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Neapolitan Cheesecake. So We Heard You Like Waffles – Then You’re Gonna Love This – The Awesome Daily - Your daily dose of awesome. Lets cut to the chase people. you like to eat , you wanna cook something awesome , fast and delicious , we got just the thing for you. after the successful second mega wich we introduced a while back : This Is The Second Best Sandwich Ever Made – Another Mega Wich , you wanna eat something sweet. we hear ya . so we give you – The power waffle ! If you do everything right, this is how it will look at the end . good luck 1 : Place a sifter into a bowl 2 : Add some flour ( 2 cups ) 3 : Get some baking powder in there ( 3 tablespoons worth ) 4 : Sugar it up ( 1\4 cup ) 5 : Salt it down ( 1\2 teaspoon ) 6 : Use a separate container to pour some milk ( 1 & 1\2 cups ) 7 : Now separate 4 eggs - pour the white to a bowl ( don’t throw away the yellow !

8 : Next get only 2 of the yellow things in the mix with the milk 9 : Now drown that sh*t with Vanilla – 2 tablespoons of it – you heard me 10 : Mix it good – yes ! 11 : Now listen good – sift the flour , baking powder , sugar and salt together Comments. Homemade Auntie Annes Pretzels. I'm sorry to be the bearer of another diet busting recipe... really I am! I'm not intentionally trying to sway you from your positive eating habits, but we all know the Superbowl is coming up and it's not a day to snack on fruits and vegetables.

It's a day of indulgence- so enjoy it for what it is! Now I'm sure the title of this post intrigued most of you- many of you have probably had Auntie Annes Pretzels. It's impossible to walk through the mall and not get hit with that amazing aroma of fresh pretzels baking in the oven. It gets me every time! So when I came across this recipe that claimed to have an exact replica of Auntie Annes Pretzels, I was admittedly a little skeptical at first. Well, I decided to give it a try and see for myself how authentic it really is and let me tell you- this is the real deal! Quick side note- Stephanie at Steph's Bite By Bite is organizing an Online Bake Auction to raise money for her Team In Training efforts to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Easy French Crullers | Deliciously Yum! Homemade French Crullers are a cinch to prepare.

These are one of the lightest and airiest crullers you will ever taste. And drenched in a sweet glaze, of course! Doughnuts. One of my favorite things to make and eat. No matter what shape or size, whether they are fried or baked, dusted with powdered sugar, dunked in a glaze or rolled in cinnamon sugar, I love them all. Needless to say, my latest obsession are these crullers. Before I started to research how to make these, I thought that making crullers involved a lot of work and maybe even a yeast dough. You start by preparing a choux pastry or pate a choux. Once the choux pastry has been made, we mix in a couple of eggs and egg whites and that’s it, you guys.

Oh, and these “doughnuts” could totally be baked. So, now that we’ve discussed how to make these, my new favorite doughnut, I am curious to know what your favorite is?? You certainly can’t go wrong with these – they’re the perfect weekend treat! See you on Monday! Yields 12 1. Notes. Garlic Focaccia Bread : An Easy Focaccia Recipe. Peeta's Stuffed Cheese Buns. What do you get when you mix bread, cheese, Hunger Games, cheese, and cheese? Say it with me: Stuffed Cheese Buns. And guess what, they're really quick and easy to make.

And they have cheese. Sorry I keep making a bunch of Peeta food. You may recall the goat cheese and apple tart from when The Hunger Games came out in theaters. Don't hate, but I'm not actually on "team Peeta". I mean, don't get me wrong, Peeta's a cool person and everything, but Peeta and I are like... the same person. You know, sometimes I wonder if he's actually my great-great-great grandson. Anyways, even if we weren't related, I need a real man who can protect me from psychopathic teenagers in the woods. But what food does Gale have to offer? See, since Peeta and I have the same mind, I know exactly what he would bake.

Not that I'm actually going to make these again tomorrow night when we watch the movie. But Peeta, you still are my grandson, even if I'm not on your "team". These only take about an hour. Chocolate Magic Cake Recipe | Chocolate Cake Recipe. Two days ago, I shared with you how completely obsessed I was with this Magic Custard Cake recipe. If you read about my infatuation for this magical three layer cake, you’ll understand why I’m totally enamored with it.

The silky custard interior had me smitten and I went as far as to eat two pieces in one sitting. This is a luxurious feat for a gal who lives on salt and spice. Got potato chips? That’s me with my hand raised high. The texture is to die for as well: soft, silky and melt-in-your-mouth. So, we decided to make a chocolate version because we needed another excuse to make another magic custard cake and to eat more chocolate.

