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Crunchy, Nutty Apple Crisp with a Sprinkling of Bacon

Sprinkling on bits of crispy bacon during the last few minutes of baking is, of course, optional. But it sure is a fun option!

I always have such good intentions. I always buy lots of fruit and I always throw away some of that fruit. This time I put those soft apples to good use and baked one of my favorite old-fashioned desserts – Apple Crisp. Sprinkling on bits of crispy bacon towards the end of the baking time gives this dessert an new twist.

You know, I actually prefer eating apple crisp at room temperature, but that didn’t keep me from giving myself a big serving while it was still hot.

Except for coring, peeling and cutting the apples, this dessert takes very little time to prepare.

8 – 9 inch square cake pan Bake at 350F for 30 – 35 minutes

Add chopped, cooked bacon 5 minutes before apple crisp is ready to come out of the oven.

Ingredients

Apple Filling

7 cups peeled, sliced apples
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
3 pinches nutmeg
1 Tbs. flour ++ Flour helps thicken the apple juices
1/4 tsp. salt

Topping

1/2 cup brown sugar ++ Just leveled, not ‘packed’
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 Tbs COLD butter, cut into small pieces
2 pinches salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
2 – 3 Tbs. roughly chopped cooked bacon To be added during last few minutes of baking.

++ As the old expression goes, “Live and Learn’. I learned that finely chopping the cooked bacon was NOT the way to go, so I recommend doing a rough chop. Also, it’s better if the bacon is slightly crispy… not super crispy.

Method

In a large bowl mix 7 cups peeled, sliced apples, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 3 pinches nutmeg, 1 Tbs. flour and 1/4 tsp. salt. Pour into a square baking pan.

Place 1/2 cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, 4 Tbs cold butter (cut into small pieces) and 2 pinches salt in a medium bowl. Using a pastry cutter, or two knives, mix ingredients until it resembles coarse crumbs. Add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans. (Do NOT add the bacon!)

Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over the sliced apples. Bake at 350F for 30 – 35 minutes. The apple filling should be bubbling and the topping should be browned.

++ If adding 2 – 3 Tbs. chopped cooked bacon – sprinkle it on 5 minutes before apples crisp is fully cooked. Enjoy!

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January 28, 2017April 10, 2018

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Butter Brickle Cake Frosted with Whipped Cream & Topped with Crushed Milk Chocolate Toffee

‘Butter Brickle Cake Frosted with Whipped Cream & Topped with Crushed Milk Chocolate Toffee’ was chosen by ‘Bernideen’s Tea Time’ as a special feature!!!

http://blog.bernideens.com/2016/02/special-features-from-bttcg-blog-party_20.html

Butter Brickle Cake Frosted with Whipped Cream & Topped with Crushed Milk Chocolate Toffee starts with a yellow cake mix to which melted butter, milk, eggs, butter brickle baking bits and vanilla are added. After baking, the two layers are cut in half to form four, and each layer is frosted with whipped cream and sprinkled with crushed milk chocolate toffee. Yummy!!!

I love the idea that such a delicious – and rather impressive looking dessert – starts with a ‘jazzed up’ cake mix!!

Ingredients

CAKE

1 box yellow cake mix ++ I used Betty Crocker
1 cup WHOLE milk ++ You can use 1% or 2%, the cake just won’t be as rich.
1 stick (1/2 cup) melted butter ++ Butter replaces the oil in the recipe.
3 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. almond extract
1/2 cup butter brickle baking bits ++ I used to ‘Heath’ toffee baking bits

WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING

2 cups COLD whipping cream (1 pint)
1/3 – 1/2 cup confectionery (icing) sugar ++ I used 1/2 cup conf. sugar but think I will use 1/3 cup next time. It all depends how sweet you like your whipped cream.
1-4 – 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1/4 – 1/2 tsp. almond extract. ++ Start out with 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp. almond extract, then if you wish, add a bit more. It’s all a matter of personal taste.
about 2 cups crushed milk chocolate covered toffee candy – such as SKOR or HEATH bars – about 4 – 5 candy bars. ++ I used 5.

Method

2 (9″) greased and floured (nonstick) round cake pans Bake at 350F for 25 – 30 mins.

