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Mocha Cupcakes
By barbsjustagirl
- MOCHA FROSTING:
- 2 * 2 eggs
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup cold brewed coffee
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup canola oil
- 3 * 3 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 3 * 3 teaspoons Spice Island® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1-1/2 * 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 * 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1 * 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 * 1/2 teaspoon salt
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- 3 * 3 tablespoons milk chocolate chips
- 3 * 3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 * 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 2 * 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 to 2 * 1 to 2 tablespoons brewed coffee
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup chocolate sprinkles
Caramel Buttercream
By barbsjustagirl
1. Cream the butter and shortening in the bowl of an electric or stand mixer
- 2 sticks unsalted butter; room temperature
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 pounds confectioners’ sugar
- 1/3 cup caramel topping; plus more for drizzling
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Vanilla buttercream frosting
By barbsjustagirl
Beat butter in a medium bowl with mixer on medium speed until creamy
- 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, softened
- 1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow cream
- 1 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Cranberry Pistaccio Biscotti
By barbsjustagirl
Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
- 1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup orange-flavored sweetened dried cranberries
- 3/4 cup shelled natural salted pistachio nuts, chopped
Snowmen cupcakes
By barbsjustagirl
Dress up store-bought or homemade cupcakes as cute snowmen
- Dress up store-bought or homemade cupcakes as cute snowmen. Dip frosted cupcakes in sparkling sugar. Use M&M’s for eyes, candy orange slice halves for noses, gumdrops and licorice for earmuffs and pink sprinkles for cheeks.
Lemon Buttercream
By barbsjustagirl
Blend the butter, lemon packet, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a mixer at medium until soft and blended well, ab...
- This frosting is right in the middle. Not too sweet, not too buttery.
- 1 lb. soft butter unsalted (4 sticks)
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- zest from 1 lemon
- 1 packet(dry) of lemon juice, citric acid or 1/4 teaspoon – optional
- 1 lb powdered sugar sifted
Cherry Skillet Pie (grilled)
By barbsjustagirl
1. To make the crust: In a medium bowl stir together flour, sugar and salt
- For the crust:
- 1-1/4 cups all purpose flour, plus more for dusting
- 2 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter (1/2 stick) cut into small cubes
- 1 tsp. white vinegar
- 1 tsp. sanding sugar (optional)
- For the filling:
- 2 pounds Bing cherries, pitted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp cornstarch
- 4 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- Topping (optional)
- 1 cup lowfat vanilla ice cream/yogurt
Kettle-style caramel corn
By barbsjustagirl
Diabetic living: 79 calories 3 gram fat (1 sat
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar (use Splenda brown sugar)
- 3 Tbsp lower-fat tub-style margarine
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 12 cups popped popcorn
Santa Hat Cake Pops
By barbsjustagirl
Make the Hats: Make a cone shape instead of a ball
- Make Cake Pop recipe
- Santa Hats
- Hats: Red Candy Melts and White Candy Melts
- Fur: white sugar crystal sprinkles
- Balls: white coated espresso beans, gumballs, yogurt covered peanuts will work
- Paper Lollipop Sticks
Creamy Peach Berry Dessert
By barbsjustagirl
Nutritional Information 1 square: Calories 90 (Calories from Fat 20); Total Fat 2g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans F...
- 2 cartons (6 oz) Yoplait® Light or Original Harvest Peach® yogurt
- 1 package (8 oz) fat-free cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 of a container (8 oz) frozen light whipped dessert topping, thawed
- 1 cup chopped pitted and peeled fresh peaches or thawed and drained Cascadian Farm® frozen peach slices
- 1 cup fresh or Cascadian Farm® frozen unsweetened blueberries, raspberries, and/or strawberries, thawed and drained if frozen
- Fresh mint leaves (optional)
- Fresh berries (optional)