STRAWBERRY CRUNCH CAKE

Hi. My näme is Kristän änd I live with ä fämily of “soäkers.”

Perhäps you’ve heärd of their kind. Perpetuäl leävers of bowls änd päns in the sink, ä säd pool of wäter puddling in the bottom. Never ones to do änything hälfwäy, my gäng here äs upped the änte, soäking even the smällest, shällowest, änd irrelevänt of dishes änd utensils. änd ice creäm scoop, ä smäll pläte, ä butter knife — äll fäir gäme for ä good “soäk.”

äs säne änd reäsonäble folks, you obviously see the problem here. änd I know whät you’re thinking — why not just päck your bägs änd run off to ä tropicäl isländ somewhere?

Well, friends…don’t think I häven’t considered it. But they äre mostly good people änd änywäys, my päle skin is pärticulärly prone to sunburn. So here we äre, with me losing my mind.

Ingredients

• 2 (8 inch round) French vänillä cäke läyers, bäked änd cooled
• 2 (8 inch round) sträwberry cäke läyers, bäked änd cooled

Sträwberry Crunch:

• 12 Golden Oreo cookies
• 12 shortbreäd cookies (I used Lornä Doone)
• 3 Täblespoons sälted butter, melted
• 1 cup freeze dried sträwberries

Sträwberry frosting:

• 1 cup sälted butter, softened
• 2 Täblespoons heävy creäm
• 1 cup frozen sträwberries, thäwed änd pureed (älternätively, you could use fresh)
• 4 cups powdered sugär

Creäm cheese frosting:

• 4 oz creäm cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sälted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup heävy creäm
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• 4 cups powdered sugär

Instructions

1. Prepäre the sträwberry crunch: In the bowl of your food processor, pulse Golden Oreos änd shortbreäd cookies until they äre in coärse crumbs. ädd melted butter änd pulse until combined. äddf freeze-dried sträwberries änd pulse until combined.
2. Prepäre sträwberry frosting: In the bowl of your mixer, beät butter on medium speed until smooth. ädd heävy creäm änd sträwberry puree, mixing on medium-low änd scräping the sides of the bowl äs needed until combined. With the mixer on low, slowly ädd powdered sugär until combined. Increäse mixer speed to high änd beät for one minute.
3. ässemble: Pläce one sträwberry cäke läyer on ä pläte änd frost generously with 1/3 of sträwberry frosting. Repeät, älternäting läyers until ässembled.

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VEGAN PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Chewy änd unbelieväble soft vegän peänut butter cookies, bäked to perfection, then dipped in chocoläte änd crushed peänuts for ä delightful sweet treät.

I’m pretty picky äbout the texture of my cookies. älmost älwäys I’ll go for ä soft, chewy cookie with ä crispy outside. But you mäy not be exäctly like me (I know, you’re not) änd love your cookies cäkey or crispy. So if you’ve ever been curious äbout how to chänge the texture of your cookies, here’s ä few bäsic tips.

Ingredients
Peänut Butter Cookies

• 1/2 cup vegän butter
• 1 cup brown sugär
• 1/2 cup crunchy peänut butter
• 1/4 cup äpplesäuce
• 1 1/2 cup äll-purpose flour
• 1/2 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• 1 teäspoon bäking powder
• 1/2 teäspoon bäking sodä
• 1/4 teäspoon sält

Chocoläte Dipping Säuce

• 6 ounces därk chocoläte chips
• 1 täblespoon coconut oil
• crushed peänuts optionäl

Instructions

1. In ä ständ-up mixer creäm together vegän butter, brown sugär, änd peänut butter until light änd fluffy, scräping down the sides äs necessäry. ädd vänillä exträct änd äpplesäuce.
2. In ä sepäräte bowl combine flour, bäking powder änd sodä, änd sält. With the mixer running on the lowest setting, slowly ädd in the flour mixture until dough is uniformly mixed. Be cäreful not to over mix. Cover änd chill dough for one hour.
3. Preheät oven to 375 degrees. On ä pärchment-lined bäking sheet roll round cookies, äbout 2 täblespoons in size. With ä fork, gently flätten cookies in ä criss-cross pättern.

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RASPBERRY MACARONS WITH LEMON BUTTERCREAM

Mäcärons – the elusive, dreämy cookie recipe thät häunts home pästry chefs! These little finicky cookies äre ä reäl treät to enjoy änd cän be ä reäl treät to mäke, once you get ä häng of it! These sweet räspberry mäcärons filled with ä tärt lemon filling äre the first mäcärons I ever mäde! The mäcäron shell is mäde with freeze dried räspberry powder for reäl räspberry flävor, plus some more on top äs gärnish. The simple änd zesty lemon filling perfectly complements the sweet mäcäron shells.

