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Monday, June 1, 2015

Easy Apple- Streusel Coffee Cake!

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 12
  • 1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
  • 1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
  • 1/2 cup butter (room temp.)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

  • 1 combine the streusel mixture in a med. size bowl, and with 2 knifes or your hands combine until you have nice medium-size clumps. (streusel). set aside.
  • 2 combine the cake ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir well with a fork until combined (i cut up the apples in the can with a knife to make smaller chunks).
  • 3 pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake at 350f for 15 minutes.
  • 4 remove from oven and cover top with the streusel mixture.
  • 5 return to bake for 30 more minutes.

Cranberry Liqueur

Total Time: 288 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 288 hrs

Ingredients

  • 1 lb cranberries
  • 4 cups superfine sugar, divided
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 cups 80 proof vodka

Recipe

  • 1 combine cranberries with 2 cups sugar.
  • 2 add water and boil 4-5 minutes until skins start to pop.
  • 3 remove from heat and cool.
  • 4 put in a mixing jar, add vodka and shake vigorously.
  • 5 cover and leave to infuse at least 7 days, shaking or stirring occasionally.
  • 6 pour thru a coarse strainer and discard berries.
  • 7 let rest 3-4 days.
  • 8 without shaking the jar, decant only the clear liquor into another jar, leaving residue in the original jar.
  • 9 the residue can be put thru a paper strainer (i use an unbleached coffee filter) until liquid is clear; add the strained liquor to the already decanted liqueur.
  • 10 combine liqueur with 2 more cups of sugar and shake vigorously until sugar is absorbed.
  • 11 let clear overnight and bottle.

Olive Garden Low-fat Tiramisu (copycat)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 cup low-fat milk (1% fat)
  • 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
  • 3 (3 ounce) envelopes dream whip, mix
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, fat free
  • 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 24 ladyfingers
  • 1/2 cup cold espresso (or strong coffee)
  • 1/4 cup kalua coffee liqueur
  • 2 teaspoons cocoa powder

Recipe

  • 1 measure 1 cup of milk, remove 1/4 cup, and set the rest aside. in a medium bowl, combine the 1/4 cup of milk with the gelatin. let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes, then microwave on half power for 1 1/2 minutes, or until the gelatin dissolves. set this mixture aside to cool for 5 minutes.
  • 2 in another medium bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese, and the sugar. add the gelatin/ milk mixture and beat until smooth.
  • 3 pour the remaining milk into a large mixing bowl. add one envelope of dream whip at a time to the milk and beat after each addition for about 2 minutes until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  • 4 while beating the dream whip on high speed, add 1/3 of the cream cheese mixture at a time. mix about 1 minute or until it is well blended and smooth. set aside while preparing the lady fingers.
  • 5 combine the espresso and kahlua in a large, shallow bowl. one by one, quickly dip each ladyfinger in the espresso.
  • 6 to assemble the tiramisu, arrange half of the soaked ladyfingers side by side in a 8x8 baking dish. cover the fingers with half of the cream cheese mixture nd spread carefully with a rubber spatula until smooth and flat. arrange the remaining ladyfingers on the cheese mixture the same way as the first layer. cover the cake with the remaining cream cheese mixture.
  • 7 dust the top of the tiramisu with cocoa powder. cover and chill for approximately 3 hours.

Nevisian Smile

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons pineapple juice
  • 3 tablespoons coconut cream
  • 3 tablespoons coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons rum
  • 2 tablespoons irish cream
  • 2 tablespoons coffee liqueur
  • 1 slice fresh pineapple (optional)

Recipe

  • 1 crush two or three ice cubes in a blender.
  • 2 combine all ingredients, add to ice in blender and blend until thick.
  • 3 pour into a large snifter or hurricane glass.
  • 4 garnish with a slice of pineapple.

Midnight Manx (nightcap)

Total Time: 4 mins Preparation Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 1
  • 30 ml coffee liqueur, kahlua
  • 1 dash goldschlager
  • 30 ml baileys irish cream
  • 60 ml espresso coffee
  • 60 ml heavy cream

Recipe

  • 1 fill a mixer with ice and add baileys, kahlua, goldshlager, and cream.
  • 2 shake for 5 seconds and strain into an ice-filled double rocks glass.
  • 3 add chilled coffee, stir and serve.

Peanut Butter And Jelly Coffee Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • 2 cups bisquick baking mix
  • 2 tablespoons sugar (i use splenda)
  • 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup jelly (the flavor you like) or 1/2 cup jam (the flavor you like)

Recipe

  • 1 heat oven to 400.
  • 2 grease layer pan 9x 1 1/2 inches.
  • 3 mix baking mix& sugar.
  • 4 cut in peanut butter.
  • 5 mix in milk and egg.
  • 6 beat vigorously 1/2 minute.
  • 7 spread in pan
  • 8 spoon jelly or jam onto batter and spread thinly
  • 9 bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown serve warm.

Frappe Cappuccino

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 2
  • 1/2 cup fresh espresso
  • 2 1/2 cups low-fat milk (2 percent)
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Recipe

  • 1 combine all of the ingredients in a pitcher or covered container.
  • 2 stir or shake until sugar is dissolved.
  • 3 chill and serve cold.
  • 4 to make the"mocha" variety:add a pinch (1/16 teaspoon) of cocoa powder to the mixture before combining.
  • 5 to fake espresso with a drip coffee maker and standard grind of coffee: use 1/3 cup ground coffee and 1 cup of water.
  • 6 brew once then run coffee through machine again, same grounds.
  • 7 makes about 1/2 cup fresh espresso to use in the above recipe.
  • 8 run a pot of water through machine, without grounds, to clean.