Apple Cobbler

Apple Cobbler always makes me think of home, almost

everyone love cobblers, at least I do :)

I hope you like this easy recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup butter at room t°

1 cup granulated sugar

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

3 eggs

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1 can apple pie filling
1/2 cup of milk

Crumble:

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup flour

1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp.cinnamon

How to:

Preheat oven to 350°F

Grease a 9inch pan, and set aside

Combine butter and sugar untill well blended

add vanilla

Add baking powder and flour

mix well

Spread onto bottom of mold

Add apple pie filling

Spread all over the apple filling and batter

Mix crumble ingredients and spread all over

Bake for 50 min.

let it stand untill cooled

and dust with powder sugar if desired

Enjoy!!!



Delicate Cookies

first time trying this recipe,turned out great! hope you like it

INGREDIENTS

100 grs. butter

150 grs. shortening
3/4 cup powder sugar 

3 tsp cinnamon
3 cups of polenta flour

powder sugar for dusting

 Preheat oven to 350F

HOW TO

Cream shortening, butter, and sugar

add cinnamon

add flour continue beating

put the dough 15 in the refrigerator

Roll out the dough on a floured surface to 1/8inch.

Cut with cookie cutter

Place on prepared sheets.

Bake 25 min

When cooled dust with powder sugar

ready! enjoy!

Cinnamon Doughnut Pound Cake

When I first thought about doing something like this I laughed, because it seemed like just crazy, but doing crazy things is what may lead you to great things, in baking world I mean :)
Well it all starts like this, I had some leftover cinnamon doughnuts at home so I decided to have them crushed and see how I could fit them into a new creation

So here they are, little cinnamon doughnuts, about 12, just have them crushed

Place the crushed doughnuts all over the base of a buttered and floured mold, then pour the batter carefully

Bake it for aprox. 40 min at 375F or 190C

CAKE

1/2 cups unsalted butter softened Preheat oven to 350º.butter and flour a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan.

2 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 

1 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 large eggs

1/2 cup plain cream 

FROSTING 

3 Tbsp. butter

3 Tbsp. evaporated milk

1 Tbsp. vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups powder sugar

CHOCOLATE DECORATION

if desired you can use either one:

100 grs. semi-sweet chocolate ganache

or 100 grs. melted semi-sweet chocolate

HOW TO

Arrange the crushed cinnamon doughnuts on the base of the pan.

Mix flour and baking powder and set aside.

Cream butter, add sugar and vanilla and beat for 4 minutes, then add the eggs one at the time, and continue beating,add the cream and then

 add the flour mixture until well combined.

Spoon batter on top of crushed doughnuts

Bake for 40 min at 375F or 190C 

Let cool on a wire rack, 10 to 15 min

Let cool completely

DECORATIONCombine all the ingredients and cover the cake

if you like you can make little decorations with chocolate ganache or just melted chocolate

E N J O Y!

Brandied Applesauce Muffins

Winter is a marvelous season, I just love being with the family in many events and sharing not only time, talks, but also warmth and delicious treats, I created this muffins to please my love for apples and a delicate brandy glaçe.

muffins covered with brandy glaçe

Just add a delicate coat, you can help yourself with a spoon or a pastry brush

out of the oven

Muffins

1 cup applesauce

2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

2 eggs

2 tbsp buttermilk

1tsp.ground cinnamon
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Glaçe

1 cup powder sugar

2Tbsp. brandy

2Tbsp evaporated milk

How to

Preheat oven to 375f or 190c.

Grease 20 muffin cups or line them with partchment paper

Combine the brown sugar with applesauce

add buttermilk

add ground cinnamon

add baking powder and flour

Bake until golden brown and a wooden skewer or toothpick inserted in the middle of muffin comes out clean

Remove from oven and cool

Glaçe

Combine the brandy with the powder sugar and the evaporated milk

just add 1 tsp. of it to each muffin

Add some white sugar sprinkles

My Best Pumpkin-Cinnamon Cheesecake

Cheesecakes are my favorite kind of cakes, I just love them, they´re so versatile and creamy, this pumpkin cheesecake is easy to make and delicious to taste hope you like it

CRUST

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup firm butter cut in small pieces
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp cinnamon
FILLING
1-1/2 lb. cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
5 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 tsp. cinnamon
TOPPING
1/2 cup white chocolate
3 drops orange food coloring
white and orange sugar crystals

HOW- TO

CRUST
To prepare crust, sift flour into a large bowl, add sugar and vanilla and cinnamon add butter cut in squares, add and mix until mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs.
Place dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate 30 min.
Preheat oven to 475F. Grease a 8-inch spring form pan.
On a lightly floured surface roll dough to a 1/4 inch thickness.
.line greased pan with dough. Set aside.
FILLING
Beat cream cheese, sour cream,sugar, flour and egg yolks and whites in a large bowl.
Stir in vanilla and cinnamon and beat until smooth.
add pumpkin puree
Spoon filling into prepared crust..
Bake for 50 minutes or more if necessary.
Let it cool completely
DECORATION
microwave white chocolate until completely melted.
add orange food coloring
pipe the orange chocolate doing lines or a free patern and pipe some little dots or kisses all around the cake.
add colored and white sugar.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Sables

I love Halloween treats, thinking about all the season just makes me happy

Pumpkin cookies are just a nice way to enjoy and share with friends and family

cookies

1-1/4 cups all purpose flour
pinch of salt
1/4 cup of sugar
1/2finely ground almonds
1/2 tsp.cinnamon
1/3cup butter softened
2egg yolks
filling
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
150 grs. cream cheese
3 tbsp sugar
decoration
1 or 2 egg whites
sugar crystals, (green and orange)

How to make them
Grease several baking sheets with butter.
Stir flour, salt and sugar in medium size bowl
mix in cinnamon
Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
Add egg yolks and mix to form a soft dough.
Roll out dough on a floured surface, using a pumpkin cookie cutter .
and cut out the figures.
Place slightly apart
with a brush apply some egg white to each and sprinkle with the green and orange sugar crystals
Refrigerate unbaked for 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 350F

Bake pumpkin Sables for 15 to 20 min.
Remove, when cool
Spoon some filling and cover with another cookie.
Enjoy

Horchata

Horchata is the most delicious beverage you can have, I first tried it in Spain, as a little girl, then whenever I could.

My sister in law just gave me this easy recipe and I wanted to share it with you, its as easy as delicious and refreshing.

Hope you like it!
Ingredients
1 cup of rice (regular rice will be fine)

3 cups of water
1 cup of evaporated milk shopping liscinnamon 1 or 2 branches
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
5 Tbsp sugar
powder cinnamon for decoration How to make it

How to do it
Bring the 3 cups to a boil
Add the cup of rice
Let the rice and water rest for at least 3 hours, you can leave it overnight add the branch of cinnamon at this point
Put the rice and water in the blender all together with the cinnamon
add 1 Tbsp of vanilla
and then 5 Tbsp of sugar
add the evaporated milk
Blend all this perfectly
Strain 2 times and pour it in a big beautiful pitcher with ice and sprinkle some more powder cinnamon if you like
enjoy!