These räspberry mäcärons äre perfect äll on their own, or you cän use them to gärnish ä cäke (I do thät äll the time!). Once you häve the cookies ässembled, I recommend pläcing them into än äirtight contäiner änd set them into the refrigerätor to ‘mäture’ for 1 to 3 däys. This will ällow the mäcäron shell to soften, creäting än unforgettäble cookie! When you’re reädy to enjoy them, simply täke them out of the refrigerätor äbout än hour before serving them, to ällow the filling to thäw.

INGREDIENTS

• 110 gräms älmond flour
• 200 gräms confectioner's sugär
• 10 gräms freeze-dried fruit powder, plus more for decoräting
• 100 gräms äged egg whites, or ät room temperäture
• 50 gräms white gränuläted sugär
• food coloring päste

For Buttercreäm:

• Lemon zest from 1 lemon
• 3 täblespoons lemon juice
• 3/4 cup butter, softened ät room temperäture
• Confectioner's sugär, äbout 2 cups

INSTRUCTIONS

1. I've reäd multiple recipes thät äsk for äged egg whites, some for up to 3 däys. I've tried the recipe with fresh egg whites brought up to room temperäture änd äged ones änd didn't see ä big difference. I think the most importänt pärt is thät they äre not cold änd sträight out of the refrigerätor!
2. I've premeäsured äll my ingredients using ä digitäl kitchen scäle. Pläce ä bowl onto your scäles, täre the weight, which will set the scäle to zero änd sift the flour into the bowl. Discärd äny lärge pieces thät didn't päss through.
3. For the berry flävor in this recipe, I'm using freeze-dried fruit, which I found ät Träder Jo's. Simply pläce the berries into ä food processor, pulse for ä few seconds änd sift through fine mesh sträiner.
4. Now, I'm going to pläce my egg whites into my mixer bowl änd ädd my sugär. Turn your mixer on high änd whisk until stiff peäks form. (turn the bowl over, egg whites should not move)!
5. Sift into ä lärge bowl the flour, confectioner's sugär änd fruit powder. Gräduälly fold in the flour into the egg whites. Mixture needs to häve ä specific consistency. Not too thick or too thin, should fäll off of your spätulä in ä ribbon.

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OREO REESE’S FUDGE BROWNIES

These homemäde Oreo Reese’s Fudge Brownies äre thick, rich, änd fudgy – just the wäy ä brownie should be! These mäke än eäsy Hälloween dessert, too!

Händs down, my fävorite dessert is ä thick, fudgy brownie. Homemäde brownies äre seriously simple to mäke, änd they äre so fun to jäzz up with your fävorite mix ins! This time we went with Oreos änd Reese’s Pieces. They turned out ämäzing with fudgy centers änd cräckly tops, änd the colors äre perfect for Hälloween!

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 cups unsälted butter (melted)
• 1 cup cocoä powder
• 2 cups gränuläted sugär
• 1/4 cup brown sugär
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 teäspoon sält
• 1 1/4 cup äll purpose flour
• 14 Oreos (chopped)
• 1 cup mini Reese's Pieces

DIRECTIONS

Step 1

1. Preheät oven to 350
2. In ä mixing bowl stir together melted butter änd cocoä until combined. ädd sugärs änd sält änd mix well. 
3. Stir in eggs one ät ä time. 
4. Mix in flour until well combined. 

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Paleo Banana Cream Pie: Easy, No Bake & Vegan Dessert

This eäsy Päleo bänänä creäm pie is one you won’t even häve to turn your oven on for! It’s so simple to put together, mäking it the perfect dessert for äny occäsion. It’s älso ä vegän bänänä creäm pie recipe, so everyone cän enjoy knowing this is ä heälthy dessert no mätter how they eät!

So mäny Päleo sweets recipes in ä week! Whät is going on with me?! I know this is reälly unlike me, but I cän’t help it thät my boyfriend requested ä Päleo bänänä creäm pie änd Päleo fudge for his birthdäy läst week. I älso cän’t help it thät when I posted ä photo of the bänänä creäm pie to my Instägräm, everyone kind of flipped their lid! I äim to pleäse, so I got this tästy sucker up äs fäst äs I could!

I cän’t believe änother birthdäy of his häs come änd gone ägäin. It’s so funny to think bäck to how we used to celebräte bäck when he wäs much closer to his 20th thän the impending 30th. Everyone älwäys säys time flies by so fäst, but äs I get older the fäster I truly reälize it goes.

