Category: Baking Recipes

Apple Harvest Bake

On July 2, 2021

Here’s a delicious apple dessert recipe I made last night:

3/4 cup quick cooking oats
3/4 cup apple juice
2 tbs vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbs, butter melted
1 cup brown sugar, divided
2 apples peeled & thinly sliced, about 1 1/2 cups
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
t tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Preheat oven to 350. Combine oats, apple juice, oil. Let stand 10 minutes. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Pour butter in a 9 inch cake pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown sugar. Arrange apple slices spoke like on top of brown sugar. Combine 3/4 cup brown sugar, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg. Add oat mixture, stir just until moist. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Place a plate upside down on top of cake; invert onto plate. Serve with cool whip or vanilla ice cream if desired. Makes 8 serverings.

I diced the apples using the Vidalia Chop Wizard rather than thinly slicing them to save time and served it with cool whip. My 3 year old loved it.

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Kid’s Banana Dessert

By crafxzen

On July 2, 2021

In Dessert

Here’s a simple kid friendly dessert:

Take 1 banana and slice it lengthwise and then cut it into pieces.
Spread caramel topping over it. I use Smucker’s suagar free, fat free caramel topping in the squeeze bottle. It squirts out very smoothly & easily, even after being refrigerated. Then add a dollop of cool whip, if desired, and enjoy.

BTW, bananas are a superfood. Full of potassium, Vitamin C, folate, magnesium and fiber.

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Stacy Haiduk’s Grandmother’s Ginger Snaps

By crafxzen

On July 2, 2021

In Baking Recipes, Cookies

I was hungry for ginger cookies and came across this recipe in the 12/22/09 issue of Soap Opera Digest, so I gave it a try. They were delicious!!!! I couldn’t stop eating them.

4TBS butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup molasses – I substituted 1/4 cup maple syrup and 1/2 cup water
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt – I did not use any salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp ginger
sugar for topping – I used cinnamon sugar

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Mix all of the dry ingredients together, then add the molasses(or maple syrup and water) and egg. Mix thoroughly until it forms a dough.
Roll the dough into small balls. Dip the top of each into a little sugar (or cinnamon sugar). Place on a baking sheet, making sure there’s enough room between the cookies for them to expand. Flatten out with a fork.
Put in the oven and bake for 8 – 10 minutes.
Enjoy with a cold glass of milk.

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Blueberry Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

By crafxzen

On July 2, 2021

In Baking Recipes, Bars

These are my favorite cookies. Delicious!!!!

2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup quick cooking oatmeal
1 cup(2 sticks) country crock, or unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet, or Hersheys dark, chocolate chips
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Preheat oven to 375F. Spray a 9 x 13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Combine flour, baking soda, oatmeal & cinnamon in a small bowl. Beat country crock or butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar & vanilla extract in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs, beating after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and blueberries.
Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
These are great served with a cold glass of milk.

Health Benefits
Even though these are cookies, they do have a few healthful ingredients.
Cinnamon is great for helping lower cholesterol and blood sugar and reduce arthritis pain.
Oatmeal provides fiber.
I use the Country Crock which contains calcium plus Vitamin D.
Dark chocolate is full of antioxidants and helps lower blood pressure.
Blueberries are also full of antioxidants and help improve memory, protect against aging, cancer, heart disease, urinary tract infections, constipation and improve mood.

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