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Cinnamon & Sugar Sour Cream Cookies

August 28, 2018 By Katie 9 Comments

Cinnamon & Sugar Sour Cream Cookies.

I needed inspiration for a new recipe, I was tired of all my go-to cookie recipes so I started looking through vintage 1960’s cookbooks. I love vintage! Anyways I adapted this recipe from one of the cookbooks from 1967. This recipe makes soft gooey sour cream cookies topped with cinnamon and sugar. I’m glad I found inspiration!

I like to use a cookie scoop to drop the dough onto the cookie sheet, big time saver for me.

Makes about 40 small cookies.

Cinnamon & Sugar Sour Cream Cookies

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 40

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick) salted butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 egg
½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2½ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
-For Topping-
2 Tablespoons sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. degrees. Grease cookie sheets.
Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg, sour cream, and vanilla.
Stir in dry ingredients.
Drop by the tablespoon full (about 1" balls) onto greased cookie sheet.
Sprinkle tops with cinnamon & sugar mixture.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.

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Fiji Honey Cake

August 26, 2018 By Holly 5 Comments

Fiji Honey Cake.

I had never heard of this until I was watching a Hallmark movie and they were eating it in the movie lol. I looked up a few recipes for it and decided to try making it. My daughter said it tasted like banana bread without the bananas. It’s great on it’s own, but amazing with brown sugar and cinnamon cream cheese spread!

I tried to find out a little more info on the Fiji Honey Cake. I looked for history or anything about it and could only find recipes, so let me know if you have heard anything else about it.

Fiji Honey Cake

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

40 mins

Total time

50 mins

Author: Holly

Recipe type: dessert

Serves: 8

Ingredients

¼ cups sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
½ cup sour cream
½ cup honey
1 egg
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
¼ teaspoon pumpin pie spice
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons sliced almonds (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease loaf pan.
In large bowl combine sugars, sour cream, honey, egg, oil, spices and vanilla. Add in the flour and baking soda mix until combined.
Pour batter into pan and sprinkle with almonds.
Bake for 40-45 mins or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.

Bakery Style Big Peanut Butter Cookies

August 24, 2018 By Katie 6 Comments

Bakery Style Big Peanut Butter Cookies.

I love how bakery style cookies are always BIG. Sometimes it’s nice to just eat one big cookie instead of needing 3 or 4 to be satisfied. I used a large cookie scoop to make these cookies which scoops about 2.5 tablespoons of dough. If you don’t have a large cookie scoop you can just roll the dough into 2″ balls.

This is my favorite, favorite, favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies that I have been using for over 20 years. I use it to make so many variations of peanut butter cookies like peanut butter blossoms, etc.

Recipe makes about 14 large cookies.

Bakery Style Big Peanut Butter Cookies

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted (microwave for 25-30 seconds)
½ cup smooth peanut butter
1 large egg
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F. degrees.
Using an electric mixer, mix sugar, brown sugar, & butter together until creamy. Add peanut butter, egg, & vanilla & mix until smooth & creamy.
Add flour & baking soda & mix until well combined.
Scoop or roll dough into 2 inch balls & place on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten each ball using a fork making a criss-cross pattern on top.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges start to slightly brown.

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Soft Breadsticks

August 23, 2018 By Katie Leave a Comment

Soft Breadsticks.

Well I was trying to make breadsticks like Pizza Hut but these are softer then the ones you get at Pizza Hut. I think if you bake them at 475 degrees F. instead of 400 degrees F. like I did they might turn out more crisp and chewy like Pizza Hut but I kind of like them soft better. They are topped with garlic powder and some Italian herbs like oregano, you could also add parmesan cheese.

I used a bread machine to knead the dough like I almost always do but you can use a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook or knead by hand.

Recipe makes about 8 breadsticks.

Soft Breadsticks

Ingredients

½ cup of warm water
1¼ teaspoons quick rise yeast
1½ cups all purpose flour
2 Tablespoons olive oil (may use butter or vegetable oil also)
½ Tablespoons brown sugar
½ Tablespoon sugar
½ teaspoon salt
Topping:
2 tablespoon olive oil or melted butter
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon dried basil
⅛ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Add warm water & yeast to bread machine or mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients starting with the flour.
Set your bread machine to dough cycle if your using a bread machine. Or use a stand mixer with dough hook to knead the bread or mix the dough by hand for about 15 minutes until dough becomes a soft elastic like ball. Add more flour or water if needed to get the right consistency.
Cover and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Roll out on floured surface to a 8x11" rectangle (I use a rolling pin).
Place onto greased cookie sheet or in a greased 8x11" pan.
Let rise for 30-40 minutes
Use a pizza cutter to pre-slice the dough into 1" strips width wise.
Preheat oven to 400 F. degrees
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until light golden brown.
In a small bowl mix topping ingredients together. Brush mixture on top of warm breadsticks.

