Strawberry Pretzel Surprise Dessert

Crust Layer In a food processor, pulse the pretzels and sugar together until a very coarse chop. Add the melted butter and pulse until a coarse grind. Press firmly into a parchment lined and greased 9” x 13” x 2” tall baking pan. Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes to set the crust. Allow to…

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Pumpkin Spice Cake

Preheat oven to 325° F. Prepare 2 – 9” round (2” deep) cake pans with non-stick spray, line them with parchment paper circles and set aside. Combine dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and cloves in a bowl, mix well with a whisk and set aside. In the bowl…

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Mom’s Apple Cake

Mix oil, eggs, sugar, vanilla and then blend with flour and spices. Stir in apples and nuts. The batter is very thick. Spray standard (12 cup) bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray and spoon batter into pan. Smooth the surface of the batter. Place pan in cold oven and bake at 350° for 70 minutes…

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Fruitcake

Combine Fruit Mix ingredients and allow the fruit to absorb the alcohol. Make the cake batter – cream together until well combined – the butter, brown sugar, honey, molasses, ⅓ C flour and vanilla bean paste. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing until incorporated before adding the next. Combine 1 C all purpose…

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Buche de Noel – Yule Log

Preheat oven to 375 F Prepare an 11” x 15” pan spray with a little vegetable pan spray and then cover with parchment paper the same size as the pan. Generously spray with vegetable pan spray. Melt the butter and set aside to cool. Sift the cake flour and baking soda together and set aside.…

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Jack O’Lantern Cookies

“Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and cream and mix until smooth. Combine flour, baking powder and salt and add to liquid mixture. Mix just until well incorporated. Don’t over mix. Roll out dough to ¼ inch thickness between two pieces of parchment paper. Refrigerate flattened dough for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350°.…

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