Posts Tagged ‘dessert’

Pleasant Surprise

This evening was the annual Burns Sup­per hosted by H.A.G.G.I.S. We try to attend every year as it’s a fun evening of food, friends and danc­ing. And like every year, I went else­where for my meal, but came back for dessert and danc­ing. I have tried hag­gis once and that was an expe­ri­ence that needs no repetition. […]

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Chocolate Covered Cherries Plus!

This recipe is based on the Easy Choco­late Cov­ered Cher­ries recipe from the National Cherry Grow­ers & Indus­tries Foun­da­tion. My wife and I spot­ted the recipe in the Decem­ber 2007 issue of Every­day Food. We did go for an optional vari­ant of the recipe that they men­tioned and increased the size. We made this for […]

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Are you a hoopy frood, like me?

If so, you bet­ter have your towel with you today! As today, is Towel Day. For those not famil­iar, Dou­glas Adams was one of the fun­ni­est writ­ers of our time. He wrote a won­der­ful series of radio plays which were con­verted in a a series of books and a TV show and later into a […]

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Fruit Trifle

Ingre­di­ents 1 Pound cake 3/4 c Straw­berry jam 1 cn Pit­ted apri­cots (1 lb,14 oz) — drained and pureed 11 oz Man­darin oranges — drained 1/2 c Marsala or cream sherry 2 c Vanilla cus­tard 1 c Heavy cream 1/4 c Superfine sugar Direc­tions Split cake into thin lay­ers, spread with jam and half the apri­cot puree, and […]

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Chocolate Butterscotch Scotcheroos

Choco­late But­ter­scotch Scotcheroos Ingre­di­ents: 1 cup corn syrup 1 cup peanut but­ter 1 pkg. choco­late chips 1 cup sugar 6 cups Rice Krispies 1 pkg. but­ter­scotch chips Direc­tions: In large saucepan, cook corn syrup and sugar over medium heat, stir­ring fre­quently, until mix­ture begins to boil. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut but­ter. Mix in cereal. Press in but­tered 9x13 pan. […]

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