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Bunny Butt Cake recipe from BoxTops4Education. Amazing No-Knead Bread: Step-by-step recipe. If you have been hanging out around Frugal Living NW for awhile, you know that I am a big believer in making food from scratch at home. With a few exceptions, I prefer creating something in my own kitchen to buying it in the grocery store. Bread can be tricky, though. There is some stiff competition out there, and it is tough to replicate a commercial oven’s heat and steam in a normal home kitchen. For the last several years, I thought that Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes was the best thing since, well, sliced bread. We have been baking bread using this method ever since. I am telling you, this is consistently the best bread I have ever made in my kitchen. The only changes I have made to Lahey’s method is to double the amounts and adjust the baking time and temperature to achieve a bigger loaf with a thinner crust.

The ingredients are simple: flour, water, salt, and yeast. Oh, wait! Ok, I know what some of you are thinking: 12-18 hours! However, here are two things to consider: Enjoy. The Disney Diner: Disneyland's Cafe Orleans: Mickey Beignets Recipe. If you have ever eaten the yummy beignets served at Disneyland's Cafe Orleans or Walt Disney World's Port Orleans French Quarter Resort then you will LOVE this recipe!

These pastries are easy to make and will surely become a favorite snack and/or breakfast treat. Enjoy! Disneyland's Cafe Orleans (or Walt Disney World's Port Orleans French Quarter Resort): Mickey Beignets *makes about 4 dozen Ingredients: 1 packet active instant dry yeast 1 1/2 cups warm water 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup evaporated milk 7 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup Crisco vegetable shortening, for frying powdered sugar Directions: In a small bowl, pour entire packet of dry yeast into warm water. Dump out chilled dough on a floured surface and knead until smooth and no longer sticky.

Heat the vegetable shortening in a deep pan until it lightly smokes. Place the cooked beignets on a serving platter and sprinkle heavily with powdered sugar using a sifter or large spoon. Serve with fruit preserves and a hot cup of coffee. The Capitol Baker: Chocolate Marshmallow Bark. I hope everyone enjoyed their Valentine's Day and either made or received delicious treats! While I was engaged in making the treats, I did receive a great surprise in the middle of a very hectic Valentine's workday when I received an email that I won a Food Network blogger contest for my post on Oreo Truffles! Thank you Food Network for the amazing gift package including cookbooks, DVD's, and other foodie goodies. I cannot wait to get into the kitchen and try out my new tools.

If you went all out for Valentine's Day and made a very complicated dessert, maybe you're now looking for something super simple yet still super sweet. If that's the case then I have the perfect recipe for you. You'll be puzzled as to how something so rich can be created from only 3 ingredients; but I swear it's for real. Chocolate Marshmallow Barkadapted from Weight Watchers(4 PointsPlus per serving) Ingredients 8 oz. bittersweet or dark chocolate2 tsp butter3 cups mini-marshmallow Directions. Valentine’s Day Fudge {Recipe} How To Make The BEST Cake Pops - Easy Cake Pop Recipe Tutorial. Cake Pops are so fun to make and great for any occassion!

I thought I HATED cake pops. I made them for a baby shower a few years ago and they were a pain in the butt cheeks with all that freezing and refreezing, dipping, twirling, decorating, and oh that texture!! Ewww!! It was soggy, grainy, and tasted like someone had chewed it up already. My hubby sat quietly, ate the whole thing and calmly said “you don’t have to make these again please” LOL I seriously did not see what all the cake pop hype was about, but I kept getting requests to “PLEASE DO A CAKE POP TUTORIAL!”. I can’t let my babies (you) down so I got back in the kitchen to figure these things out.

I discovered that I LOVED cake pops. Go EASY On The Frosting: What a lot of folks failed to mention in the cake pop tutorials that I was following was to ONLY ADD A LITTLE BIT OF FROSTING. These cake pops are what I consider cake pop perfection!!! Such a cute little homemade gift don’t ya think? How To Make Cake Pops ….EASILY!!! Buttercream Icing. One question I come across all the time is “does anyone have a really good recipe for Buttercream Icing?”. In response I’ve posted this recipe more times than I can count. If you’re looking for a stand-up-and-take-notice, rave-worthy, knock-it-out-of-the-park recipe for buttercream icing, bookmark this post right now because the one I’m about to share is what you’ve been looking for!

This is the world’s best buttercream icing :) Okay okay… maybe not world’s best… yet… but it will be. I’m confident that if you try this you will love it :) If not, well, then I was wrong… but I’m not… you will love this! In another life, I was into cake decorating. I found I really enjoyed it – and after I completed the Level 1 class I decided to continue to Level 2… and then Level 3.

This recipe for buttercream icing is without a doubt the absolutely best Buttercream icing I’ve ever found. Yields 4 cups Method Cream the butter and shortening in the bowl of an electric or stand mixer. Have a delicious day! The Foodie's Kitchen. Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge. Valentine's Day Heart Cake Pops.

Prep Time 45 min Cook Time 1 hour You can use any flavor cake and any color candy coating to make these cake pops. What you'll need Baked cake (your favorite box or personal recipe) 1 can of frosting White and pink candy coating Lollipop sticks Assorted edible Valentine sprinkles Red fruit rolls Round toothpicks Kitchen shears Large brick of styrofoam (to hold the cake pops) Parchment lined baking sheet Helpful Tip: If you find your candy coating a little too thick, you can stir in a few drops of vegetable oil at a time until you get your desired consistency.

How to make it Bake your cake according to the box instructions and set aside to cool completely.