Category: Desserts

This Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars with Streusel Topping recipe has a lot of ingredients but it’s still very easy. Give the recipe a try and you will declare it your new favorite dessert.

It’s a soft, lightly spiced, buttery crust holds the divine weight of a creamy cheesecake, cinnamon-and-sugared tart apples, a deliciously sweet, oaty streusel…and to make matters even heavier…all of those incredible layers are drizzled with a heavenly and simple caramel sauce.

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Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars with Streusel Topping

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr 15 mins

 

There's a lot of ingredients but this dessert is really easy. So worth it!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars With Struesel Topping

Servings: 6

Calories: 345 kcal

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 pkg. 8 oz. each cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar plus 2 Tablespoons, divided
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 Granny Smith apples peeled, cored and finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Streusel topping recipe follows
• 1/2 cup jarred caramel topping

Streusel Topping:

• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
• 1/2 cup 8 Tablespoon butter, softened

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in 1 cup butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan lined with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
3. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2 cup sugar in an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Then add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. Stir to combine. Pour over warm crust.
4. In a small bowl, stir together chopped apples, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg. Spoon evenly over cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle evenly with streusel topping. Bake 30 minutes, or until filling is set. Drizzle with caramel topping.
5. For streusel topping: in a small bowl, combine brown sugar, flour and oats. Cut in butter until crumbly. (Yields about 3 cups)

Tips and Tidbits

Definitely use Granny Smith apples, as they are so nice and tart.

These aren’t very sweet. You might want to add 1/8 cup brown sugar to the cream cheese mix. It adds a tad more sweetness for those with a sweet tooth.

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This Flourless Chocolate Cake should not be considered just an alternative for those who can’t handle gluten! It’s better than that.

This is a spectacular, elegant, high-end finish to the best of the best meals.

This cake is very rich!

Follow the recipe exactly! I usually change things around – but there is NO NEED TO CHANGE A THING.

A dusting of powdered sugar, fresh berries, and a sweetened sour cream garnish bring it up another level.

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr 15 mins

 

Delicious cake that just happens to also be gluten free. 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: flourless chocolate cake

Servings: 6

Calories: 360 kcal

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 18 1 ounce squares bittersweet chocolate
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 6 eggs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch round cake pan and set aside.
2. In a small saucepan over medium heat combine the water, salt and sugar. Stir until completely dissolved and set aside.
3. Either in the top half of a double boiler or in a microwave oven melt the bittersweet chocolate. Pour the chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer.
4. Cut the butter into pieces and beat the butter into the chocolate, 1 piece at a time. Beat in the hot sugar-water. Slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready, put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
6. Bake cake in the water bath at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 45 minutes. The center will still look wet.
7. Chill cake overnight in the pan. To unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert onto a serving plate.

Tips and Tidbits For Flourless Cake

Use a lot of heavy-duty foil to seal the pan and keep the water bath out. Heavily used springform pans or cheap pans could leak.

Use parchment paper in the bottom of your springform pan. Spray the parchment and sides of the pan with PAM.

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This Simple Chocolate Pie is perfect for whenever I get a chocolate craving and don’t have anything immediately available. I just throw together one of these chocolate pies and I’m good to go!

It’s really simple, especially with a pre-made pie crust. You can whip one up in about 10 minutes or so. But your chocolate craving has to wait for almost an hour cooking time!

You’ll be rewarded though. Even though it is simple and easy it’s delicious and will definitely give you your chocolate fix. At least it does me.

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Simple Chocolate Pie

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

50 mins

Total Time

1 hr 5 mins

 

A simple chocolate pie that is sooo good!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Simple Chocolate Pie

Servings: 6

Calories: 310 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 9" pie crust
• 2 eggs lightly beaten
• 1 1/4 C. white sugar
• 3 1/2 T. cocoa powder
• 4 T. melted butter
• 1 5 oz. can evaporated milk

Instructions

1. Whisk together the sugar and cocoa powder, add in the beaten egg, butter and milk. Whisk well.
2. Pour into the unbaked pie crust and bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 minutes or until set.
3. The pie will form a crust like affect on the top. This is delicious warm with some vanilla ice cream.