Place 1 box yellow cake mix, 1 cup WHOLE milk, 1 stick (1/2 cup) melted butter, 3 eggs and 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. almond extract in a medium bowl. Blend the ingredients first, then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in butter brickle bits.

Divide batter equally between two greased and floured 9″ round pans. Smooth tops with a spatula. Bake for 25 – 30 minutes. Allow pans to cool for 10 minutes on a cake rack before removing and allow layers to cool throughly before frosting with whipped cream.

PREPARING WHIPPED CREAM

With mixer set at medium speed, beat 2 cups whipping cream and 1/2 cup confectionery (icing) sugar until thickened. Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. almond extract and continue beating until cream is thick enough to hold its shape. ++ When you pull the beaters out, the cream should stand in stiff peaks

PUTTING CAKE TOGETHER

Here’s a trick I learned when I took a cake decorating course A LONG TIME AGO – place a blob of whipped cream in the middle of your serving platter. Place the first layer on top of the cream. The whipped cream (or, in other cases, frosting, helps keep the cake from sliding.

You’ll be frosting 4 layers, so imagine that you’d divided the whipped cream into quarters so you’ll have enough for the whole cake. You’ll also be sprinkling on 1/4 of the crushed toffee candy for each of the 4 layers.

Spread a layer of whipped cream on top of the first layer. Sprinkle on a 1/4 of of the crushed toffee candy bars.

++ Here’s another tip from that cake decorating course. 1. Start frosting by placing a good-sized amount of whipped cream in the center of the layer. 2. Make the whipped cream layer a little thicker when you come to the edge of the cake – almost like a rim.

Place your 2nd layer on top of first. Repeat – spreading on a layer of whipped cream and sprinkling 1/4 of the crushed candy bar for each remaining layer.

I love how this cake looks pretty darn impressive, yet is so easy to make. And it tastes as good as it looks. Enjoy!!

++ Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.

January 16, 2016February 20, 2016

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Good Grief Charlie Brown – It’s a Pumpkin Patch Ice Cream Cake !!

All you need to make ‘Pumpkin Patch Ice Cream Cake’ is ice cream (no surprise there), two packages of chocolate cookies, pumpkin shaped candy and purchased green frosting!

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the American comic strip Peanuts. Created by Charles M. Shultz, Peanuts features delightful characters and a dog named Snoopy. Adults are never seen – ever – which I believe is every child’s dream!

The Great Pumpkin, who, like Santa Claus arrives bearing gifts only to disappear once his task is done, made his first appearance in 1959. Linus is the only person who believes in The Great Pumpkin and the other children laugh to see Linus sitting in a pumpkin patch year after year …. waiting for The Great Pumpkin …. who never shows up. Yet Linus remains undeterred and has great faith The Great Pumpkin will show up next year. What an optimist!!

Every year since 1996 families have gathered around their TVs to watch It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, knowing full well that Linus will only be humiliated once again. I dedicate this pumpkin patch ice cream cake to Linus, Charlie Brown, Snoopy (the dog) and all the Peanuts gang.

++ I just learned the first Peanuts movie (not a cartoon) is arriving at theaters in States on November 6th. How’s THAT for timely?? (I had no idea….)

Ingredients and Method See ‘how to photos’ at the bottom of this page!!

Use a 9’x 13′ pan or casserole If using a slightly bigger or smaller pan, adjust ingredients

2 (1.5 quart) containers ice cream ++I used chocolate and fudge swirl ice cream
5 cups chocolate cookie crumbs ++ About 1 1/2 packages chocolate cookies with vanilla cream centers such as Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

candy pumpkins – – – 22 – or so….
1 container purchased cake icing with ‘cake decorating tips’ – OR about 1/2 cup homemade icing, dyed green

Remove ice cream from freezer and allow to warm up a bit while you prepare chocolate cookies crumbs.

Using a food processor or blender, chop up approximately 1 1/2 packages of chocolate cookies with vanilla cream centers. You will need 5 cups chocolate cookie crumbs total.

++ If you don’t have a food processor or blender available, place cookies in a large plastic bag and ‘smash’ cookies using a rolling pin, meat tenderizer or a can.

