Vegan Cake Batter Ice Cream

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ORIGINAL Source: She Knows

Ingredients:
5 frozen bananas
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon butter extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon maple extract
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons agave nectar (I'd sub honey or maple syrup.)
2 tablespoons sprinkles (I'd bite the bullet and leave the sprinkles in! So fun and yum!! Gotta enjoy life. :)

Directions:

1. Slice frozen bananas into chunks and pulse them in a food processor until smooth.
2. Add remaining ingredients except for the sprinkles, and pulse until smooth.
3. Add sprinkles and gently them fold into the batter.
4. Serve and enjoy.

Use the picture above as your guide.

Raw Cake Batter Ice Cream !! :)) Yum!! Haha. These banana ice cream recipes are great. 

Based on 4 individual servings:

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1/4 batch

Amount Per Serving

Calories  210 Calories from Fat  14

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  1.5g 2%

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  83mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates  45.8g 15%

Dietary Fiber  3.9g 15%

Sugars  29.3g

Protein  1.6g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 35% Calcium 1% • Iron 15%

Nutrition Grade B+

* Based on a 2000 calorie diet

Nutritional Analysis

Good points

• Very low in saturated fat
• No cholesterol
• Low in sodium
• High in manganese
• Very high in vitamin B6
• High in vitamin C

Bad points

• Very high in sugar
• Contains alcohol

Barbi Cooper's Cinnamon Rolls

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Ingredients:

Cinnamon Rolls:

3 1/2 cups warm water
1 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
6 tbsp yeast
1 tbsp salt
3 eggs beaten
10 1/2 cups flour
1 cube butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup cinnamon

Walnuts (or Pecans)

Icing:
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
Evaporated milk-enough to make syrupy

Directions:

Cinnamon Rolls:

1. In a *Bosch mixer, mix warm water, oil, sugar and yeast and rest for 15 minutes.
2. Add salt, eggs, and 10 1/2 cups flour, until it pulls away from the bowl.
3. Roll out onto floured surface to a 1/2" thick rectangle. 
4. Melt butter and brush it over the entire surface. 
5. Mix together sugar and brown sugar. To this I add about 1/4 cup cinnamon but you can add as much or little as you like.Sprinkle over buttered dough. 
6. Add walnuts or pecans, if desired.
7. Roll long ways. Pinch edge. Cut to desired thickness. Place on greased cookie sheet 1" apart.
8. Allow cinnamon rolls to rise until doubled, approx 30-45 minutes, depending on the warmth of the area.
9. Bake in 400F oven for 12 min. 

Icing:

• Combine Icing ingredients and drizzle over hot rolls.

* Stacie says: "Using a Bosch mixer eliminates the need for that initial rising of your dough. If you use a different mixer, or mix by hand, be sure to allow the dough to rise until doubled before rolling out the dough. Continue following the rest of the recipe as noted."

Caramel Popcorn

FB Source: Julie Morgan

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 15 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
5 quarts popped corn

Directions:

1. In saucepan, combine butter, sugar, and corn syrup. Stir well and bring to boiling over medium heat. 
2. Stir in condensed milk; simmer, stirring constantly, till mixture comes to soft ball stage (about 234 to 238 degrees). 
3. Take off the heat and stir in vanilla. 
4. Pour over popped corn and stir to coat. 
5. You can then form it into balls or just leave it. I pour mine out onto sheet pans.

This is a gooey caramel popcorn, not a crunchy one. I have never done one that you put in the oven. And I never use a candy thermometer so it may turn out less gooey if it were the right temp. 

Egg Nog

FB Source: Julie Morgan

Ingredients:
6 eggs
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 quart milk
1/3 pint heavy whipping cream
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 pinch salt

Directions:

1. Beat eggs; mix in condensed milk, vanilla, quart of milk and salt.
2. Beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form.
3. Fold in to egg and milk mixture and sprinkle with nutmeg. 
4. Serve chilled. 

Option: Top with whip cream. Enjoy!

Original recipe makes 8 to 12 servings

Candy Cane Cake

FB Source: Julie Morgan

Ingredients:
White cake mix, prepare as directed on the box
Red food coloring
Peppermint extract

Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2-3 Tbsp half and half
Crushed candy canes

Directions:

1. Prepare a Bundt pan with oil and flour and preheat oven to 350° F or as directed on the box. 
2. After making the cake batter, remove 2/3 cup and add desired amount of red coloring and up to BUT no more than 1 tsp peppermint (as this is VERY potent). 
3. Pour ½ of batter into the pan and pour the ‘candy cane’ stripe in the middle, then finish with the rest of the white batter. 
4. Cook as directed and allow cake to cool completely. 
5. Prepare icing by mixing all together in a small bowl and drizzle over the top of your cake, immediately sprinkling on the candy bits. 

