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~Apple Pie Cookies. You know when you bake an Apple Pie, or any fruit pie for that matter, and you get those oozy baked sugar, chewy-ish bits of leaked fruit that gets all caramelized to the crust? They’re kind of hard to explain..I think they need a name, I’m open to suggestions! Watch them being made right >>HERE! Anyway, that’s my absolute favorite part of a fruit pie! How great are those sticky little chewy bites..omgosh?! They’re warm, gooey bits of Pie Heaven and are my inspiration for these cookies. Gone are the days when I have to rudely pick away at a pie just to grab up those nuggets, my Mom will be proud..haha! Now I can maintain a pretense of manners, since I have my very own caramelly, fruity, chewy & sticky Apple Pie Cookie all to myself! These Apple Pie-like Cookies are made of real Pie Crust layered with sticky Caramel, and a slathering of Apple Pie Filling, topped with a flaky and adorable Cinnamon & Nutmeg lattice crust..HELLO Fall!

Seriously the best cookie I’ve ever had! To. 2 tbsp. 1 tbsp. DIY Food Ideas | Food Random. Every single recipe is to some extent Do-it-yourself, obviously, however what we mean is that we want to take packaged items or restaurant meals and make them in our own kitchens. People are getting back to making whenever they can at home, rather than purchasing pre-made, mass-produced products. It can save you money and space by learning DIY food methods. Raspberry Vanilla Smash Lemonade. One thing I don’t want to hear about at the moment: fall.

No. Just no. I’m not ready. I don’t want to hear about pumpkins or yellow leaves or sweaters. One thing I do want to talk about: ways to not be miserably hot. Thirdly, lemonade of all kinds. This recipe is not really a recipe. You basically smash three awesome things together: raspberries, vanilla/sugar and lemon juice. Do you ever notice that when you add vanilla bean caviar to a liquid it just stays clumped together? I like to mix the vanilla bean with the sugar. Very important. (P.S. The raspberry flavor is tart, as is the lemon, so I made this recipe a little bit sweeter than I usually do. This lemonade is pretty and tart and has the most lovely smell. Delicious! Raspberry Vanilla Smash Lemonade Print this recipe! 3/4 cup white granulated sugar 1/2 vanilla bean, split and scraped 1 1/2 cups raspberries, rinsed 5 lemons, juiced (about 1 1/4 cup of lemon juice) Pinch of salt 3 cups water 1. 2.

Peanut Butter Cups (Cake) in a Jar. I’ve been a bit obsessed with peanut butter and chocolate. It’s like Jenny came and invaded my brain. Everything from ice cream to cookies to cupcakes. I want that silky peanut butter to stand up to good, strong chocolate and melt together to become something wonderful. So into the devil’s food batter went the peanut butter, baked into a cake in a jar and then topped with dark chocolate.

Perfectly portable for your spring picnic. Peanut Butter Cups in Cake in a Jar 12 pint-sized canning jars with lids canola oil spray 8 ounces peanut butter 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1 recipe Devil’s food cupcakes or cake mix 8-10 ounces dark chocolate Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake at 350 degrees on a baking sheet for 15-20 minutes or until tops spring back when touched. Makes 12 cupcakes in a jar. For even more recipes in a jar, check out “Contain Yourself! How to make Easter Bunny Shaped Rolls. Mom Always Finds Out Easter Bunny Shaped Rolls February 25, 2013 by Nicole · 110 Comments 147.3K Flares147.3K Flares× Pin It How adorable are these Easter Bunny Shaped Rolls?

Please note that you will probably want to practice the ear shaping technique ahead of time because the photo above is from a professional chef. Ingredients: 2-1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour2 tablespoons sugar1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast1 teaspoon salt1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream1/4 cup water2 tablespoons butter1 egg Directions: Put the butter, the sour cream and water in a small saucepan and heat, but do not cook. Looking for easy Easter table decor? My kids loved waking up to an Easter breakfast featuring these cute Cinnabunny cinnamon rolls! Edited April 2014: The original recipe “Chinese New Year Pineapple Tarts” has finally been located online.

