Delicious Bar Cookies - Triple Layer Chocolate Bars and Cranberry Coconut Bars

For quick-fix tempting desserts, try bar dessert/cookies. They are easy, tasty, and they are easy to transport to pitch-in meals, office parties, family reunions, etc. The Triple Layer Chocolate Bars are perfect for the chocoholic in your group. The Cranberry-Coconut Bars are a perfect blend of tart and sweet combining cranberries, coconut, and white baking chips.

TRIPLE LAYER CHOCOLATE BARS

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup cocoa, divided
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup chopped nuts
2 cups (12 oz pkg) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, stir graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup of the cocoa and the sugar together. Stir butter into mixture, blending well. Press mixture firmly onto bottom of ungreased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.

In a small bowl, beat sweetened condensed milk, flour, egg, vanilla, baking powder and the remaining cocoa. Stir nuts into the mixture. Spread evenly over prepared crust. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake in 350 degree oven for 25 minutes or until set. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into 24 or 36 bars depending on the size you want. Store in a tightly covered container at room temperature.

CRANBERRY COCONUT BARS

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup quick oats
1 pkg (12-oz) white baking chips, divided
1 cup shredded coconut
1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
1/3 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease or spray a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan; set aside.

In a small bowl, combine flour and baking soda; set aside. Cream together the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar; add eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture gradually. Blend in oats, 1 cup of the white baking chips, coconut and cranberries. Press dough evenly into the prepared jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until edges are golden brown and center is set. Cool completely.

In a small saucepan, cook and stir remaining baking chips and milk over low heat until smooth. Drizzle mixture over cooled bars. Sprinkle with chopped pecans, if desired. Cut into bars to serve.

Enjoy!

Ani Phyo's Raw Food Essentials: Coconut Cake with Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Sauce and Cashew Kream

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Coconut Boi : Raw Chocolate Fudge Cake*

Making an unbelievable *Raw Chocolate Fudge Cake* This is an insane cake. Awesome!



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How to Make A Coconut Cake Part I

Chef, Ben Gross, shows us how to make a yummy Double Coconut Cake. In this segment, Ben makes the batter. Stay tuned for Part II where he demonstrates his frosting skills! www.gopro-lo.com



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Best Dessert Recipes - The Best Desserts Are "Just" Desserts

A lovely dinner doesn't feel complete until dessert is served. Desserts should always compliment the menu. Our taste buds focus on sweet, sour and salty. If you prepared a menu that includes sweet and sour, you'll want to offer a less complex dessert. The best desserts for meals of this kind suggest simplicity - pears poached in a plum wine sauce, blood orange slices sauted in pineapple juice and rum or bananas rolled in coconut and pecans and baked in Cointreau sauce.

For meals that are standard meat and potatoes, your menu's theme is a good guide. With roast beef or chicken entrees, the best dessert recipes may be typical rice pudding or apple pie. Try adding coconut to your rice pudding and top them with orange slices sauted in brown sugar. Serve apple pie with a slice of a really great cheddar cheese for ultra-sophisticated simplicity. Or, try glazing it with apricot preserves and then broiling until the top turns slightly bubbly.

Planning main menus ahead very carefully is an opportunity to coordinate food flavors. When serving Italian food, for instance, a great idea is to serve one of the best dessert recipes that's simply delicious - cassata, an Italian cheesecake that's easy to make. Some cassata recipes call for ricotta, a heavier-textured Italian cheese. Try using mascarpone instead of ricotta. You will need a springform pan for this recipe.

Cassata:

16 oz. Mascarpone or Ricotta cheese. (If you are using Ricotta, sieve until smooth.)
4 eggs separated, slightly chilled
1 1/4 cups superfine sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated orange rind
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond liqueur
1/2 cup white raisins soaked in Sambucca liqueur, drained (reserve liqueur)
1/4 cup pignoli nuts
1 sponge cake - May be purchased or use standard recipe for sponge cake

Beat eggs yolks until they reach a pale yellow color. Add vanilla and almond liqueur. Blend with beater. Beat egg white until stiff but not dried, adding sugar slowly. Fold egg yolk mixture with cheese and raisins. Add orange rind. Slowly fold in egg whites.

Line bottom and sides of spring form pan with sponge cake. Brush with reserved liqueur. Do not soak. Pour in cheese mixture. Allow to set overnight or at least 6 hours before serving. Sprinkle top with pignoli nuts.

