Friday, May 29, 2009

Dessert Egg Rolls

3 lbs tart green apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced.
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c apricot jam
lemon zest from 2 lemons
nutmeg
apple pie spice
1 c chopped walnuts
1/2 c melted butter
1/4 c apple juice
1 pkg egg roll wrapers
caramel sauce

Place apples, apple juice, sugar, jam, zest, nutmeg, and apple pie spice in a large skillet.
Cook over med high heat, covered for about 10-15 minutes, untill apples are tender.
Stir in walnuts.
PLace several tbsps of filling at an angle in the centre of an eggroll wrapper.
Roll up, lighlt moistening edges with water to seal.
Place seam side down ona greased baking sheet.
Repeat untill all the filling is used.
Brush all with melted butter and sprinkle with sugar.
Place under hot broiler for 3-5 minutes.
To serve, drizzle with caramel sauce.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Chocolate Eclair Dessert

2 pkg instant vanilla pudding
3 c milk
8 oz whipped topping
1 box graham crackers
1 container chocolate frosting

Mix together pudding mix and milk.
Fold in whipped topping.
Line a 13x9 baking dish with one layer of graham crackers.
Put half of the pudding mixture over the graham crackers.
Place a second layer of graham crackers over pudding mixture.
Put the remaining pudding mkixture over graham crackers.
Place a third layer of graham crackers over pudding mixture.
Spread the frosting over top of last layer of crackers.
Cover and let sit for several hours.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Maple Butter Blondie

1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 c butter
1 1/2 c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c chopped walnuts
1 c white chocolate

Maple Butter Sauce

1 1/3 c sugar
1 c whipping cream
2/3 c butter
2 tsp maple flavouring

For Brownies:
In a mixer blend butter and brown sugar.
Then add baking powder, salt, vanilla and eggs.
Mix in flour.
Fold in the chocolate and nuts.
Pour into a 9x13 baking dish.
Bake at 350 for 22-25 minutes.

For the sauce:
Combine first 3 ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
Cook for 2-3 minutes, remove from heat and add flavoring.

To assemble:.
While they are still warm, cut brownies into 12 pieces, they may be a little crumbly--they are more cake like in texture.
Place a brownie on a plate and top with 2 scoops of ice cream.
Then drizzle with sauce and sprinkle with more nuts.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Peanut Butter Chocolate dessert

20 oreo cookies
2 tbsp butter, melted
1 pkg cream cheese
1/2 c peanut butter
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
1 carton Cool Whip, thawed
15 miniature peanut butter cups, chopped
1 c cold milk
1 pkg chocolate pudding mix

Put 16 cookies into a ziploc bag and cruch.
Pour crumbs into bowl, add butter and toss to coat
Press mixture into the bottom of a 9 inch baking dish.
In a bowl, beat together cream cheese, peanut butter and 1 c powdered sugar.
Fold in half of the cool whip
Spread over crust
Sprinkle with chopped peanut butter cups.
In a nother bowl, mix together milk, pudding mix and remaining powdered sugar.
Fold in the rest of the cool whip.
Spread over the peanut butter cups
Cruch remaining cookies and dprinkle on top.
Chill for at least 3 hours.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Tater Tot Casserole

1 lb ground beef
1/2 med onion, chopped
1 can cream of ___________ soup
1 c cheese, shredded
1 bag frozen tater tots

Preheat oven to 350
Brown ground beef
Saute the onion
In a casserole dish, combine ground beef, onions and soup.
Top mixture with tater tots
Sprinkle with cheese
Bake for 30-40 minutes

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Honey Pecan Chicken

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 c flour
3 tbsp butter, divided
1/4 c honey
1/4 c pecans, finely chopped or grinded

Dredge chicken in flour.
Dip chicken into honey and then into pecans.
Melt butter in a frying pan and fry chicken until cooked through.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Pulled Pork

4 lb pork roast
2 large onions
1 c ginger ale
1 bottle BBQ sauce

Slice one onion and place in crock pot.
Put in roast, cover with the other sliced onion.
Pour ginger ale over roast.
Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours.
Remove from crock pot, save the onions and drain all the liquid.
Shred the meat with 2 forks and return to crock pot with onions.
Stir in the BBQ sauce and cook on low for 2-4 hours.
Serve on buns or in wraps.