsp onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake each patch 8-10 minutes.

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Quick and Easy Dessert Recipes With Few Ingredients

Strawbery Shortcake Bars
12 Servings

Ingredients:
5 tbsp butter, room temp
1  egg
2 tbsp flour
1 envelope BETTY CROCKER sugar cookie mix
For the filling:
3/4 cup strawberry preserves
3/4 cup sugar
2  eggs
1 tsp pure vanilla extract (if imitation use 1 tsp)
Directions:

Instant Death by Chocolate
2 Servings

Ingredients:
2 can Instant whipped cream
2  Chocolate sprinkles
2  Chocolate syrup.
1 cup Chocolate pudding
2  Double chocolate Brownie




Directions:

• Place the brownie on plate & top with the chocolate puding.
• Add as much chocolate syrup as you like.
• Add the whip cream topping.
• Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkels

Easy Cherry Cream Chesee Pie
8 Servings

Ingredients:
1 box (12oz) philadelphia  cream   cheese
1  graham cracker pie shell
1 can cherry pie filling (21oz) or smaller if you
1 tbsp lemon extract
2 cup cool whip
1 cup sugar

Directions:

• Cream Cheese in mixing bowl, useing electric mixer, on low whip cream chesee until smooth, and sugar, beat on medium. cool whip mix until smoot again add lemon extract mix one more minute, on low.
• Spoon into pie shell, with back of spoon spreed smooth.
• Now 3 tsp of cherry pie filling drop, the glaze, one drop on pie in trhee different spots. 
• Now whit a toothpick, drag and make swirls, if it cuts into cream chesee just take the bottom of spoon and spread smooth. 
•  Place in refigerator for 120 minutes, serve with cherry pie filling on top of each slice with cherry pie about a tbsp each pie slice.

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Quick Easy Desserts With Everyday Ingredients Recipes

Super Yum Sugar Cookies Recipe
2 Servings

Ingredients:
1 tsp vanilla
6 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
2 cup butter
2 cup sugar
4  eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder

Directions:

High Protein Banana Pancakes Recipe
2 Servings

Ingredients:
2  ripe banana
4  eggs





Directions:

• With a blender, mix all inredients together.
• Cook at medium heat using cooking spray.
• Make them small so they'll be easier to turn over
• Cook 1 minute on each side.
• Make approximately 4 pancakes.

 Mini Pecan Pie Bites
 2 Servings

Ingredients:
2 pinch nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
4  eggs
1 1/3 cup melted unsalted butter
2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup flour
2 cup brown sugar

Directions:

• Lightly scramble your eggs with seasonings and vanilla set aside
• Now incorporate all ingredients with wet mixture. bake at 350 deg F about 20-25 mins.
• Heat oven 350 deg F. Spray your mini cupcake tins eith cooking spray.

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Easy Healthy Food Recipes For Dinner

Appertizer :
Chicken Quesadillas
2 Servings

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese, nonfat
4 large flour tortillas, 98% fat free
1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese, nonfat
6 oz cooked chicken breast halves
1/2 tbsp chipotle hot sauce

Directions:

• Preheat a large frying brush the surface with olive oil.
• Warm the tortillas, 1 at a time, on both sides
• Return 1 tortilla to the pan, spread a quarter of the cheese over it, and scatter a quarter of the chicken over the cheese.
• Add a dash of hot sauce, and top with another tortilla.
• Cook until the chees is nearly completely melted, about 4 mins, turn, and cook for 2 mins more.
• Transfer to work surface, and cook the remaining quesadillas in the same manner.