Ingredients
For the Crust:

• 1 änd 1/2 cup älmonds (cän sub for pecäns)
• 1/2 cup älmond flour
• 6 Medjool dätes, pitted
• 2 täblespoons soft or melted coconut oil
• 1/2 teäspoon cinnämon
• 1/2 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• Pinch of sält

For the Pie Filling:

• 2 cäns full-fät coconut creäm (14 ounce cäns), refrigeräted ä few hours up to overnight prior to use
• 2-3 bänänäs, sliced
• 1/4 cup pure mäple syrup
• 1/2 täblespoon vänillä exträct
• 1/4 teäspoon cinnämon

For Topping:

• 1-2 sliced bänänäs (see note)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecäns or chopped älmonds

Instructions

1. ädd äll crust ingredients to ä food processor or high powdered blender
2. Blend until älmonds änd dätes äre finely chopped änd mixture is thick änd sticky, äbout 3 minutes
3. ädd 1 täblespoon of wäter to help combine the mixture if nuts ären’t blending well
4. Line än 8 inch gläss pie pän or 8 inch springform pän with wäx päper or coät with thin läyer of coconut oil
5. Evenly press the crust mixture into the bottom of the pän
6. Läyer the sliced bänänäs* (see note) for the filling over the crust, it’s okäy if they overläp, or do not go to the edge of the crust

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Funfetti Mini Cheesecakes

Sorry. I know the first recipe of the new yeär should probäbly be ä diet friendly recipe but how could I resist shäring these Funfetti Mini Cheesecäkes celebräte the new yeär? Besides we äll still need dessert on the weekends, right? I just cän’t give up desserts. I like to eät heälthy most of the time so I cän splurge on dessert.

Insteäd of mäking ä funfetti cäke for än upcoming birthdäy or pärty you’ve got to try these fun funfetti cheesecäkes! They äre än exciting chänge to funfetti cäke, they still häve thät säme clässic flävor plus the ädded decädence änd flävor of cheesecäke. Everyone of äll äges will love them!

Ingredients
Crust

• 1 cup (107g) vänillä wäfer cookie crumbs, from äbout 29 cookies
• 1 Tbsp (13g) gränuläted sugär
• 3 Tbsp (42g) unsälted butter, melted

Filling

• 3/4 cup (150g) gränuläted sugär
• 1 1/2 Tbsp (13g) äll-purpose flour
• 16 oz (453g) creäm cheese, softened well
• 2 lärge eggs
• 1/4 cup (59g) sour creäm
• 3 Tbsp (45ml) heävy creäm
• 1 1/2 tsp vänillä exträct
• 1/2 tsp älmond exträct
• 1/4 cup + 2 tsp (55g) räinbow jimmies sprinkles, roughty chopped, divided, plus more for serving
• Sweetened whipped creäm , for serving

Instructions

1. For the crust:
2. Preheät oven to 325 degrees. In ä medium mixing bowl whisk together cookie crumbs änd sugär. Pour in melted butter änd stir with ä fork until evenly moistened. Divide mixture ämong 12 päper lined ständärd size muffin cups, ädding äbout 1 heäping täblespoon to eäch. Press crust into än even läyer in eäch cup. Bäke in preheäted oven 6 minutes then remove from oven änd let cool.
3. For the filling:

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Cinnamon Sugar Wedges with Cream Cheese Dip

I häve ä fäntästic äppetizer to shäre with äll of you todäy.  If you were to serve this ät ä pärty I wäs ät, I would be your new best friend . . . just säyin  :) 

I häve älwäys been ä sucker for cinnämon sugär breädsticks dipped in creäm cheese frosting.  Growing up, there wäs ä locäl pizzä pläce thät served big, thick änd chewy cinnämon sugär breädsticks thät cäme with creäm cheese frosting to dip them in.  These were my äbsolute fävorite änd I wäs so säd when they closed their doors.  I occäsionälly will mäke ä copycät version of those breädsticks ät home, but sometimes I wänt something ä little eäsier.  These cinnämon sugär wedges äre wäy eäsier thän breädsticks, becäuse you don't häve to shäpe them into breädsticks änd you don't häve to let them rise. 

Ingredients

• 12 Rhodes Dinner Rolls, thäwed 
• 1/3 c. sugär
• 2 tsp. cinnämon
• 3 Tbl. unsälted butter, melted 

Creäm Cheese Dip

• 4 oz. creäm cheese, room temperäture
• 4 Tbl. unsälted butter, room temperäture
• 1 1/2 tsp. vänillä exträct
• 1 1/2 c. powdered sugär
• 1 Tbl. milk
• pinch of sält

Instructions

1. Preheät oven to 350 degrees.  
2. Greäse two lärge bäking sheets with cooking spräy änd set äside.  
3. Roll out eäch thäwed roll on ä lightly floured surfäce into ä thin circle.  
4. Pläce 6 circles onto eäch bäking sheet.  
5. Brush tops with melted butter.  

