Very Special Homemade Desserts
Desserts
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Continue ReadingINGREDIENTS: 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 foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan.…
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Continue ReadingA 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 -14 oz can sweetened condensed milk, divided 1/3 cup flour…
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Continue ReadingOne of the best cheesecakes you will ever eat, Dunn’s Famous Cheesecake is a Montreal, Quebec favorite This recipe is from the Montreal Gazette. (Wednesday, July 8, 1998 by Johanna Burkhard) I have the actual newspaper clipping, but it is getting old, yellow and very paper worn. It is such…
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Continue ReadingStale 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 amount of pre-ground nutmeg will beat the flavor of freshly grated. If you…
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Continue ReadingHarley’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 bowl on medium speed of an electric mixer until light. …
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Continue ReadingDutch 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 word speculum, meaning “mirror”, these cookies reflect the image of…