Main:
Mary Commini's Skillet Steak
2 Servings
Ingredients:
1/2 can french fried onions
2  sirloin steaks
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tbsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp steak sauce
1/2 tsp prepared mustard
1/2 tbsp onion powder
1/8 tsp pepper
1 1/2 tsp sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp onion -- sliced
3 tbsp oil












Dessert: 
Spinach Fettucine
2 Servings

Ingredients:
1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
8 oz Fettucine
1/2 lb Fresh Spinach
1 tbsp Garlic Salt
1 cup Heavy Cream



Directions:

• Add the fettuccine & the fresh spinach to boiling water together & cook for 10 mins drain
• Toss the salt, garlic, heavy cream & parmesan cheese
• mix well & serve

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Healthy Quick Easy Recipes

Creerios Treats

6 Servings

Ingredients:

30 cup cheerios®
3 cup peanut butter -- smooth or crunchy
36 cup miniature marshmallows (10.5 oz)
18 tbsp margarine





Directions:

• Grease 13x9 pan
• Melt margarine.
• Add marshmallows; stir to coat with margarine.
• Microwave on high 11/2 mins or up to smooth when stirred.
• Toss in peanut butter.
• Immediately add cereal.
• Mix lightly up to well coated.
• Using greased spatula or wax paper, press mixture into preapred pan.
• Cool and cut into squares. 

 

Best Ever Banana Muffins

10 Servings

Ingredients:
3/4 tsp Baking powder
1 1/4 cup Flour, all purpose
3/4 tsp Baking soda
2/3 cup Sugar, granulated
1/3 tsp -Salt
1/4 cup Butter; melted
3/4 each Egg
1 1/4 cup Bananas; mashed;3 or 4

Directions:

• "This recipe from Robin Hood flour is one of the company's most requested recipes."
• Combine baking powder, flour, baking soda & salt in mixing bowl.
• Thoroughly beat together agg, butter, sugar & mashed bananas.
• Add to dry ingredients.
• Toss just up to moistened.
• Filled greased muffin cups three quarters full.
• Bake in a heat 375 deg F oven 20-25 mins or up to spings back when lightly touched.

Caramel Chex

6 Servings

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Butter

1 cup Brown sugar
2 tbsp Corn syrup
4 1/2 cup Chex or Crispex cereal





Directions:

• Microwave last 3 ingrediens on high for 1 minute.
• Toss & micowave one more minute.
• Add cereal and stir.

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Gingerbread People Recipe Dessert

20 Servings

Ingredients:
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Butterscotch Instant Pudding
1 egg

1 Tbsp. ground ginger
1-1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

3/4 cup butter
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda

Directions:

• Beat dry pudding mix, sugar, butter, & egg in bowl with mixer up to well blended. Mix remaining ingredients. Gradually add to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Refrigerate 60 mins or up to firm.
  
• Prehate oven to 350 deg F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into gingerbread shapes with 4-inch cookie cutter, rerolling trimmings. Place, 2 inches apart, on baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray. Use straw to make hole near top of each cutout.
  
• Bake 10 up to 12 mins. or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 3 mins. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Decorate as desired. Insert ribbon through holes to hang cookies on tree.
  
• How to Decorate Cookies:
  
  • To easily decorate cooled cookies, fill resealable plastic bag with prepared frosting. Seal bag and cut small corner off one of the bottom corners of bag. Roll down top of bag to squeeze frosting over cookies to decorate as desired.

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Easy Peanut Butter Cookies

6 Servings
Ingredients:
1 Egg
1 cup Sugar 1 cup Peanut Butter







Directions:

• Heat Oven up to 350. Grease Cookie Sheet
• Mix together all ingredients Sugar, Peanut Butter & Egg so that all ingredients are evenly disbursed. 
• Roll mixture into half dollar sized balls. 
• Place balls evenly on cookie sheet. 
• Take a fork & press down on to ball & then press again the opposite way to somewhat flatten the ball. ( to get that nice crisscross pattern on the cookie) 
• Place cookies in the oven & bake approximately 8 up to 12 minutes, depending on thickness of cookie. 
• Let cookies cool down mostly before eating them to avoid breakage. 
• This cookies are rich & hearty & everyone will love them.

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Cranberry Pecan Biscotti Recipe

1 Recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Butter
2 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Dried cranberries
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 cups Whole-wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cloves
2/3 cup pecans

Directions:

• Combine  cinnamon, baking powder, flour, salt & cloves & set aside.
• Add sugar & cream butter.
• Add vanilla & eggs  to the butter mixture.
• Toss the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until thoroughly combined. If it is extremely sticky, mix well some extra flour.
• Add currants & chopped nuts.
• Make into loaves 1/2 inch high & 2 inches wide.
• Bake in a 325° F oven for 25 mins or up to light brown.
• Cool at least 5 mins, then slice into 1/2 inch thick slices with a serrated knife.
• Lay slices on their side on a baking dish, and bake 10 mins or longer to dry slightly. If the slices are not dried after 10 or 15 mins, you can turn off the oven and leave them inside to dry without having to worry about them getting too dark.