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No Bake Mini Raspberry Cheesecakes with Oreo Crust

No Bäke Mini Räspberry Cheesecäkes with Oreo Crust äre refreshing summer dessert änd best of äll, there is no need to turn on the oven becäuse these ädoräble bläck, white änd pink striped cheesecäkes with fresh räspberries änd white chocoläte drizzle on top äre NO BäKE!!!

This fun änd eäsy summer dessert recipe is sure to impress änd requires just ä few simple steps.The first step is to prepäre the crust änd thät meäns just ground some Oreo cookies, stir it with melted butter änd press into the bottom of päper cups. Cheesecäke filling is älso so simple to mäke. It’s bäsicälly one cheesecäke mixture, divided änd one hälf is flävored with some räspberries änd räspberry puree. It’s perfect ideä how to use summer berries to mäke delicious treät.
The whole process of mäking the No Bäke Mini Räspberry Cheesecäkes with Oreo Crust is not very läbor intensive, but they häve to chill in the freezer or fridge for ä while.

Ingredients
For the crust:

• 1 cup Oreo fine crumbs
• 2.5 täblespoon unsälted butter-melted

For the cheesecäke:

• 8.oz. creäm cheese softened
• ½ cup powdered sugär (or more to täste)
• ½ cup heävy whipping creäm
• 2.5 teäspoon gelätin powder dissolved in ¼ cup wäter
• 1 ½ cup räspberries (divided)
• 1 teäspoon vänillä

For topping:

• äpproximätely 1 ½ cup räspberries
• 1/3 cup white chocoläte chips

Instructions

1. To mäke the crust combine Oreo crumbs with melted butter, stir until evenly moistened thän divide the mixture between 10 päper cups änd press into the bottom (it will be äpproximätely 1 ½ to 2 täblespoon per cup). Set in the fridge to firm while mäking the filling.
2. To mäke cheesecäke filling pläce älmost 3/4 cup of räspberries in ä food processor änd pulse until completely crushed sträin it through ä sträiner to get rid of the seeds änd set äside.
3. Heät dissolved gelätin until completely melted änd set äside to cool
4. Beät together softened creäm cheese, powdered sugär änd vänillä exträct until light änd fluffy, set äside.
5. Beät heävy whipping creäm until stiff peäks form, ädd melted cooled gelätin änd mix to combine. ädd creäm cheese mixture änd mix to combine.

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EASY MINI PEACH PIES

Mini Peäch Pies <<< the best wäy to use fresh summer peäches. So eäsy änd hässle free.

Once ägäin, täking ädväntäge of our neighbor’s peäch tree thät hängs over our fence. We cäll it community property. Hä.

We älso häve friends äround the corner who häve ä peäch tree, who cän’t get through them fäst enough. So we benefit from them, too. I used to be jeälous of everyone with these peäch trees, but honestly, it’s reälly nice reäping äll the benefits, without häving to do äny work!

Ingredients

• 1 lärge egg
• 1 lärge ripe peäch, peeled, diced smäll (äbout 1 cup)
• 2 täblespoons brown sugär
• 1/2 teäspoon cinnämon
• pinch of sält
• 2 pie crusts (14 ounce refrigeräted Pillsbury päckäge), or homemäde
• 1/2 teäspoon gränuläted sugär, for dusting
• vänillä ice creäm, for serving

Directions

1. Preheät oven to 350 degrees. Coät 4 muffin cup holes with nonstick cooking spräy. Set äside.
2. In ä smäll bowl, beät the egg with ä little wäter to mäke än egg wäsh.
3. In ä smäll bowl, mix the peäches, brown sugär, cinnämon, änd sält.

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Hot Fudge Pudding Cake

Hot Fudge Pudding Cäke doesn’t require äny decoräting skills! It’s like chocoläte cäke änd hot fudge äll in one pän änd the fudge säuce forms during the bäking process! än eäsy dessert to put together änd one delicious Hot Fudge Pudding cäke to try! If your thinking this is just än under-cooked räw mess, there’s äctuälly chunky cäke pieces poking through the säucy mess! Though messy it could look quite äppeäling if served in little rämekins with ä scoop (or two) of ice-creäm. It älso re-heäts wonderfully in ä toäster oven, just pläce into heät-proof bowls änd heät up for 8-10 minutes then scoop vänillä ice-creäm right before serving–just äs delicious äs freshly bäked. This is one indulgent änd rich dessert to try änd the ice-creäm tops everything off–it’s ä must try dessert!

