Saturday, January 28, 2012

Worms in the Dirt

Oreos
Chocolate Pudding
Sour Gummy Worms

1. Prepare the Chocolate Pudding and pour into bowls.

2. Crush a batch of Oreo cookies inside a plastic zipper bag.

3. Add gummy worms to pudding and sprinkle the "dirt" Oreos over the top.

4. Chill the wormy dessert in the fridge and then enjoy these chocolaty, gummy treats.


Found on ehow.com, along with some other cute Shrek party food ideas.
http://www.ehow.com/list_7166839_shrek-party-food-ideas.html

Friday, January 27, 2012

German Apple Cake

3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour (purpose)
2 tsps ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
4 cups tart apples (peeled cored and chopped)
3/4 cup chopped pecans
frosting
8 ozs cream cheese (softened)
2 tsps softened butter
2 cups sugar


1In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; add to egg mixture and mix well. Fold in apples and nuts. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.


2In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and butter. Add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth. Spread over cake. Refrigerate leftovers.


From Apples Are Yummly, Yummly.com
http://www.yummly.com/recipe/German-Apple-Cake-Allrecipes

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Maple Glazed Breakfast Apple Tarts

Yum! This sounds sooo good!

8 ozs cream cheese (softened)
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 apples (empire gala or golden delicious)
1/4 cup granulated sugar

17 1/4 ozs puff pastry (frozen, thawed)
1 large eggs (beaten lightly with 1 tablespoon water)
1/2 cup maple syrup (pure)
1In a small bowl stir together cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla until smooth.

2Peel, halve, and core apples and cut into 1/4-inch slices. In a bowl toss apples with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.

3Preheat oven to 375°F.

4On a lightly floured surface roll 1 sheet puff pastry into a 15- by 11-inch rectangle. From a long side, cut four 1/3-inch-wide strips. From a short side, cut two 1/3-inch-wide strips. Set pastry strips aside. Halve lengthwise what remains of rectangle and put halves on a baking sheet.

5Just inside pastry rectangles' edges, brush 1/3-inch-wide borders of egg wash, reserving remaining egg wash. Arrange pastry strips on borders so that they are flush with edges of rectangles, trimming strips to fit. Spread cream-cheese mixture inside borders on rectangles and top with apples.

6On a lightly floured surface roll remaining puff-pastry sheet into a 14- by 10-inch rectangle and halve lengthwise. Cut several 2 1/2-inch diagonal slits down middle of each rectangle (do not cut within 1 inch of edges).

7Brush pastry borders of apple-topped tarts with some remaining egg wash and top each with 1 pastry rectangle. Press edges gently but firmly together to seal. Brush remaining egg wash over pastry tops and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake tarts in middle of oven 30 minutes, or until puffed and golden.

8In a small saucepan simmer maple syrup 10 minutes, or until reduced to about 1/3 cup. Brush hot syrup glaze over warm tarts. Serve tarts warm or at room temperature.


From Yummly
http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Maple_glazed-Breakfast-Apple-Tarts-Epicurious

Easy Oatmeal Breakfast Recipes

Apple Cinnamon: Add chopped apple or a few teaspoons of natural, unsweetened applesauce to oatmeal and cook. Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Maple & Brown Sugar: Use sugar-free pancake syrup and a dash of cinnamon or artificial brown sugar replacement by Sugar Twin that is now available.

Fruit & Cream: Add a little milk or vanilla protein powder and a few strawberries, blueberries, peaches, or a teaspoon of sugar free preserves.

Maple Walnut: Add 1 tbsp sugar-free pancake syrup and a few chopped walnuts.

French Vanilla: Add 1 tsp vanilla, a splash of low-fat milk, and a packet of artificial sweetener.

Cinnamon Raisin: Try using a few dashes of cinnamon, a splash of sugar-free maple syrup and a teaspoon of raisins.

Protein Boost: Stir in 1 scoop of your favorite protein powder.

Butter Pecan: Add a splash of imitation butter flavor, teaspoon of Promise fat-free butter replacement or a few dashes of Butter Buds and a teaspoon of chopped pecans.

Other Grains: Try a multi-grain hot cereal, 5 or 7-grain hot cereal, oat bran, or get even fancier and splurge on some imported McCann Steel Cut Oatmeal for a little change of pace when you are bored with regular oatmeal. Any of the flavor varieties listed above work well with these complex carbohydrate hot cereals.


From Stella's Kitchen
http://www.stellaskitchen.com/recipes/Oatmealforbreakfast.html

I might be interested in other recipes from this site, it looks promising :)