Black Forest Mousse An excellent and easy dessert. With just two main ingredients, you can’t get much simpler than this and it’s low calorie too. First I started with a dark chocolate ready-to-eat pudding I got for free on a store promotion–the shelf-stable ones that come in the little tubs. I folded that into…
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Coco Lemon Pound Cake
Coco Lemon Pound Cake I’d read on a recipe group not long ago how to take a cake mix and make it more like a “bakery” cake. It was an idea I thought I’d run with, even if NOT entirely, and the result was this lemon pound cake. The instructions they gave for the conversion…
French Apple Pie Cobbler
French Apple Pie Cobbler How do you say pure heaven but purely easy? It’s this fantastic dessert that will have them begging not just for seconds, but thirds. Start with a single-layer cake mix, a can of apple pie filling and you can’t get simpler than that. I buy the Jiffy brand cake mixes…
Recipes On Deck
Coming up this week: It’s been so cold and windy here in upstate New York the past couple of days that all I’ve had on my mind are hearty soups. Well, we have a delicious ham & bean soup coming up. It’s in the crockpot cooking right now. Might even add some smoked sausage to…
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Tarts
Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Tarts If one of your resolutions this year was to eat healthier and practice portion control, but you still miss a little treat now and then–keep reading! While no one professes that cheesecake is a healthy choice, it can certainly be part of a healthy eating plan. Portion control is the…
Almond Cherry Cheesecake
Almond Cherry Cheesecake Great dessert for New Years dinner, especially if ham is on the menu. Loaded with almonds and coconut, you’ll savor this rich dessert. Adapted from Paula Deen. Almond Cherry Cheesecake Crust: 1 cup sliced almonds, coarsely choppped 1 1/4 cup flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sweetened shredded…
Lemon Squares
Lemon Squares Here’s the ingredients you will need~ Here’s your equipment~ Mix the flour & sugar in a mixing bowl. Cut in butter until mixture looks like this~ Lightly spray a 13 x 9* inch baking pan. Add crust mixture and spread evenly over pan. Press down firmly. Bake in preheated 350…
