Category Archives: Desserts

Very Special Homemade Desserts

Frosty Orange Cappuccino Dessert

on: Betty Crocker Holiday Nov 1999 # 156 Booklet page 72 PREP TIME 30 Min BAKE TIME 10 FREEZE 3 HOURS INGREDIENTS: 2 cups crushed vanilla wafer cookies (about 50 cookies ) 1/3 cup margarine or butter melted 3 cups … Continue reading

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Quick and Easy Carrot Cake

INGREDIENTS 1 pkg spice cake mix 2 cups shredded carrots 1 8 oz can crushed pineapple 1 cup chopped pecans 2 8 oz pkg cream cheese 2 cups powdered sugar 1 tub 8 oz whipped topping, thawed METHOD: HEAT: oven … Continue reading

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No Bake Oreo Cheesecake

INGREDIENTS: 45 Oreo Cookies (1-1/2 pkg./350 g each), divided 1/4 cup butter, melted 3 pkg. (250 g each) Cream Cheese, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 3 cups thawed Whipped Topping METHOD: First you should line 13×9-inch pan with … Continue reading

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Harley’s Amaretto Macaroon Cheesecake

  A moist chewy macaroon crust sets this almond flavored cheesecake apart from all the rest. Prep time : 25 mins INGREDIENTS: CRUST: 1 – 7oz pkg Angle Flake Coconut, lightly toasted 1/2 cup finely chopped almonds, lightly toasted 1 … Continue reading

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Dunn’s Famous Cheesecake Recipe

Dunn’s Famous Cheesecake Recipe One of the best cheesecakes you will ever eat, Dunn’s Famous Cheesecake is a Montreal, Quebec favorite   This recipe is from the Montreal Gazette. I have the actual newspaper clipping, but it is getting old, yellow … Continue reading

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Molasses Ginger Cookies

Molasses Ginger Cookies Stale spices will yield a flat-tasting cookie, so make sure your spices aren’t too old.  When you open up the jar of ground ginger it should really smell like ginger !  Ditto for the cinnamon.  And no … Continue reading

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Harley’s Lemon Almond Cake

Harley’s Lemon Almond Cake A light and refreshing cake that needs no icing METHOD: CAKE: Note: If using cake and pastry flour, omit baking powder and salt Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cream shortening and sugar in a large … Continue reading

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Dutch Spice Cookies

Dutch Spice Cookies Thin crisp spice cookies are ubiquitous at Christmastime in most northern European countries. One particularly popular variety is called speculaas in the Netherlands, speculoos in Belgium, and Spekulatius in Germany.  Believed to be named for the Latin … Continue reading

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Gingerbread People

Gingerbread People   I used to think gingerbread people were mostly for decorating and looking at, but not for eating.  Now I think they’re as yummy to eat as they are fun to make.  The texture is light and crisp, … Continue reading

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