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Cinnamon Churro Donut Bundt Cake

August 22, 2018 By Katie 4 Comments

Cinnamon Churro Donut Bundt Cake.

I took my favorite recipe for Baked Vanilla Donuts, baked it in a mini bundt cake pan and covered it with tons of cinnamon and sugar. This recipe reminds me of a giant churro donut because it’s smothered in cinnamon and sugar like churros and I love churros! Therefor I call this recipe Cinnamon Churro Donut Bundt Cake.

I used a mini (6 cup) bundt cake pan which is half the size of a normal bundt cake. If you want to make this recipe in a regular full size (12 cup) bundt cake pan then just double the recipe.

FYI: This recipe makes really good baked donuts too.

Cinnamon Churro Donut Bundt Cake

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

½ cup sour cream
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (I used soybean oil)
2 tablespoons melted butter
½ cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
⅛ teaspoon salt
-Topping-
¼ cup sugar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 Tablespoons melted butter (for brushing)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 6 cup bundt pan with oil or cooking spray.
Whisk together the sour cream, egg, vanilla, oil, butter & sugar in a bowl.
Add flour, soda, salt, & nutmeg (optional) & stir together until well combined.
Fill pan with batter & bake for 20-23 minutes or until the top is springy to the touch & the sides are turning golden brown. Remove from oven & let cool in pan for 5-10 minutes then transfer to cooling rack. Make the cinnamon & sugar topping.
For the cinnamon & sugar coating: Melt 2 Tablespoons of butter in microwave. Mix cinnamon & sugars together in a bowl. Brush the cake top and sides with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar mix.

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Apple Hand Pies (Dairy Free)

August 21, 2018 By Katie 2 Comments

Apple Hand Pies (Diary Free).

I have an easy recipe for apple hand pies I want to share with you. It also happens to be dairy free because I use an oil pastry pie crust recipe and instead of using butter in the apple pie filling I use olive oil. Apple hand pies are a great alternative to making a whole apple pie because they are faster to make and you can make smaller portions if you only have a few people to serve.

I like to roll out the pie dough in between 2 pieces of lightly floured waxed paper so it doesn’t stick.

You roll the pie dough out and cut the dough into 4.5″ circles. I use a cookie cutter/biscuit cutter to make the circles. Place a heaping tablespoon of apples in the middle then fold in half. Use a fork to press the edges together and don’t forget to poke a few holes in the top so it doesn’t explode in the oven.

Recipe makes about 5-6 apple hand pies.

Apple Hand Pies

Ingredients

Pie Dough:
1 cup all purpose flour
⅓ cup vegetable oil
2-3 Tablespoon cold water
½ teaspoon salt
Apple Filling:
1 Tablespoon olive oil
2 small apples or 1 medium/large apple
pinch of salt
nutmeg to taste (optional)
2 Tablespoons light brown sugar, packed
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon flour

Instructions

Prepare pie dough: Mix all ingredients together in bowl. Start with 2 Tablespoons of water, if it needs it add 1 more Tablespoon. Dough will look a little dry (see photo above).
Take the dough, form it into a ball with your hands.
Take 2 pieces of waxed paper about 18" long and place the dough ball in between. Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough. I rolled mine to almost ⅛" thick. Whatever you prefer. You can roll it into a rectangle or whatever shape you want.
Cut the dough into 4.5" circles using a round cookie cutter or you can use a knife or the top of a glass if you have one wide enough. You may have to roll scraps to get the extra circles.
Place on greased cookie sheet.
Preheat oven to 425F.
Peel, core, and dice apples into small thin pieces. In a skillet, add olive oil, apples, salt, nutmeg (optional), brown sugar and cinnamon. Heat for about 5-10 minutes on medium/high heat, until apples are soft, stirring occasionally.
After apples have softened, sprinkle in flour.
Drop the apple filling by the heaping tablespoon into center of each pie crust circle. Fold in half and pinch edges down with a fork end. Poke hand pie with tines of a fork to prevent bursting.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, until lightly browned.

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