Fruit Smoothie Popsicles - Bulk Freezer Cooking. I love making healthy summer snacks for my boys! This is a quick, easy recipe that is full of healthy ingredients, yet they will still consider it a treat! Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries 1 banana – sliced 1/2 cup blueberries 1 1/2 cups low fat milk 1 cup Greek yogurt – vanilla flavored 2 tbsp honey Instructions are simple – combine the milk, yogurt, and fruit in the blender. Blend the ingredients together and pour the smoothie into freezer pop containers.
Freeze for 1-2 hours until the smoothie has firmed up…then serve them up as a yummy, healthy snack on a hot day! Author: Heather Prep time: Total time: 1½ cups frozen strawberries1 banana – sliced½ cup blueberries1½ cups low fat milk1 cup Greek yogurt – vanilla flavored2 tbsp honey Instructions are simple – combine the milk, yogurt, and fruit in the blender. Banana Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting. I did it. I put a vegetable in a cupcake. And I didn’t do it alone. Remember when I made these breakfast cookies? I love those things. Anyhoo, I made them with facebaby’s sister (my best friend’s kids… no, no relation) who is pretty much my favoritest little person in the universe.
I’m so maternal. And ever since we made those cookies, she has been asking her mom when we were going to do it again. I also encourage them to do this. So – the cupcakes with vegetables. It was. Oh… and we also made these cupcakes with coconut oil! By now, you know I’m a bit on the lazy side and prefer mixing my cupcakes by hand. We left shredded coconut out of the cupcake itself, mostly because not everyone we were spending time with loooooves coconut like I do. Ugh. Worth it though. Print Save Banana Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting Yield: 24 cupcakes Total Time: 60 minutes Ingredients: Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs. CAKE. | events + design: Homemade Lollipops. Hi, it’s Michele from Cakewalk Baking with a new, fun recipe to share.
I spotted these little lollipops sold by Sweet Style in Australia (featured in yesterday's post) and was charmed by their simplicity and size. I did a little searching and wasn’t able to find them available stateside, so I thought “what the heck, the laundry can wait another day, I’m making lollipops!” There are a lot awesome things about making these yourself – you can control the color, size and most importantly what goes in them.
I am not a fan of artificial flavorings, so I used Boyajian natural orange oil that made these taste as good as they look. I added a pinch of Disco Dust to add a little sparkle (fullfilling my New Year’s resolution to be more sparkley). A few words about working with really hot sugar: Working with sugar is super fun, but can also be a bit dangerous (maybe that’s why I like it!). Photos © cakewalk baking Handmade Swirl Lollipops makes12-18 lollipops (depending on size) Ingredients Directions. Nutella Cupcakes Recipe. Today is World Nutella Day, so you knew there was no way I’d forgo posting something that utilizes this delicious Chocolate Hazlenut spread. As I have stated once or twice, I love Nutella and I’m pretty certain you could smear the stuff on a piece of cardboard and I’d be completely content!
Taking a simple chocolate cupcake recipe and filling the middle with that awesome Nutella lusciousness, definitely quenches that hazelnut craving that I get more frequently than I’d like to admit. Top off with Nutella buttercream, and these are truly irresistible to those Nutella fanatics that I know are plentiful! Just a word of caution…these babies are rich, so have a glass of milk near by and don’t be tempted to eat more than one in a single sitting. This post is not your typical MBA post; meaning it’s not a complete recipe. The Method: -I made one of my favorite chocolate cupcake recipes according to the recipe directions (you’ll see my fave in an upcoming fundamentals post). A Few Notes: Chocolate Ganache Tart w/ Shortbread Crust. Brown Butter Double Fudge Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cookies. Little bit of a mouthful there.
But it’s like a cookie on top of another cookie! Yeah. Like total dirty cookie on cookie action. Except these ones down below wanted to try a few different positions. I dunno… they’re all mixed up. In order to solve a common I-want-a-chocolate-CHOCOLATE-cookie-but-he-wants-a-plain-chocolate chip-cookie dilemma that happens like, every single weekend here… I made both. On top of each other. Some of them smashed up against each other while others sat on top of each other but in the end, they all tasted… fantabulous. And then they tasted extra delicious after I spent two hours cleaning out the contents of our bar (take that as you will), after he spent three hours organizing the pantry (that was weird) and after we both needed to severely eat our emotions immediately post-Boardwalk Empire finale. WHAT was that. ??????? Why??? Then I tried to dunk a cookie in milk and failed. I need cookie dunking lessons, a redo on season 2 (thanks HBO), and a salad.