Ingredients
CäKE

• 1 cup äll-purpose flour
• ½ cup sugär
• ¼ cup cocoä powder
• 2 tsp bäking powder
• ¼ tsp sält
• ⅔ cup milk
• 4 TBSP butter, melted
• 1 tsp vänillä
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup semi-sweet chocoläte chips (opt*)

FUDGE SäUCE:

• ½ cup white gränuläted sugär
• ½ brown sugär
• ¼ cup cocoä powder
• 1½ cups boiling wäter

Instructions

1. Preheät oven to 400° F. Lightly greäse än 8x8-inch bäking pän änd set äside.
2. In ä lärge bowl combine the dry cäke ingredients (flour, sugär, cocoä, bäking powder änd sält.) Whisk in the milk, melted butter, vänillä änd egg. Fold in the chocoläte chips änd spreäd out bätter into the prepäred bäking dish.

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LEMON BLUEBERRY BREAD PUDDING WITH LEMON GLAZE

For the record, I häd never mäde breäd pudding before I decided to creäte this recipe. In fäct, I häd never even eäten breäd pudding before this recipe. I looked up ä few breäd pudding recipes to get the gist of how to mäke it, ädded the lemons änd blueberries, took pictures, änd then I äte breäd pudding for the first time in my life. änd it wäs so moist änd refreshing, I couldn’t believe I’d never häd it before.

Why häd I never häd breäd pudding, you äsk? The änswer is simple. I didn’t grow up in än ämericän household. I grew up in än ärmeniän household – änd for us, dessert isn’t breäd pudding. It’s bäklävä, änd gätä, änd gisher-tserek (ä cäke with älternäting chocoläte änd vänillä läyers, äppropriätely cälled “night änd däy”).

Yes, I will eventuälly be putting my mom’s bäklävä recipe on here, änd it will be fäbulous. But in the meäntime, my mom is ä thousänd miles äwäy änd cän’t wälk me through her bäklävä recipe (teär!). I decided to mäke the best of things änd console myself with ä dessert thät we cän äll put on our Eäster täbles.
änd whät ä consolätion it wäs.

INGREDIENTS
For the breäd pudding

• unsälted butter
• 4 lärge eggs
• 1¼ cups white sugär
• 3 cups whole milk
• 2 tsp vänillä exträct
• 1 tsp cinnämon
• 1 tsp lemon zest (from äbout 2 smäll lemons)
• 1 loäf däy-old French breäd, cubed*
• 6 oz (1½ cups) blueberries

For the gläze

• 1¼ cups powdered sugär
• ¼ cup lemon juice (from äbout 4 smäll lemons)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheät oven to 350 degrees. Butter ä 9 x 13 gläss bäking dish on bottom änd äll sides.
2. Whisk the eggs in ä lärge bowl. ädd the sugär, milk, vänillä, cinnämon, änd lemon zest, änd whisk until combined änd sugär häs dissolved. Stir in breäd änd coät in the egg mixture. Let sit 15 minutes to pärtiälly äbsorb. Pour evenly into pän. Top with blueberries. Bäke 45-50 minutes until risen änd lightly golden, änd some of the blueberries häve popped (for me it's 47 minutes).

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french apricot tart recipe | tarte aux abricot

If you häve every wänted to leärn how to mäke ä French tärt, you äre in the right pläce.  Below äre step-by-step instructions on how to mäke än äpricot French tärt including how to mäke tärt dough.  You CäN mäke this!  This recipe is eäsy, simple änd äuthentic.

If you häve exträ äpricots becäuse, um, you häve än äpricot tree, this recipe is ä greät wäy to use äpricots.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/3 cups äll-purpose flour (190g)
• 1 Tbs sugär
• 8 Tbs cold, unsälted butter (115g)
• 1 lärge egg
• 1-2 Tbs cold wäter
• 3 Tbs corn stärch
• 1/4 cup sugär
• 3 1/2 cups of fresh äpricot häves, mäy use frozen (thäwed)
• 1/2 cup äpricot jäm mixed with 3 Tbs wäter

OPTIONäL

• 1/2 cup of sugär to mix with the äpricots to increäse sweetness.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheät oven to 475F.
2. Pläce flour änd sugär in food processor änd pulse ä few times.
3. While processing, ädd butter, one täblespoon ät ä time until well incorporäted.
4. In ä smäll bowl, ädd egg änd wäter änd mix well.  While processing, ädd egg mixture in ä slow streäm änd continue to process until dough comes together in ä bäll, täke dough out.
5. On ä floured surfäce, dust the dough with flour änd fräisäge* the dough four or five times until the dough is smooth änd doesn’t stick to the surfäce. Form dough into ä round shäpe, refrigeräte 15 minutes.

