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Oatmeal Cream Pie Cookies - HippieDogs Favorite Recipes. These are heavenly............. 1 1/4 cups butter, softened1 cup packed brown sugar1/2 cup sugar1 large egg2 tsp. pure vanilla extract1 1/2 cups flour1 tsp. baking soda1/2 tsp. salt1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon3 cups uncooked oats (quick or old fashioned) Combine flour, soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside. Cream butter and sugars until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla until combined.

Gradually add flour mixture until combined. Drop by rounded TB on cookie sheet or stone. Bake 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Filling 1/2 cup butter, softened2 cups powdered sugar2 TB whipping cream1 tsp. pure vanilla extract Combine ingredients in small bowl and whip until fluffy. Transfer filling to a zip lock baggy or pastry bag. Squeeze filling, about 1 TB over each bottom side of half of your cookies. This recipe originally came from an old Cottage Living Magazine. Raspberry Sherbet. Raspberry Sherbet Do you call it sherbert or sherbet? I’ve always called it sherbert. I only just this year found out there is only one r in the word. Odd, at least to me. Regardless of how it’s spelled, it’s yummy and one of my favorite frozen treats. I realize many are quick to rush into the deliciousness of the months ahead and believe me I’m SO ready for it but… it technically is still summer and many areas of the country are still experiencing hot temps so let’s have one more fruity frozen treat.

I was determined for my first homemade sherbet to be raspberry, simply because I had a nice frozen stash of raspberries. I was beyond thrilled when the moment came where I remembered to pull out the ingredients and whip this sucker up. This recipe originates from The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz. Easy and creamy homemade raspberry sherbet recipe, bursting with flavor! English Muffin Pizzas. English Muffin Pizzas If you’re looking for a luxurious, decadent and totally time consuming recipe… this absolutely isn’t it. Keep looking. If you’re up for a fun, quick and totally easy dish then look no further. Especially in the summer months, heating up the kitchen isn’t ideal and neither is slaving away for hours on a single meal. It may happen from time to time but I try to keep that to a minimum. Do english muffin pizzas remind you of your childhood?

I’m not opposed at all to an occasional cheater meal. Ingredients: English muffins pizza sauce shredded cheese favorite toppings (pepperoni, bacon, veggies etc) Directions: Preheat oven to 425. My only absolute must with this recipe - do not under any circumstance cheat by using a knife to slice your English muffins open! Start off with sauce on each divided muffin. Sprinkle with a small portion of cheese. Top off with your desired pizza toppings. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are getting crispy. Dining@Large: Top Ten Great Grilled Cheese Sandwiches - Baltimore restaurants: The dish on the restaurant scene, memorable meals, dining trends and more.

When I said if I got enough suggestions under my post on elite grilled cheese sandwiches I would make a Top Ten list out of them, I never thought it would actually happen. But here it is, with some help also from Midnight Sun Sam Sessa. I figure it's a good counterbalance to the effete snobbery of last week's Top Ten on great restaurant cheese plates. Take heart, Jonathan Gilbert and Donny B. (For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, you can find their comments under the previous Top Ten post.)

Oh yes, and Trouble's under the breakfast sandwich post. Also, special thanks to Retired in Elkridge for making the suggestion in the first place, even though he had to drag me kicking and screaming because I didn't think any places around here were making elite grilled cheese sandwiches. PS: If anyone knows the name of the "hole in the wall" at the corner of Eastern Avenue and Haven Street with a great grilled cheese sandwich that Eve mentioned, please post below. * Copra downtown. Pithy and Cleaver » C’s for Caprese; it’s good enough for me: Grilled Caprese Sandwich. C’s for Caprese; it’s good enough for me: Grilled Caprese Sandwich After all the madness you’ve been seeing around here, I’m sure you can get behind me when I say that sometimes I just want simplicity: a crispy slice of toast, a perfect apple, an exquisite salad, simply dressed.

