No-Bake Dreamsicle Cheesecake Recipe

I made these the other day for Ben & I. They were so good that they disappeared before I got a picture. I got the recipe from Craftaholics Anonymous, love this site. http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/no-bake-orange-dreamsicle-cheesecakes-recipe

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 8 ounce packages cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2-3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tablespoons orange zest (zest of 1 large orange)
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
• whipped cream
• 4 orange sugar candies

Directions:

Beat the cream cheese in a stand mixer, on medium, or food processor until smooth. Add the orange juice, orange zest and vanilla extract. Pulse/mix until everything is well-combined. Then slowly add the powdered sugar. When everything is well combined, turn off your machine.

In the bottom of each glass, evenly place 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs. Distribute the cheesecake mixture into the glasses so that it is evenly distributed amongst your glasses. Put the glasses in the refrigerator to chill and set for 2-3 hours.

After the cheesecakes set, top the cream cheese mixture with whipped cream. Garnish with an orange candy.

Note: Taste the cream cheese mixture before assembling to see if you want to add an additional teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Biscuit Cinnamon Roll Ring

This recipe is like a combination of cinnamon rolls and monkey bread.  I found it on jennyrambles.  (I copied her text, but added my own pictures from when I made it this morning.)  For better pictures, click on her link above.  Thank you jennyrambles for this delicious recipe!  My family loved it!

1 1/2 Tubes Grands Flaky Biscuits

3 Tbsp melted butter

1/2 Cup syrup

1/2 Cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Optional: 1/2 cup chopped nuts of your choice

bundt/fluted tube pan

cooking spray

**HINT** Make sure you have a plate/platter/bowl whatever big enough to fit the entire biscuit ring when you turn it out from the pan before you have the hot pan out of the oven. Also make sure the plate has some sort of a lip, to catch excess syrup. 

1. Preheat oven to 350. Stir together syrup and melted butter. Spray tube pan with cooking spray, add half butter/syrup mixture to the bottom.
2. Stir together brown sugar, cinnamon and nuts if using. Sprinkle half in bottom of pan. Open biscuits and begin to stack them around the center of the pan, sprinkling a pinch of cinnamon sugar in between each biscuit.
3. Top with remaining butter/syrup and cinnamon sugar.
4. Bake for 20-25 minutes.  WITH POTHOLDERS, hold the edges of the plate and the edges of the pan and flip over, so the pan is now on top and the plate is on the counter. If you are scared to do the flip method, the ring will probably stick together well enough for you to dump it out onto your plate. But remember your working with really hot syrup so be super careful.
5. Enjoy.

 

 

Banana Cinnamon Muffins

Source:  Betty Crocker

Ingredients

Muffins:
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 vegetable oil
2 eggs
2/3 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 small bananas)
1 tsp vanilla
1 2/3 all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Topping:
1/4 sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 butter, melted

Heat oven to 375°F. Grease bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.  In medium bowl, beat 2/3 cup sugar, the oil and eggs with wire whisk. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Stir in remaining muffin ingredients just until moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Bake 17 to 21 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove from pan to cooling rack.


In small bowl, mix 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Dip muffin tops into melted butter, then into cinnamon-sugar. Serve warm.

No-Bake Energy Bites

I found these super yummy morsels on Pinterest.  Hooray for Pinterest--love it!  Anyway, they're quick, easy, and oh so yummy.  Thanks to gimmesomeoven.com for this awesome recipe!

Ingredients
1 cup dry oatmeal
2/3 cup toasted coconut flakes
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 ground flaxseed or wheat germ
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp vanilla

Stir all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly mixed. Let chill in the refrigerator for half an hour. Once chilled, roll into 1 inch balls.  Store in an airtight container and keep refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Makes about 15-20 balls.

No-Bake Oatmeal Cookies

 

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1/3 c. Cocoa
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. salt
3 c. quick oats
1 c. coconut
1/4 c. peanut butter

Instructions

In large sauce pan combine sugar, cocoa, milk, and butter and boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add vanilla and salt and peanut butter. Stir in oatmeal and coconut. If its too runny, add more quick oats to thicken. Drop onto wax paper, let cool.

Onion Baked Chicken

 

Ingredients

• 10 chicken breast tenderloins or strips
• 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• pepper to taste, salt lightly
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
• 3/4 cup water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Place chicken in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Pour melted margarine over the chicken strips. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with dry onion soup mix.
3. Pour 3/4 of a cup of water into the bottom of the pan, helping the chicken stay moist.
4. At 30 minutes, turn the chicken and pepper the bottom of the chicken.
5. Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.

Pizza Rolls

Pizza Rolls

I found this recipe on Pinterest, but the original source is What About Pie?

This recipe is easy peasy, quick and breezy!

I modified it from the original recipe and now it's even easier!

Roll out some pillsbury crescent rolls, keeping the triangles together so that they form a rectangle. 

Lightly spread with olive oil.  (This time I didn't have any olive oil, so I used canola oil instead.)  

Cover with pepperoni. 

 Sprinkle on some mozzarella cheese. 

(The one of the far right was Jason's, hence, lots of cheese!)

 Add just a touch of Italian Seasoning.

 Roll them up.

Bake for 10-11 minutes at 375 degrees.

We were so hungry and they were so good....I forgot to take a picture of the finished product before we started eating.  But trust me, they're awesome! 

(Even my picky girls loved them!)