Category Archives: Dessert

Grammy’s Blueberry Banana Bread

Somehow my children fell in love with blueberries. If anything has blueberries associated with it, they will eat it until their lips and fingers are purple-stained for two days. I think it may have something to do with the sweet … Continue reading

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Apple Crumb Squares

2 cups quick or old fashioned oatmeal, uncooked 1-1/2 cups all purpose flour 3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. salt (necessary) 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. nutmeg 1 … Continue reading

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Texas Sheet Cake

I grew up calling these Texas Sheet Cake. Last year I moved to Texas and discovered they just call them brownies here. Doesn’t matter what they are called, frosted bars of chocolate cake are divine. 2 C flour 2 C … Continue reading

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Crunchy Peanut Butter Bars

3 cups peanut butter crunch cereal, crushed to 1 ½ cups 1 ½ C quick cooking oats ¾ C packed brown sugar ½ tsp salt ½ C (1 stick) butter, melted 1/3 C corn syrup 1 tsp vanilla 1 C … Continue reading

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Five Layer Bars

Our final MOPS craft project of the semester was to make a gift jar of this mix. Make a label including Bars and Directions info, and include with the jar of yummy stuff. Here is the formula: Into a 1 … Continue reading

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Peppermint Bark

12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips 12 oz. white chocolate chips 1 tsp. peppermint oil 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy (about 5 large candy canes) Line a jellyroll pan or cookie sheet with foil. Have a wooden spoon and a rubber … Continue reading

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Death by Chocolate

from the kitchen of Valerie Mace ½ C flour ½ C butter, melted 2 Tbsp cocoa ½ C powdered sugar ½ C pecans, chopped ½ jar fudge topping 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese 1 C powdered sugar 1 C … Continue reading

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