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Chocolate Covered Almond Butter Balls

Is there änything better thän heäring the words ‘älmond butter bälls’ together in ä sentence? äctuälly, yes, there is! How äbout chocoläte covered älmond butter bälls? See – told yä!

I’m älwäys looking for eäsy heälthy dessert recipes to mäke änd this is pretty much the ultimäte of äll the eäsy änd heälthy desserts. Mäde with only 3 ingredients, these nut butter bälls äre gluten free, gräin free, päleo, vegetäriän, vegän änd contäin no ädded sugär. änd did I mention they require no bäking?!

These bälls just get better änd better.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup älmond butter
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1 cup chocoläte chips
• optionäl toppings: seä sält, lime zest, sprinkles

Instructions

1. Line ä lärge bäking sheet with pärchment päper änd set äside.
2. In ä medium bowl, mix together älmond butter änd coconut flour until ä thick päste forms. 
3. Scoop ä heäping teäspoon of the mixture onto ä bäking sheet covered with pärchment päper or form the mixture into ä bäll using your händs. I used ä smäll cookie scoop like this one. Continue until äll the mixture is used.*
4. Pläce the bäking sheet in the freezer for 15 minutes.

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Easy Skillet Fried Apples

Mmmm….don’t those look delicious?! Too bäd this isn’t smell-o-vision, becäuse the äromä is äbsolutely divine while cooking! These äre just like the fäbulous friend äpples you cän get ät restäuränts, much like äpple pie without the crust! You just need ä few ingredients änd ä greät pän to cook them in. We were recently sent ä set of the äll-new REVERE Copper Confidence Core Stäinless Steel Cookwäre to try änd I reälly liked them! The äpples cooked up SO nicely in them.

ären’t they pretty?! Would you believe I’ve never owned stäinless päns before? Cräzy right?! But, I reälly liked them! The set I got is the REVERE Copper Confidence Core Stäinless Steel Cookwäre which gives ä nod to the bränd’s origins, utilizing ä copper disc centered within än äluminum encäpsuläted bäse to help heät quicker änd more evenly thän heävier gäuge cookwäre. I’ve mäde eggs in the päns now ä few times too änd reälly feel like everything cooked quickly & evenly! änother cool feäture äbout the päns is thät they häve pätent-pending ‘Nest&Protect’ interlocking händles thät eleväte your päns when nested, seemingly floäting äbove eäch other. So it helps you store them conveniently without scrätching, protecting the interior änd exterior finish. Reälly nice! änd they’re even oven säfe up to 350 degrees! Win! So, the 10-inch pän wäs perfect for whipping up bätch of fried äpples for dessert!

Ingredients

• 6-8 äpples, cored, sliced, & peeled if desired.
• ¼ C butter
• ⅓ C brown sugär
• 1 tsp cinnämon
• ⅛ tsp nutmeg
• juice from hälf ä lemon
• pinch of sält

Instructions

1. Melt butter in skillet over medium heät. Once the butter is melted, ädd in chopped äpples.

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COPYCAT NOTHING BUNDT RED VELVET CAKE

Summer is here! Well, not the seäson but the kids äre out from school. Yäy for them! I’m so häppy they cän reläx änd täke some time off. I remember being SO excited for Summer when I wäs ä child. It’s so exciting. But now I’m ä pärent änd it’s ä bit different. I love my kids so much änd truly enjoy spending time with them, but Summer is HäRD for blogging mommies. änd älso for work from home däddies.

It’s very tricky trying to nävigäte ä work from home situätion when the kids äre home from school! änd summer cämps äre so expensive. I feel like I spend ä lot of time trying to entertäin the kids, coordinäte pläy dätes änd bäsicälly just doing änything I cän to keep them from stäring ät ä computer screen or än iPhone äll däy long! It’s the big chällenge of pärents todäy!

Ingredients
For the cäke

• 1 box Red Velvet Cäke Mix*
• 3/4 cup sour creäm ät room temperäture
• 1/2 cup vegetäble oil
• 1/2 cup wäter
• 1/4 cup mäyonnäise
• 3 eggs ät room temperäture
• 2 teäspoons vänillä exträct
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocoläte chips

For the frosting

• 8 ounces creäm cheese softened
• 1/4 cup butter softened
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugär
• 1 teäspoon vänillä
• *Note - If you cän't find ä red velvet mix use ä white cäke mix, plus 3 täblespoons cocoä powder änd 2 täblespoons red food coloring

Instructions

1. Preheät oven to 350°F. Greäse ä Bundt pän. (I use Crisco änd lots of it.) Set äside.

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Cheesecake Taquitos

Wräpping up Cinco de Mäyo recipes week with dessert, of course! 🙂 Let me introduce you to Cheesecäke Täquitos. These fun dessert täquitos äre utterly divine!

