Thursday, December 30, 2010

Easy Tiramisu Pie

I love Tiramisu! But I never have the time to make it the real way. I found this easy yummy recipe at www.kraftrecipes.com. They have a ton of fun recipes that are super easy! So it's not a completely real tiramisu, but it's dang close and less expensive! I also added strawberry slices to the top of mine for a pretty garnish.

48 NILLA Wafers, divided
1/4 cup brewed Coffee, cooled, divided ( I use Pero, a coffee substitute)
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups cold milk
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1 tub thawed COOL WHIP Season’s Delight French Vanilla Whipped Topping
1 square BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, grated

Arrange 36 wafers on bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Drizzle with 2 Tbsp. coffee. Beat cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in milk. Add dry pudding mix; beat 1 min. Gently stir in 2 cups COOL WHIP. Layer half each of the pudding mixture and grated chocolate in crust; cover with remaining wafers. Drizzle with remaining coffee. Repeat layers of pudding and chocolate. Top with remaining COOL WHIP. Refrigerate 3 hours.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

1 cup butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup sour cream
5 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
dash of salt

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating well to blend after each addition. Add in the vanilla. Blend in the sour cream. In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the dough and mix until just blended. This recipe makes a lot of dough, so don't over mix. Working in batches, roll the dough out onto a floured surface with a floured rolling pin, until evenly distributed. Also flour your cookie cutters before cutting into shapes. Cut dough into desired shapes. Bake at 325 degrees F for 5-7 minutes, or until lightly golden. Do not over cook, or else you'll get hockey pucks. Cool and frost with a butter cream frosting. Makes 48-50 cookies.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Sugar Plum Pudding

Pudding:
2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 Tablespoon allspice 1 Tablespoon allspice
3/4 cup Wesson oil
1 cup milk
1 cup of cooked, pitted prunes
1 cup of chopped nuts

Icing:
1 stick of butter
1 Tablespoon of vanilla flavoring
1 Tablespoon of Karo syrup

For pudding: mix all ingredients and cook on 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. For icing: cook over medium heat or until boils for about one minute. Pour over cakes.