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Galexi Cupcakes & Sweets. Cake Batter Blondies Recipe. Join us on Facebook to see our latest recipes! I found these yummy bars-o-goodness over at girlmeetslife . . . and wow. My husband LOVES anything that uses a "Funfetti" cake mix and I knew as soon as I saw these that they would quickly become his favorite . . . I was totally right. This is kind of a like a dense cake, which makes it easy to cut up and serve as bars. They are super easy to throw together and taste amazing. Ingredients: 1 box yellow (or Funfetti!) Directions: Combine the cake mix, oil, and egg in a large bowl.

Frosting: 1/4 cup margarine or butter, softened 2-3 Tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups powdered sugar (more or less depending on how thick/runny you like it) 3-4 drops red food coloring to get desired pink color (optional) Combine all ingredients until well-blended. Here are more of our favorite bar recipes:No Bake Reese's Fudge BarsOrange Creamsicle BarsNo Bake Scotcheroo BarsSeven Layer Magic Cookie BarsCherry Pie Bars. Reese's cheesecake brownies. A few weeks ago we celebrated a friend's life, which sadly ended far too soon. Our celebration of his time on earth was bittersweet. It was great fun, but we missed our friend.

The celebration involved food and martinis. Food because, well, everyone needs food, and martinis because our friend loved martinis. I decided to contribute a "dish" to the potluck that was totally indulgent. I didn't feel like being healthy that day and based on all of the martinis consumed, nobody else did either. These delicious treats were supremely indulgent and I only needed a teeny tiny square to be satisfied. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 19.5-oz. box of chocolate fudge brownie mix according to package directions. In a large bowl, beat one 8-ounce package of softened cream cheese with a hand-held mixer until fluffy. Add: One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter Beat until smooth. Stir in a 12-ounce package of Reese's Pieces candies. One 12-ounce bag milk chocolate chips. Cactus Bread. So last week was my first experience with working a "tip" night at the Pizza Ranch. It is an amazing pizza buffet in Stewartville (I hear tell there is one in Decorah too) and they do a nice thing for groups looking to fundraiser.

They allow groups to come in and work by clearing buffet plates and tables and in return you get to keep your tips and a portion of the profits. It is a win win situation for them because they get free advertising and additional customers and the groups get to earn some funds for their cause. We at the Preston Western Saddle Club had a blast and we all ate at the buffet too. Instructions: 1 Roll out 1/2 batch of pizza dough to 1/2 inch thickness, then place it on a sheet of parchment paper. 2 Sift 3 tbsp. of sugar and 1 tsp. of cinnamon together. 3 Melt 2 tbsp. of butter and brush onto the rolled-out dough, then sprinkle on the cinnamon-sugar mixture. 4 Sift together 3 tbsp. of sugar, 3 tbsp. of sprouted flour, 1/8 tsp. of cinnamon and a dash of salt.

Red Velvet Brownies with White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. For the past three weeks I’ve been craving a yellow butter cake with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream frosting. This post obviously isn’t about that cake. It’s about these Red Velvet Brownies with White Chocolate Frosting that I nearly had to wipe the drool off of my keyboard from when I came across the recipe. A chewy, dense, bright red (and in my opinion, all red velvet should be) brownie topped with a fluffy white chocolate buttercream frosting that actually tastes like the white chocolate I fell in love with as a child. These are the type of brownies that will make your old Aunt Rhonda kick herself for not thinking to bring to the church picnic before her old rival, Harriett, did just that. They’ll make people swoon and clamor over each other for seconds.

