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Cake Batter Rice Crispies

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:52:57 -0400

Cake Batter Rice Krispies Recipe

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp. butter
1 (10 oz.) bag of mini-marshmallows
1/4 cup yellow cake mix (the dry cake mix, not prepared into a batter!)
6 cups crispy rice cereal
1 (1.75 oz.) container of sprinkles

Method:

Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat and add marshmallows. Stir until they begin to melt, adding in (dry) cake mix one spoonful at a time so its combined. Stir in cereal so it is completely coated with marshmallow mixture. Sprinkle in half of the sprinkles and mix. Press into a baking dish (any size will do) and top with remaining sprinkles. Let sit for about 30 minutes before cutting. I find spraying a knife with nonstick spray helps to cut them.

Low Fat Cinnamon Rolls

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:48:15 -0400

Low Fat Cinnamon Rolls with a Vanilla Glaze ~ The fastest and easiest morning heroic you will ever create.

Low Fat Cinnamon Rolls with a Vanilla Glaze

The secret ingredient to this heroic breakfast recipe: Cottage cheese.

Let me preface, I have never had cottage cheese in my life. In fact, this was my first time having it. The thought of eating chunky curds of cheese makes my tongue recoil to the back of my throat and my jaw snap down like a bear trap.

But mix it into this dough and you have yourself an ingredient that produces a perfect dough with a tender body and a flakiness that is weighted enough to keep it from immediately disappearing on your the tongue like a snowflake.

As I have previously mentioned, I have a house of picky eaters. Cooking for them is like going before the firing squad. The repetoire of what they like is small, so their tongues are usually aimed and ready to fire off every excuse why they can’t eat my cooking when I present something new. Luckily, not only am I stubborn, but my Teflon suit has a double armor of coating for any ego breaking bullets.

With three previous cinnamon roll versions declined after one bite, this recipe with its vanilla glaze came out a winner. My boys loved the lightness of the glaze—no smothering of white goo, no glaze made of buttermilk or cream cheese just a little bit of powder sugar, vanilla powder and milk.

A few notes:
• The recipe I have assembled has a spice flavoring. If you don’t like that, simply omit the allspice, nutmeg and cloves.
• I don’t recommend making this in advance. Reheating this in the oven will dry it out and reheating it in the microwave will either make it mushy or rubbery.
• To keep the glaze form being overly tinted I used vanilla powder. If you do not have vanilla powder, vanilla extract will work fine.

Low Fat Cinnamon Rolls with a Vanilla Glaze

Makes 12 buns
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Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 9 inch springform pan with cooking spray.

Ingredients:

Dough:
¾ cups cottage cheese
1/3 cup buttermilk
¼ sugar
4tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
9 oz unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda

Filling:
1 ½ tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ ground allspice
¼ ground cloves
1/8 ground nutmeg
1 cup pecans (optional)

Glaze:
½ cup powder sugar
5 tablespoon whole milk
¼ teaspoon vanilla powder or vanilla extract

Instructions:

Dough:

1. Combine cottage cheese, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter and vanilla. Process until smooth, approximately 10 seconds. (See picture panel 1)
2. Add the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and pulse in short bursts just until the dough clumps together. (See picture panel 2 and 3)
3. Lightly flour your surface and place dough on top. Knead with the heel of your hand 4-5 times. With a rolling pin, roll the dough into 12×15 inch rectangle.

Filling:
1. Brush the dough with the melted butter, leaving ½ inch border unbuttered around the edges.
2. In a bowl combine all filling ingredients.
3. Sprinkle the mixture over the buttered area. Pat flat and sprinkle nuts on top. (See picture panel 4)
4. Starting at a long edge roll up the dough jelly roll style. Pinch the seams and leave the ends open.
5. Cut 12 equal pieces. Set pieces cut side up, in the prepared pan. Don’t worry about the small gaps. (See picture panel 5 and 6)
6. Bake for 20-28 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes.

Glaze:
1. In a bowl whisk all ingredients until smooth and pouring consistency.
2. Drizzle over rolls and serve.

Trix Crispies!

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 21:41:55 -0400

Recipe type: Dessert, Baking, Bars

Author: Cravings of a Lunatic

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 5 mins

Total time: 10 mins

Serves: 12-18

A fun twist on a classic!

Ingredients

1 x 400g bag of mini marshmallows
10 cups Trix cereal
1/4 cup butter

Instructions

Place the butter and marshmallows in a glass bowl and pop in the microwave for about 2 to 3 minutes to melt.
Stir well.
Mix in your trix and stir.
Pour into a large greased pan (9 x 13 or 11 x 11) and press down with a spoon.
Cut into squares.
Serve with a colorful smile!

Notes

If you spray your spoon with non stick spray before using it to press down the krispies it works really well.
Feel free to use 2 bags of marshmallows. I like a more grown up krispie, but for kids you could use more if you like.

Homemade noodle recipe

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:49:00 -0400

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter

Directions

In a large bowl, stir together the flour and salt. Add the beaten egg, milk, and butter. Knead dough until smooth, about 5 minutes. Let rest in a covered bowl for 10 minutes.
On a floured surface, roll out to 1/8 or 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired lengths and shapes.
Allow to air dry before cooking.
To cook fresh pasta, in a large pot with boiling salted water cook until al dente.

(I typically double this recipe!!!)

Home Made Chicken Noodles

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:46:00 -0400

Chicken and Noodles

1 whole chicken
2 cans of chicken broth
1 cup of milk
4 tbsp flour
2 tbsp butter1 pkg egg noodles
Cook chicken in boiling water for about an hour or until done.
Cut meat off of chicken, replace water in pot with chicken broth, milk and butter. Add in egg noodles. Cook until noodles are done; add chicken and flour. Simmer for 10 minutes. Great with homemade mashed potatoes.

Recipes are us

Cake Batter Rice Crispies

Low Fat Cinnamon Rolls

Low Fat Cinnamon Rolls with a Vanilla Glaze

Low Fat Cinnamon Rolls with a Vanilla Glaze

Makes 12 buns{Printer Version}

Trix Crispies!

Homemade noodle recipe

Ingredients

Directions

Home Made Chicken Noodles

Makes 12 buns
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