Thursday, December 24, 2009

Good and VERY easy desert or snack recipes?

do you know of any really easy or few ingredient sweet treat recipes?Good and VERY easy desert or snack recipes?
in a microwave bowl melt 1 package choc chips and about a half bag of marshmallows. pour it over a couple cups of golden grahams or cinnamon toast crunch cereal---kind like s'mores!Good and VERY easy desert or snack recipes?
Here are a few of my favorite quick recipes. I hope you enjoy!!














Bananas in Caramel Sauce





INGREDIENTS


1/2 cup butter


1 cup superfine sugar


1 1/4 cups heavy cream


4 bananas, peeled and halved lengthwise





DIRECTIONS


In a large, heavy skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in sugar and cook, stirring, until sugar is melted and light brown. Slowly stir in the cream (mixture will bubble up). Let boil 1 minute, then reduce heat to low. Place the bananas in the pan and cook until heated through, 2 minutes. Serve hot.




















Pecan Crackers





INGREDIENTS


1/2 (16 ounce) package graham crackers


2 cups chopped pecans


1/2 cup white sugar


1/2 cup butter


1/2 cup margarine





DIRECTIONS


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


Line a baking sheet with graham crackers. Sprinkle evenly with pecans.


In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, butter and margarine. Bring to a boil and boil 3 minutes. Remove from heat and spoon mixture over pecans, coating well.


Bake in preheated oven 12 minutes, until golden. Cool completely before serving.























Peach Brulee





INGREDIENTS


1 (15 ounce) can peach halves, drained


1/4 cup packed brown sugar


1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans





DIRECTIONS


Preheat the broiler.


Arrange peach halves, cut-side up in a shallow baking dish. In a small dish, stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon, and chopped pecans. Sprinkle the mixture over the peaches.


Broil 3 inches from heat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the topping is browned. Serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.























Peach Crisp





INGREDIENTS


1 (29 ounce) can sliced peaches, drained


2 cups all-purpose flour


1 1/2 cups white sugar


1 pinch salt


1 tsp ground cloves


2 teaspoons ground cinnamon


1 cup butter, chilled





DIRECTIONS


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


Layer the peaches in a 9x13 inch baking pan. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt, cloves and cinnamon. Slice the butter into chunks and mix it into the dry ingredients until it looks like pea size crumbs. Sprinkle crumbs over peaches.


Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly golden.























Buckeye Balls





INGREDIENTS


1/2 cup butter, melted


1 pound confectioners' sugar


1 1/2 cups peanut butter


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


2 cups semisweet chocolate chips


1 tablespoon shortening





DIRECTIONS


Combine the melted butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and the vanilla together and mix well. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on waxed paper.


In the top half of a double boiler melt the chocolate chips and shortening, stirring constantly. Use a toothpick to dip balls into the melted chocolate, leaving a small uncovered area so balls resemble buckeyes. Place balls on waxed paper. Use fingers to blend in toothpick holes. Refrigerate until chocolate is firm.




















Chow Clusters





INGREDIENTS


2 cups semisweet chocolate chips


2 cups butterscotch chips


2 (5 ounce) cans chow mein noodles


1/2 cup cashew halves





DIRECTIONS


In a heavy saucepan, combine chocolate and butterscotch chips. Melt, stirring constantly over low heat.


Remove when melted and add chow mein noodles. Add cashews or peanuts. Mix quickly to coat Dip out tablespoons onto wax paper. Cool. (Can also melt chips in the microwave.)



Just get some sara lee pound cake, or any store brand. Get some berry flavored cream cheese, strawberries and nutella. Slice the pound cake, and strawberries. Put the cream cheese on one slice of the pound cake, and nutella on the other and the strawberries. YOu have yourself a yummy sweet treat:] You can also toast the pound cake if you want to.
banana cheesecake


Ingredients:


2 packages (21.4 ounces each) strawberry no-bake cheesecake mix


3/4 cup butter, melted


1/4 cup sugar


3 cups cold milk


1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, well drained


3 medium firm bananas, sliced


1/2 cup chocolate ice cream topping, warmed, divided


1/2 cup caramel ice cream topping, divided


1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed


1/3 cup chopped pecans


Maraschino cherries with stems


Directions:


Set aside filling and strawberry topping packets from cheesecake mixes. Place the contents of the crust mix packets in a large bowl; stir in butter and sugar until crumbly. Press into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. dish.


In a large mixing bowl,Beat milk and contents of filling packets on low speed until blended. Beat on high for 3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Spread over the crust. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.


Spread contents of strawberry topping packets over cheesecake. Top with pineapple and bananas. Drizzle with 1/4 cup of chocolate topping and 1/4 cup caramel topping. Spread with whipped topping (dish will be full). Refrigerate for 2 hours or until set. Before serving, drizzle with remaining chocolate and caramel toppings. Top with pecans and cherries. Yield: 16-20 servings.






Jenny's Christmas Pie:





1 can Eagle Brand Milk


1/3 cup fresh lemon juice


1/2 pint heavy whipping cream


1 tsp vanilla


1 tsp almond extract


1 graham cracker crust


1 container raspberry or cherry pie filling





Mix milk with lemon juice and stir to thicken. Whip cream with extracts and fold into milk mixture. Spoon into graham cracker crust. Top with pie filling.
Ingredients: (1) Container of Cool Whip


(1) Graham Cracker Pie Shell


(1) Package of Jello Instant Pudding





Make pudding as directions say. Put in fridge to set (usually about an hour). Take out and add half of cool whip. Pour in pie shell. Place the rest of cool whip on top and spread.





It's as simple as that.





Enjoy!


:)
I make amaretto brownies. Follow the recipe on the back of a brownie box,but add amaretto instead of water I also add a little chocolate syrup, about 1 tablespoon. bake as normal. They taste so good and are very rich.

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