Irish Cream Sugar Cookies!

Here's a delicious way to end each meal!

"These are deliciously soft moist sugar cookies with the creamy richness of Bailey's Irish Cream! Wonderful as a St. Patrick's day treat or for any day you're craving a sugar cookie. I brought these to a party and within minutes, they disappeared. Feel free to omit the Bailey's and just cut down the flour by about half a cup."

"Prep Time: 30 Min.

Cook Time: 6 Min.

Ready In: 2 Hrs 36 Min.

Servings: 48."

"Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg yolk

1 egg

1/2 cup Irish cream liqueur

4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon baking powder."

"Directions:

Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in vanilla and egg yolk until combined, then beat in egg; beat until smooth. Pour in Irish cream, and beat until incorporated.

Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Stir into butter mixture until evenly mixed. Form into a flattened ball, wrap well with plastic wrap, and refrigerate 2 hours to overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Roll dough out to 1/4 inch thickness on a floured work surface. Cut into shapes using cookie cutters and place onto prepared baking sheets.

Bake in preheated oven until golden brown around the edges, 6 to 8 minutes. Cool on a wire rack until they reach room temperature."

"Nutritional Info:

Calories: 108 | Total Fat: 4.1g | Cholesterol: 19mg."

Recipe and pics from: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Irish-Cream-Sugar-Cookies/Detail.aspx

Double Chocolate Cherry Cream Muffins!

This delicious treat will definitely satisfy you when you get the delicious taste of chocolate and cherries all in one bite.

"This version has dried sweetened tart cherries and a chocolate chip cheesecake filling added to it."

"Prep Time:

20 Min

Cook Time:

30 Min

Servings:

18

Original Recipe Yield 18 muffins."

"Ingredients:

Filling:

8 oz package cream cheese, softened

1 egg

1/3 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Batter:

1 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup ground flaxseed

1/2 cup oat bran

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 cup buttermilk

3/4 cup pumpkin puree

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1 cup dried sweetened tart cherries."

"Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 18 muffin cup pan with paper liners.

Beat softened cream cheese. Add egg, vanilla extract and sugar and beat to combine, scraping bowl as neccessary. Stir in chocolate chips and set aside.

Combine flour, flax meal, oat bran, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa powder in a large bowl.

In another bowl, beat the buttermilk, pumpkin puree, brown sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in cherries. Gently stir the wet ingredients into the dry, mixing just until combined. Place about 1/4 cup of batter in each muffin cup. Top each with a tablespoon of filling. Divide the remaining batter between the cups (about 1 tablespoon each). Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until done. Let cool 5 minutes then remove to cool completely on wire rack."

Recipe and pic from: http://allrecipes.com/CustomRecipe/62677892/Double-Chocolate-Cherry-Cream-Muffins/Detail.aspx

Spiced Applesauce Bread!

"With applesauce and spices, this bread is moist, delicious and great in lunch boxes. I also like it spread with cream cheese or peanut butter."
Rated 4 1/2 stars.

"Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups applesauce
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
3 tablespoons milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans."

"Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
In a large bowl, combine the applesauce, sugar, oil, eggs and milk; beat well. Sift in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and salt; stir until smooth. Fold in the pecans. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean."

"Prep Time: 10 Min
Cook Time:1 Hr
Ready In: 1 Hr 10 Min."

"Nutritional Information ~ Amount Per Serving
Calories: 281 | Total Fat: 13.9g | Cholesterol: 36mg."

Pic, info and recipe from: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Spiced-Applesauce-Bread/Detail.aspx

Perfect Pancake Batter!

Here is a simple but very delicious recipe for pancakes. It can also be used for waffles.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar (may vary)
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup buttermilk

Directions:
Sift all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. In a medium bowl combine butter and milk. Beat egg in small container and add to butter and milk. Make a hole in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour in the liquid ingredients. Stir for twenty seconds and you have perfect pancake batter!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!
We hope you will find awesome recipes on other websites and even on our blog that you can use to cook up a delicious feast!

Best Regards,
Will and Annabel

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Pumpkin Crunch Parfaits!

"Here's a fun dessert that your youngsters can help make. It's a great treat for Halloween or Thanksgiving."
"Rated 4 1/2 stars and 1,720 people saved this recipe."

"Ingredients:
3/4 cup cold milk
1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cups whipped topping
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 cup chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups crushed gingersnaps
additional whipped topping."

"Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, beat milk and pudding mix on low speed for 2 minutes. Stir in THE whipped topping, pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice; mix well. Fold in pecans.
Spoon half of the mixture into parfait glasses; top with half of the gingersnap crumbs. Repeat layers. Top with additional whipped topping.
6 servings."

"Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
15 Min."

Info, pic and recipe from: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Crunch-Parfaits/Detail.aspx

An Awesome Cookbook!

Hi Everyone! So today I have a special post about the Best Recipe Cookbooks! I know that many of you have heard of them and I'm not surprised because they're amazing! My dad loves this cookbook and the awesome thing about it if any of you don't know is that for every recipe in the book, they made sure they tested it out 38 times before deciding which one was the best. 38x1,000 recipes--- do the math. WOW! That ends up with 38,000 tries! I think that these are amazing cookbooks and you should try them out! I think you'll find that this will definitely improve your recipes are ton.

All the Best Recipe Cookbooks:
Best Recipes
Best 30 Minute Recipes
Best Light Recipes
More Best Recipes
Best Make Ahead Recipes

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