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If you love McDonald’s fried apple pies…. you’ll really love these Deep South Fried Apple Pies. They are 100% BETTER! Just like my grandma used to make!

They are also free from all the preservatives, flavor modifiers, and colors those guys put in.

My Grandma made the best-fried apple pies in the world and even though I never knew her recipe this one is really close if not spot on.

The whole family looks forward to these when we gather for holidays or family events.

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Deep South Fried Apple Pies

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

19 mins

Dough Resting

1 hr

Total Time

49 mins

 

Just like Grandma's! These fried apple pies are sooo much better than the fast-food ones. 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Deep South Fried Apple Pies

Servings: 6

Calories: 325 kcal

Ingredients

For the dough:

• 2 C. self rising flour
• 1 T. white sugar
• 1/4 C. lard or shortening
• milk

For the filling:

• 6 oz. dried apples
• water
• 1 C. white sugar
• oil for frying

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl combine the flour and sugar, cut in the lard using a pastry blender or 2 forks until crumbly. Add in just enough milk to form a dough.

2. Knead just a bit, cover with plastic wrap, and place in the fridge for 1 hour.

3. Meanwhile, put the dried apples in a pot and cover with water. Stir in the sugar and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the apples are nice and tender and can be broken down with a fork. Add more water, if needed, to keep them from sticking and burning on the bottom.

4. Once tender, remove from heat.

5. Take half of the dough and place it on a well-floured surface. Using your hands press it out to a disk-like shape then use a dough roller and roll it very thin. Use a saucer or a 5" cookie cutter and cut the dough into rounds.

6. Continue this until you have all the rounds that the dough will make.

7. Take each round and place 2 spoonful's of the apple filling on the lower half. Fold the top half over and with a floured fork pinch around the edge to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.

8. Heat 1/2" oil to 300 degrees in a large skillet. Place a few in the oil and fry until nice and golden on one side, flip and do the same with the other. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining pies.

9. Makes approx. 8-10 pies.

Enjoy these Deep South Fried Apple Pies!

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Great Southern Chess Bars! This recipe for chess squares works very well, and is easy. You can cut the recipe in half, and it fits a 9″ round pan perfectly.

They are really, really sweet and very rich. The recipe makes a lot of the cream cheese layer, you could easily cut it in half if you want less sugar.

Overall, if you like chess squares, this recipe is great. If you think it’s too much sugar, you’re obviously not from the South.

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Southern Chess Bars

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr 15 mins

 

Southern Chess Bars are a delicious dessert easily made with cake mix!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Southern Chess Bars

Servings: 6

Calories: 345 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 18.25 ounce package yellow cake mix
• 1 cup melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 eggs

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
2. Mix together the cake mix, melted butter and the egg. Stir in the chopped pecans. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time until blended.
4. Pour cream cheese mixture over crust. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
5. Cool in the pan, then cut into squares before serving.

Enjoy!

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This Oreo Cheesecake is the easiest cheesecake in the world. Talk about simple! If you have cheesecake baking fears put them aside now.

In fact, it’s so easy it would be a good project for the kiddies to make. They’ll love crushing up Oreo cookies!

It’s also a cheesecake lovers cheesecake. Very rich and dense just like a cheesecake should be.

Did I say super easy? Yes. Even though it’s very easy you will get rave reviews from all who taste it. It’s absolutely delicious! Make it once and try it and you’ll make it again and again.

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Oreo Cheesecake

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

1 hr

Total Time

1 hr 30 mins

 

Don't be afraid of cheesecakes. This one is very easy and absolutely delicious!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Oreo Cheesecake

Servings: 6

Calories: 325 kcal

Ingredients

• 18 Oreo cookies crushed in a blender
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 24 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

1. Mix Oreos and butter. Press them down in a greased 9 inch spring form pan.
2. In a large bowl, cream together remaining ingredients until well blended. Pour into spring-form pan.
3. Break up 8 Oreos and drop on top of the batter.
4. Bake for 45-60 minutes at 300 Deg F.
5. Don't bake till it cracks.
6. Cool to room temperature and chill in the refrigerator before removing pan.

