Caramel Apple Cupcakes September is finally here and all I can think about are all of the apple recipes I want to dig into. I’ve already lit my fall candles to get in the mood since we kind of have to fake the seasons over here in Florida. These caramel apple cupcakes smelled divine baking in the oven! These are super simple using a doctored cake mix but taste just like fall. I should know because I ate five three just to make sure… Also, today my friend Micah from Micah Folsom Photography is having a photography giveaway. Ingredients Cupcakes: 1 (18.25-ounce) package spice cake mix 2 large eggs 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 cup peeled, cored, and chopped Granny Smith apple (about 1 large apple) Caramel Sauce: 35 caramels 1/4 cup evaporated milk or heavy cream (or regular milk) 1/2 cup chopped pecans 24 wooden craft sticks Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Notes Source: America's Best Recipes
monkey bread recipe i’ve got a confession that will either make me seem really cool or really lame: i’m an eagle scout. i spent most of my teenage years camping and tying knots with my fellow boy scouts, learning the skills i would need to survive in the wilderness. and although i’ve never actually been lost in the wilderness (yet), i still use a lot of what i learned in the scouts every day. one of the coolest things about camping is figuring out how to cook gourmet meals with greatly reduced means. no oven, microwave, mixer, toaster, or *gasp* panini press. when we camped, the dutch oven monkey bread was made with ready-made biscuits that were torn up into smaller pieces and rolled in cinnamon and sugar. this recipe actually uses a sweet yeast dough that you let rise, but instead of baking it in a tube pan, i doubled the recipe and used my dutch oven so it would be brimming with gooey cinnamon sugar goodness. why is it called monkey bread?
Olive Garden Chicken and Gnocchi Soup This soup is known for being hearty. It is a rich soup that can be made into a meal. This warm bowl of goodness features roasted chicken, potato gnocchi, carrots, celery, and spinach. This is an easy-to-prepare recipe, but it is going to taste like you spent hours at the stove making your family a delightful chicken and potato gnocchi soup. Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Author: CopyKat Recipes Recipe Type: Copycat Restaurant Recieps, CopyKat Recipes, Soup Recipes Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Serves: 8 You can make Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi soup just like the Olive Garden does. Ingredients Instructions Melt the butter into the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Print Recipe Comments About This Recipe You can add more chicken if you like.
Recipe Review: Hot Chocolate On A Stick | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn Previous image Next image Hot Chocolate on a Stick. First, here's the recipe: • Hot Chocolate on a Stick from The Giver's Log The Giver's Log is a fabulous place to pick up other tricks on making household goods and snacks. You will need to make sure that the only liquid that goes into the mixture is the melted chocolate itself. Kept in an airtight container these treats last for a full year and can be decorated, adorned and packaged to your heart's desire. A Note About Not Using A Mold:When we made our recipe, we were short on the ice cube tray molds. The block is dense enough, regular knifes (heated or not) and bench scrapers just caused the chocolate to fracture in unattractive shapes, so we brought out our electric knife and went to town. One more tip, in case you'd like to give it a go in a pan: the shapes also might have cut cleaner with a regular hot knife had we scored the top before the chocolate was 100% cooled and hardened. Thanks to The Giver's Log for the inspiration!
Two-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake with Apple Cider Glaze This Two-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake with Apple Cider Glaze will have your family and friends up in arms and begging for seconds. Maybe you should make two. Just a suggestion. If you are an elitist foodie, I don't know what to tell you other than to check your 'tude at the door. We're going simpleton today...but nothing less than excellent. Save your hate mail for some other food blogger; I really don't care that you would never subject yourself to a boxed cake mix. I've found it. I saw this recipe for Two-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake with Apple Cider Glaze on Robin Sue's blog, Big Red Kitchen, I knew I had to give it a shot. I baked the cake, made the glaze, took some pictures and had my first bite. After that bite I immediately threw down my fork (I can be very dramatic) and called my friend Tarri. I knew I could not be left alone with this cake, I would eat it all. Trust me here, this is good enough to serve at Thanksgiving. Let's make it together shall we... Here it is right out the oven.