Spread 1 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs on the bottom of pan.

Open one ice cream container. Using a knife, go around edge of ice cream cartoon to loosen ice cream. Tip ice cream onto a plate. Cutting one slice at a time, cut ice cream into 3/4′ slices and lay slices on top of crumbs. Continue until there is one full layer of ice cream. ++ You may have a bit of ice cream left over if you’ve used a smaller size pan.

++ Don’t ‘fret yourself’ over the placement of the ice cream layers. Make sure your hands are freshly washed & use your fingers to push the ice cream into the corners etc. (If you follow this blog, you know I’m a BIG fan of just using my (clean) hands at times!)

Sprinkle 1 1/2 cups of chocolate cookie crumbs on top of ice cream.

Repeat ice cream layer using second container of ice cream.

Sprinkle on remaining 2 cups of cookie crumbs.

Arrange the candy pumpkins here and there on top of the chocolate cookies crumbs. Add vines and leaves – and there you are.. A Pumpkin Patch Ice Cream Cake that would make The Great Pumpkin proud. Enjoy!

We grew both orange and white pumpkins at our farm in St. Antoine de Tilly, Quebec

Autumn – My Yellow Farmhouse – 2015

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October 30, 2015October 23, 2016

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‘Frightfully Delicious Halloween Bars’ with Candy Corn, Mini-Marshmallows, Nuts and Chocolate Chips

Not Halloween? Skip the Candy Corn and use full cup of chocolate chips, M&Ms or broken-up candy bars. ; o )

Frightfully Delicious Halloween Bars are gooey, chewy and chocolatey. Imagine combining a recipe for brownies with a recipe for chocolate cake (which includes a stick of butter) – then sprinkling on mini-marshmallows, nuts and chocolate chips – and you’ll have a good idea of how good these taste.

Oven at 350 (F) Greased 9′ x 9′ pan Yield – 20 pieces

Bake for 22 minutes, remove pan from oven. Add toppings – bake for a further 4 to 5 minutes.

INGREDIENTS

Topping

1 1/4 cups miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips ++ I use ‘Hershey’s Special Dark Chocolate
1/2 cup candy corn
1/2 cup chopped nuts – your choice

Cake

1/2 cup butter (or margarine) ++ 1 stick
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

METHOD

Place 1 1/4 cups mini-marshmallows in a small bowl. In another small bowl, combine 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips, 1/2 cup candy corn and 1/2 cup chopped nuts. Set aside both bowls.

Place 1/2 cup butter or margarine in a microwavable bowl. Melt butter for 30 seconds, until melted. Add 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs and 1 tsp. vanilla extract. Mix with a fork or whisk until well-blended and lemon-colored.

Add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/3 cup cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp. baking powder and 1/2 tsp. salt. Mix with a whisk or spoon until well blended. Pour batter into greased 9′ x 9″ pan.

Bake at 350 (F) for 22 minutes.

Remove pan from oven. Sprinkle on 1 1/4 cups miniature marshmallows, then sprinkle on mixture of 1/2 cup candy corn, 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips and 1/2 cup chopped nuts.

Return pan to oven for 4 – 5 minutes, until mini-marshmallows are softened and slightly puffed. Cool completely on wire rack. Fill a mug with very hot water. Cut into 16 or 20 pieces.

++ Dip a sharp knife into hot water before each new cut. ++ Between each cut you may need to wipe off knife. ++ Don’t get frustrated by the stickiness of the marshmallows, just take your time! And keep rewetting the knife in the hot water! Enjoy!!!

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++ Adapted from http://www.hersheys.com/recipes

October 21, 2015November 30, 2017

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Toffee Ice Cream Pie with Homemade Cookie Crust and Caramel Sauce

I just learned something….Toffee is basically sugar and butter. Caramel is sugar and cream or milk, with butter occasionally in the mix. How about that?!

This was fun to make. But – if you’re short of time, you could buy a vanilla cookie crust and some caramel sauce.

