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Here's an assortment of dessert recipes that will please anyone at your gathering. I know we bring at least one of them to each potluck or progressive that we attend! I'd also like to say that the chocolate chip bit cake recipe comes to you with over 50 years of experience as it originated from my grandmother on dad's side. Since she never gave my mom the secret for keeping the chocolate bits evenly distributed, we've been experimenting with it ever since. The resulting recipe below is pure perfection!
Baked Apples
Prep time: 10 minutes, Cook time: 11 minutes
7 McIntosh apples, peeled
½ cup orange juice
3 t. artificial sweetener
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. cornstarch
Cut apples into thick slices. Arrange in microwave-save 8 x 12 inch dish. Mix remaining ingredients and pour over the apples. Microwave on high for 11 minutes or until the apples are tender. Also easy to make in the crock pot. Cook on low 6 - 8 hours.
Serve warm or cold. Great on vanilla ice cream.
Cherry Delight (in-laws favorite)
Prep time: 20 minutes, Cook time 15 minutes
NEED TO PREP THE DAY BEFORE, OR MUCH EARLIER IN THE DAY
A. 1 cup margarine, ½ cup brown sugar, 2 cups flour, 1 cup chopped pecans
B. 4 cups Dream Whip, 8 ounce package cream cheese - softened, 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 t. vanilla
C. 1 can Wilderness Cherries
Mix A in 9 x 12 pan. Bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Cool.
Mix B in bowl. Pour over cooked baked layer (A). Refrigerate
Next day, pour can Wilderness Cherries over the combined A and B mixture
Chocolate Chip Bit Cake (dad's favorite - we miss you D)
Prep Time: 15 minutes, Cook time: 40 minutes
2 ¼ cup flour
1 bag chocolate chips
1 cup milk
1 ½ cup sugar
½ cup butter flavored Crisco (works WAY better than butter - chips fall to the bottom if you use regular butter, or worse yet margarine)
2 ½ t. baking powder
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla
Blend butter flavored Crisco and sugar then add remaining ingredients except chocolate chips. Pour ½ batter into a 9 x 12 pan, then add ½ chocolate, repeat. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.
