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Homemade Cherry Cobbler: Step-by-Step Guide


Cherry Cobbler is great in the summertime with ice cream. I have been making this recipe for years.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine or butter
  • 1 cup milk or 1 cup of the juice from the can of peaches.
  • 2- 15 once cans of cherries (drained) or about 4 cups of frozen cherries.
  • ice cream (optional) as a topping for eating

Directions:

  1. Melt margarine in 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
  2. Then mix sugar, flour and milk together well.
  3. Pour cherries into the pan.
  4. Pour the batter over the cherries.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean.
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Homemade Blueberry Cobbler: Step-by-Step Guide


Blueberry Cobbler is great in the summertime with ice cream. I have been making this recipe for years.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine or butter
  • 1 cup milk or 1 cup of the juice from the can of peaches.
  • 2- 15 once cans of blueberries (drained) or about 4 cups of frozen blueberries
  • ice cream (optional) as a topping for eating

Directions:

  1. Melt margarine in 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
  2. Then mix sugar, flour and milk together well.
  3. Pour blueberries into the pan.
  4. Pour the batter over the blueberries.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean.
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Cooking with Kids: Simple Recipe Ideas

My 11-year-old daughter loves to help me cook and has a passion for making desserts. She’s the main one in our house who prepares the sweets and also assists me in posting the recipes here. These recipes are some of her favorites to make. While they’re great for older kids, younger kids can also try them with a bit of adult supervision.

Breakfast

Main Dishes

Vegetables

Breads

Harder breads to make

All breads are a little hard to cook but taste good after done, so keep trying.

Cookies:

Harder cookies to make / for older kids

Cakes /Cupcakes

Bell created recipes

Frostings, Icings, and Glazes

Brownies/Bars

Tarts/cobblers/Pies

Harder pies to make/ for older kids

Pie crust

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Banana cupcakes with butter cream frosting and sliced almonds

Easy to do good for children cooks

Ingredients for the cupcakes:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 Stick butter softened (I/2 cup butter)
  • 2 Bananas
  • 4 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 Cup water

Directions for the cupcakes:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Cream together sugar and butter.
  3. Add in the mashed banana than put it in a bowl with sugar and butter.
  4. Mix in flour, eggs, and vanilla.
  5. Pour into cupcake pan. Fill only about 3/4 of the way.
  6. Cook for 15 to 16 minutes or until golden on top and springs back when touched lightly.
  7. Put the cupcakes on a wire rack to cool, then turn it onto a plate to frost them.

FOR THE FROSTING

Ingredients:

  • 1 stick butter, softened teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • Almond slices (optional)

Directions:

  1. Measure all ingredients into the bowl.
  2. Beat the ingredients together with an electric mixer.
  3. Mix on high for 5 minutes until the frosting is thick and creamy.
  4. If frosting is too thick, add a little more milk; if it is too thin, add more powdered sugar.
  5. Sprinkle slices almonds on top if you want.

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Coconut Cashew Blondies

Hands-On Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Makes 24 bars

What You Need:

  • 3/4 cup (1½ sticks) butter, well softened
  • 2 cups packed Light Brown Sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup white baking chips
  • 1 cup flaked coconut
  • 1 cup salted roasted cashews

Cooking directions:

  1. Heat oven to 325°F.
  2. Spray 13×9-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
  3. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until blended.
  4. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until creamy.
  5. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix until just blended.
  6. Stir in chips and coconut.
  7. Spread in pan.
  8. Sprinkle with cashews; press until level with top of dough.
  9. Bake about 40 minutes until golden brown.
  10. Allow to cool slightly. Serve warm or cool.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

Prep time 20-Minute

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons HERSHEY’S Cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) REESE’S Peanut Butter Chips

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 350°F.
  2. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
  3. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended.
  4. Add egg and vanilla; beat well.
  5. Gradually add flour mixture, beating well.
  6. Stir in peanut butter chips. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
  7. Bake 8 to 9 minutes. (Do not over bake; cookies will be soft.) Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

    Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
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Homemade Peach Cobbler: Step-by-Step Guide


Peach Cobbler is great in the summertime with ice cream. I have been making this recipe for years.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine or butter
  • 1 cup milk or 1 cup of the juice from the can of peaches.
  • 1 large 32 once can of peaches
  • ice cream (optional) as a topping for eating

Directions:

  1. Melt margarine in 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
  2. Then mix sugar, flour and milk together well.
  3. Pour peaches into the pan.
  4. Pour the batter over the peaches.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean.
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Delicious Crumb Coffee Cake Recipe

Crumb Coffee Cake is a great cake to eat while drinking coffee. The Recipe is for 8 x 8-inch Square baking pan or dish. This recipe can easily be doubled for a 9 X 13-inch pan.


Ingredients: (For the small pan)

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup
    milk

Ingredients: (for the large pan)

  • 4 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups milk


Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. Mix together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and butter. Save 1/2 of the mixture for topping.
3. To the remaining mixture, add vanilla, eggs, and milk. Mix well.
4. Pour batter into pan. Sprinkle the reserved Crumbs on top of batter,
5. Bake for 50-65 minutes @ 325 degrees until a toothpick comes out clean.

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Time Chart for Baking Cakes in Various Pan Sizes

Pan Size and Estimated Baking Time in a 350-degree F Oven:
There really isn’t a baking formula for time to bake… that’s why a recipe usually gives a range and the baker her/himself needs to determine the end point. Be sure to use the visual indicators to test for wither or not it is done.

Pan(s) sizeTime to bake
Two 8 x 1-1/2-inch round baking pans35 to 40 minutes
Two 9 x 1 1/2-inch round baking pans30 to 35 minutes
Two 8 x 8 x 2-inch baking pans25 to 35 minutes
Two 9 x 9 x 2-inch baking pans25 to 36 minutes
One 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan30 to 35 minutes
One 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan25 to 30 minutes
Cupcakes (half full of batter)18 to 23 minutes
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Summer Fruit Tart

SUMMER FRUIT TART
Active Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Amount: 10 servings
INGREDIENTS:

  • (16 oz) Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough or your favorite, room temperature
  • 6 (or more depending on size) of your choice of fruit thinly sliced, such as peaches, kiwi, strawberries, nectarine, apricot
  • 1 cup Essential Everyday White Baking Chips
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • ¼ (8 ounce) Cream Cheese, softened
  • 1/4 cup Apricot Preserves (or your favorite preserves) for the glaze
  • fresh mint leaves, for garnish if desired



DIRECTIONS:

  1. Press cookie dough into and up sides of a 10-inch tart pan.
  2. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
  3. Remove from oven and gently press down cookie dough with back of a spoon along bottom of pan only; cool completely.
  4. In medium microwaveable bowl, combine baking chips and milk; microwave (HIGH) in 30 second intervals, stirring each time, until chips are melted (about 1 minute).
  5. Add cream cheese; using an electric mixer, mix on medium until well combined and fluffy.
  6. Spread cream cheese mixture over cooled cookie crust. Top with fruit slices in desired pattern.
  7. Place preserves in a small microwaveable bowl. Microwave (HIGH) 30 seconds.
  8. Brush preserve over all fruit.
  9. Garnish with mint leaves, if desired.
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