This is actually my second attempt at making this pie! If you read my last post, I quoted Roseanne Roseannadana, “It’s always something. If it’s not one thing, it’s another.” And the ‘one thing’ happened to be that I fell and badly banged my head and sprained my wrist. And the ‘other thing’ is that I ‘totaled’ the first version of this pie. As I was placing my finished pie into the freezer, I scraped off about half the toffee candy and homemade caramel sauce on the ice maker. I attempted to repair the damage …. but the Toffee Ice Cream Pie with Homemade Cookie Crust and Caramel Sauce just didn’t look right. So, today, I made another pie. And this version is perfect!

Ingredients

CRUST INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups ground ‘Nilla Wafers – – or any other soft vanilla cookie
2 Tbs. sugar
1/3 cup melted butter
CARAMEL SAUCE INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar ++ NOT packed !!
1/4 cup dark Karo syrup
1/2 cup heavy or whipping cream
1 tsp. vanilla extract
PLUS….
1 pie pan ++ NOT a deep dish pie pan
a quart of toffee crunch ice cream – slightly softened
2 English toffee bars, such as Heath, Score or Daim, broken into small pieces

Method

CRUST – Combine 1 1/2 cups ‘Nilla Wafer crumbs, 2 Tbs. sugar and 1/3 cup melted butter in a medium bowl. Press crust mixture firmly on the bottom and sides of an 8′ or 9’ pie pan. ++ I used a measuring cup today to press down the crust – and it came out much nicer than my first attempt!

CARAMEL SAUCE In a medium saucepan melt 1/4 cup butter over medium-high heat until it melts. Add 1 cup light brown sugar (NOT packed !!) and 1/4 cup dark Karo syrup. Bring to a boil, stirring the whole time. Lower heat to medium and continue to boil – stirring – for about 4 minutes.

Reduce heat to low. Stir in 1/2 cup heavy or whipping cream and 1 tsp. vanilla extract. Cook, stirring, for another minute.

Your finished product should look something like this. ++ It’s best to leave the sauce in the saucepan, I just did this for ‘photographic purposes’ !

Place crust in freezer for 20 minutes. Remove pie crust from freezer. Drizzle about 2/3s of the caramel sauce over the pie crust. ++ If your cookie crust isn’t too cold, you’ll be able to spread the caramel sauce. Otherwise, just drizzle the caramel sauce onto the crust.

Spread enough softened ice cream to fill the crust.

Sprinkle broken up pieces of toffee candy on top of the ice cream. Drizzle the remaining caramel sauce over the candy bits.

++ The caramel sauce came out a bit too thin on my 1st try…. and it was a bit thick on my 2nd try – but it didn’t matter !! When it was too thin, I put it in the fridge for a bit, and when it was too thick, I just added a bit of the heavy cream and gently rewarmed it.

Return pie to freezer for about 6 hours – or overnight. ++ Pie will be easier to cut if you allow it to sit out for a few minutes after removing it from the freezer. ENJOY !!

++ Recipe adapted from http://www.kitchendaily.com/recipe/nilla-ice-cream-pie

April 4, 2015October 11, 2015

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Quick and Easy Cherry Squares

OK – let’s imagine a scenario. You just remembered you promised to bring a dessert to a friend’s party – but you forgot all about it. You check in the cupboards… nothing there but a can of fruit pie filling. Let’s say it’s cherry. “Just great”, you think, “What am I gonna do with that?”

Easy answer – If you’ve also got flour, butter, eggs and sugar – which most of us usually have on hand – then you’re minutes away from putting the cherry (or blueberry etc.) fruit squares into the oven!

You’ll be beloved. Everyone will ask for the recipe. Perhaps you’ll end on television, preparing these Quick and Easy Cherry Squares for your adoring public… OK – enough with the daydreaming. But I can guarantee you that these will be a big hit. And, if you have time to drop by a Quikie-Mart on the way to the party for vanilla ice cream or a can of whipped cream – then you’ll be even more beloved. Enjoy!

++ You can use any canned fruit pie filling you wish, like blueberry or apple, if you prefer.

++ Oven at 350 F Bake for 50 minutes Can be served either warm or cold

Ingredients

2 sticks butter or margarine, softened (Unwrap & microwave for 20 seconds.)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract
1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling (Or blueberry etc.)

