Marshmallow Caramel Popcorn

Butter, brown sugar and marshmallows….pour over popcorn….that's it!     easy...


Ingredients
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
9-10 marshmallows
12 c. popcorn.

Directions
1. Microwave brown sugar and butter for 2 minutes. Add marshmallows.
2. Microwave until melted, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Pour over popcorn.

So good that I didn't get to take a picture!  When I make it again.. I'll be sure to snap a pic before it gets gobbled up.

dessert, snack, sweet,

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Bourbon Chicken / Shoyu Chicken

Bourbon Chicken

aka Shoyu Chicken

1 cup soy sauce

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup water

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 onion, chopped

1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger root

1 tablespoon ground black pepper

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

(optional but good)

1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

(optional)

1 teaspoon ground paprika (optional)

5 pounds skinless chicken thighs

Easy and Yummy chicken.  Mix all ingredients together.  Coat chicken well.  Seal in either  a ziploc bag or a tupperware to marinate the chicken for an hour.

Cook with all marinade in a casserole dish at 450 degrees for 40 minutes.  At 20 minutes you can turn to broil if you want.  I did mine in a casserole dish (below) and used the juices to pour over rice. Feel free to double the sauce ingredients to have more to pour over rice.  Alternatively, you can grill the chicken for 15 minutes.

recipe adapted from allrecipes.com

chicken, dinner, easy, spicy, sweet,

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Banana Pineapple Smoothie

Just made a banana pineapple smoothie. 

1 small vanilla yogurt,
1 1/2 bananas, handful of frozen pineapple (or fruit of your choice)
about a 1/4 c of milk OR fruit juice
about ten ice cubes - all in blender till desired consistency


Also Try:

Skinny Caramel Frappacino (Starbucks Copycat)
Starbucks Chai Tea (+ Low Carb Option)
Fat Burning Metabolism Boosting Detox Tea

dinner, drinks, easy, sides, sweet,

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Stawberry Pie Bars

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make your batter..ingredients below.

 

 

Spread batter in a 13x9 baking dish

 

 

Spread your 21 oz can of straberry filling over the batter - cook for 28-32 minutes or until edges are golden

ok, so i really suck at making lines..  yours will probably look better than this :)

 

eat!.. yummy.  perfect sweet treat..great with a glass of milk.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 28 minutes

Yield: 12-16 bars

Ingredients

For the Batter:
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 can (21oz) Strawberry Pie Filling
For the Glaze:
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add in eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add in flour, salt, baking powder and vanilla. Spread batter into a 13x9 baking dish. Top with strawberry pie filling.
2. Bake pie bars in a 350 degree oven for about 28-32 minutes, until edges begin to brown. Allow to cool before adding the glaze.
3. For the glaze, beat cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy. Spoon into a ziploc bag and cut off the tip. Pipe lines of glaze onto cooled bars. Serve warm or refrigerate and enjoy cold.

Also try these yummies:

Cherry Pie
Apple Crumble Pie (best ever)
Birthday Cake Batter No-Churn Ice Cream
Caramel Apple Pie Cookies
Caramel Dumplings
Southern Buttermilk Pie
Cinnamon Roll Casserole
Italian Cream Cake

 

Strawberry Pie Bars Recipe from www.shugarysweets.com

comfort food, dessert, sweet,

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Easy as Cherry Pie

 

Photo from Pillsbury

This is a simple recipe from www.pillsbury.com.  Anyone can make this cherry pie ..even if you have no baking experience.

Ingredients:

1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box                     
2 cans (21 oz each) cherry pie filling                       
1 teaspoon milk                       
1 teaspoon sugar

Directions:
                   

Heat oven to 425°F. Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-Crust Pie, using 9-inch glass pie plate.

Spoon pie filling into crust-lined plate. Top with second crust; seal edge and flute. Brush top crust with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Cut slits in several places on top crust.

Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown. After 15 to 20 minutes of baking, cover crust edge with strips of foil to prevent excessive browning. Cool at least 1 hour before serving.

 

dessert, easy, sweet,

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Apple Crumble Pie

Filling

-3 whole Large (4 Or 5 Small) Granny Smith Apples, Peeled, Cored, And Sliced Thin

-1/2 cup Brown Sugar

-1/2 cup Sugar

-1 Tablespoon All-purpose Flour

-1/2 cup milk or 1 c heavy cream

-2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

-1/8 teaspoon Cinnamon

Topping

-1 stick softened butter

-3/4 cups All-purpose Flour

-1/2 cup Brown Sugar

-1/4 cup Pecans (optional) (i didn't use pecans because hubs doesn't like nuts)

-Dash of Salt

Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Roll out pie dough and place it in a pie pan. Decorate the edges as desired.  Or used a store bought deep dish pie crust.

Mix together cream, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, vanilla, and cinnamon. Mix in apples stirring and coating well. Pour apples into pie shell.

Combine butter, flour, sugar, pecans (chop if you're not using a food processor), and salt. Mix until everything comes together in clumps. Pour topping over apples.

