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Homemade Pop Tart Recipes That'll Start Your Morning Off Right. When Pop-Tarts first entered the breakfast scene in 1964, people were looking for a quick, easy meal option.

Homemade Pop Tart Recipes That'll Start Your Morning Off Right

Toaster pastries were the answer then, and they still are today. It's the reason Pop-Tarts has continued to grow in sales for the past 32 years. In essence, Pop-Tarts embody the idea of convenience. But there's more to them than that. This breakfast option is about flaky crust and fabulous fillings that you can eat with your hands. Homemade toaster pastries aren't exactly fast or convenient or even cheap, but they are absolutely delicious. Half Baked Harvest. Healthy Cookie Dough Dip... the famous recipe! Apple Chips. Nothing but fruit: These thin slices will need a couple of hours in the oven to dry out and firm up, but it's a mostly hands-off affair -- you'll just need to flip them halfway through.

Apple Chips

Whole Living, October 2012 Prep Time 5 minutes Total Time 2 hours 35 minutes Yield Makes about 40 chipsServes 2 Directions Heat oven to 225 degrees. Arrange apple slices on two parchment-lined baking sheets and bake for 1 1/2 hours. Flip, then continue baking until crisp, about 1 hour more. Cook's Note. Afternoon Snack: Dip Strawberries in Yogurt & Freeze, and You Get This Amazing Snack: Vitamin G. Thursday, 9/15/2011 at 2:02PM by Sarah Jio Health and fitness writer.

Afternoon Snack: Dip Strawberries in Yogurt & Freeze, and You Get This Amazing Snack: Vitamin G

Lover of running, Nespresso, Lululemon, and all things French. Mama. New York Times best-selling author. French cruller doughnuts recipe. Recipe: french crullers I went on my annual sandhill crane migration shoot in southern Colorado earlier this week with my shooting partner, Jason.

french cruller doughnuts recipe

We crammed driving to and from Monte Vista, four shoots, a half day at Wolf Creek (ski resort), and not a lot of sleep into 48 hours. The town of Monte Vista, Colorado holds their Crane Festival this weekend (March 9-11). Homemade english muffins. You know those sandy bottomed dry and dull english muffins that your mom tried to feed you?

homemade english muffins

I do.. english muffins. What if I told you that I found a way to make them delicious, moist, soft, and perfect. Tracey's Culinary Adventures: Soft Pretzel Bites. We’ve been hosting a get-together at our house on Super Bowl Sunday since we moved in a few years ago.

Tracey's Culinary Adventures: Soft Pretzel Bites

Garlic Cheddar Biscuits (a la "Red Lobster") Recipe. Garlic Cheddar Biscuits (A La Red Lobster) Salsa roja (roasted red salsa) « One Particular Kitchen. I eat a lot of salsa.

Salsa roja (roasted red salsa) « One Particular Kitchen

Real Mom KitchenReal Mom Kitchen. Homemade Nutella. For some people, Nutella -- a smooth chocolate-hazelnut spread found in the peanut butter aisle in most supermarkets -- is a nostalgic childhood treat.

Homemade Nutella

But I didn’t taste it until college, when a friend who’d been living in Europe introduced me to it, so I may always think of it as a more sophisticated sweet. The stuff from the jar is pretty darn good, although the fabulous pastry chef Gale Gand taught me how to make it from scratch, and that’s now my favorite version. You can really taste the hazelnuts and feel some of their texture. I’ve been known to eat it with a spoon, as anyone else who’s honest will admit to doing. -Christie Matheson Note: No longer can you consider yourself safe from temptation just because you mustered the wherewithal to walk on by the Nutella aisle at the grocery store. Ingredients Instructions Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Melt the chocolate in a saucepan over gently simmering water or in the microwave. Party Cheese Sticks Are My Lazy Sunday Afternoon Tea Time Snack. Mini Crab Cakes. Baked Spinach Dip Mini Bread Bowls. Baked Spinach Dip Mini Bread Bowls anyone?

Baked Spinach Dip Mini Bread Bowls

Perfect Guacamole Recipe. 1 Cut avocado, remove flesh: Cut the avocados in half. Remove seed. Score the inside of the avocado with a blunt knife and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. (See How to Cut and Peel an Avocado.) Place in a bowl. Baked Tomato, Garlic, and Basil Bruschetta Bites. Finger foods are my favorite kind of food—to eat but not to make. That’s because they usually take a bit more work to put together than the full-size versions. Luckily, that’s not the case with these delicious bruschetta bites. They’re bursting with flavor and can be assembled in 15 minutes or less! So, preheat your oven, grab a loaf of your favorite baguette, and get out the cutting board. No-bake energy bites. I probably should have poured a nice stiff drink recipe for you all on this loveliest of lovely tax days.

no-bake energy bites

Especially for my fellow small business owners who just gave half of their revenue back to the government. Good grief, I won’t even go there. Instead though, I thought I’d offer my idea of a more comforting alternative. Pasta. When life is good, and when life gets crazy, I turn to pasta. Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. Cinnamon Toast Rolls. Thick, chewy granola bars.