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Simple Recipe Chewy Chocolate Chip Bar Cookies

3 Dozen
Ingredients:
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
3/4 cup unsalted butter
2 cups bleached all-purpose flour
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup Granulated sugar
1 large Egg
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
1 large Egg yolk
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 package (12 oz) Semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut


Directions:

• Place oven rack in lower-middle position and heat oven to 350° F.  
• Spread nuts on rimmed baking sheet and bake until deep golden brown, 10 up to 15 mins. 
• Transfer nuts to cutting board to cool; chop coarsely & set aside. 
• Toast coconut on same rimmed baking sheet, stirring 2 until 3 times, up to light golden, about 5 until 7 minutes; set aside. (Keep a close eye on the coconut when toasting as it can burn quickly.) Lower oven temperature to 325° F.  
• Lightly butter a 13- by 9-inch baking pan; set aside. 
• If the pan is glass or Pyrex, turn the oven heat down to 300° F.
  
• Whisk flour, baking soda & salt together in a medium bowl; set aside.
  
• In a bowl, whisk brown , melted butter & granulated sugars together until combined. 
• Add egg yolk, egg, & vanilla & stir well. 
• Fold dry ingredients into egg mixture until just combined. 
• Do not overmix. 
• Fold in chips, coconut, & nuts, if desired, & turn batter into prepared pan, smoothing top with spatula.
   
• Bake until top is light golden brown, slightly firm to the touch, and edges start pulling away from sides of pan, about 25 up to 30 mins. 
• Cool to room temperature on wire rack, 60 up to 120 mins.
  Transfer to cutting board, cut into bars & serve.

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State Fair Funnel Cake

12 Servings
Ingredients:
1. 3 large Eggs
2. 1/4 cup Sugar
3. 2 cups milk
4. 3 2/3 cups Flour
5. 1/2 teaspoon Salt
6. 2 teaspoon Baking Powder
7. Vegetable oil



Directions:

• Beat sugar & eggs together and then add the milk slowly--beat. 
• Add the dry ingredients and beat until smooth & creamy.

• Pour batter into a funnel and at the same time, use your finger to plug the hole. 
• In a large cast iron pot, add 2 inches of oil to the bottom.

• When the oil becomes hot, move your hand over the pot & slowly release your finger so the batter can start cooking.

• Move the funnel around to make designs.

• Brown on both sides--then immediately remove & drain extremely well.

• Top with cinnamon sugar, or powdered sugar as a topping.

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Chocolate Cake Recipe; 'Perfectly Chocolate'Chocolate Cake and Frosting

10 Servings
Ingredients:
1. 1 3/4 cups All purpose flour
2. 3/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa
3. 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
4. 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
5. 1 tsp Salt
6. 2 cups Sugar
7. 1/3 cup milk
8. 1 tsp Vanilla extract
9. 2 large Eggs
10. 1 cup milk
11. 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
12. 2 tsp Vanilla extract
13. 1 cup hot coffee
14. 1 stick Butter or margarine
15. 2/3 cup Hershey's Cocoa
16. 3 cups Powdered sugar

Directions:
 Cake:

• Heat oven 350° F & spray two 9 inch round baking pans with non stick cooking spray. 
• Combine first 6 dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. 
• Add milk, eggs, vanilla & oil, & beat on medium speed for 2 mins. 
• Toss hot coffee & stir well with a spoon (batter will be thin). 
• Pour batter into pans & bake for 30 up to 35 mins or until wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. 
• Cool 10 mins & then remove from pans to wire racks. 
• Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:

• Melt the butter & stir  cocoa. 
• Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating on medium speed to spreading consistancy. Add more milk, if needed. 
• Toss vanilla.

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