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Oreo Cheesecake Tips and Tidbits

Cheesecakes, unlike other cakes where beating air into the batter is key, suffer if over-mixed. For best results, have all the ingredients (cheese, eggs, liquids, and flavorings) at room temperature before blending.

The big bugaboo with cheesecake is cracking. Cheesecakes, like custards, rely heavily on eggs to set, which means they must cook gently and slowly. Otherwise, the eggs puff, overcook and get grainy, then constrict when cooled, resulting in an undesirable split in your smooth cake.

The main trick with cheesecake is gentle, coaxing heat. Just as you want them to cook slowly, you also want them to cool gradually. Quick changes of temperature upset the structure of the cake, causing cracks. For a moister, creamier cake, turn off the heat when the center’s still loose and let cool in the oven.

Many cheesecakes are baked in a water bath (a pan of water) to moderate the temperature. Since water remains at a constant temperature, the cake sets slowly, resulting in a super-creamy cheesecake.

With richly flavored cheesecakes, like chocolate, the same result can be achieved by baking slowly at low temperatures.

To prevent the cheesecake from cracking as it cools, run a thin knife around the edge of the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. After chilling, remove the springform ring (but not the metal base).

A crack in your cheesecake is not the end of the world. Simply use it as a starting point when cutting your first slice.

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Who doesn’t like Snickers Rice Krispie Treats? Heck, even the major coffee shops carry these in their bakeries, and charge too much for them too!

This recipe is a little on the fancy side, but very easy to make, and you will get rave reviews from your taste testers.

The recipe is a magical sweet indulgence with Rice Krispies, Snickers Bars, and a Chocolate Ganache!

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Snickers Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

Not only delicious but really easy to make. Kicks regular rice krispie treats up several notches!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Snickers Rice Krispie Treats

Servings: 4

Calories: 325 kcal

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 240 gram 10.5 oz, package miniature marshmallows
• 3 King Size 93 gram, 3.29 oz Snickers Bars, cut into 3's
• 6 cups Rice Krispies
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 8 oz semi-sweet chocolate

Instructions

1. Cut the Snickers bars into 1 inch pieces.
2. In a large saucepan melt the butter and chocolate bars over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
3. Add the RICE KRISPIES. Stir until well coated.
4. Using a buttered spatula evenly press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan lined with parchment paper.
5. Heat the whipping cream in a saucepan or microwave until almost boiling. Drop the chocolate squares into the hot whipping cream and stir until it becomes a creamy ganache. Spread evenly over the entire cake.
6. Cool. Cut into 2-inch squares.

Snickers Rice Krispie Treats Tips and Tidbits

For best results, use fresh marshmallows. 1 jar (7 oz.) of marshmallow creme can be substituted for the marshmallows but it will not setup as well.

Diet, reduced calorie or tub margarine is not recommended. Use real butter!

Store no more than two days at room temperature in an airtight container.

To freeze, place in layers separated by wax paper in an airtight container. Freeze for up to 6 weeks. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.

You can use this recipe for Popcorn Balls as well.

Just substitute the cereal with popped corn. And you can add food coloring or flavoring to the butter & marshmallows. Then just form into balls with greased
hands. You will probably want to double or triple the recipe. Much tastier than the Karo syrup kind of popcorn balls!

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Wow – What a fabulous Apple Dumpling recipe! So quick and easy to make. I made them the first time for dessert with Sunday dinner and everybody loved them and were going for seconds

I mean a dessert just doesn’t get any easier or any tastier than this! Definitely not for those counting calories.

These bake up beautifully and make your house smell wonderful. They are perfect with vanilla ice cream or a dollup of whipped cream on the side -YUM!