Grease and flour at 10″ x 13″ pan or casserole. (I like to use “Wilton’s Cake Release).
In a large bowl – using electric mixer – mix 2 sticks softened butter, 2 cups sugar and 4 eggs until well blended. (About a minute.) Add 3 cups flour,1 tsp. vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp. almond extract, and, again, mix until blended.

Spread about three-quarters of the batter in the pan. On top of the batter, spread the entire can of fruit pie filling. ++ Be sure to put about 3/4s of the batter on the bottom of the pan – or – the middle may not cook properly!

Drop large spoonfuls of the batter on top of the pie filling. (The spoonfuls of dough won’t cover the whole top – the fruit should peek through.) With your fingers, pat down the dough a bit to flatten it out. Bake at 350 F for 50 – 55 minutes. Enjoy!

++ My friend Naomi recently made Quick and Easy Cherry Squares. I think I’m gonna have some blogging competition if I don’t watch out!

Great job Naomi – glad your & your husband enjoyed them!

March 7, 2013February 11, 2014

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M and C’s Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

A few weeks before Christmas I attended a really fun and well-organized event at my grandchildren’s grade school in Pennsylvania. It was a craft fair – but the kids all got to MAKE the crafts, all of which they could give away as gifts, if they so desired. Among the choices were a Christmas ornament, a really cute little pin with beads and a snowflake (which I was given for Christmas!) and “Snowman Soup”, which was made of instant cocoa mix, some marshmallows and a Hershey’s kiss, with a little candy cane tossed in for a stirrer – yummy!!. The table where you could make the always-popular Cookie Mix in a Jar was one of the busiest – and I was lucky enough to receive two of those!!

As my sons can attest, I’m not a very good cookie-baker. I tend to over-bake them, for some reason. Once, while chatting with a friend on the phone, I banged a cookie on the counter and asked her to guess what it was. She said, “A hammer?” “No”, I replied, just a tad embarrassed, “It’s a cookie!”

With my many cookie failures in mind, I decided to make “bars” with the two containers of cookie mix – and I’m glad I did. The bars turned out dense and moist, and, dare I say “hearty” due to the addition of the oatmeal. As a finishing touch, and, because there’s no walnuts in the mix.. AND … because you can never have too much chocolate, I melted a cup of morsels, spread them over the cooked bars and then sprinkled on chopped walnuts. Enjoy!

Oven at 350 30 minutes 10′ x 13′ pan Makes 32 bars… 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″

Ingredients – don’t worry about “leveling” the dry ingredients. At the craft fair, they don’t bother (or have the time).

2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups NOT PACKED brown sugar
1 cup oatmeal – not instant
2 cups chocolate chips
1 stick butter (1/2 cup) – remove packaging, microwave on high for 30 secs.
3 eggs
1 Tbs. hot water
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
1 Tbs. Crisco
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

In a medium-sized bowl, place all the dry ingredients. Then add the softened butter, 3 eggs, 1 Tbs. hot water and 2 tsp. vanilla.

Spread the batter evenly in the 10″ x 13″ pan. I give you my permission to use your fingers, which will get really, really sticky but you can always lick the dough from them once you’re done mixing. (I’m a big proponent of using (clean) hands when dealing with thick cookie doughs.)

Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. The bars will be golden brown and a bit “bumpy” looking.

In a microwavable bowl or glass measuring cup, place 1 cup chocolate chips and 1 Tbs. Crisco – microwave on high for 1 minutes. Take out and stir. Then microwave again – but this time for only 30 seconds. Spread the chocolate glaze evenly over the bars. Sprinkle with the 1/2 cups chopped walnuts. Allow bars to cool, then cut with a sharp knife into 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2 ” squares. Enjoy!

M & C's Chocolate and Oatmeal Bars

January 15, 2013December 5, 2014

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Cecile’s Apple Pie

I’ve never once eaten a slice of bad apple pie. I think, like an ugly baby, bad apples pies are “few and far between”. I’ve been told that my apple pies are very delicious – I hope you think so!