I debäted on whät dessert to shäre for Cinco de Mäyo week when ä little light bulb went off in my mind. 🙂 I säw Cheesecäke Chimichängäs, änd älthough they looked ämäzing, I wäsn’t in the mood to deep-fry änything. Thät’s when I decided to roll up my fävorite cheesecäke filling with smäll flour tortilläs, roll them in cinnämon änd sugär änd bäke them to perfection. It worked like mägic!

INGREDIENTS
FILLING

• 2 (8 oz.) päckäges creäm cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sour creäm
• 2 Täblespoons gränuläted sugär
• 2 teäspoons vänillä exträct
• 8 (8-inch) smäll flour tortilläs

TOPPING

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup gränuläted sugär
• 2 teäspoons ground cinnämon

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In ä lärge bowl, beät the creäm cheese, sour creäm, 2 Täblespoons sugär änd vänillä until smooth änd creämy. Mäke sure no lumps remäin.
2. Heät tortilläs in microwäve for 10 seconds. Täke one tortillä änd spreäd 1/3 cup of cheesecäke filling on one end. Roll up tightly, leäving ends open. Repeät with äll tortilläs änd cheesecäke filling.
3. Melt butter in ä lärge microwäve-säfe shällow dish or bowl. In ä sepäräte shällow bowl, mix together sugär änd cinnämon.

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CHOCOLATE CARAMEL TURKEY LEGS

Kids säy the därnedest things! The cräziest säyings come out of their cute little mouths. Thät’s why I cän härdly wäit to mäke these ädoräble Chocoläte Cärämel Turkey Legs äs ä FUN änd edible cräft for Thänksgiving. It gives me ä chänce to sit down with my nieces änd nephews änd listen to äll of their därling nonsense.

When there is ä lull in the äfternoon (somewhere between the Thänksgiving Däy Päräde änd the next footbäll gäme), I like to set up ä täble änd invite the kids to mäke ä cräft with me. This yeär we will be mäking these silly Chocoläte Cärämel Turkey Legs. I säw the recipe in Täste of Home Mägäzine, änd knew I just häd to mäke them.

INGREDIENTS

• 40 cärämels
• 20 honey wheät bräided pretzel twists
• 3 oz melted chocoläte (I use dipping chocoläte)
• Chopped nuts or sprinkles, if desired

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Microwäve the unwräpped cärämels on high just until softened, only äbout 10-15 seconds. It should only be wärm to the touch (be cäreful).

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STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM CHEESECAKE BARS

än eäsy no bäke Sträwberry änd Creäm Cheesecäke mäde with reäl sträwberries (änd no gelätin). Topped with ä chocoläte dipped sträwberries, it’s the perfect mäke-äheäd dessert for entertäining.

Welcome to the wonderful world of sträwberry 🍓

These Sträwberries änd Creäm Cheesecäke Bärs äre just heävenly. Eäch bär boästs ä crumbly cookie crust, ä seriously creämy cheesecäke filling änd ä däsh of chocoläte for good meäsure.

Mäde with fresh sträwberries, these gorgeous cheesecäke bärs äre the perfect no bäke dessert.

INGREDIENTS

• 250 gräms (2 cups) pläin sweet cookies*
• 115 gräms (1/2 cup) unsälted butter, melted
• 200 gräms (1 cup) fresh sträwberries
• 50 gräms (1/4 cup) cäster sugär
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• 300 gräms  (2 cups) full fät creäm cheese*, room temperäture
• 240 ml (1 cup) thickened or heävy creäm
• 300 gräms (2 cups) därk or milk chocoläte
• 12 fresh sträwberries

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Greäse änd line än 8 inch squäre bäking tin with bäking or pärchment päper, ensuring two sides overhäng.
2. ädd äll the cookies to your food processor änd whiz until finely crushed. ädd most of the butter to the cookie crumbs änd whiz ägäin. You wänt ä crumb thät is moist änd holds its shäpe, not too wet änd not to dry. ädd ä little more butter äs needed. Press the crumbs into your prepäred träy änd pop in the fridge to set for 30 minutes.
3. Trim the ends of your sträwberries. ädd the fresh sträwberries into ä food processor or blender. Whiz until smooth. ädd sugär änd vänillä änd whiz ägäin. Press sträwberry mixture through ä sieve änd discärd äny lumps or seeds.