Enjoy ~ 

Amazing Coconut Pie

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ORIGINAL Source: My Retro Kitchen

Ingredients:
2 cups milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose baking mix, like Bisquick
4 eggs
1/4 cup (half a stick) butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups Baker's Angel Flake Coconut (sweetened)

Directions:

1. Place milk, sugar, baking mix, eggs, butter and vanilla in blender; cover. Blend on LOW speed for 3 minutes. pour into a greased 9-inch pie plate. Sprinkle with coconut.
2. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until center of pie is set and top is golden brown. (It took me closer to 50-55 minutes).
3. Serve warm or cool on a wire rack. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

Homemade Face Lotion Bar (coconut vanilla scent)

ORIGINAL Source: Don't Waste the Crumbs

Ingredients:
8 ounces coconut oil
2 ounces beeswax
½ tsp vanilla extract
pinch vanilla bean flakes (optional)

Directions:

1. Create a double boiler with a medium saucepan and a glass bowl.
2. Melt the coconut oil and beeswax together in the glass bowl.
3. Remove from heat and add extract and vanilla bean flakes (if using).
4. Pour into silicone muffin molds and allow to cool to set.

5-Minute Fudge

ORIGINAL Source: Nourishing Minimalism

Ingredients:
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
2/3 cups sweetened condensed milk (Click here for recipe)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Cover a cookie sheet or 9"x13" pan with parchment paper.
2. Mix chocolate and sweetened condensed milk in a sauce pan over medium heat, stirring until melted. 
3. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and nuts, mixing thoroughly. 
4. Pour onto parchment paper and spread into a rectangle, about 1/2 inch deep.
5. Allow to cool in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Place parchment paper and fudge on cutting board and cut into 1 inch squares.

Makes about 45 pieces.

Frosted Berry Hand Pies

Source: Go Bold with Butter

By Hiedi
Makes 8 hand pies

Ingredients:
For dough:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
½ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
4-5 tablespoons water
1 egg, yolk and whites separated
3/4 cup berry jam

For sugar glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. In food processor fitted with steel blade, pulse flour, butter, salt and sugar 10-12 times or until butter is consistency of small peas. Add water and pulse 5-7 more times or until dough starts to come together. Turn out onto floured surface and shape into 2 round discs. Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. Preheat oven to 450°F. Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness, and cut into 3 1/2-inch by 7-inch pieces. Each dough round should yield 4 pieces. Lightly brush edges of dough squares with egg and spoon 1 tablespoon jam on one side of dough within egg-basted edges. Fold dough in half and crimp edges with fingers and then press down edges of dough, about 1/4 inches, with the tines of fork.
3. Place hand pies on baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brush tops with egg wash and bake for 15 minutes or until crust is golden. Remove from oven and allow cooling.
4. While hand pies are resting, mix sugar glaze by adding powdered sugar, milk and vanilla to medium-sized bowl and whisk to mix well. If mixture is too thick, add more milk, 1/4 teaspoon at a time, to thin.
5. When hand pies are cooled, drizzle the tips with sugar glaze and serve.

These Frosted Berry Hand Pies make for a perfectly dunkable after school treat for my soon to be pre-teen. She likes to help put her stamp on the process by folding and crimping the edges of her pies. The simple, buttery crust is the perfect package for the jammy insides.

Toffee - A Signature Recipe

ORIGINAL Source: The Yummy Life

Step-by-step directions can be found here: 

http://www.theyummylife.com/Toffee

Ingredients:
1 cup unblanched (skin on) whole almonds
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 (12 oz.) package milk chocolate chips (2 cups)
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans

Directions:

1. Toast almonds by spreading them in a single layer on a plate and microwaving on high for 2-3 minutes (stir after each minute). 
2. On foil-lined baking sheet, arrange almonds in a single layer over an area measuring approx. 13x9 inches. 
3. In a heavy 2-quart saucepan combine butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Cook over med-high heat, stirring constantly with a clean, dry wooden spoon till butter is melted. Continue cooking and stirring for approx. 7-10 min. till candy is the color of the brown skin of the almonds; it will start smoking slightly. 
4. Immediately pour candy, without scraping pan, over almonds, covering all nuts. 
5. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the hot candy. Wait 1 minute and spread the melted chocolate until it is smooth. 
6. Sprinkle with pecans. 
7. Let cool and break into pieces. Store in a tightly covered container in cool place or refrigerator.  

