Dessert – Papas Cutting Board

KETO PEANUT BUTTER BARS

These melt in your mouth, and are dangerously delicious!

Keto Peanut Butter Bars from All Day I Dream about Food link

Blend 1 1/2 cups cubed seedless watermelon; 1/2 cup chopped strawberries and 2 tablespoons each superfine sugar (I did not use sugar as the fruit is sweet enough for me) and lime juice in a blender. Divide among ice pop molds (each 3/4 full) ; freeze 1 hour. Puree 1 cup cubed cantaloupe or honeydew melon with 2 tablespoons each superfine sugar (I did not use sugar as the fruit is sweet enough for me) and lime juice. Divide among the ice pop molds, insert sticks, and freeze until firm.

Honeydew melon would be tasty with this but I only had a cantaloupe.

Jim enjoys a Popsicle after working outside in this heat, so I wanted to try my hand at making some using real fruit. I just had one and these are delicious – no preservatives, no artificial colors and no artificial flavors. I’m delighted with the cantaloupe flavor – now I want to try honeydew

Baked Apples

I used Honey-crisp apples for this because that is what I had on hand – now I’m thinking I’d like to experiment with other apples to see what the different tastes would be – However, the honey-crisp was a perfect, delicious apple for this recipe.

2 Honey-crisp apples

2 tbsp butter

3 tbsp brown sugar

1 tbsp flour

1 tsp cinnamon

4 caramels

Preheat oven to 375I sliced a small amount off the top of apples and scooped out the core with a small measuring spoon – then I cut a couple rows around the inside core of apple like rings – then I sliced down the sides of the apples to make these spread out while baking like a bloomin’ onion. I’m thinking the reason you are to slice off top is so the apple will absorb more of the caramel. I did not take too much off the top – I almost peeled instead of sliced.

Put 2 caramels in the center of an apple – in future – I may experiment and slice the caramels up smaller. Heat butter and sugar in microwave till melted – mine took about 20 seconds – stir and be sure it’s melted – stir in flour and cinnamon – put apple in baking dish and pour the sauce over top and down sides – I spread the rings out a bit to get the sauce down in there – this is from experience of having made these before.

Bake for 25 – 50 minutes – it really depends on where you live and your preference of firmness – I take out after 30 minutes and push a fork in sides – if it’s still a bit hard – I put back in for 10 minute increments, so here in Indiana – I baked mine for 40 minutes. You’ll learn your favorite tenderness. Remove from baking dish – put in bowl and add ice cream – also scoop caramel out of baking pan and drizzle over ice cream

Tip – leave in baking dish for about 10 minutes or longer to cool down before adding to dish with ice cream, otherwise the ice cream will be milk before you sit down to enjoy it.

We love how much the apple flavor comes out in this dish – I’ve tried a variety of other baked apples and this has been our favorite – plus it’s easy

Orange Blossom Honey Lime fruit salad

blueberries, strawberries, grapes, mango, peaches, bananas, kiwi, lychee – the dressing is a Orange Blossom honey with fresh squeezed lime – Delicious!

Watermelon Cantaloupe Ice Pops

Blend 1 1/2 cups cubed seedless watermelon;

1/2 cup chopped strawberries, and

2 tablespoons each superfine sugar, and

lime juice in a blender.

Divide among ice pop molds (each 3/4 full), and insert sticks; freeze 1 hour.

Puree 1 cup cubed cantaloupe or honeydew melon, with

2 tablespoons each: superfine sugar and lime juice.

Divide among the ice pop molds, and freeze until firm.

Honeydew melon would be really good with this but I only had a cantaloupe

Top Me Twice Cake

Top Me Twice Cake1968 Pillsbury’s Bake Off Dessert Cook Book

I would refer to this as a pineapple pecan coconut coffee cake.

Yes, I will make this again. This cake is delicious! It is moist and holds the shape when cut in to sections. This recipe is very easy and quick to put together. The smell of the pineapple baking is wonderful and while pouring the glaze over the top of the warm cake, you really can’t wait to taste it.

Tips: The recipe says 45-50 minutes. I checked the cake with a piece of spaghetti at the 40 minute mark and it was done. I turned off the oven and left the cake in for a couple minutes and then pulled it out before the 45 minute time frame. 40 minutes here in Indiana works. After you pour the sauce on the warm cake, run a knife around the outside edge, and let that sauce run down under the cake – also poking holes all over cake before pouring sauce on would really enhance the already moist cake. While sprinkling the topping on, I thought about only doing half as it seemed like too much, but I stayed true to the recipe and it worked. So, sprinkle the entire topping on. The sauce may seem like a lot, but if you follow my tips (above) you’ll see why it moistens the cake and does not hurt the texture. Jim couldn’t wait for it to cool down. He said it is delicious, and he will be eating it for breakfast.

Top Me Twice CakeCake:

2 cups All Purpose Flour

1 cup sugar

1 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1 can (13 ½ oz) or 1 ½ cups crushed pineapple, undrained

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

Topping:

½ cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/3 cup flaked coconut

½ cup chopped pecans

Sauce:

½ cup butter or margarine

½ cup light cream

½ cup sugar

½ tsp vanilla

Oven 350 9 -inch square cake pan

Cake:

In large mixer bowl, combine all cake ingredients at lowest speed until blended; beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Pour into 9-inch square pan, which has been greased on the bottom only. Sprinkle with Topping. Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Just before cake is done, prepare Sauce. Pour sauce over warm cake. Cool before serving.

Topping: combine all ingredients

Sauce: In small saucepan, melt butter. Blend in remaining ingredients.

Flan

The flan recipe is on page 166 of the 1999 Southern Living Cookbook.

So creamy, smooth and delicious.I like to browse a book till I find a recipe that looks like I have all the ingredients. This is a 500 page, over-sized book, filled with tempting recipes.

Category: Dessert