In this month of excess, I couldn’t quite dial things back that far, but I got as close as I could reasonably manage while still sticking to the theme: I grilled a caprese salad. Insalata Caprese is a dish from the Campania region in southwestern Italy–its very name means “salad in the style of Capri;” fitting, since it makes me want to go sit in the sun somewhere with cropped trousers and a nice glass of prosecco. It is an ode to simplicity: three basic ingredients combined to pack a serious flavor wallop: fresh mozzarella, ripe tomatoes, and fresh basil. Dress is with a little olive oil, and you’re laughing. Smash it between two slices of sourdough and fry it in butter, you’re laughing even more.

P.S. Lemon Sugar Cookies. Lemon Sugar Cookies Easy and colorful lemon sugar cookies, perfect for Spring and Easter celebrations. Over the last handful of weeks I’ve been debating what food items really shout spring. Sure there’s asparagus and other veggies. There’s even strawberries… or so people in other areas of the country say. Strawberries aren’t ready until June up here. They’re quick, simple and fun for the kids to get involved with. Someone got a little goofy while waiting for the dough to chill. Waiting is hard when you’re 3… or 30. Easy and colorful lemon sugar cookies, perfect for Spring and Easter celebrations. Ingredients: 2 1/4C flour 2 tsp cream of tartar 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 sticks butter, softened 1/4C shortening 1 1/2C sugar 2 eggs 2 tbsp lemon zest (roughly 2 large lemons) colored sanding sugar Directions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a medium bowl combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Meanwhile prepare desired sanding sugar into small bowls. Nutella Sandwich Cookies // From Emma. 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. Like, every morning. 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. Cakespy: Behemoth Crumb Cake.

Jessie Oleson (aka Cakespy) drops by every Monday to share a delicious dessert recipe. —The Mgmt. [Original artwork and photographs: Jessie Oleson] When it comes to crumb, I have a theory: if some is good, more is better. This theory was proven when I discovered something called the Colossal Crumb Cake at New Jersey's Ocean Grove Bake Shoppe. Their version had a ratio of roughly 9 parts crumb to 1 part cake, and it was just as amazing as it sounds (theirs is the one pictured above). Could it be possible to recreate this magic at home? Turns out, halving the cake recipe wasn't necessary—using the full recipe worked just fine, as the weight of the crumb crushed it into a sliver of buttery submission. Behemoth Crumb Cake About the author: Jessie Oleson is a Seattle-based writer, illustrator, gallery owner, and cake anthropologist who runs Cakespy, an award-winning dessert website.

Apple Crumb Pie. Apple Crumb Pie The other week I spotted a recipe that immediately called to me. Okay, it didn’t just call to me. It screamed at me… ‘make me!’ And that’s just what I did. How often does that happen to you? It’s rare that I spot a recipe that calls to me so strongly I make it within the week. I have to admit, it’s probably only because it’s an apple pie and that is hands down my absolute favorite kind of pie. This recipe is super easy. The apples didn’t disappoint. Overall I’m happy I tried this recipe. Ingredients: Crust ingredients: 1 1/4C flour 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 6 tbsp cold butter 4-6 tbsp ice water Filling ingredients: 5 1/2-6C apple chunks (Roughly 5 large apples. Topping ingredients: 1 1/4C flour 1/2C brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp salt 1/2C butter, melted Directions: In a food processor blend flour, sugar, salt and cold butter chunks.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Roll out dough accordingly to fit your desired pie dish. Apple Pecan Cheesecake. Apple Pecan Cheesecake I’ve been doing a lot of complaining lately over the amount of pumpkin recipes I’ve been seeing pop up all over the food blogosphere already. Not that I don’t love making pumpkin recipes… I do!

I just think it’s too early. Sure it’s technically Fall, but where’s the apple love?! Most stores are having trouble with canned pumpkin stock. Many people I’ve talked to haven’t even found a single can yet in their area, so I refuse to start pushing pumpkin recipes until I know more people have the ability to make them. If you’re dying for some pumpkin recipes, there are several recipes posted from last year. This is part 2 of the super special anniversary meal I made for the Mr a few weeks back. If you’re one of those strange people who doesn’t like pie but loves apples and cheesecakes (yeah you – I called you strange and I mean that in the nicest of ways)… well this cheesecake is right up your alley.

Cook Time: 45-60 minutes Total Time: 90+ minutes Ingredients: Directions: Bacon Wrapped Eggs - StumbleUpon. Receta de Pan o panque de nueces..rapido y rico de hacer.