Brown Butter Salted Caramel Snickerdoodles

ORIGINAL Source: The Recipe Critic

Ingredients:

2½ cups all-purpose Gold Medal flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup unsalted butter, sliced
1¼ cup dark brown sugar
½ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon plain Greek yogurt
1 cup caramel squares, cut into ¼’s
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon coarse sea salt

Directions:

1. In a medium sized bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, cream of tarter, cinnamon, and set aside.
2. To brown the butter, heat a medium saucepan to medium high heat. Add the sliced butter, whisking frequently. You will notice the butter starting to become frothy on the top and brown specks will start to form along the bottom. You have to watch it closely because the turn happens quickly and you don’t want it to burn. You will start to smell a nutty aroma and once it turns to a brown color, remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.
3. While the butter is cooling, cut the caramel squares into quarters.
4. In a stand mixer, combine the brown butter and brown sugar, and ½ cup granulated sugar. (The remaining ¼ cup sugar will be used for rolling in the cookies). Mix until blended and smooth.
5. Beat in egg, yolk, vanilla and yogurt and mix until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients until combined.
6. Form the dough into a ball and cover with plastic. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
7. Once you are ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Measure about 2 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Flatten the ball and place 1-2 caramel squares inside, wrap the cookie dough over the caramel and roll back into a ball. Make sure it is completely covered so that the caramel won’t stick to the pan.
8. Mix ¼ cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and roll each cookie in the mixture. Place cookies on a parchment lined cookie sheet 2 inches apart. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt. (I used coarse sea salt)
9. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the edges turn lightly brown. The centers will be soft. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes, and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

Notes

Recipe Adapted from Two Peas and their Pod

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake

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Debbie J Owens

Ingredients:
3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 (16.5-ounce) rolls refrigerator chocolate chip cookie dough (keep refrigerated until needed)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese, eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract until well mixed; set aside.
3. Slice cookie dough rolls into 1/4-inch slices. Arrange slices from one roll on bottom of a greased 9- x 13-inch glass baking dish; press together so there are no holes in dough. Spoon cream cheese mixture evenly over dough; top with remaining slices of cookie dough.
4. Bake 45 to 50 minutes, or until golden and center is slightly firm.
5. Remove from oven, let cool, then refrigerate. Cut into slices when well chilled.

If desired top with ice cream or whipped cream.

Divinity

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Ingredients:
4 cups sugar. granulated
1 cup white Karo syrup 
1 cup hot water
1 tsp salt

2 egg whites, beaten stiff

1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Cook sugar, Karo syrup, hot water and salt until hard ball stage. (288 degrees)
2. Pour candy mixture over the stiff egg whites and beat well.
3. Add 1 tsp vanilla and beat.
4. Drop onto wax paper to harden.

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Cheesecake Crescent Rolls

FB Source: Felicia Mcneice

Ingredients:
Rolls:

2 cans of Pillsbury Crescent rolls
2 (8oz each) package cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Topping:
1/4 cup butter, melted

cinnamon
sugar

Directions:

1. Unroll and spread 1 of the cans of crescent rolls on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish (or 8 x 8 if you want to cut the recipe in half).
2. Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread over crescent roll layer.
3. Unroll and layer remaining crescent rolls over cream cheese layer. 
4. Melt your butter and spread over top of crescent rolls. Sprinkle generously with cinnamon and sugar. 
5. Bake for 20-30 minutes in 350 degree oven until bubbly and slightly browned.
6. Drizzle with a little honey if you like. 

Let cool a bit, slice and eat.

Pecan Pie Caramel Cheesecake

ORIGINAL Source: Tasty Kitchen

Ingredients:
Crust:
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Filling:
3-8 oz. packages cream cheese, softened
2 large eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Topping:
1 1/2 cups toasted pecan halves
2 cups good quality caramel sauce (homemade would be best )

Directions:
Crust:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 
2. In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients for the crust until moist.
3. Press into a 10 inch spring form pan and set aside.

Filling:

1. In a stand mixer, whip cream cheese and sugar together until smooth. 
2. With mixer on low, stir in vanilla and eggs, one at a time. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl and stir again. 
3. Whip in flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Scrape sides and stir again if necessary. 
4. Pour filling into prepared crust and smooth the top. 
5. Bake for 40-45 minutes until cheesecake is set and hardly jiggles, if at all, when moved. Remove from oven and cool completely to room temperature.

Topping:

1. Arrange pecan halves over top entire cheesecake in concentric circles. 
2. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. 
3. Once ready to serve, run a knife around edges of cheesecake and remove sides of spring form pan. 

To serve you can either drizzle 1 cup of caramel syrup over entire cheesecake and cut (with extra syrup to serve along with) or cut first and drizzle individual pieces.