For casual "Saturday Night" menus, the best dessert recipes can also be fun desserts. Try old fashioned ice cream sodas or sundaes your guests can "build" themselves. Don't throw out that leftover morning coffee. Pour it into your blender, add a dash of cocoa powder and for adults, a little Frangelico liqueur, and a scant dash of chili powder....yes...chili powder. Sweeten to taste. Pour into old-fashioned glasses and add a dollop of chocolate ice cream and a spring of mint.

One of the best dessert recipes for groups is also a lot of fun: Chocolate fondue. Instead of the traditional fondue pot, pour your melted chocolate into individual Irish coffee glasses. Place a dinner plate under each glass. Add strawberries, marshmallows, walnuts, and small chunks of pound cake. Serve with a fondue fork. Unique and fun for guests.

A Safari Party Menu With a Recipe for Dirt Cupcakes

You'll enjoy a Safari party with the guests even more if you have a great Safari menu set up. The guests will enjoy your party too with the following Safari party menu ideas. It's not hard to follow these suggestions because they are so tasty and they'll be suitable for the carnivores and the herbivores at your party.

Animal or dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets is perfect for the kids at the Safari party. You can also serve up plenty of fruits for the guests; try dipping them in chocolate or make up Chocolate Covered Ants for the Anteaters at the party to nosh on. Trail Mix is a tasty treat for the Safari Hunters in the group. You can also make up Dirt Cupcake for the kids to eat. Chicken Drumsticks and pork chops are just the right food for those meat lovers, while an extensive and tasty salad bar is just right for the veggie fans.

For this Safari party treat you'll need the following ingredients: 1 box cheap cake mix, plus ingredients on the cake box for making cake, Cupcake liners, chocolate frosting, Chocolate wafers or Oreos, Gummy worms and/or other decorations.

Mix up the cake mix according to directions on the box, set aside. Place cupcake liners in a muffin pan. Fill the cupcake liners each about 3/4 full. Then, bake the cupcakes according to the instructions on the cake box. Remove from oven and let cool. Apply frosting to the cupcakes. Smash up the Oreo cookies or chocolate wafers. Sprinkle on top of the frosting. Carefully arrange one or two gummy worms on top of each of the cupcakes to finish it off.

These Dirt Cupcakes are excellent treats for the guests at your Safari party. Make sure you have plenty of paper goods for the buffet.

New York Style Cheesecake Recipe

New York style cheesecake recipes are made with a combination of cream cheese and Italian cheese cakes made with ricotta cheese. In the early 1920's, this particular silky style of cream cheese was developed in the New York area.

New York style cheesecake recipes were introduced by Jewish delicatessens in New York City. Arnold Reuben Jr., owner of the legendary Turf Restaurant at 49th and Broadway in New York City and a descendant of immigrants from Germany, claimed his family developed the first cream cheese cake recipe. Reuben's cheesecake was so good, it won a Gold Metal at the 1929 World's Fair.

The superior qualities that make Reuben's classic New York style cheesecake are a graham cracker crust, a creamy texture, and distinct lemon flavor that is firm but light in density. Below you will find his Classic New York Style Cheesecake recipe.

Classic New York Cheesecake

Crust:

Heavily coat 10-inch spring form pan with cooking spray

1 1/2 cups commercial graham cracker crumbs

5 Tbsp. butter

1 tsp. honey

1/4 cup sugar

Mix ingredients together with hands until well blended and crumbs appear moist. Pour into pan. With hands, spread evenly across the bottom and pat down firmly.

Filling:

5 8-ounce bars cream cheese, at room temperature

2 Tbsp. flour

1 Tbsp. confectioners' sugar

11/2 cups sugar

grated rind of 1 lemon

1/2 tsp. orange liqueur

3/4 tsp. vanilla

2 egg yolks at room temperature

5 eggs at room temperature

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place first five ingredients in large mixing bowl and beat on high until they are completely blended. Add vanilla and 2 yolks, and beat again. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Pour into prepared pan. Batter will fill pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Top will be golden. Lower oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until top browns, cake feels bouncy to the touch, and a toothpick tests clean. Cool to room temperature. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Yield: 16-20 slices

The history of cheesecake is believed to have originated in ancient Greece. The first recorded mention of cheesecake was when it was served to the athletes during the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC. Centuries later, cheesecake appeared in America. The recipes were brought over by the immigrants.

If you ask a New Yorker, the only true cheesecake makers and connoisseurs are in New York. Every New York restaurant has their own version and thus the cheesecake from New York has been re-named New York cheesecake.

I hope you enjoy this New York style cheesecake recipe.

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