Desserts

Grand Ole American Pie

Sep 2nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts, Patriotic Recipes

Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pound Golden Delicious apples, cored, cut into 1/2 inch slices (6 cups)
1 pound Granny Smith apples, cored, cut into 1/2 inch slices (6 cups)
1 (15 ounce 2 crust) package refrigerator piecrust
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon water
1 (12 ounce) jar caramel ice [...]



Hershey Bar Gourmet Pie

Aug 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts

It’s like a great big Smores pie!
6 chocolate and almond Hershey’s bars
1 tsp. vanilla
16 large marshmallows
1/2 pint whipping cream
1/2 cup milk
1 graham cracker crumb crust, baked and cooled
Pinch of salt [...]



Frozen Mint Dessert

Aug 3rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts

1 pint whipping cream 1 cup chopped pecans
This is soooooo good, the kids are going to love it. Honest, it’s for the kids.
1 – 10 ounce pkg. butter mints
4 Tbs. melted margarine
1 pkg. chocolate wafers or
Green food coloring (optional)
2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
Pour [...]



Coconut Candy

Jul 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts

3 cups granulated sugar
3 cups shredded coconut
1 cup milk
In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and milk together over medium heat. It will become a thin syrup (ensure it reaches 232 to 240 degrees on your candy thermometer). Add the coconut and stir constantly so the coconut doesn’t burn. Cook until the coconut becomes golden [...]



Barbadian Cake

Jul 25th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts

1 1/2 cups of butter
2 cups of white sugar
4 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
3 cups of all-purpose flour
4 eggs
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1 tablespoon of almond extract
2 cups of milk
Put oil in a 9 or 10 inch bundt pan to grease it lightly and put flour too. By hand, with spatula cream butter and sugar [...]



Apple Charlotte

Jul 20th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Apples, Desserts

2 lbs. of good cooking apples Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 oz. chopped almonds Very thin sliced bread, buttered
4 oz. of currants and sultanas mixed Sugar to taste
1 stick of cinnamon about 3 inches long
Prepare the apples by paring, coring, and cut [...]



Berry Custard

Jul 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts

Ingredients:
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 cup fat-free milk
1 beaten egg
2 tablespoons light dairy sour cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups fresh raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, or halved strawberries
Instructions:
To prepare custard, combine cornstarch and 2 Tablespoons of sugar in a small pan.  Once mixed well, add egg and milk.  Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to boil, stirring [...]



Cherry Pineapple Frozen Treats

Jul 7th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts

Ingredients:
1 – 21 ounce can cherry pie filling
1 – 20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
1 – 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1 – 8 ounce whipped topping, thawed
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients together and pour into a 9 X 13″ pan.  Cover and freeze. When ready to serve combine into one large bowl or cut into squares [...]



Red White & Blue Cheesecake Parfaits

Jul 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Desserts

INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup lite ricotta cheese
1/4 cup nonfat cream cheese
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons no-sugar-added all-fruit seedless raspberry spread, melted
1 cup fresh raspberries
1 cup fresh blueberries
3/8 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
2 tablespoons frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed
Instructions:
Combine ricotta cheese, cream cheese and sugar in food processor.  Process until smooth, scraping sides of processor bowl once; set mixture aside. [...]



Baked Brown Sugar Apples

Jun 22nd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Apples, Desserts

This is the perfect light dessert for winter days.  Delicious as is, or with a scoop of low-fat frozen yogurt.
Ingredients:
4 Granny Smith apples
¼ cup chopped pecans
2 tablespoons brown sugar
¼ cup raisins
Cinnamon for sprinkling
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 325F.  In a bowl, combine the raisins, pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon.  Wash and core each apple and place in [...]