Side note: I prefer to warm my caramel syrup to have a delicious contrast of hot and cold for this dessert.

Pumpkin Bars

FB Source: Andrea McWilliams Xidis

Ingredients:

Bars:
16 oz can pumpkin

2 cups sugar 

1 cup vegetable oil 

4 eggs, beaten 

2 cups flour 

2 tsp. baking soda 

2 tsp. cinnamon 

1/4 tsp. nutmeg 

1/2 tsp. salt 

Cream Cheese Frosting:
5 Tbs. butter, softened 

3 oz cream cheese, softened 

1 tsp. vanilla 

1 3/4 cups powdered sugar 

3-4 tsp. milk 

chopped nuts for the top, if desired 

Directions:

Bars:

1. In a mixing bowl, beat the pumpkin, sugar and oil. Add eggs and mix well. 
2. Combine the dry ingredients and add to the pumpkin mixture, beating until well blended. 
3. Pour into a greased 10×15 inch baking pan. Bake for 25-35 minutes at 350 degrees.
4. Cool the cake completely and then frost it with the cream cheese frosting. 

Frosting:

1. Beat the butter and cream cheese together. Add the vanilla and blend till smooth. 
2. Gradually add the powdered sugar and mix well. 
3. Add the milk a bit at a time until you get it to a spreadable consistency.

Ruth's Chris Sweet Potato Casserole

FB Source: Robert Smith
ORIGINAL Source: Group Recipes

Ingredients:
Crust:
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 cup chopped nuts (pecans preferred)
1/4 cup butter (melted)

Sweet Potato Mixture:
3 cups mashed sweet potatoes (can use canned to save time, just drain)
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs (well beaten)
1/2 cup butter, melted (1/2 cup)

Directions:

1. Combine brown sugar, flour, nuts and butter in mixing bowl. Set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Combine sweet potatoes, sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs and butter in a mixing bowl in the order listed. Mix thoroughly.
4. Pour mixture into buttered baking dish.
5. Sprinkle the surface of the sweet potato mixture evenly with the crust mixture.
6. Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to set at least 30 minutes before serving.

Oreo Cream Cheese Cookies

FB Source: Yummy Tasty Recipes

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
6 oz cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup mini dark chocolate chips
2 cups Oreo crumbles

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375, line a cookie sheet with parchment. I have found that parchment keeps the cookies from spreading too much, as they tend to do on a greased pan or a silpat.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer on medium speed, cream together butter and cream cheese until thoroughly combined.
3. Add sugar and vanilla, mix well.
4. Add flour one cup at a time and mix on low just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips with a rubber spatula.
5. Pour Oreo crumbles into a bowl. Scoop dough out and roll into roughly 1.5" balls, then roll in cookie crumbles, coating thoroughly. Be sure to cover the dough balls really well in crumbs, as this is what holds the cookie together while baking. Space cookies about 1-2" apart on sheet. Bake on center rack about 14-15 minutes and allow to cool on sheet several minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.

(makes about 3-4 dozen, adapted from Brown Eyed Baker)

Festive Reindeer Cookies

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Christmas Cottage Corner

Ingredients:

3/4 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup shortening
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
Chocolate-covered mini pretzels
Mini brown M&Ms
Regular-sized red M&Ms

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. Combine brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, milk, and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well blended. Add egg; beat until just blended.
3. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
4. Form dough into 1-inch balls. To make reindeer-shaped cookies, pinch the bottom of the ball slightly to form a point, then gently flatten with your hand. Space cookies about 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 7 to 8 minutes, until set or just beginning to brown.
5. Remove from oven and immediately (and gently) press two mini pretzels into the tops of the cookies for the reindeer’s antlers. Press two mini brown M&Ms in for the eyes and one red M&M for the nose (or any other color… some of mine ended up with green noses. They might be South Pole reindeer.).
6. Allow to cool 2 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire rack or paper towel to cool completely.

Makes about 40 reindeer cookies. ENJOY!!!

Reese's Peanut Butter No-Bake Bars

FB Source: Dakota Ayita Mullen

ORIGINAL Source: I Heart Naptime

Ingredients:
1 cup salted butter (melted)
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 (11 oz) bag milk chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients, except chocolate chips in a medium sized bowl. Stir until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
2. Pour peanut butter mixture into a 9 x 13 pan.
3. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave (at 50% power) for 1-2 minutes. Stir chocolate and pour over the peanut butter mixture. Spread chocolate with a spatula. To even out chocolate, tap pan on the counter.
4. Refrigerate bars for one hour. Cut while bars are still cool. Enjoy