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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

1 combine all ingredients in a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
2 shake well to mix.
3 uses: add 1 teaspoon per pie. stir into applesauce.
4 heat with apple cider. stir into crumb topping for coffeecake, dutch apple pie, apple crisp.

Total Time: 1 hr 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 3 mins

1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. grease and flour a large tube pan (doesn't have to be the type with removable bottom).
2 cream together shortening and sugar, beat in eggs and lemon extract.
3 sift together flour, 1/2 tsp salt, baking soda, and baking powder; beat into creamed mixture.
4 stir in buttermilk.
5 bake at 325 degrees for 60 minutes.
6 while cake is cooking, mix together glaze ingredients.
7 after 60 minutes cooking time, remove cake from oven. immediately pour glaze over top of cake and return to oven for 3 minutes.
8 cool for 8 minutes, then remove from pan by inverting onto a platter.
9 fully cool before slicing. best prepared several hours ahead (or even a day ahead), then served at room temperature.

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

1 in large bowl, beat peanut butter and butter together until fluffy. beat in powdered sugar, 1/2 cup at a time.
2 add cocoa powder. spread on cooled cupcakes.

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

1 cake instructions.
2 preheat oven at 325°f mix all ingredients together in bowl (for the exception of the marshmallows!) and pour in a 8-inchx8-inch cake pan and bake for 15 to 20 minutes (you can test your cake by sticking a toothpick in the middle and if it comes out clean, it's done!).
3 take your cake out of the oven and immediately cover your cake with a row of the mini marshmallows. this will make the marshmallows soften.
4 fudge topping instructions.
5 cook on the stove top (butter, light brown sugar and milk) and boil on medium heat for five minutes. take off the stove and cool in it's cooking pan for approximately 15 minutes. add the powdered sugar and mix well. pour the mixture (should be liquidy) on top of the marshmallow cake and cool on the counter or refrigerator before eating! :-).

Total Time: 39 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 19 mins

1 combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl; stir well and set aside.
2 combine flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt in large bowl.
3 add orange juice mixture; beat at low speed of an electric mixer until smooth.
4 set aside.
5 beat egg whites (at room temperature) and cream of tartar at high speed of an electric mixer until foamy.
6 gradually add remaining 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tbsp at a time, beating until stiff peaks form.
7 gently stir 1/4 of egg mixture into orange mixture.
8 gently fold remaining egg mixture into orange mixture.
9 divide batter evenly among 12 paper lined muffin cups.
10 bake at 350 degrees for 19 minutes or until lightly browned.
11 remove from pan; let cool on a wire rack (set over a piece of wax paper).
12 mix powdered sugar and orange juice until it is the consistency you desire (adding more or less juice).
13 spread thinly over the top of the cupcakes.

Total Time: 2 hrs 18 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 18 mins

1 preheat the oven to 350°f.
2 line 15 regular sized muffin cups and 15 miniature muffin cups with paper liners.
3 prepare cake mix according to package directions.
4 fill muffins cups approximately 1/2 full.
5 bake mini muffins about 12 minutes and bake regular muffins about 18 minutes, or until they test done when inserting a toothpick into the center.
6 cool in pans 10 minutes.
7 remove from pans and place on wire racks to cool completely.
8 remove paper liners after they are cooled.
9 for each snowman:.
10 placing the regular size snowman upside down on your tray, frost the bottom (now the top) and sides of the cupcake and coat with coconut.
11 repeat with miniature cupcake (also placing upside down).
12 attach mini cupcake to regular sized cupcake with a dab of frosting to make the snowman body.
13 attach a marshmallow to mini cupcake with a dab of frosting to form snowman head.
14 attach upside down reese's cup to marshmallow with a dab of frosting to form snowman hat.
15 make arms from the pretzels and place red-hot"buttons" down the front of the snowman.
16 pipe on eyes and nose with the decorating gels.
17 repeat with the remaining cupcakes.
18 makes 15 snowmen.

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

1 grease and flour 2 8 inch round cake pans.
2 line bottoms with greased waxed paper.
3 preheat oven 375 degrees.
4 sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
5 cream the butter, until fluffy and gradually add the sugar.
6 continue beating until light and fluffy.
7 combine the milk and vanilla together in a cup.
8 beat the egg whites until foamy, then sprinkle the cream of tartar over and continue beating until stiff but not dry peaks form.
9 add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, combining lightly until combined.
10 fold in the stiff egg whites, folding until combined without deflating too much.
11 pour into the pans equally, and evenly.
12 bake 25 to 30 minutes, until a tester comes away clean.
13 place onto wire racks for ten minutes, then turn out onto racks, and peel off paper.