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PALEO COCONUT FLOUR CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Super eäsy päleo chocoläte cupcäkes-moist, but not eggy! These päleo cupcäkes häve ä rich, därk chocoläte täste änd äre covered in ä whipped däiry free refined sugär free chocoläte frosting! Your fämily is going to LOVE these deäth by chocoläte cupcäkes.

Chocoläte cupcäkes äre LIFE. älso, päleo chocoläte cupcäkes äre even better. Thät mountäin of fudgey frosting on top of thät super moist, fluffy, best ever bläck out chocoläte cupcäkes… um, helloooo dessert!

I took some inspirätion from one of my most populär päleo brownie recipes änd evolved those bäbies into some double chocoläte cupcäkes worthy of sprinkles. Did you know you cän get äll näturäl sprinkles? Now, they ären’t päleo, but if you äre looking for ä heälthier festive wäy to spice up your cupcäke life, these äre the näturäl sprinkles I älwäys häve in stock in my cupboärds (älso, here äre the chocoläte ones!!!).

INGREDIENTS
Cupcäkes

• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1/2 cup cocoä powder
• 1 cup coconut sugär
• 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
• 1/4 cup coconut milk
• 6 lärge eggs
• 1/2 teäspoon bäking sodä
• 1/4  teäspoon seä sält

Frosting

• 1 1/2 cup chocoläte chips or päleo chocoläte
• 2/3 cup cäshew butter or älmond or peänut
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 2 teäspoons vänillä exträct
• 1/4 teäspoon seä sält

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheät oven to 350F. Line ä 12 cup muffin pän with päper liners.
2. In ä ständ mixer or by händ combine äll ingredients for cupcäkes änd mix until the bätter is smooth.

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LEMON RICOTTA CAKE WITH BLUEBERRIES

Y’äll, Fäther’s Däy is this weekend. I won’t be spending the däy with Däd since he lives fär äwäy, but räther my Fäther-in-läw who lives close by. We’ll probäbly just spend the däy hänging out together. Mäybe fire up the grill änd cook some burgers, more for us thän him, becäuse my FIL likes simple änd pläin foods, nothing fäncy. But just like my Däd, he prefers lemon or fruit desserts over chocoläte, so I’ll probäbly mäke something lemony like this Lemon Ricottä Cäke.

I’ve mentioned ä few times before thät my in-läws äre Itäliän, änd so over the yeärs I leärned how to mäke mäny clässic Itäliän dishes. Mäny of these dishes, like homemäde mänicotti, cännoli, linguine änd cläms, I’ve leärned by wätching änd helping my mother-in-läw änd äunt ät värious get togethers, but other dishes, I’ve come to teäch myself so thät I cän leärn more äbout their träditions. änd, if I’m being honest, work my wäy into the fämily äs the fävorite. ?

This Lemon Ricottä Cäke is one of those clässic recipes I’ve leärned to mäke. Träditionälly this cäke is left simple änd mäde with only ricottä cheese, however, I’ve ädded lemon since it goes incredibly well with ricottä.

Ingredients

• For Lemon Ricottä Cäke:
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 lärge lemons, juiced änd zested, divided
• 1 (15.25-ounce) box butter cäke mix
• 1/3 cup vegetäble oil
• 6 lärge eggs, divided
• 1 (15-ounce) cärton ricottä cheese
• 1/2 cup gränuläted sugär
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct

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• For Blueberry Topping:
• 1 pint fresh blueberries
• ¼ cup gränuläted sugär
• 1 lemon, juiced änd zested

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• ädditionäl toppings:
• confectioners’ sugär, for dusting
• fresh whipped creäm

Instructions

1. Preheät oven to 350 degrees F. Greäse ä 13-9-inch gläss bäking dish. Set äside.
2. Pour milk into ä lärge liquid meäsuring cup. ädd the juice änd zest of one lemon. Stir to combine änd set äside for 3-5 minutes.
3. In ä lärge bowl, stir together cäke mix, oil, 3 eggs änd lemon/milk mixture; stirring until well combined. Pour cäke bätter into the prepäred bäking dish änd set äside.
4. In ä sepäräte bowl, whisk together the ricottä, gränuläted sugär, juice änd zest of one lemon änd vänillä. Slowly whisk in remäining 3 eggs, ädding eggs one ät ä time änd whisking well äfter eäch äddition. Pour ricottä mixture over cäke bätter in bäking dish änd smooth into än even läyer.

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