Following an old recipe, I add dabs of butter on top of the apple/flour/sugar mixture before putting on the top crust. Maybe that’s why people like this pie so much. Or – maybe it’s that I’ve finally found the right balance of nutmeg versus cinnamon?? In any event, I look forward to your suggestions and comments, as always!

Follow link to see this ‘Quick and Easy One Crust Apple Pie with Maple Whipped Cream. (This cute little scarecrow makes another appearance – three years later!)

INGREDIENTS

Oven at 425(F) Bake for 45 – 50 minutes, until crust is golden and filling is bubbling. You might want to place a cookie sheet – or a piece of foil – on the rack below the pie, in case it bubbles over

6 cups sliced apples – peeled and cored, or course!
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
4 “pinches” nutmeg
1/4 tsp. salt
4 TBS. flour (yes – tablespoons!!)
2 TBS. butter – to be cut up and dropped on top of apple/sugar mixture
2 crusts – either purchased or homemade
1 egg, beaten

In a large bowl, mix the sliced apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and flour.

Put the 1st crust into the pie plate. Fill with the apple/sugar mixture. (Some people like to mound the apple/sugar mixture higher in the middle but I don’t. I prefer it evenly spread out.) With a sharp knife, cut a few slashes into the crust to help steam escape.

Cut your butter into small pieces and dot on top of the apple/sugar mixture. (I just hold it in my hand and cut off a piece at a time – otherwise the cut-up butter sticks together.)

Place the 2nd crust over the butter/apple mixture, crimping edges to seal.

++ Here’s a video which shows you how to ‘crimp’ a pie crust. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJRY1vdCMkQ

++ If you’re feeling really creative – here’s a video showing how to make ‘fancy’ crimps! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcQGja6jpbE

Now for the “egg wash”. Take the beaten egg and with your fingers (my favorite) or a pastry brush, spread some of the beaten egg on the top crust. (You don’t have to do this, but it does give the crust a nice sheen and golden color.)

Bake at 425F for about 45 – 50 minutes, until the crust is golden, and the apples are fully cooked. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!!

November 18, 2012November 14, 2015

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Old-Fashioned Apple Squares

You know you’re getting o.l.d when the recipe you’re searching for is over 30 years old !! Imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I actually found it – not filed under “bars” but filed under “apples” – but found, nevertheless!!

These apple squares (or bars) are even tastier than I remember!! They’re loaded with apples, nuts and raisins, and have a buttery, cinnamony goodness – so you can even eat them for breakfast!!

MAKES ABOUT 24 SQUARES – or BARS

Oven at 350 F
Lightly grease a 9″ x !0″ pan
Bake 45 – 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

INGREDIENTS

2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup sugar
1/2 packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
4 cups roughly chopped peeled and cored apples
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 raisins (Try the raisins even if you don’t always like raisins. They kind of “melt away” into the batter, and give the resulting bars a lovely sweetness and golden dark color.)

In a medium-sized bowl – using a mixer – cream together the vanilla, both sugars and 2 eggs until creamy and throughly mixed.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt & nutmeg. Add the creamed mixture to the dry mixture, and mix by hand until throughly blended.

Add the apples, walnuts and raisins – mix by hand until throughly blended

Pour into the greased pan, spreading with the spoon to get the mixture even.

Bake at 350 F for between 45 – 50 minutes. When cooled, cut with a sharp knife. Enjoy!

November 18, 2012August 20, 2014

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Sprinkling on bits of crispy bacon during the last few minutes of baking is, of course, optional. But it sure is a fun option!

8 – 9 inch square cake pan Bake at 350F for 30 – 35 minutes

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‘Butter Brickle Cake Frosted with Whipped Cream & Topped with Crushed Milk Chocolate Toffee’ was chosen by ‘Bernideen’s Tea Time’ as a special feature!!!

2 (9″) greased and floured (nonstick) round cake pans Bake at 350F for 25 – 30 mins.

PREPARING WHIPPED CREAM

PUTTING CAKE TOGETHER

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All you need to make ‘Pumpkin Patch Ice Cream Cake’ is ice cream (no surprise there), two packages of chocolate cookies, pumpkin shaped candy and purchased green frosting!

We grew both orange and white pumpkins at our farm in St. Antoine de Tilly, Quebec

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