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Smores graham cracker pound cake

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It is a typical summer day here today – hot and humid and close to 100 degrees.  So what better treat to represent such a summer day than smores?  And not just with graham crackers, but a graham cracker pound cake, some pieces topped with fluff frosting and melted hershey kisses and others topped with chocolate fluff frosting.  The pound cake recipe is From one of my grandmothers, given to me a long time ago.

I read the secret to a good pound cake is putting it in a cold oven and then heating the oven to the right temp.  So I tried it.  Also, remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Same goes for the powdered sugar in the frosting.

A bit of advice, apply buttercream first, then melted chocolate.  It is much easier than putting the chocolate on the cake first,  then buttercream, I lesson I learned as seen below.

  • Graham cracker pound cake ingredients
  • 16 tbs butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup flour (scooped from flour bag into measuring cup so you get the right amount)
  • 1/2 cup finely ground graham cracker crumbs
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Line a 8×5 loaf pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray.  Set aside.  In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Beat in eggs one at a time, then mix in vanilla and condensed milk.  Fold in dry ingredients and graham cracker crumbs.  Evenly spread into prepared pan.  Place in oven and turn oven to 350 degrees.  Bake 35 to 42 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs). 

Cool completely.  I  sliced the pound cake.

and then cut the slices in half

  • Fluff frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar

In a bowl, cream butter, vanilla,  and fluff.  Carefully blend in powdered sugar.   Divide in half.  To one half, add 1/2 cup melted chocolate chips.   frost some cake pieces with melted chocolate

To the other pieces, I topped them with buttercream.

Then scooped some melted hershey kisses on top.

Store in covered container.

Suzy Q brownies

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I had some leftover hostess fluff filling and hostess squiggle dough after making Rob’s hostess cupcake birthday cake, so I decided to use it by making some Suzy q brownies.   You can use whatever brownie recipe you want (or peruse my blog for some) or use a mix.

For my ESPN Radio friends laboring tomorrow on Labor Day, these are for you

  • Ingredients list
  • 1 brownie recipe baked in a 9×13 pan and cooled
  • Topping ingredients
  • Milk chocolate chips
  • 1 tbs vegetable oil
  • Filling ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar
  • Water or milk
  • Squiggle ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 -2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Water or milk

Directions – cut cooled brownies into squares and set aside.   In a microwave safe bowl, microwave chocolate chips and vegetable oil in 30 second increments until you can stir smooth.  Set aside while you make the filling.

For filling – in a bowl, cream butter and fluff, blend in powdered sugar.  Add milk or water, a tsp at a time until you get the consistency you want.  Spread between 2 cooled brownie squares. Top with melted chocolate chips.  Let chocolate harden up for an hour.

For squiggle – in a bowl, combine butter, powdered sugar,and vanilla.  Add water or milk, a tsp at a time to get the consistency you want.  Scoop into a zip lock baggie and cut out a corner.  Squiggle on top of hardened chocolate.  Store in covered container.

Hot cocoa cookie sandwiches (Oreos included)

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I was looking to use up some hot cocoa so in addition to making brownies, I made these cookies.  I didn’t have time to chill the dough, so they spread a lot.  Because of that,  I made them into sandwiches.

Scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount.  Also, I recommend chilling this dough for a few hours.

  • Ingredients list
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup hot cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tbs cornstarch
  • 10 oreos, crushed
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • (You can add marshmallow bits too if you want)

Directions – in a bowl, cream crisco, sugar and brown sugar.  Add egg ans vanilla.   Stir in dry ingredients.  Fold in chips and oreos.  Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough.  Chill a few hours.  Line a sheet with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Stagger cookies on sheet.  Bake 10 to 12 minutes.  Cool completely.   Cut each in half.

  • Filling ingredients
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • Milk or heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions – in a bowl, blend together butter and fluff.  Slowly mix in powdered sugar.  Add enough milk or cream to get the consistency you want.  Add vanilla.  Spread between 2 cookies like this

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Smores cookies bars

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Amidst all the holiday baking with cutout sugar cookies, snickerdoodles and gingerbread men, I went a little outside the box and decided to make smores cookie bars. They are quite simple and are topped with marshmallow buttercream frosting and melted milk chocolate chips. We are going to our friends’ house tonight for a Christmas party and these are what we are bringing.

Remember to preheat your oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes before baking so your oven cycles to the right temp. Also, spoon your flour bag from your flour container

  • Bars ingredients list
  • 1 cup crisco (original or butter flavor)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups flour (scooped your flour bag into your measuring up so you get the right amount)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups finely crushed graham crackers

Preheat oven to 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. In a bowl, cream crisco, brown sugar and sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients and crushed graham cracker. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes (edges just turn golden). Cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 2 1/2 cups to 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 to 3 tbs heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Cream butter and fluff. Mix in powdered sugar slowly. Add cream and vanilla. Blend to desired consistency. Frost cooled bars. Top with melted chocolate. Store in covered container.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I wish you a day filled with peace and love.

Whoopie pies!!!!

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I am not sure if the melted milk chocolate on top is necessary

I needed to bake something for our block party tomorrow, so I thought whoopie pies would be good. They gave me a chance to use whoopie pie pans (one of many baking items I have that are for one thing only, like my twinkie pan and churros maker). These are easy – they use a cake mix and a few other ingredients. The filling is marshmallow fluff based and I topped them with melted milk chocolate because… Well, why not?

Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so that it heats up properly (a tip from an LG tech).

Whoopie pie pan!
  • Ingredients
  • 1 chocolate cake mix
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tbs vanilla
Two might be a bit much to eat in one sitting!

Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. I used a whoopie pie pan that I sprayed with baking spray. You can also line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. In a bowl, combine cake mix and baking powder. Add oil, water,eggs and vanilla. Batter will be on the thick side. Scoop out 2 tbs dough and spread to edge of each whoopie pie cavity… Or scoop out 2 tbs and place on parchment paper and spread into a 3 inch circle. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center basically comes out with a few crumbs. Cool completely.

  • Frosting
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 1/3 cups marshmallow fluff
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • Water

Directions – combine butter and fluff. Blend in powdered sugar and vanilla. You can add water, a tsp at a time, if you want to thin it out a little. Place a dollop between two whoopie pies. Store in covered contaner.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I wish you peace, happiness and joy. And remember to be kind. We all need more kindness.

Football Friday # 14 – cake mix whoopie pies!

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Cake mix whoopie pies!

Cake mix whoopie pies are my week 14 “Go Bills” treat. (Tough game this week, Sunday night vs the Steelers). These treats are simple to make. You can use any flavor cake mix and frosting. I used white cake mix with a vanilla frosting colored green (for Christmas). And this recipe gave me an excuse to use my whoopie pie pan (one of my many baking items I have that are used for just one thing, like my churro maker, mini cake pop maker, twinkie pan, etc).

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Remember to preheat your oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes before baking to make sure your oven is at the right temperature for baking.

Yum!!
  • Ingredients
  • 1 cake mix
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup flour

Directions – preheat oven to 350 for 20 minutes before baking. Spray a whoopie pie pan with baking spray, or line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or nonstick baking liners. Combine the ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Scoop 2 tbs batter into the whoopie pie pan or on the nonstick baking liners. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool completely.

  • Frosting ingredients
  • 2 tbs butter, melted
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup marshmallow fluff
  • Heavy cream or milk

Directions – combine ingredients and blend well. Spread between two whoopie pies. Store in covered container.

Go Bills!