Hey There! What is this? 147.3K FlaresTwitter100Facebook27.3KGoogle+79 StumbleUpon104.8K Pin It Share15K14K+Email--Email to a friend147.3K Flares× Comments. Dump Cake. Please don’t hate me. Because I’m here to tell you one thing: there is nothing—nothing—good about this dessert. It’s loaded with sugar. It’s packed with fat. And its ingredients are so prosaic and processed…I don’t even know what to say. But guess what? I made it this delightful dessert, and I can’t undo the past.

The Cast of Characters: Cherry Pie Filling, Crushed Pineapple, Yellow (or white) cake mix, Margarine, and Butter. DUMP 1 can of cherry pie filling into a baking dish. Now, seriously, who knew cherry pie filling was so pretty? Next, DUMP (are we seeing a pattern here?) Seriously, with colors this pretty, how bad can it be? Note: I think all different combinations of fruit would work just fine.

Now stir the mixture together… And while you’re stirring… Think about the extra four miles you’ll need to walk this evening as a result of eating this dessert. Trivia: I do not own an Ipod. Once it’s all combined… Because I WANT TO, that’s why! Weird, isn’t it? Mmmm. Yum. Ingredients. Choco Tacos. After making the homemade strawberry shortcake bars, I thought to myself, what other things can I make that you would get from an ice cream truck?

I've been a fan of Choco Tacos for a long time, but never really craved them. That's cause they were so hard to find, you wouldn't even hear about them for a long time. Well I guess the company decided to finally start selling them in grocery stores, because I now see commercials for them all the time. Queue the cravings! I decided to make some of these choco tacos at home so that I could customize them any way I wanted. Pizzelles are super easy to make and can be twisted into any shape you want. The only caveat is that you need a special appliance. The easiest way to shape them like perfect taco shells is to use a book. I did a layer of cookies and cream, a swipe of peanut butter, and a layer of homemade Honey Nut Cheerios ice cream. A final coating of melted chocolate that is spiked with a little butter and cream. Homemade Gummi Candy. Well the boys are back to school and Bella and I are finding plenty to do!

Yesterday — homemade gummy bears! We decided that learning how to make gummy bears, would be a project. All we needed was 1 -3 oz box of flavored gelatin and 2 – 1/4 oz packages of unflavored gelatin, water and candy molds. (we used two candy molds) Place 1/3 cup water in a small sauce pan. Sprinkle the Jello and unflavored gelatin over the water. Place sauce pan over medium heat and stir until gelatin is dissolved, about 2-5 minutes. Fill molds. Allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes. Peel the gummi candy out of the molds.

Enjoy! Make homemade stickers with the unused unflavored gelatin packets. Notes: My son felt the blue ones weren’t flavorful enough. DIY Sriracha a.k.a. Rooster Sauce. Impress your Chili Head friends by busting out a bottle of this DIY Sriracha Chile Sauce! Sriracha as we know it today has been popularized by Huy Fong Foods and their big red "rooster" bottle (complete with a giant rooster logo and bright green cap, making it easy to identify in your fridge). But the sauce has a rich history and is named after a coastal city in central Thailand's Chonburi Province "Si Racha". Here is a version you can make in your own kitchen. It's not as spicy as the Huy Fong version, but it gives you major street cred -- especially if you bust out these swing-top stopper bottles with hand-carved chili-pepper stamp.

This sauce has a great, addicting flavor -- hot, sweet and garlicky -- and just like the real "Rooster Sauce", it tastes awesome on just about anything. (recipe adapted from The Sriracha Cookbook by Randy Clemens) Ingredients: **Gloves** 1 3/4 pounds Fresno Chili Peppers, Red Jalapenos or Red Serrano ( I used Fresno) 3 Thai Chili Peppers 1 tbsp light brown sugar. Red Velvet Cake Balls. I first tasted these two years ago at a Christmas party and immediately had to have the recipe.

It’s based on a mix, but I imagine you can follow the same directions substituting from scratch cake and frosting (I’ll try that one day). You can also try it with other cake combinations. Red Velvet Cake Balls1 box red velvet cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)1 can cream cheese frosting (16 oz.)1 package chocolate bark (regular or white chocolate)wax paper 1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can cream cheese frosting.

