New York-Style Crumb Cake. Weekend mornings in my house, especially Sundays, are all about sleeping in, lingering at the breakfast table, and reading the newspaper (yes, the one with the mashed pulp and ink that ends up on my walls by the light switches).
Since we eat a later breakfast, I like to serve something that will fill us up until happy hour. This crumb cake certainly does the trick. I have never been to New York and I don't know the first thing about New York crumb cakes, but I do know that this recipe is delicious. This cake is all about the crumb topping--little pebbles of brown sugar and butter sweetened with a hint of vanilla and cinnamon. The cake, although dense, is the perfect base to support the heavy crumb layer.
Note: If you are a regular reader, you will notice that I like to use extra large eggs in my recipes. New York-Style Crumb Cake serves 8-10 *This recipe can easily be doubled for a larger crowd. Crumb Topping 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 light brown sugar 3/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon Cake. Samoa Girl Scout Cookies. As you probably (or should) already know it is Girl Scout cookie season!!
Jeff and I bought our first ones of the season a few weeks ago at a grocery story near my parent's house. How can you say no to the little girls selling them? I used to be one of those girls, so I always feel bad for them and have to buy a box (or 2 or 3). Today Jeff and I decided that $3.50 was far too much money for a box of a few cookies, and made our own! Ingredients for the cookie: (recipe from here)1 cup softened butter1/2 cup sugar2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon salt1/4 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract1 tablespoon milkIngredients for topping:3 cups shredded coconut12 ounces of caramels1/4 teaspoon salt3 tablespoons milk8 ounces chocolate chips We took a lot of pictures for this post, so hopefully you can follow along!
Next, add in the flour, salt and baking powder. Now the fun begins! Make as many round cookies as you can. Unwrap the caramels. Oreo Cookie Cupcakes. I did tell you guys that I got Martha Stewart's cupcakes book, right?
Now I'm making cupcakes and more cupcakes. In our family when it comes to dessert we used the democratic voting system. Who says the politics are not good? Three kids many choices for dessert so we vote. When they looked thru the book the two older ones Brandon and Cass agreed at once for the oreo cupcakes, Alex wanted the marshmallow ones. Lucky for him his older brothers love him a lot, and let him win ( they do most of the time). Here are the official winers of the democratic election (dessert edition). Ingredients 21 oreo cookies, 15 left whole and 6 coarsely chopped 1/2 cup of sugar 2 large eggs room temperature lightly beaten 1/2 cup sour cream 1 pound cream cheese ( I used 2 packages of light philadelphia cheese) 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract. pinch salt Preheat the oven to 275˚F.
Place one whole cookie in each paper lining. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese on medium high speed until smooth. Sorry Kelloggs, these Pop-Tarts will make you crumble! « Bake Me More.