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Saturday, July 31, 2010
LDS Blog Train!
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Monday, July 26, 2010
No-bake Chocolate Butterscotch mini cheesecakes
Cheesecake. Is. The. Best. That's all there is to it! When I saw these pretty lil things -cheesecake AND mini- I just had to try them.
Found them HERE. Hers are much more prettier than mine, but they tasted great and that's all that matters, right?! :)
I've never played with powdered gelatin before, so of course it didn't set up as I'd hoped, but practice makes perfect and now I know what to do and what NOT to do for next time. This recipe requires a bit more work, but is worth it. Anything for cheesecake!
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She used a mini cheesecake pan like this.....FUN! Of course I had to go get one. :) The only place I could find one around here was at Sur la Table at Gateway Mall.
Chocolate Butterscotch No-Bake Cheesecake
Makes 16 mini 2 inch cheesecakes or one 8 inch cheesecake.
Crusts
1 1/2 cup crushed graham cracker
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
7 tablespoon unsalted butter(melted)
Instructions:
1. Combine graham cracker crumbs with sugar. (I didn't have graham crackers, so I used the graham cracker pie crusts that I had and just mixed it with the butter- it was actually easier cuz they were already crumbs!)2. Add melted butter and blend until combined.3. Press into pan. Set aside
Cheesecake
¼ cup water
1 tablespoon powdered gelatin
2 ¼ cups heavy cream
1 pound cream cheese, softened
2/3 sugar
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/3 cup Whoppers, pulverize
¼ cup chocolate chips
¼ butterscotch chips
2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Instructions:
1. Bring 1 inch of water to a simmer in the bottom of a double boiler. Sprinkle water over gelatin and let stand for 5 minutes.
2. Using a spatula scrape the softened gelatin and place it into the top of the double boiler. Set it over simmering water and heat until the mixture becomes liquid. Remove from heat and set aside.
3. Crush Whoppers in a Ziploc or place Whoppers in a food processor and pulse for 5 times with 2 second intervals. Set aside.
4. Heat chocolate in the microwave for 10-20 seconds (times vary from microwave to microwavel) or until melted. Whisk to make sure all pieces are melted. Set aside.
5. Place butterscotch chips and 1 tablespoon of heavy cream in a small bowl and heat in microwave for 10-20 seconds or until melted. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
6. Beat heavy cream until medium peaks form. Set aside.
7. Add cream cheese, sugar, salt, vanilla powder, lemon juice to a bowl and beat with a paddle attachment until smooth (approximately 3-5 mins). If you do not have a stand mixer or a paddle attachment a hand beater will work as well, but will take twice as long to achieve a smooth consistency.
8.. Add a ½ cup of cream mixture to the gelatin and fold with a rubber spatula. Return the gelatin mixture to the remaining cream cheese mixture and fold together.
9. Fold in crushed Whoppers until combined. Gently add butterscotch and chocolate sauce by drizzling sauce into mixture and folding only until mixture shows streaks of butterscrotch and chocolate sauce. * Do not over mix or your cheesecake will be brown in color, rather than streaked.*
10. Fill chosen pan with a slight mound at the center, as the cheesecake will become slightly sunken at the center.11. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours to set or overnight for best results.12. Remove from refrigerator and smooth top to level with edge. Serve with whipping cream and garnish with whopper.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Raspberry baby lattice pies
Wanted to try these cute lil mini pies. Pie is my favorite! Besides cupcakes, I'm not really a cake fan. She used peanut butter and jelly, but I prefer my PB&J to stay on my sandwiches, not in my pie :) So, I used raspberry pie filling. Not only are they tasty, but so stinkin' cute! I love mini things.
[please pray that I can get a camera! :)]
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My strips were a little long, but you get the idea. It’s the over under effect! Once you are done, use a knife to cut off the excess dough and it will look like the next picture. Brush lightly with egg wash.
Raspberry Baby Lattice Pies
1 roll Pillsbury pie dough
1 can of Raspberry pie filling
1 egg white whisked with 1 teaspoon water for egg wash
Sugar Crystals for sprinkling on top if desired
2 Tablespoons powdered sugar
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Unroll pie crust onto a lightly floured surface. Use a 2 1/2 inch round cutter to cut out circles in dough (I used a random little cup that worked great). Lightly press dough rounds into greased mini muffin tin. Roll remaining scraps of dough to an even thickness then use a sharp knife to cut thin 1/8 inch strips to create the lattice topping. Set aside.