I’ve only made one other red velvet recipe in my lifetime and I had forgotten about the destructive power of red food coloring so be prepared to go slowly when it comes time to add it in. Ingredients For the brownies: Instructions. Brownie Dessert. Slimmed Down Brownies Recipe. Photo: Lizzie Fuhr Celebrate National Brownie Day with a slimmed-down recipe that doesn't disappoint. My standard recipe is similar to most; it contains a whole stick of butter, a couple of eggs, and a cup-and-a-half of sugar. That is until I found this recipe in Shape; compared to my go-to, the final calorie count per brownie dropped by 170 calories! For a lightened-up recipe, these brownies were rich and tasty. To keep the flavor quality prime, be sure to use high-quality cocoa and chocolate chips. Ingredients 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature 2/3 cup sugar 1 large egg 2 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons espresso 1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Information Category Desserts Yield Makes 16 servings Nutrition Calories per serving. Easy Cheese Danish. This is a quick and easy recipe for cheese danish that my family simply adores. Honestly, I don't know where the recipe comes from originally, since my Mother and Grandmother both made this for as long as I can remember. Despite being so easy to make, it's satisfying and wonderful for a quick weekend breakfast treat. We love it best still warm from the oven, but it will keep well for a couple of days if it's well covered and placed in the refrigerator. It also reheats well in the microwave for a few seconds. Try this simple recipe for your own family one of these days and see if they don't rave about it too! Ingredients:2 cans ready to use refrigerated crescent rolls2 8-ounce packages cream cheese1 cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 egg1 egg white Glaze:1/2 cup powdered sugar2 Tablespoons milk1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Method:Preheat oven to 350* degrees and grease a 13X9-inch baking pan.

{ Lofthouse Style Frosted Sugar Cookies } You have all seen these little frosted gems when you stroll through the bakery section at your local grocery store. You swear that you won’t buy them and then you do. You swear that after you buy them, you will eat just one. You swear that after you eat one, you won’t eat another. You swear that after two, you will stop.

You swear that you will never buy these again. After all that “swearing” you probably have finished three or four. These cookies are addicting to say the least. As stated on their fun website, the brand was born in 1994 in a makeshift bakery in the back of a garage. After seeing this cookie featured on Pinterest from Sweet Pea Kitchen, I knew that I had to make it. I brought these cookies to a couple of my offices this week and they were an overwhelming success. I decided on the traditional pink frosting, but you can get as creative as you want. Lofthouse Style Frosted Sugar Cookies Cookies: Frosting: 1 Cups butter, room temperature Directions: Easy Brownies made with cocoa - Recipe. Chocolate Brownies Recipe. Brownies have so much going for them; great flavor, easy to make, and so versatile. The simplest brownies are made with just melted chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and flour.

Delicious, of course, but you can also take a brownie to the next level by adding a layer of frosting. And that is what we do with these Chocolate Brownies. We start with a brownie that has a deep chocolate flavor and a dense fudge-like texture and top it with a smooth and glossy Ganache frosting. This transforms it into a dessert so good that I am not sure whether we should call it a square or a candy. Brownies can be made with cocoa powder, semi sweet chocolate, or unsweetened chocolate. Millionaires Shortbread Bars Recipe. Millionaire Shortbread Bars: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Line a 9 inch (23 cm) square pan with aluminum foil and butter the foil. Shortbread: In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the flour and salt and beat until the batter just starts to clump together. Press onto the bottom of your prepared pan, lightly prick the shortbread with the tines of a fork, and bake for about 20 minutes, or until pale golden in color.

Caramel Filling: Pour the sweetened condensed milk into a heatproof bowl and place over a saucepan of simmering water. Note: You can also cook the milk in your microwave oven. Chocolate Glaze: Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. The shortbread can be stored in the refrigerator for about a week. Makes about 24 bars.

View comments on this recipe on YouTube. Funfetti Cake Batter Cookies. These make me happy. Like confetti and sprinkles happy. Funfetti Cake Batter Cookies Sometimes things get crazy when I remember I have a sprinkle stash. Do you remember what this picture was from? That's right. Funfetti Cake Batter Cookies makes 30-32 1 box vanilla cake mix, 18.25 oz 1 tsp baking powder 2 eggs 1/2 C vegetable oil 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 C color sprinkles Preheat oven to 350°. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool and enjoy! You may have noticed that I didn't use an actual Funfetti cake box mix. Look! These would be fun for a kids party or a baby shower. Click to print. Dark chocolate chip cookie - Recipe.