Island Kitchen Party

This is just something quick to warm up your day! Cafe Mocha 3/4 tsp of instant coffee 5 1/2 tsp instant hot chocolate 1 1/2 cups boiling water splash of milk Mix coffee and hot chocolate in tall mug. Pour in a little bit of water and stir so there is no lumps. Add rest of water and splash of milk, stir again. Top with lots of whip cream! You don't need to follow the directions exactly, experiment!

2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 egg whites from large eggs 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup 2% milk 2 large eggs 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Preheat oven to 325 f. Line cupcake pans with paper liners. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, shortening, milk and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Mix at low speed for 2 minutes. Scrape bowl. Add egg whites and mix at high speed until fluffy and smooth, approximately 2 minutes. Fill liners 2/3 full of batter. Do not overfill. Bake 15 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans then remove from pan, and place on wire racks to cool completely. Frost and decorate as desired. Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting 3 cups icing sugar 1 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 to 2 tablespoons milk mix together sugar and butter. Mix on low speed until well blended and then increase speed to medium and beat for another 3 minutes. Add vanilla and cream and cont...

Peel and finely grate 1 cup carrots and set aside Preheat oven 350, and line muffin pan In a medium sized bowl combine dry ingredients, 1 1/2 cups of flour 2teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup brown sugar In a large bowl beat together 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 1/3 cup vegetable oil stir dry ingredients into wet, stir just until moist, fold in carrots, fill tins 2/3 full. bake for 20 minutes

3/4 cup shortening. 1 cup brown sugar. 1 beaten egg. 1/4 cup molasses. 2 cups flour. 1/4 tsp salt. 2 tspbaking soda. 1 tsp cinnamon. 1 tsp clove. 1/2 tsp ginger. Cream shortening and sugar. Add molasses and egg. Stir in sifted four, salt and soda, cinnamon, clove and ginger. Dough will be soft and a little sticky, roll into walnut-sized balls and roll in sugar. Place on Cookie sheet and press down with fork bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes.

WASH and dry 5 apples thoroughly. Insert stick into stem end of each apple. HEAT 50 unwrapped KRAFT Caramels and 2 Tbsp. water in large microwave safe bowl microwave on high for 3.5 minutes, remove from stir until caramels are melted and smooth. DIP apples into melted caramel, spooning caramel over apples to coat. Allow excess caramel to drip off, scraping bottom if necessary, and decorate as desired. Place on greased waxed paper; let stand about 15 min. or until caramel sets. Makes 5.

I had the girls over for a baking day we made Soft Pretzels one of our all time favourites. This is Kelli's recipe, She had this one from her high school days. I hope you give this one a try you won't be disappointed Soft Pretzels 3 3/4 cups all purpose flour 1 envelope instant yeast 1 1/2 cup warm water (130 F) 4 t sugar1 t salt 3 T baking soda 1 T sea salt In a large bowl combine 1 3/4 cup flour 1T sugar 1t table salt 1 pkg yeast Add the warm water, mix well. Stir in about 1 1/2 cup of flour until dough forms a ball and is easy to handle. Knead for about 5 minutes Place dough in an ungreased bowl, cover and let rise for about 1/2 an hour. Punch down and cut into 6 equal size pieces. Roll each piece to form a long rope about 20" to 24" long form into a pretzel shape and lay it on a lightly floured surface. Let pretzels rise until not quite double, about 20 minutes. *****Bath***** 4 cups water 3 t sugar 3 T baking soda Bring to a bare simmer and one at a time place e...

The Best Apple Crisp Ever. pre heat oven 350. peel and slice thinly, 5 apples. in a bowl combine 1/2 cup sugar. 2T. Corn starch. 1t. Cinnamon. toss together in a large bowl until apples are evenly coated. place in a 9x9 pan. In the same bowl just used.mix together topping. 1/2 cup flour. 1/2 cup lightly packed brown. sugar. 1 t.cinnamon. cut in 1/2 cup soften butter until it resemble pea size pieces incorporate 1 cup quick cooking oatmeal. place this mixture over apples bake in oven 20 minutes or until golden and apples are tender.