Cranberrry Apple Nut Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 2 cups chopped granny smith apples
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl mix together first five ingredients. set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, blend together sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
• 3 stir in flour mixture.
• 4 fold in remaining ingredients.
• 5 spread in greased casserole pan.
• 6 bake at 350, 60-75 minute.
• 7 cool on wire rack in pan 30 minutes.
• 8 loosen edges and invert on rack.

Lavender Fudge

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 27
• 16 ounces chocolate chips
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon dried lavender flowers (3 tbsp. fresh)
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• fresh lavender

Recipe

• 1 grind finely in a clean coffee grinder.
• 2 melt everything together in a double boiler. add 3 tablespoons butter. stir until smooth and melted.
• 3 pour into a pan lined with wax paper (approximately 9" x 9"). cover with saran wrap. chill overnight.
• 4 cut into 1" squares. wrap like "sweets" in twists of wax paper.
• 5 sprinkle fresh lavender on top layer to decorate!

Amaretto Espresso Ice Cream Float

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/2 ounces amaretto (or more to taste)
• 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
• 2 scoops coffee ice cream
• 1 ounce espresso coffee
• cookie (amaretti, pirouette rolled cookies, etc.)
• strawberry

Recipe

• 1 place 1 scoop vanilla ice cream into two fountain glasses each. on top of each, place a scoop of coffee ice cream.
• 2 pour 1/2 ounce espresso and 1 1/4 ounce amaretto over each.
• 3 garnish with cookies and/or strawberries.

Frozen Toffee Bar Torte

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 28 macaroons
• 1 quart chocolate ice cream, softened
• 1/4 cup chocolate syrup
• 1 quart coffee ice cream, softened
• 14 heath candy bars, crushed

Recipe

• 1 butter n 8-inch springform pan. crush 14 macaroons and spread on bottom of pan. spread softened chocolate ice cream on top of macaroons. drizzle half of chocolate syrup over ice cream. crush remaining macaroons and layer on top of ice cream. spread coffee ice cream over macaroon layer. drizzle remaining chocolate syrup over ice cream. crush toffee bars and sprinkle on top. freeze. to serve, remove from pan and allow to sit at room temperature 15-30 minutes. serve with additional syrup if desired.

Ocean Blvd Tribute Martini

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup fresh rosemary leaf, tightly packed
• 1/2 cup splenda sugar substitute
• 2 tablespoons splenda sugar substitute
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 4 ounces grey goose le citrus-infused vodka
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice or 4 teaspoons lemon fruit nectar

Recipe

• 1 rosemary sugar syrup:.
• 2 (this is listed first due to the chilling time).
• 3 in a food processor or blender combine rosemary and 2 tablespoons of the splenda. process for a 20-30 seconds to only bruise the rosemary (it’s ok if it isn’t chopped). smell the wonderful aroma.
• 4 in a medium saucepan combine the remaining splenda, water, and rosemary mixture. heat just to boiling, stirring to dissolve the splenda. simmer on low for 5 minutes. remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 30 minutes. strain once then strain again through a coffee filter, discard solids, and thoroughly chill the syrup (about an hour). it is not a thick syrup. it is flavorful though.
• 5 the martini:.
• 6 *the glass was not rimmed, to my recollection, with sugar or salt at the restaurant. i did not call for rimming the glass in this recipe due to not wanting to detract from the wonderful flavors in the glass.*.
• 7 pour the vodka, rosemary sugar syrup and lemon juice into a shaker 3/4 full of ice. shake well.
• 8 retrieve your martini glass and strain. get a little crazy and garnish with a rosemary sprig if you choose. feel the love and listen for waves.
• 9 *i looked for "lemon nectar" in the grocery store. aside from all the other nectars available, this one wasn't. i looked up the definition of nectar which states (webster's new world dictionary of culinary arts), refers to nectar in the united states as "undiluted fruit juice or a mixture of fruit juices," so i took two lemons, cut down the sides, removed the peel and the pith, cut and separated the sections out, removed the seeds, and blended in the blender. i then strained (one time) the juice and waahlaah. nectar. i'm assuming. it's worth the trouble. make extra because the drink tastes better with it instead of just juice when whipping up this drink.

Frozen Mocha Cheesecake

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 14 ounces condensed milk, sweetened
• 1/4 cup chocolate syrup
• 1/4 cup coffee liqueur
• 2 cups whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 combine together cookie crumbs with butter and sugar.
• 2 pat evenly on bottom and sides of an 9 inch springform pan.
• 3 cream together cream cheese,milk,chocolate syrup and coffee liqueur.
• 4 fold in whipped cream.
• 5 spread over crust.
• 6 freeze at least 6 hours.
• 7 garnish with chocolate covered coffe beans.

Natchitoches Meat Pies

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons peanut oil or 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3/4 lb ground chuck
• 3/4 lb ground lamb
• 1/2 cup chopped scallion (part of green tops included)
• 1 -2 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (to taste)
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 cup peanut oil, for frying

Recipe

• 1 make the filling: heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add in beef, lamb, scallions, and garlic; cook/stir and break up the meats, until the beef loses its red color.
• 2 add in the remaining filling ingredients; continue to cook and stir, until the mixture is almost dry, about 10 minutes.
• 3 transfer to a bowl, let cool, then chill.
• 4 make the pastry: sift the flour,baking powder, and salt into a mixing bowl, add in the shortening, and cut with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.
• 5 add in the egg and milk; stir until a ball of dough forms.
• 6 transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface, roll out about 1/2 inch thick, and using the lid of a coffee can, cut out rounds of dough.
• 7 to assmble: place a heaping tablespoon of filling on one side of each round of dough; with your fingertips, dampen the pie edges with water, fold the other sides of dough over the filling, and seal the edges with a fork dipped in water; prick twice with a fork on top.
• 8 to fry: heat the oil in a medium cast-iron skillet to about 350°; quickly fry each pie until golden, about 2 minutes on each side, and drain briefly on paper towels; serve hot.