2. With spoon, drop a heaping teaspoon into each of the pie crusts. (i did a heaping teaspoon and after done baking it oozed out on top, so I'd fill only about halfway). Using the pie strips, form the lattice top. See pictures above for help. Cut excess dough from edges and brush tops lightly with the egg wash, sprinkle with sugar crystals (optional) and bake for 25-30 minutes or until nice and golden brown.
3. Remove and with the tip of a knife, loosen edges where jam has oozed out. Carefully remove from pan after 5 minutes with the help of the knife and let cool. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with ice cream!
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Baby Shower!!
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The Punch
Viola! You have just created the Mona Lisa of Punch!
Your punch should be a lovely dark yellow at the bottom of your punch bowl, light lemony yellow in middle, almost white on the top, and then bright magenta on the very, very top! So pretty!
And then, when you start serving the punch with a ladle, it all mixes together and becomes this dreamy pink color.
And then, when you lift the punch bowl to your lips when it is almost gone to swallow the last few drops of punch, it is an even darker pink because the raspberries have really mixed in.
And then, when you pass out on the floor because you tipped the punch bowl too far and lost your balance, falling backward to the floor with the punch bowl hitting you square in the jaw—you will see lots of lovely yellow stars and magenta raspberries floating above your head.
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Bit-o-honey fruit dip
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Transformation
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
gOt cHiKiN Blogiversary!
2 pkgs dry Italian mix
3 cans crm chik soup
6-8 chik breasts
Cook on med-high for 4-6 hours.
add 1 cup sour cream the last hour
Eat on rice or (my favorite) fettuccine noodles!
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Chicken Roll-ups
2 cans (8 oz. each) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
Pull apart each triangle and shape each one into a circle-there should be 16 if you use 2 cans, 8 if you use 1 can of rolls.
Filling:
-4 oz. Cream cheese (softened so it’s creamy when mixed)
-poultry seasoning (I use Spike) add as much or little as you like…I used about 3-4 T
-chicken- 1 can of chicken… or about 1-2 frozen breasts
-2 T butter-softend NOT melted….or it will be too greasy and makes it difficult to keep it closed.
Mix, then put about 1 T of mixture onto each dough circle. Wrap edges around chicken mix and pinch together, make sure none of the mix is falling out. Roll each roll-up into butter, then roll into crumbs. ( I used saltine crackers. You can use bread crumbs, or cornflakes. Just put in blender till finely blended.
Sauce:
a can of cream of chicken soup, add ½ can water, heat up and pour over roll-ups!
Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 min. or until golden brown.
Chicken filling
3 T oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 c water chestnuts 1 can-chopped finely
3 T chopped onions
1 t minced garlic
4-5 iceberg lettuce leaves
Cook chicken in oil. Dice or shred it, put in pan. Add onions, garlic and water chestnuts. ADD 2 t vinegar, 2 T soy sauce and 2 T sugar. Place about 1/2 cup on each lettuce leaf. Roll up.
Dipping sauce
2 t. rice wine vinegar
2 T. soy sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 T ketchup
1 T lemon juice
1/8 t sesame oil or regular oil
1 T mustard
2 t garlic chipotle sauce *optional*
For sauce- dissolve sugar in water in small bowl. Add soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and oil. Mix and refrigerate. Dip lettuce rolls in sauce and enjoy!
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Chicken Cordon Bleu Roll-ups
Take chicken breast, roll in butter, wrap swiss cheese around chicken, then ham around the cheese.
Spray with canola oil. Roll in bread crumbs (blend Stauffer's bread crumbs-same stuff used for stuffing). spray again so crumbs stick well.
Mix 1 cup sour cream, 1 can cream chicken soup plus a little water to thin just a bit. Pour a dallop on each piece. Bake at 375 degrees for about 45 min.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Monthly Goal Review for June
Goal: Give even more time to my kids; study and find better ways to teach them and have Faith memorize the alphabet.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Old Glory Digi kit!
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Monday, July 5, 2010
Happy Independence Day!
I love this holiday!
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