What were the results of this second obsession? Enjoy, diane and todd The center is soft, so be careful when removing from pan. Check out the custard layer! Buy a copy of our vegetable and fruit centric cookbook on Amazon or Indiebound. For more info about the book and latest cookbook tour and signings, visit our Bountiful Cookbook page. Yield: one 8"x8" Cake. How to make Oreo lasagna. Colin Joliat Oreo lasagna is a perfect alternative to cake, or lasagna, or pretty much any food. It’s easy enough that even I could figure out how to make it. Step your food game up with this dish fit for the internet.

I come across a lot of things that make me say, “I should definitely try that.” Whether it’s a recipe for something ridiculous like Oreo lasagna or a new way to sneak alcohol into a game, there are brilliant ideas floating around on which none of us capitalize. That all changes today. Let the fun begin. Layer 2 is a crazy concoction of cream cheese, milk, sugar, and cool whip. The third layer is where things started to go wrong. The penultimate layer is fancy talk for next-to-last. Finally, just add chocolate chips.

Throw the whole thing in the freezer for an hour, have a few cocktails, and in no time you’re ready for the finest Oreo lasagna the internet has to offer. The one question you’ll probably have is, “What aisle is Cool Whip in?” DIRECTIONS 1. Web’s Tastiest: Pancakes Recipes. Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So of course you want to get off to a good, healthy start. However, anyone with kids knows that some mornings are just too special to worry about a properly balanced meal. Spending time in the kitchen as a family, whipping up something absolutely decadent and definitely too sweet, is the stuff that memories are made of. The Web’s Tastiest Pancake Recipes are here to turn Saturday into Whattaday!

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes Cinnamon rolls are fantastic all on their own, so infusing them with pancake goodness is a recipe for a heavenly morning. Top them with a warmed cream cheese glaze drizzle and leave the syrup in the cupboard. Lemon Blueberry Pancakes Lemon and blueberry are about as perfect a pair as Sunday morning and pancakes. Apple Pancakes An apple a day will keep the dentist away, so when you shred them and throw them into a pancake batter, you’re really making a healthy choice. Nutella Pancakes Need we say more? Pita Bread Recipe | Blogger For Hire. This pita bread recipe makes amazingly soft and fluffy pitas. If you’re in the U.S. and are used to the cardboard rounds sold at supermarkets here as “pita bread,” you’ll be amazed once you try the real thing.

The yeasty, delicious aroma, the chewy texture and the delicate taste will get you hooked immediately. There’s one caveat though: once you try these, you won’t be able to go back to eating supermarket cardboard pita. The dough in this pita bread recipe is mixed by a bread machine. I own a Sunbeam bread machine, and the small investment (around $50) was very much worth it. If you don’t have a bread machine, you can prepare the dough by hand.

Directions for making dough by hand are provided below. Makes 12 small pita bread rounds, or 4 servings Directions 1. This is what the dough looks like when you remove it from the machine. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Repeat with remaining dough. Whole Wheat Pita Sometimes you won’t get a pocket! It’s true. But once in while I just don’t. Instructions: 1. Mingmakescupcakes.yolasite.com. Orange Crunch Cake. The restaurant, The Bubble Room (warning if you click on the link: get ready for some very festive music!) On Captiva Island in Florida is known for it’s outrageousness and it looks like it’s on steroids, rainbow colored steroids. All throughout The Bubble Room there’s tons of memorabilia plastered on the walls and twinkling Christmas lights hanging everywhere.

The servers are known as “Bubble Scouts,” are dressed in crazy khaki uniforms. Out of all of the desserts offered at The Bubble Room, the Orange Crunch Cake is what customers rave and drool over. So I did a little research and came up with a scratch recipe that has me licking the bowl, spoon and devouring each bite of this outrageously delicious Bubble Room classic. First make the crunchy part. Then measure out 1 cup of graham cracker crumbs and put it in a large bowl. Mix it all together. Add in 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter. Lightly grease two 9 inch round cake pans. Now set the pans aside and start making the cake batter! Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread. I’m sorry. I know it’s Monday morning and you probably came here for some pretty pictures of food that you could glance at, and then move on with your day… and here I go thrusting warm, soft cinnamon sugar bread in your face. It’s not fair. I know it’s not fair. I know that now you’re craving cinnamon rolls, and cream cheese frosting and chili fries and hot dogs.