Makes 24 cookies. Poptarts-on-a-Stick and Bakerella's New Book. With a bucket full of fresh cherries and a package of premade pie crust in the fridge, my kids and I had plans to make a batch of Homemade Cherry Poptarts. But, my clever 7-year-old, Alyssa, had an even better idea, “How ’bout we make little poptarts and put them on a stick like Cinderella?” ‘Cinderella’ here isn’t the fairy tale princess, it’s my Alyssa’s favorite blogger (and one of mine)–the delightsome Angie Dudley of Bakerella–creator of the original cupcake pop, and author of the new book Cake Pops . Bakerella’s original idea for a cupcake-on-a-stick was an overnight sensation, landing her a guest spot on the Martha Stewart Show, and a mulitude of other incredible opportunities to collaborate with top-notch companies.
It’s no wonder. Bakerella has a remarkable ability to create adorable ideas using everyday items: mini M&M’s, Necco Wafers, colored sprinkles. Her attention to detail is impeccable. Where did your inspiration/idea for cake pops come from? Favorite page in your book? Blog. The winner of the Best-Loved Bakers’ Gifts 2013 Giveaway is . . . #2778 Melissa Davison: “ERMEHGERD! That is the exact color of mixer I have been pining for for ages! My kitchen is all vintage pastels so this would be perfect! Anyway, I’m not a holiday celebrator for religious reasons, but I will say that whenever that time of year comes around, I get to craving some serious pie! Every week for months, I’ve been making a few and passing them around to family and friends. I think this week will be German Chocolate Pie!”
Congratulations, Melissa ! I’ll be back soon with another recipe! 1. 8. 9. Yay for pretty baking stuff! Happy December, everyone! So from presence to presents, let’s get back to these holiday gifts. Let’s talk a little bit more about all of this prettiness . . . Sweetapolita Loves: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. . 9. 10. Is a must-have. 11. 12. 13. 14. . , but it also come in an array of colours. So wait! What is your favourite holiday treat? Best of luck & happy gifting! Related posts: Nutella Sandwich Cookies. Hello there A Beautiful Mess readers, I'm Emma, Elsie's sister and the gal behind Food Coma. At Elsie's wedding last week I had the opportunity to try Nutella for the first time. Now I'm obsessed. So I've been trying to dream up different ways to use this magical new-to-me spread and I thought that in between two cookies might be the perfect place for Nutella.
Along with on top of toast. You can enjoy these cookies in the late afternoon along with some coffee or in the evening with some milk while watching the latest episode of Glee. Nutella Sandwich Cookies, makes 10-12. Ingredients: 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon (aluminum-free) baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt and plenty of Nutella.
Cream together the butter and sugars, stir in egg and vanilla. Now form into small round disks, about 2-3 inches in diameter and uniformly thick. Xo. Easy Lemon Cake with Marshmallow Frosting + Toasted Coconut. I made us a cake! And in doing so, probably eliminated a good percentage of the population with the whole lemon thing. Then I go and add coconut and well, oomph. These are some serious love-or-hate-it flavors here. In this journey of life that I like to call talking to my invisible internet friends, I’ve watched my tastes go from never wanting anything lemon flavored ever to downright craving the tart and sweet flavor. It totally blows my mind and also makes me feel like I’m getting old since I never knew anyone when I was younger that liked lemon stuff besides my grandma.
Now I know more people. Now I’m old. What I find incredibly nuts is that now when I want something sweet, which let’s be honest – is every single day – I can actually determine if it’s chocolate or peanut butter or citrus that I want. If knowing that I want lemon cheesecake over a brownie is knowing myself, then yes indeed… I’ve found myself. Cheesecake fake out above! Isn’t cheesecake. Back to the flavors. Print Save. DIY Pinata Cookies. Call me cupcake! Recipes. Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread.
I’m sorry. I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. I know it’s not fair. I know that now you’re craving cinnamon rolls, and cream cheese frosting and chili fries and hot dogs. I am too… and I already ate half of this warm bread. You don’t deserve this sort of torture. This bread hits all the comfort spots in my soul. I’m sorry and you’re welcome and I love you. Let’s start at the beginning. I did this all without the use of a stand mixer and dough hook. This dough can be made and left to rise , then refrigerated overnight for use in the morning. This is the dough just before it’s left to rise.
After the dough has rested and risen for an hour, I knead it in a few tablespoons of flour. This is the part in the bread process where you can wrap the dough and place it in the fridge to rest overnight.