Crustless Apple Pie

August 27, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Dessert Recipes at 9:42 am | Comments »

apple pie Ingredients
4 cups of thinly sliced apples
1/4 cup orange juice
3/4 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup butter

What’s Next
Grease 9-inch pie plate. Put all of the apple in the pie plate and pour the orange juice over the top. Mix together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Cut the butter into the mixture until it crumbles. Sprinkle it over the apples. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 45 minutes.

Baked Peach Pancakes

August 26, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Breakfast Foods at 9:41 am | Comments »

peach pancakes

Ingredients

2 cups fresh or frozen sliced peaches
4 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
3 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
ground nutmeg
sour cream, optional

What’s Next

In a small bowl, add the peaches, sugar and lemon juice. Mix well and set to the side for now. In a large bowl, add the eggs and beat until they are fluffy. Then mix in the flour, milk and salt. Mix well. Put the butter into an oven-proof 10-inch skillet. Put it in a 400 degree oven to melt (3 to 5 minutes). Pour the batter into the hot skillet right away. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the pancake has risen and is puffed up. Take it out of the oven and add the peach slices mixture. Sprinkle the top with nutmeg and serve with sour cream.

No bake chocolate mint cookies

August 25, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Cookie Recipes at 9:37 am | Comments »

mint

Ingredients

8 graham crackers
1/2 cup melted butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 eggs, slightly beaten
2 (1 ounce) squares chocolate, melted
1 1/2 cup cream
1 package miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup crushed peppermint candy

Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan. Crush the graham crackers and mix them with the 1/2 cup of melted butter and the sugar. Press the mixture into the prepared pan. Cream the 1/2 cup softened butter and powdered sugar together in a medium bowl. Add in the eggs and melted chocolate. Beat well and spread the mixture over the top of the graham cracker crust. Beat the cream and marshmallows together and put that over the chocolate layer. Sprinkle the top with the crushed peppermint candy. Refrigerate overnight.

Cookbook review: Biggest Loser

August 22, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Weight Watchers Recipe & Handy Info at 9:32 am | (1) Comment »

biggest loser

We hate diets. The idea of living on low calorie shakes or striking carbs from our diet sends us shaking in our shoes. Give up food, one of the best pleasures of life? Surely there must be some other way?

And there is. “The Biggest Loser” is a collection of recipes by celebrity chef Devin Alexander. She had struggled for years with her weight, but found a way to marry her passion for good food with the needs of, well, good health. Check it out.

Cheesecake bars

August 21, 2008 | Posted by Lorena as Dessert Recipes at 9:29 am | Comments »

cheesecake bars

Torn between having a cheesecake and a cookie? Why not have both? Check out these tips and a tested recipe for cheesecake squares. We love them because they’re easier to serve to a crowd (you can control the portions), and easier to pack for picnics and lunches.

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