(It may be easier to use fingers to mix together, but be warned it will get messy.)3. I also only melt a few pieces of chocolate bark at a time because it starts to cool and thicken. Want to see how good they look in white chocolate? How To Make Transparent Potato Chips. There are two kinds of people in this world: the kind that open a bag of potato chips and indiscriminately start snacking on its contents without even looking down at them, and then there are those that look at a potato chip and ponder, what IS this? Who does it resemble?

Could it ever be more than this? For those of your who fall into the first category, congratulations. You are completely normal human beings. However you, the one staring at the chip that looks like Abe Lincoln, please step into our kitchen. Now, we at The Creators Project are not exactly a pack of Emerils. We kicked the habit of eating shards of glass back when we were teenagers, but these transparent potato chips brought back sweet memories of those adventurous days. Now let’s make some invisi-food. First, wash the potatoes and place a 1 cm deep slit into each one. Next, place the potatoes on a baking sheet and put them in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Bring the four cups of water to a boil. [via Instructables] Cola Syrup. Less sweet and more spiced than commercial cola, there is real depth to the flavour of this syrup – it makes the perfect base for a mocktail. Pour over crushed ice, add a couple of very finely sliced rounds of fresh orange and lemon, and top with soda water (novelty umbrella optional).

It is so refreshing, all natural and caffeine-free! Makes approx 500ml Infusion 1 cinnamon stick 2 whole star anise, broken 1/3 whole nutmeg, finely grated 3cm piece ginger, minced 1 vanilla pod, split Zest 2 oranges Zest 1 lemon Zest 1 lime ¼ tsp citric acid 1 tsp dried lavender flowers 2 cups water Caramel 2 tbsp honey 1 ½ cups brown sugar 1 cup water Infusion: 1. Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized saucepan and gently bring to the boil over a medium heat. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. 2.

Banana Spring Roll. As you know, I'm not a big dessert guy. Don't often make them, and don't often eat them. I do like them on occasion though, and this was easily one of the best desserts I have ever had. And crazy quick to make! We made these after the curry from yesterday and they were an all around success. Oh except for the 2 guys that didn't like bananas. We didn't want to fuss with making a chocolate sauce after cooking curry for everyone, so we just used Nutella. Use spring roll wrappers, or rice paper, but do NOT use egg roll wrappers. Normally you put rice paper into water before using. These are small bananas. Couple minutes until they are crispy.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon right as they come out of the fryer. This is my poor attempt half drunk at midnight of trying to make it look pretty. Serve with ice cream! Chicken soup recipe with heart-shaped carrots. Once, when I was in high school, my brother’s girlfriend got sick. He made a pot of chicken soup for her and cut the carrots into little butterflies. Later, she made him some soup as well, but cut the carrots into little hearts. I pretty much thought they were geniuses, and have copied their idea here and there over the years. Today, my kids and I were all sick, and I knew we needed something a little extra special, so I made their chicken soup with the heart shaped carrots.

Peel three large, fat carrots. Use a potato peeler to gently round off the pointed edges, like so: And so. Flip the carrot over, and shave off wide peels on each side of the bottom of the heart. Like this, to form the bottom of the heart. Once you’re done, you’ve basically made a long, cylindrical heart. Now all you need to do is cut it into slices. Et Voilà. chicken soup with heart-shaped carrots 1. 2. Kiss Pies. Only 5 days before Christmas! Woohoo, is everyone ready? What a great time of year. This really is the best…..even if I feel like I’ve gained 50 lbs the last month! I’ve got such a fun little pie to share with you today that really couldn’t get any easier. I am talking 2 main ingredients people I decided to use the rest of my Mint truffle Kisses, but ANY Hershey kiss will work beautifully here.

Hope you enjoy! Here you have it, some refrigerated pie crust and any Hershey Kisses I used these bad boys! Unroll your pie crust after it’s been thawed and place the first group your kisses around like so. You’ll cut a 2 1/2- 3 inch circle for each kiss. You’ll brush a light egg wash over each little pie…. ….and sprinkle with sugar. Trying to do this with one hand while taking the photo=dumping of sugar, lol! Here they are, I seriously love these! Awhhhh, look at these little Kiss Pies Little cuties. One of my readers who lives in China sent me these adorable mini forks! 1. 2. About 14 little pies. CHOCOLATE: Food of the Gods. Step-by-Step: Amazing Spiced Chai Concentrate.

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