miércoles, 26 de octubre de 2016

Apple Sheet Cake with Maple Glaze This Apple Sheet Cake with Maple Glaze tastes just like fall. The combination of apples, cinnamon and maple syrup screams fall! Whenever I have to feed a crowd I love a good sheet cake and this apple sheet cake with maple glaze is a good one and tastes just like fall! I love apple season here in the Pacific NW.  We get lots of different varieties of apples and I love visiting the Farmer’s Market in the early fall when they let you taste the different varieties.  One of my favorites is Honey Crisp but I’m a big fan of the Granny Smith apple, especially when it comes to baking.  You get good flavor and texture with a granny smith and they are the perfect addition to this apple sheet cake.  Thanks to the apples, this cake is moist and has just the right amount of sweet. I’m a frosting girl, so for me, the best part of this cake and any cake, is the frosting.  This one is topped with a delicious maple syrup glaze.  The glaze adds an additional touch of sweetness to the cake and the addition of maple syrup makes it feel and taste even more like fall. For more apple treats check out these:  My favorite apple cake – Apple Pudding Cake | Apple Pie Ice Cream | French Crumb Apple Pie Apple Sheet Cake with Maple Glaze   Print Prep time 30 mins Cook time 20 mins Total time 50 mins   Author: Leigh Anne Wilkes Serves: 24 pieces Ingredients 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp cinnamon ½ cup butter 1 cup water ½ cup shortening ½ cup milk ½ tsp baking soda 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups granny smith apples, peeled and chopped Glaze 2 Tbsp butter, melted 1 Tbsp milk 2 Tbsp maple syrup 1½ cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla Instructions In a sauce pan combine butter, water and shortening. Bring to a boil. Stir in flour and stir to combine. Add milk, then baking soda, eggs and vanilla. Stir in apples. Pour into a greased 15 x 13 jelly roll pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool for 10-15 minutes Glaze: Combined melted butter, milk, powdered sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. Add additional milk if needed to make the glaze spreadable. Stir until smooth. Pour frosting over cooled cake and spread evenly. Notes Recipe adapted from Chef in Training 3.5.3217 Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Apple Sheet Cake with Maple Glaze. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

domingo, 23 de octubre de 2016

No Bake Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin season is here and it’s time to celebrate.  This No Bake Pumpkin Pie is the perfect guest to invite to your pumpkin party! It’s that time of year!  Pumpkin Pie time.  With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, pumpkin pie is ready to take center stage when it comes to pie choices for most people. Do you reserve pumpkin pie just for Thanksgiving and Christmas or do you enjoy it whenever you want?  Maybe you love a good slice of pumpkin pie but pie is too much work and and takes too much time.  Well,  I’m about to rock your world.  This  pie is no bake and comes together in under 30 minutes. Now I have to confess,  I did bake the graham cracker crust because it was easier for me to make one at home than run to the store and buy one.   If you really want to make it totally no bake just buy yourself a premade graham cracker crust and you’ll be good to go – no bake!  This pie is so easy to make you may just find yourself making it alot more often than just Thanksgiving and Christmas. I shared this pie with my neighbors and a few minutes after my husband delivered it I got a text with a picture of them eating it, telling me how wonderful it was and they couldn’t believe it was no bake! There is a little cooking involved with this recipe, on the stove top but no baking.  The pie filling uses unflavored gelatin to help thicken it.  The addition of some pumpkin pie spice, orange juice and vanilla give it a great flavor. I bet you can’t  eat just one piece!  But if you do happen to end up with some leftover pie give this recipe for a Pumpkin Pie Milkshake a try.  It is so delicious and may be my favorite way to eat pumpkin pie.  For some double pumpkin flavor top your pie with pumpkin pie ice cream.  It’s amazing!!  And then there is pumpkin pie cake too….. Here’s to pumpkin season! No Bake Pumpkin Pie   Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 10 mins Total time 20 mins   Author: Leigh Anne Wilkes Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 8 servings Ingredients 1 9 inch prepared or homemade graham cracker crust 1 (.25 oz) package of plain, unflavored gelatin 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice 3 Tbsp fresh orange juice 2 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree Homemade Graham Cracker Crust 9 whole graham crackers, approx. 1¼ cups of crumbs 3 Tbsp sugar ⅓ C butter, melted Instructions In a heavy pan combine gelatin, spice and salt. Stir in condensed milk and eggs, mix well. Let stand for one minute and then place over low heat, stirring constantly until it thickens (5-7 mins) Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Stir in pumpkin. Mix well. Pour into crust. Chill 4 hours before serving Homemade Graham Cracker Crust Combine crumbs and sugar Add in melted butter and stir to combine. Press mixture into a 9 inch pie pan and press firmly to sides and bottom Bake at 350 for 8 minutes. Cool Notes Recipe adapted from allrecipes 3.5.3208 Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading No Bake Pumpkin Pie. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

miércoles, 19 de octubre de 2016

Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Pie Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Pie is the perfect combo of a brownie and a pie all in one! This post is sponsored by the California Walnut Board but all opinions are my own. Are there certain foods that when you cook with them or eat them they remind of you a certain person?  I am that way with walnuts.  They always remind me of my Grandpa Schenck.  We lived in Wisconsin growing up and every summer we would take the train out to California to spend a month or so with my mother’s parents.  I remember sitting on the back porch of grandpa’s house in San Gabriel shelling walnuts.  I can never cook with or eat a walnut without thinking about my grandpa. This fudgy chocolate walnut pie is full memories for me and lots of chocoalte and walnut goodness.  The chocolate is fudgy and gooey but it’s not runny.  A layer of toasted walnuts on the bottom of the pie adds some nice crunch and flavor to the pie and helps the chocolate not to be too overwhelming. I used a store bought pie crust but you can always make your own.  I love my Perfect Pie Crust recipe. Let the pie cool for an hour or so so that it is easier to cut and serve.  Of course, a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream would be perfect on this pie! Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Pie   Print Prep time 45 mins Cook time 35 mins Total time 1 hour 20 mins   Author: Leigh Anne Wilkes Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 8 servings Ingredients 1 9 inch pie crust 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips 4 Tbsp butter ¼ cup canola oil 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder ¾ cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1 Tbsp vanilla extract ¾ tsp salt ¼ cup all purpose flour 1 cup walnuts toasted and chopped Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line pie pan with pie dough and press into bottom of pan and up the sides. Trim overhang to ½ inch and tuck overhang under itself. Crimp down evenly around the dish using your fingers. Chill for 15 minutes wrapped in plastic wrap. Prick bottom of crust and bake for 18 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges. Reduce heat to 325 degrees F. Combine ⅔ cup chocoalte chips and butter in a bowl and melt in microwavve. Stir in oil and cocoa, stir until smooth. In another bowl, mix together sugar, eggs, vanilla and salt until smooth. Whisk chocolate mixture into sugar mixture. Stir in flour and remaining chocolate chips until combined. Spread walnuts in bottom of pie crust. Pour batter over the top and smooth to level. Bake until a toothpick comes out with just a thin coating of batter on it, about 30-35 mimutes. Let pie cool for about 1½ hours. Slice and serve. Can be rewarmed in the oven at 300 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Serve with ice cream. 3.5.3208   Author information Leigh Anne Hi – I’m Leigh Anne! I have been a homebased mom for 30 years since my first baby boy was born! I love working with women and helping to inspire them to achieve their goals and dreams while still maintaining motherhood and family as their number one priority. I blog about everything I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. | Facebook | Google+ | Pinterest | Continue reading Fudgy Chocolate Walnut Pie. This post is from your homebased mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.