Campfire cones

This is a great camping recipe but as long as you have a grill at home or an oven I think you could recreate this at home

you will need:

Chopped Fruit.  strawberries and bananas – I bet any berries, even tart apples, would be perfect!
Mini-Marshmallows.
Chocolate Chips. We used semi-dark, chocolate chips – love the extra antioxidants.
Waffle Ice-Cream Cone. Unfortunately, not any icecream cone will work – we tried I’d love to experiment with waffle bowls next time.
Tin Foil. To wrap your cone once you have it stuffed to capacity

Strawberry or Orange soda cake

I am a late blooming pinterest addict especially when it comes to home decor and recipes. Here's another I found on Pinterest :) enjoy

You will need:

Strawberry or Orange cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 cup oil
fresh strawberries (or Mandarin Oranges)
cool whip
Strawberry or Orange soda (every cake mix is different just sub the soda for water stated on cake mix box)

Mix cake mix, eggs, oil, and soda and pour into greased and floured cake pan. Bake at 350 for 17 minutes or until tooth pick comes out cleanly.

slice strawberries thinly for middle of cake

Cool cake completely place thin strawberries

frost cake with cool whip and top with remaining sliced strawberries

Brownie mix

These are a new hit at our house. Never buying a box again. So simple, so easy!!! Brownie Mix $0.30 /mix. 1 Cup Sugar, 1/2 Cup Flour, 1/3 Cup Cocoa, 1/4 tsp Salt, 1/4 tsp Baking Powder. Add: 2 Eggs, 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil, 1 teaspoon Vanilla. Bake @ 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

strawberry brownies

Very easy recipe, another pinterest recipe :)

You will need:

Strawberry Cake mix (any brand will do)

2 eggs
1/3 cup oil


 spread in 9x13 pan (dough will be thick) and bake at 350 for 14 minutes. For glaze, mix 1 c. Powdered sugar with 1 1/2 tablespoons milk or water. Pour over warm brownies. Enjoy!

Root Beer Cookies

This is the third "root beer" themed recipe I've featured so far, the first was Root beer (makes 5 gallons) and then root beer float cake.

They were a big hit at a little boys party I hosted not long ago.

Makes about 3 dozen large cookies or 4 dozen medium cookies (depending how big you like 'em!)


Cookie Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. root beer extract or concentrate

4 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

Frosting Ingredients:

4 cups powdered sugar (or icing sugar)

3/4 cup butter, softened

3 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. root beer extract or concentrate

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375º.

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in buttermilk and root beer extract.

Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375º for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.

In a mixing bowl, combine all frosting ingredients. Beat until smooth.

Frost cooled cookies.

Enjoy!

Easy Crockpot caramel 1, 2 & 3

There are three versions of this recipe. I'll include both in this post. Either which you choose to make it's heavenly!

1. This is the base method. take 1 or more 14oz cans of sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk) and place in crock pot. Cover with water. Water should be at least 1/4 inch above cans and always covering the top.

2. turn on your crock pot on low and cook for 8 hours. Or on High for 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours.

3. Allow to cool and very carefully open the can.

4. Store in sealed container. Great with apples, pretzels and over ice cream.


The next one is different and has a few more ingredients.

you will need:
1 or more 14 oz cans of sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract per can
1 tbsp butter per can

 Remove labels and place in crock pot. Poor water over cans and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours.

Allow to cool and ever so carefully open the can.


And if you don't have a crock pot or want to use your stove:

Fill a stock pot full of water and bring it to a boil. Turn the heat down to medium-low heat and CAREFULLY place the can of sweetened condensed milk into the pot and let it cook for about 2 hrs. It's important to make sure the can is always covered in water. Because of evaporation, I usually set the timer for about a half an hour and add a bit more water every time the time goes off. After the time is up, you should have the same results as above.


Note: It's so very important once your caramel finishes cooking no matter which way you cook it that you allow it to cool in the fridge for 2 hours.
Also the cans will leave a rust ring at the bottom of your crock pot so far I was able to get most of mine off with very little scrubbing. It might be wise to put a folded paper towel at the bottom of the crock pot so this doesn't happen.

Reese's Peanut butter cup truffle

This desert is huge and will feed about 20 people. It weighs six pounds so it's heavy.

There are many variations to this recipe but this is the one I use

You will need:

1 box brownies (family size) made according to box directions

whipped cream (I prefer either can or homemade not the kind in the tub)

Peanut butter sauce (melt one 10 ounce package of peanut butter chips with 1/4 cup of milk, 1/2 cup of heavy cream and 1/4 tsp of vanilla over low heat until combined, let cool)

Reese's peanut butter cups 4-5 packs (King Size) chopped

Reese's pieces King size bag

2 large boxes of chocolate pudding made according to box directions.


Break up chocolate cake and layer that on the bottom. Top with chocolate pudding, peanut butter sauce, reeses peanut butter cups & reeses pieces, and a layer of whipped cream. Continue building your trifle with these layers until you've run out of ingredients or room :)