Lay a piece of flat foil loosely over the top of the pie. Place pie pan on top of a rimmed cookie sheet and bake for one hour. At the end, remove foil and allow to finish baking and browning. Can bake for up to 15 or 20 minutes more if necessary.

Remove from oven when pie is bubbly and golden brown.

My family loves this pie warm.  Can be served chilled.

Before the oven

Recipe adapted/modified from the poor sophisticate

 

dessert, pie, sweet,

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Birthday Cake Batter No Churn Ice Cream

I was looking to make some no churn ice cream and was lucky to find a cake batter no churn ice cream at cake scraps.  Perfect! And EASY.  Here goes...

 

2 cups heavy cream, divided
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2/3 cup dry yellow cake mix
1 tbsp butter flavor
1/3 cup sprinkles

In medium bowl, whip 1 cup of heavy cream to stiff peaks.

In separate bowl, stir together remaining 1 cup of heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk, cake mix, and butter flavor.  Fold whipped cream into this mixture.  Fold in sprinkles.  Pour into a freezer safe airtight container and freeze until solid.

dessert, sweet,

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Caramel Apple Pie Cookies

 Roll out your pie crust.  Spread thin layer of caramel.

  

 Spread the cut up apple filling on. 

Cut the second pie crust into strips and lattice them over the apples

  

Dip a cookie cutter or cup in egg wash and cut out cookies.  Brush egg wash over each cookie.  Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mix.  Bake for 18-25 min on 350.

Ingredients

1 Box Pillsbury Pie Crust
1 Can Apple Pie Filling
Caramel Sauce
1 Egg
Cinnamon Sugar mix

Instructions
Pre-heat oven to 350F
Lay 1 of the pie crusts flat out and spread a thin layer of caramel sauce over it
Cut up apples from apple pie filling into small chunks then spread over top caramel (you will use about 3/4 of the can)
Spread out the other pie crust on a board or counter and cut long strips to make a lattice
Start making the lattice over top the apples
Dip a cookie cutter or top of cup in egg wash and cut out cookies then place on greased baking sheet
Brush egg wash over each cookie
Top cookies with cinnamon sugar mixture
Bake for 18-25 minutes until browned
Drizzle caramel sauce over each one (optional)

 

Recipe adapted from its raining hot coupons

 

cookies, dessert, sweet,

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Caramel Dumplings

Sauce:

• 1 c brown sugar
• 2 TBSP butter
• 1 1/2 cups water

Melt brown sugar and butter together over medium heat in a sauce pan. Add water, bring to boil. Boil a few minutes.

Batter:

• 1/2 c white sugar
• 2 TBSP softened butter
• pinch of salt
• 1 c all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 c milk

Mix all ingredients to make batter.

Pre heat oven 400 degrees. Put the caramel syrup you made into a greased casserole dish.
Drop spoonfuls of batter into syrup. Bake for 20 minutes.

Easy peasy yappaneesy.

Before

After

Served

cheap, dessert, easy, sweet,

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French Toast Roll Ups

A different type of french toast for breakfast. Or maybe a breakfasty appetizer to break from the norm.   These are them.   

 

Ingredients

8 slices white sandwich bread (the soft, fluffy type)

peanut butter, jelly, cream cheese, dulce de leche, cajeta or nutella

2 eggs

3 tablespoons milk

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon

butter, for greasing the skillet

maple syrup, for serving

 

 

Instructions

Trim the crust from the bread and flatten it out with a rolling pin.

Place about a teaspoon or 2 of your chosen filling an inch from one end of the bread spread out in a strip.

Roll the bread up and repeat until they're all filled.

In a shallow bowl whisk the eggs and milk until well combined.

In a separate bowl mix the sugar with the cinnamon.

In a skillet set over medium heat melt a tablespoon of butter.

Add the rolls to the egg turning to coat on all sides then place them in the pan seam side down. Cook in batches until golden brown, turning them to cook and brown on all sides.

Add butter to the pan as needed.

Add the hot rolls from the pan to the cinnamon sugar and roll until completely covered in sugar.

Serve with maple syrup for dunking.

Next time, I may not put any filling in at all and have the classic tasting french toast in a rollup form.  I also might try powdered sugar next time instead of cinnamon/sugar mix.

recipe adapted from the girl who ate everything

appetizer, breakfast, sweet,

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Chicken Satay

Prep time: 2 hours 10 minutes (due to marinade)
Cook time: 20 minutes
Yields: 6 servings

Ingredients

1. 1 TBSP creamy peanut butter
2. 2 TBSP C low sodium soy sauce (definitely make sure you get low sodium, otherwise it’ll be a SALTY dish)
3. 1/4 C lemon or lime juice
4. 1-1/2 tsp brown sugar
5. 1 TBSP curry powder
6. 1 clove garlic, chopped
7. 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
8. 3 8oz boneless skinless chicken breasts cubed
9. lime slices (optional)
10. skewers

Directions
1. In a mixing bowl, combine ingredients 1 - 7. Place the chicken breasts in the marinade and refrigerate. Let the chicken marinate at least 2 hours, overnight is best.

