Bread Pudding from @Wilma Delgado

1 10 oz loaf (6-8 C) stale French Bread, crumbled
4 C milk
2 C sugar
3 eggs
4 TBS butter (not margarine)
2 TBS vanilla
1 C raisins (optional)
1 C coconut (optional)
1 C chopped pecans (optional)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg

Stir together everything but bread, until well mixed. Add bread.  Should be very moist but not soupy.  Bake on middle rack at 350 for approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.  Use buttered 9”x14” baking dish.

WHISKEY SAUCE

1/2 C butter
1 ½ C powdered sugar
1 egg
½ C bourbon

Cream butter and sugar over medium heat until all butter is absorbed.  Remove from heat and blend in egg.  Pour bourbon gradually, stirring constantly.  Sauce will thicken as it cools.

AMARETTO CHEESECAKE by @WilmaDelgado

3 lbs  cream cheese, softened
18 oz sugar  (2 ¼ C)
6 eggs
4 ½ oz Amaretto  (9 tbs)
1 cap lemon juice
1 cap vanilla

Mix all until smooth.  Place in prepared graham cracker crust in springform pan  (12” minimum).  Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until firm and dry in middle.  Turn off oven and open door.  Leave cheesecake in oven 1 hour.  Chill.

Notes:

For crust in 12” springform, make double recipe on box – it may even take a little more.  Use the back of a large metal spoon to press crust mix firmly up sides of pan almost to top of pan, then do bottom.  The baking time may take longer depending on oven.  Chill completely before removing sides of pan.

Apple Crisp-ish from @NotAMeanGirl

7 tart apples sliced
½ Cup Brown Sugar / Splenda Blend
½ Cup I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spray
½ tsp cinnamon
1 Cup Oats

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Lightly spray 9 X 13 pan with non-stick spray.

Peel, core and slice apples and season with cinnamon, nutmeg and splenda to taste.

Mix Oats, Brown Sugar/Splenda Blend and Cinnamon.  Once mixed add I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter Spray and mix again.

Place apple mixture in baking dish.  Top by spoonfuls with oatmeal mixture and spread carefully over apples.  Bake for 45 minutes.

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake from @planetKnit

Crust:
2 C crushed regular Oreo cookies (not Double Stuf), finely crushed
2 T butter OR margarine, melted
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Filling:
4 8oz packages Cream Cheese, at room temperature (reduced fat is fine, non-fat not recommended)
8 oz white chocolate, melted
4 eggs
1 C Sugar
1 teaspoon almond extract
½ C seedless raspberry jam, melted

White chocolate shavings and fresh raspberries for garnishing, if desired.

Preheat oven to 425º F. Prepare 10” springform pan by wrapping outside of bottom and sides in heavy-duty aluminum foil, to make watertight.

Combine Oreo crumbs and butter, press into 10” springform pan, on bottom and 1-1.5” up the side. Bake crust for 10-12 minutes. Reduce heat to 275ºF and prepare water bath.

Melt chocolate in microwave or in a double boiler. Melt jam in microwave or in pan over low heat. Set aside. Beat cream cheese and almond extract until fluffy, then add eggs, sugar and chocolate. Pour ½ of mixture over crust in pan. Pour melted jam evenly over this layer. Pour remaining mixture over jam layer. Gently swirl knife through batter to incorporate jam throughout both layers. Careful, pan will be very full.

Bake in water bath 1 hr at 275ºF. Turn oven off, and let cool 1 hour in oven with door ajar. Garnish with chocolate shavings and raspberries as desired. Serves 12-16.

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Walnut(or pecan) Cookies from @DebInDenver

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Ingredients

1 c. butter
¾ c. light brown sugar
¾ c. white sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanila

I ½ c. Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp. baking powder (recipe calls for baking soda, but I actually used baking powder by accident once and liked the result better- but I live at altitude)
1 tsp. salt

2 c. chocolate chips (I like Ghirardelli.)
2 c. quick-cooking oatmeal
1 c. pecans or walnuts (I like both, but they each give a different flavor to the cookie.)

I use a large kitchenaid mixer to mix this recipe.

Instructions

1.    Toast chopped nuts in oven for 6 mins. (@ 375) give them enough time to cool before you mix them in. I always cool them on a plate rather than the cookie sheet I toast them on.
2.    Cream butter and sugars together, then beat in eggs and vanilla
3.    In a separate bowl mix together whole wheat flour, baking powder and salt.
4.    Add flour mixture to butter/egg mixture.
5.    Add in oats, nuts, then chocolate chips. (This is a hard-core batter, so the mixer will be working pretty hard)
6.    Bake for 13 minutes. At the 6:30 point, I switch the cookies sheets to the other rack and spin them so they bake evenly. (Most ovens leak by the door and the cookies bake differently on the upper and lower racks, so I do this.) Your baking time may be a little different. I live at altitude, so you may need to experiment with baking time)
7.    Cool on rack.
8.    Serve with milk!

Apple Cheesecake by @germaine

Ingredients
16 ounces of softened cream cheese
4 cups of apple slices, peeled and sliced thinly (2-3 apples)
1 cup of graham cracker crumbs
Three amounts of sugar: 3 tablespoons, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
3 tablespoons of melted margarine
2 medium eggs
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1/2 cup of chopped pecans

Preparation Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350F (175C)

Combine the graham cracker crumbs, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and melted margarine, and mix well.
Press the mixture into the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate to form the crust. Bake for about 10 minutes.

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and 1/2 cup of sugar until well blended. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat after each is added. Blend in the vanilla, and pour the mixture into prepared crust.

In a large bowl, combine 1/3 cup of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Add the apples and toss to coat. Spoon the apples over top of the cheesecake filling. Sprinkle the pecans over the apples. Put back into the oven and bake for an hour.

Chill, then serve.

Sweet or Savory Scones from TeresaDKG

Mix dry together:

2 c flour
1-3 tbs sugar (for sweet, for savory cut this to 1 tsp)
1 tbs baking powder
1/4 tbs soda
pinch salt
1/2 stick butter

Mix dry and then cut in the butter.
Add in any extra ingredients (for sweet try chopped dried fruit, for savory try browned ground sausage)

Now mix wet ingredients:

2/3 c buttermilk or soured milk
(use juice of 1/2 small lemon)
(for sweet) 1 tbs vanilla (optional)
(for sweet) cinnamon (optional)
1 egg beaten

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients (plus butter & extras) and pour in wet ingredients.

work lightly in bowl
do not knead
pat out on cookie sheet
pre score before baking

Bake at 450 for 15 min