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Apple Dumpling Recipe

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

Great recipe. Easy to make and oh so delicious. Family should not have to go without dessert with this recipe in your files! 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Apple Dumpling

Servings: 4

Calories: 225 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 medium Granny Smith apple peeled, cored and sliced thinnly
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice add to apples once sliced
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup Mountain Dew soft drink
• 1- 8 oz can Crescent Rolls

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Butter a 13" by 9" baking dish (I use the butter wrapper) and set aside.
3. Melt butter on low in small sauce pan or skillet.
4. Add lemon juice to sliced apples, set aside.
5. Open can of crescent rolls and pull apart where the dough is perforated.
6. Toss apple slices with the cinnamon and nutmeg.
7. Starting at the large end of the crescent dough add 4-5 apple slices and roll dough into crescent shape. Place in prepared baking dish. Continue this until you have eight apple dumpling in your baking pan.
8. Spoon melted butter over the top of each dumpling. Sprinkle sugar evenly over buttered dumplings. Pour the Mountain Dew carefully around the dumplings.
9. Bake for 45 minutes. Do not open oven door during baking time.

Cool and ENJOY!!!

Tips and Tidbits

REMOVE DUMPLINGS FROM PAN WHILE HOT AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKING OUT OF THE OVEN. Once cooled, the sugar and soda caramelizes and it is extremely difficult to remove dumplings.

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If you follow this Chocolate Cheesecake recipe you will have success. The idea of homemade cheesecake deters a lot of people and yet it is essentially a very simple thing.

I was one that was deterred for a long time. Until my niece told me about the Philadelphia cheese cake recipe.

It was my very first cheesecake and I pat myself on the back because it was delicious!

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Philadelphia Double Chocolate Cheesecake

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

40 mins

refrigerate

4 hrs

Total Time

1 hr 10 mins

 

Cheesecake is not as difficult to make as some think. Follow this recipe to success! 

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 24 Oreo Cookies finely crushed (about 2 cups)
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine melted
• 4 pkgs 8 oz. each Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 Tbsp. flour
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 pkgs 4 oz. each Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, broken into pieces, melted, cooled
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup blueberries

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 325ºF.
2. Line 13x9-inch pan with Reynolds Wrap® Aluminum Foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of prepared pan. Bake 10 min.
3. Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla with mixer until blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust.
4. Bake 45 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Use foil handles to lift cheesecake from pan before cutting into pieces. Serve topped with berries.

Tips and Tidbits About This Chocolate Cheesecake

The perfect cheesecake is cooked just until it still has a distinct wobble; over baked cheesecakes just go hard and solid. It does firm up as it cools.

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Yum! Luv this Homemade Chocolate Pudding Recipe. It comes out Silky smooth with that rich chocolate flavor. There’s not anything better.

This homemade Chocolate Pudding is a cinch to make and is perfect with whipped cream and both only require a few ingredients.

You’re not going to want to go back to that jello pudding after you try this. Why buy the box pudding mix when you can use this homemade chocolate pudding recipe!

I top it with the homemade whipped cream and also add some sliced almonds, or dust it with cocoa powder or some grates of chocolate. YUM!

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Homemade Chocolate Pudding Recipe

Prep Time

35 mins

Cook Time

1 min

chilling

15 mins

Total Time

36 mins

 

A delicious made from scratch dessert recipe. Everybody loves chocolate pudding and homemade is best!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Homemade Chocolate Pudding Recipe

Servings: 4

Calories: 260 kcal

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup Granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 Tbs. Corn starch
• 2 Tbs. Unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 Tbs. Unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup Semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 Cups Heavy cream double cream
• 1 1/3 cups Milk
• 2 eggs yolks – lightly whisked
• 1 tsp. Vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• Plastic wrap

Instructions

1. Into a medium pot, pour sugar, cornstarch and salt. Sift in unsweetened cocoa powder. Whisk to come thoroughly.
2. To the pot, gradually add a small amount of the milk and whisk to combine. Whisk in the rest of the milk. Whisk in the heavy cream.
3. Over medium heat, stir constantly until the mixture comes to a boil. Boil and stir for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low if necessary.
4. Into the egg yolks, add about two tablespoons of the hot liquid and whisk quickly with a fork. Repeat until eggs are heated. Add heated egg mixture to the pot while stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 1 minute.
5. Remove from heat. Stir in the chocolate chips until melted. Add the vanilla extract and stir to combine. Add the butter and mix through.
6. Spoon or ladle mixture into serving cups. Place plastic wrap directly on pudding to prevent skin from forming. Place in the fridge until chilled.
7. Serve topped with whipped cream, chopped nuts, some chocolate shavings and a cherry!

ENJOY!!

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