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. 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… Open the bag of cake mix (I used white, but I think yellow’s better) and begin sprinkling the dry mix over the top. And I don’t know who originally decided to malign this fine invention, but I like to eat clumps of it sometimes. Because I WANT TO, that’s why!
General Tso’s Chicken Recipe At nearly any buffet or take-out place you can find General Tso’s Chicken. General Tso’s Chicken is a perfect combination of sweet and spicy flavors. It is a very popular dish throughout the United States and Canada. Ingredients: 1lb boneless skinless chicken thighs (cut into 1” chunks) 5 dried red chili peppers 3 green onions (sliced) 3 eggs (beaten) ½ cup cornstarch oil (for frying)Sauce-1 ½ tablespoons rice vinegar 2 tablespoons rice wine 3 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons soy sauce 2 teaspoons cornstarch Cooking Instructions: Step 1: In a large mixing bowl combine cornstarch and beaten eggs. Step 3: Heat deep fryer or wok to 375 degrees and deep fried chicken bits in batches. Step 5: Add sauce mixture to the wok and cook stirring until the sauce becomes thickened and bubbly.
Apple Pie Egg Rolls : : Miss in the Kitchen Apple Pie Egg Rolls I saw one of the Food Network stars making apple chimichangas and thought I had to have some for myself. I bought flour tortillas and apples, and then I used the flour tortillas for tacos. Still wanting some kind of fried apple pie dessert I used the egg roll wrappers I had in place of the flour tortillas. I know, I know frying dessert just makes it more sinful, but these are totally delicious. Maybe they would be good baked, but not as good as fried. UPDATE: I did an interview with the Casper Star-Tribune newspaper and they made a video of me making these Apple Pie Egg Rolls! Apple Pie Egg Rolls Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter 3 cups apples, peeled, cored, and diced 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 5 egg roll wrappers vegetable oil for frying for garnish: 1 tablespoon sugar mixed with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon Cooking Directions: In a medium size pan, melt butter, add apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Serve with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce, it’s good! Enjoy! Miss
Peanut Butter Banana Bread Peanut Butter Banana Bread Moist and delicious Peanut Butter Banana Bread is an excellent breakfast choice for those on the run. Peanut butter, bananas and peanuts are whipped together to create a nutty spin on the traditional banana bread. Doesn’t this make you want to run into the kitchen right this second and bake this incredible bread? If it doesn’t, it should! I mean come on, just look at that peanut butter glaze just dripping off of this bread! Would you believe me if I told you that this recipe comes from Cooking Light magazine? When this bread graced the cover of Cooking Light magazine a few months ago I knew immediately it would be a hit. Ingredients: For the Peanut Butter Glaze: 1/3 cup powdered sugar 1 tablespoon 1% low-fat milk 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter Directions: Preheat oven to 350° F. Leave a Comment
Make Your Own Vanilla Extract Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. As I've written before, every year we give a little Christmas Eve party and I give out some kind of homemade goodie at the end of the evening. This year I wanted to do the fun DIY thing of making your own vanilla extract. I go through so much vanilla extract and the good stuff is so expensive. I love the idea of making your own from good vanilla beans and then just adding vodka to it to keep it going - after all, that's all vanilla extract is, really - alcohol and vanilla beans. I got some wonderful Bourbon vanilla beans from Beanilla. If you would like to read the differences between the various kinds of vanilla beans, Garrett over at Vanilla Garlic has an informative post about that. I ordered the fun little labels from My Own Labels, a great company where you can get custom labels for lots of things, including homemade food items, cds, bottles, etc.
Banana Upside Down Muffins ~ Recipes by Amanda's Cookin Quite a while ago I received a cookbook called Sweet!: From Agave to Turbinado, Home Baking with Every Kind of Natural Sugar and Sweetener by Mani Niall. I had thumbed through it several times and bookmarked quite a few recipes, but never found the time to make anything. I’ve been holding on to these pics for a couple of months now, so I thought I had better get these posted! On a side note, there was an error in this recipe in the book. As you’ll see from the picture below, I did have a couple of casualties when inverting the pan. I love pineapple upside down cake and I love bananas. If you prefer it as a dessert, pair it with some freshly whipped cream sweetened with powdered sugar and a little banana extract, sprinkled with cinnamon. Banana Upside Down Muffins Ingredients non-stick cooking spray 4 tbsp unsalted butter 1/2 cup dark muscovado or brown sugar, packed (I used dark brown sugar) 4 ripe bananas Muffins: Instructions Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 F.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me. Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. I've been looking for something different to serve for Valentine's dessert, and this is definitely different. The strawberries are hollowed out and filled with a bit of liquor, then ignited with a match. For the cake portion, I chose a One Bowl Chocolate Cupcake recipe because 1. it's quick 2. it is easy, and 3. it fits my prerequisite for a light ending on date night. I should say, a light ending provided you don't eat too many. The cakes are just sweet enough, and have a light, fluffy crumb - the perfect vehicle for rich chocolate buttercream. Notes for flaming strawberries:Any alcohol below 80 proof will not ignite well. Shaina made a margarita version of this on Babble Food. Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries Yield: About 20 cupcakes [click to print]Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
That's the Best Frosting I've Ever Had – Tasty Kitchen Bake your favorite chocolate cake and let it cool. In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. You want it to be very thick, thicker than cake mix, more like a brownie mix is. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature. (If I’m in a hurry, I place the saucepan over ice in the sink for about 10 minutes or so until the mixture cools.) While the mixture is cooling, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Grab a spoon and taste this wonderful goodness. Cut yourself a piece and put it on a pretty plate.