2. Preheat a grill to high heat (or a stove top on med-high heat)

3. Weave the chicken onto skewers, then grill for 5 minutes per side. (or no skewers and put in a pan for 5 minutes each. Or longer to get nice crunch on the outside from the marinade)

4. Serve with lime slices (optional)
How much easier can that be? Mix it, chop it, throw it all together and go sit down for a few hours, because you have nothing else to do, right? Then 10 min into cooking, you’re done!

Serve with Thai Peanut Sauce.

 

recipe adapted from Keep the faith going 

appetizer, asian, side, spicy, sweet, thai,

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Skinny Caramel Frappuccino (Starbucks Copy Cat) Gluten Free

Very low calorie version of the Starbucks favorite.. gluten free to boot

 Ingredients:

3 cups ice cubes (3 big handfuls of cubed ice, not crushed ice)
1 cup cold strong coffee, previously brewed and chilled
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (or your favorite milk)
sugar-free sweetener (Splenda, or your favorite), to taste... I used 4 or 5 packets of splenda cuz i like sweet.
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
2 tablespoons fat free whipped topping, for garnishing
1 tablespoon sugar free caramel sauce for garnishing

Directions:

1. Combine first 5 ingredients in the canister of a blender  and blend until smooth, creamy, fluffy, frothy, and combined, less than 1 minute. Taste, and if necessary, adjust with a splash more coffee, milk, dash of sweetener, or a few ice cubes.
2. Garnish with whipped topping and caramel sauce. Serve immediately.

Tip - Make the full batch and place un-garnished extra portion of frappuccino in a freezer-safe mug. Later on, simply let it unthaw a bit, either 30 minutes at room temp or about 1 minute in the microwave.

Recipe as seen on averie cooks.

For a Starbucks Chai Tea Copycat go here.

The full recipe, a good 24+ ounces, is essentially calorie-free, until garnishing.
3 cups ice cubes = 0 calories
1 cup of strong cold coffee = 0 calories
1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk = 15 calories for 24+ ounces (almost negligible over the big batch)
sugarfree sweetener (white stevia powder, liquid vanilla stevia drops, Splenda, or your favorite) = 0 calories
optional vanilla extract = o calories
Garnish with 2 tablespoons fat free whipped topping = 5 calories
Garnish with 1 tablespoon sugarfree caramel sauce = 45 calories
= Grand total of 50 calories

copy cat, dessert, drinks, sweet,

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Southern Buttermilk Pie

 

So easy, so southern, so yummy....

Southern Buttermilk Pie

Prep: 25 min.
Chill: 4 hr.
Bake: 60

Ingredients
1 pie crust
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
3 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In saucepan, melt butter over medium-low heat. Stir in sugar and flour. Remove from heat; set aside. In mixing bowl beat eggs with electric mixer on medium speed just until fluffy (about 1 minute). Stir in buttermilk and vanilla. Gradually whisk buttermilk mixture into butter mixture until smooth. Pour into pie crust. I Sprinkle a little nutmeg on top for color.

Place pie on oven rack; carefully tent whole pie with foil. Bake 60 minutes or until center is set when gently shaken. Cool on wire rack for 1 hour. Cover; refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. Makes 8 servings.

Note: depending on your oven you may need to cook longer

 

dessert, southern, sweet,

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Starbucks Chai Tea Latte Copycat (Low Carb option available)

Oh that delicious Chai Tea!  First off I'm gonna tell you something.  You may already know, some people don't and are surprised to find out that Starbucks add water to their chai lattes.  I was told this insider tip by one of my Starbucks friends years ago in Seattle (home of the orig Starbucks).   You get around this by ordering a "no water chai" when you are at Starbucks..  Unless you like water in yours then don't even mention it. lol.  I don't like water in mine.  


Ok, to make a chai latte like at Starbucks, you: 

1. Go to your grocery store and purchase TAZO Chai Latte Concentrate (liquid).  TAZO is the only brand Starbucks uses (*they may have switched brands by now but this is what they used for a LONG time).  
2. After you buy this gem, mix 3/4 Chai with 1/4 Milk. 
3. You can heat it on the stove, or in the microwave, or steam it if you have an espresso machine.  
4. Add a bit of water if you want it EXACT to Starbucks lol.  

I add cinnamon to mine, as you can see.  :)

Now for the REALLY GOOD NEWS!  A Sugar Free LOW CARB option!!  

Yes, this means low carbers can finally enjoy a chai tea.  mmmm.   

Same instructions as above but you have to buy Oregon brand Sugar Free Chai Latte Concentrate (liquid).  Tazo does NOT offer a sugar free version. Boo.  The second modification is that you have to use Heavy Whipping Cream (0 carbs) OR Heavy Cream (1 carb per 2 tbsp), OR Half & Half (idk the carbs on that) INSTEAD of milk.  Milk has mucho carbs/sugar.  Then top with cinnamon.  I do add a bit of water when doing the low carb version because the whipping cream is so creamy the water doesn't bother me


This hot tasty drink go perfectly with Caramel Apple Pie Cookies or warm Caramel Dumplings.

copy cat, drinks, easy, quick, sweet,

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