I am too… and I already ate half of this warm bread. You don’t deserve this sort of torture. This bread hits all the comfort spots in my soul. I’m sorry and you’re welcome and I love you. Let’s start at the beginning. I did this all without the use of a stand mixer and dough hook. This dough can be made and left to rise , then refrigerated overnight for use in the morning. This is the dough just before it’s left to rise. After the dough has rested and risen for an hour, I knead it in a few tablespoons of flour. This is the part in the bread process where you can wrap the dough and place it in the fridge to rest overnight. Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries. Call me easily amused, but these little torch-topped cupcakes delight me. Besides being a cute novelty item for a party, I think they would add a little drama to the end of a romantic meal. I've been looking for something different to serve for Valentine's dessert, and this is definitely different.

The strawberries are hollowed out and filled with a bit of liquor, then ignited with a match. For the cake portion, I chose a One Bowl Chocolate Cupcake recipe because 1. it's quick 2. it is easy, and 3. it fits my prerequisite for a light ending on date night. I should say, a light ending provided you don't eat too many. The cakes are just sweet enough, and have a light, fluffy crumb - the perfect vehicle for rich chocolate buttercream. Notes for flaming strawberries:Any alcohol below 80 proof will not ignite well. Shaina made a margarita version of this on Babble Food. Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries Yield: About 20 cupcakes [click to print]Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lemon Bars. Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes. It seems like once the weather cools down everyone wants to jump right into pumpkin season. Don’t get me wrong, I love pumpkin as much as anyone else, but to me September is apple season. I was thinking about how often apples get overshadowed by pumpkin a few weeks ago when my husband asked me if I wanted to attend a dinner party with some of his coworkers. “Hrmmm. Maybe…”, I said. “They asked us to bring some kind of food to share”, he said. That was all I needed to hear. It took me a while to decide on an approach for these cupcakes. Ultimately, I decided the best way to pack that punch of apple flavor into a cupcake was to use apple pie filling. I was apprehensive while putting these cupcakes together.

In the end, they didn’t. They tasted approximately a million times better than I had imagined. I was hoping for good cupcakes, but these were amazing. Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes Printable Recipe (Includes all sub-recipes) Makes about 24 cupcakes Ingredients Directions Apple Filling Like this: Better-Than-Crack-Brownies. I’m sorry for doing this to you. I really am. But see, last Friday while I was on a 10-hour road trip heading for vacation, I received this recipe from a reader named Liz. Liz, I love you. That’s all I have to say. I was tortured by this recipe for a full 8 days before I could make it. I wanted to make it while I was on vacation, but couldn’t drag myself up off the couch to do so. So it was the first thing I made when I returned home. These are an absolute sin. I really don’t have any words, other than you must try them. They may also change your waistline too.

But that’s okay. It’s all in the name of chocolate. Better-Than-Crack Brownies 1 batch brownies (boxed mix or oooey gooey brownies) 1/2 cup salted peanuts (if don’t have salted, add sea salt) 1 cup chopped Reese’s peanut butter cups 1 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips 1 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 1/2 tablespoon butter 1 1/2 cups Rice Krispies Cereal Mix brownies according to directions, and bake for 20-25 minutes in a 9 x 13 baking dish. Mr. Why do my macarons have hollow shells? A work in progress. Right so I mentioned in Monday’s post about the Italian meringue method for macarons that I had been having issue with my French meringue macarons recently.

Oh they look fine. They look gorgeous even – shiny smooth tops and delicate feet. Like these that I brought to my students at Le Dolci a few weeks ago: Ahem. Yes. I was SO pleased with how these came out…. I even made mini banana splits with them: Sad l’il hollow mac Sadly, they were a hollow. I’d noticed this over the past couple of classes I had taught too. It started driving me mad.

I figured I would make a couple of small changes to see if they make a difference. Result? No shell left behind – all perfect! Those were enjoyed by my students at Le Dolci last weekend Oh yeah. So, was it the resting that “calmed down” the air pockets? I decided to experiment again with a(nother) batch. So I made another batch of of raspberry macarons last weekend. Uh yeah. Look mum – no hollows!!!!

Basic macaron recipe (French meringue) Kerry vs. The Cheesecake Factory: a Tuxedo Cheesecake Showdown | Yum and Yummer. I am a firm believer that any time is a good time for cake. This is especially true first thing in the morning before tastebuds have been doused and ruined by unhealthy cereals and juices, and when close talking is always strictly prohibited. I’ve been known to shamelessly slice myself a piece or two before the toll of 8AM. However I have no sense of restraint, so my early morning cake eating is akin to riding through a bad coke binge, or so I’d assume.

I will take one lick of frosting, then by 9AM my lips are coated in a thick, sticky film of chocolate, half the cake is missing and my pants are somehow missing. The totem of all cakes is, of course, cheesecake. Even considering the likes of thick, molten fudge-filled lava cakes, chilled ice cream-stuffed cakes and Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls, cheesecake reigns supreme. Starbucks Via is excellent for baking -- even when expired.

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