Homemade Oreos | Flour Child Fact #1: I made Oreos. I didn’t think it was possible, either. Fact #2: They tasted just like the real ones.. on crack. So much better. So. Much. Fact #3: They are extraordinarily better for your body than those blue plastic wrapped gems. Fact #4: You will become 700 times more popular if you bring a batch of these to school/work/anywhere else where humans congregate. Sorry about all the paparazzi. Falling short in the friends department? Just kidding.. obviously Oreos. From Smitten Kitchen Makes 25 to 30 sandwich cookies For the chocolate wafers: 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 cups sugar 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) room-temperature, unsalted butter 1 large egg For the filling: 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) room-temperature, unsalted butter 1/4 cup vegetable shortening 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Set two racks in the middle of the oven. Jordana
Millionaire's Shortbread Since one half of the blue-eyed baking squad is currently blogging from waaaay across the pond in London, we figured we'd bake you lovely duckies a British treat. Shortbread. Millionaire's shortbread (ooooh aaaah). Don't get too excited. There's no money in this crumbly deliciousness. But there is crumbly deliciousness which counts for something right? Right. So there's shortbread, which is rather tasty on its own, and v v British. Just go with it. And THEN to transform it into Millionaire's Shortbread (ooooh ahhhh), you slather the aforementioned crumbly deliciousness in caramel and chocolate. We know. It's ok, just go slow, eat some melted chocolate along the way to keep your strength up, and you'll do just fine. And then, you can have as many pieces of the crumbly deliciousness slathered in the caramel and the chocolate as you want. We totally hit the jackpot. Millionaire's Shortbread Print Recipe For the chocolate: 1 1/4 cups semi sweet chocolate, chopped First, make the shortbread.
The Brownie That Will Change Your Life Let me start off by saying that viewer discretion is advised for today’s post. OK now with the story that preludes possibly the greatest brownie I have ever sunk my teeth in thus far in my life. Last Saturday Mrs. Zesty had a baby shower to attend and she was designated for a dessert/sweet treat for the girls. I knew time was tight and I didn’t want to spend all night Friday night to prep a dessert. This recipe, I cannot take any credit for and nor will I try as it is compliments of Nestle Toll House and as you can see from the reviews…. Ingredients 1 pkg. (18.25 oz.) chocolate cake mix1 cup chopped nuts ( Optional )1 cup Evaporated Milk1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted35 (10-oz. pkg.) caramels, unwrapped2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) Method Preheat oven to 350° F.Combine cake mix and nuts in large bowl. Bake for 15 minutes.Heat caramels and remaining evaporated milk in small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until caramels are melted. Thanks zesty
crème brûlée french toasts Filed under the very large category of Things Pretty Much Every New Yorker Already Knew About But Was News To Me (don’t bother trying to hail a cab after noon on a Friday, filthy stoops are irresistible for the chill-minded set, etc.), the City Bakery on 18th Street has some astoundingly good French toast on Sunday mornings. It’s also astoundingly expensive, as things will go at a bakery with sweets like you can’t find anywhere else and an iron grip on its original recipes. Their version is a ridiculously thick wedge of battered bread with a caramelized lid that requires no syrup or other accompaniment — well, except maybe some crispy salty strips of bacon — to make it sing. Of course, I’m not trying to make their French toast, I would leave that to their expertise. The snafu me and my poor little middle fingertip — leading to countless, “Look what I hurt today!” Crème Brûlée French Toasts Makes 6 servings Topping 2/3 cup granulated sugar Preheat oven to 325.
Fluffernutter Cookies, 3 Ingredients! Phew, what a whirlwind this week has been! I need one of these cookies while I unpack! More about my trip later, we’ve got to talk cookies! Seriously, wait until you try this recipe. I have had this idea in my head for over a week now and had NO idea how they would turn out. Grab a tall glass of milk and treat the family to these way too easy and oh so fun cookie gems! Yes, you heard me right….3 ingredients! Mix, mix, mix Ready to bake! Bake 12-15 minutes Fluffernutter Cookies 1 Cup creamy peanut butter 1 large egg 1 cup marshmallow cream 1. about 18 cookies Have a great rest of your week and weekend! Other recipes you may enjoy... Valentine Shortbread Cookie SandwichesMini Peanut Butter and Chocolate Buttercream Cookie SandwichesNutter Butter White Chocolate Chip CookiesChocolate Cherry Chip Cookies!