Saturday, November 14, 2009

Winter yummy cups by american girl magazine

I got these from an American girl magazine! The pictures look wonderful in the magazine!
Chocolate Peppermint Dream
ingredients: directions: 1. Take the cup and put brownie in the bottom.
brownie 2. add layer of candy cane
crumbled candy cane 3. top cup off with chocolate pudding
chocolate pudding 4. put whip cream on top
whipped cream 5. add a few pieces of candy cane

Triple Chocolate Chip
ingredients: directions: 1. place brownie in bottom of cup
brownie 2. add layer of crumbled chocolate chip cookies
chocolate chip cookies 3. top with scoop of whipped cream
chocolate pudding 4. finish with whipped cream and chocolate chips
whipped cream
mini chocolate chips


Snowflake Sundae
ingredients: directions: 1. place pound cake at bottom
cubed pound cake 2. add vanilla pudding
vanilla pudding 3. top with vanilla sandwich cookies
crumbled vanilla sandwich cookies 4. put whipped cream and white chocolate chips
whipped cream
white chocolate chips

S'more Surprise
ingredients: directions: 1. put graham crackers at bottom
crumbled graham crackers 2. put next layer as marshmallows
mini marshmallows 3. top off with chocolate pudding
chocolate pudding 4. add whipped cream and M&M's
whipped cream
mini M&M's

Pumpkin pie
ingrediants: crumbled graham crackers, pumpkin pie filling, carmel topping, whipped cream and sprinkles directions: 1. graham crackers at bottom of cup
2. put layer of pumpkin pie filling
3. top with carmel
4. finish by putting whipped cream and sprinkles on top

Friday, November 6, 2009

Saint Lucia Day braided bread

Ingrediants:
Dough:
1 1/4 cups milk
2 1/4- ounce packages active dry yeast
1/4 cups and 1 tablespoon suger
6 tablespoons butter, cut into peices
2 large eggs
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon finally grated orange grind
1 teaspoon salt
6 cups all-purpose flour

Glaze and Garnish:
2 1/2 cups powdered suger
3 tablespoons orange juice
1/3 cup cranberries
white birthday cake candeles


  • warm milk and put 1/2 a cup in a large bowl
  • add yeast and 1 tablespoon suger, let sit for 5 minutes. Melt butter in the remaining milk
  • add butter and milk mixture with yeast mixture, whisk eggs, juice, 1/4 cup suger, orange rind, and salt
  • Stir in flour, 1 cup at a time, until the dough can be gathered in a ball. Kneed flour on a flouered counter for 10 minutes adding flour until dough is smooth and elastic and dosn't stick to your hands
  • Transfer dough to an oiled bowl turning it once to completly coat it. loosly cover bowl with plastic wrap to rise (1 1/2 hours)
  • Punch down dough and split into 3 parts. roll to 30- inch ropes. braid together
  • transfer braid to greased baking pan. pinch together ends to make a circle, let rise until doubled in size (45 min.)
  • heat oven to 375. bake bread for 25 minutes. let cool on wire wrack for 30 minutes
  • mix powdered suger and orange juice in a medium bowl until smooth
  • drizzle glaze and add cranberries on bread. finally add candles. serves 12