Cooking With Gogi » dESSERTS

CROCKPOT PUDDING CAKE

Cooking With Gogi — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:12:09 +0000

Do you have errands to run and have to be gone for a few hours? How about getting dessert started before you leave?

1 chocolate cake mix

1 box instant pudding mix

4 eggs

1 pint of sour cream

3/4 cup oil

1 cup water

6 oz. chocolate chips

Mix and pour into crockpot on low. Cook for 6-8 hrs. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream. DELICIOUS!!!

Now if you really want to make it easy on yourself, tear or chop up some lettuce and add leftovers from the frig. This could be ham, chicken, tuna, carrots, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions, grated cheese, chopped bacon, mushrooms, you name it. That could be your main course with your choice of dressing. Now you have dessert and your main course ready to serve. Just pop it into the frig until you get home.

Be stress free and enjoy!

Gogi

QUICK ORANGE NUT BREAD

Cooking With Gogi — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:12:07 +0000

Here is a quick bread for breakfast or a brunch.

3 cups baking mix

1/3 cup sugar

3 eggs

3 T. grated orange peel

3/4 cup orange juice (fresh or frozen)

3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Orange glaze:

Makes one loaf 9×5x3- preheat oven 350 degrees

Mix baking mix, sugar, eggs, orange peel and orange juice and beat 1/2 minute on slow speed. Beat another 2 1/2 minutes on medium. Stir in nuts and bake for 55 to 60 minutes.

Orange glaze: Mix 1 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 cup butter or margarine melted, 1 T. grated orange peel, 1 T. orange juice. Mix thoroughly… If needed add more juice.

Try this some morning with a great cup of your favorite coffee!

Gogi

COOKIE PIZZA

Cooking With Gogi — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:28:10 +0000

I just finished making the crust for a cookie pizza. I took a package of sugar cookie mix from the cupboard, mixed as directed and spread it on an ungreased round pizza pan and baked according to directions. It is cooling now and later I will put the topping on it.

1 8 ounce package of cream cheese softened

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chopped salted peanuts

Mix together first 3 ingredients and spread on cooled crust. Sprnkle peanuts over top. Take chocolate ice cream or carmel topping and drizzle across the top. Makes a great snack or dessert for family or company. Refrigerate leftovers.

If you are going to eat this right away, slice some granny apples, dip in lemon juice and scatter across the top of pizza before adding the topping. I prefer not to unless I know it is going to be used right away because the apples might not look so great after a while even if you dipped them.

Enjoy,

Gogi

QUICK OATIES

Cooking With Gogi — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:20:48 +0000

Combine 1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cuup brown ssugar

2 unbeaten eggs

Sift together

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

Add to creamed mixture above.

Then add to that mixture

1 cup coconut

1 cup oats

i tsp. vanilla

Drop from a spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes.

This is a really quick and inexpensive recipe to make. You can add raisins, nuts, cranraisins, or any other cut up dried fruits or just leave it plain.

LIKE I ALWAYS SAY- BE CREATIVE!!!

Gogi

MOLASSES BUTTERBALL COOKIES

Cooking With Gogi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:07:53 +0000

1 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup molasses

2 cup flour

2 cup chopped walnuts

powdered sugar

Bake 325 degrees for 20 minutes.

Roll into approx 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet. Remove from oven to rack and cool. Roll in powdered sugar.

I do not know where this recipe came from but I have had it for a very loooooooooong time!. It is great.

Gogi

EASY MACAROONS

Cooking With Gogi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:35:00 +0000

2 8 ounce pkgs. shredded coconut

1 15 ounce can sweetened condensed milk

2 tsp. vanilla

Mix ingedients. Drop from teaspoon onto well greased cookie sheet (or use brown paper liner). Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool slightly and remove from pan to rack. Bake at 350 degrees. Makes about 4 dozen.

This is certainly an easy recipe and very, very good. This was given to me by a friend, Judy Boyd, who moved away a few years ago to North Carolina. We miss her but still get to taste her wonderful recipe.

Thanks Judy.

Enjoy

Gogi

RUM CAKE

Cooking With Gogi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:37:35 +0000

Previously, I gave you a rum cake recipe from a friend of mine. It actually was not a legitimate recipe and just made for a good laugh! This recipe is very legitimate. It is so easy and made with Bacardi Rum and Jello pudding. In fact the recipe recommends you use Bacardi Rum and Jell-O pudding. This is one of my family’s favorites during the holidays.

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

1 18 ½ ounce of yellow cake mix*

1 3 ¾ ounce pkg of Jello-O vanilla instant pudding and pie filling

4 eggs

½ cup cold water

½ cup cooking oil

½ cup Bacardi dark rum 80 proof

*If using cake mix with pudding already in it, omit the pudding and use 3 eggs instead of 4, 1/3 cup of oil instead of ½.

Glaze:

¼ lb. of butter (or 1 stick)

¼ cup water

1 cup granulated sugar

½ cup Bacardi Rum

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10” tube or 12 cup Bundt pan sprinkle nuts in bottom of pan. Mix all ingredients together and bake l hour.

Cool. Invert cake on plate and prick top so when you brush the glaze on the cake it will be able to absorb the glaze better. Brush the glaze evenly over top and sides until the glaze is gone.

Glaze directions;

Melt butter, water, and sugar in pan. Boil, stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add rum.

Keep cake in a covered cake plate and it will stay moist and the flavor will be more intense and wonderful.

Enjoy

Gogi

EASY FANCY BROWNIES

Cooking With Gogi — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:34:30 +0000

Take a box of brownie mix and mix as directed. Bake as directed only 4-5 minutes before they are done remove from oven.

Sprinkle with chocolate (or any kind you prefer) chips, chopped nuts, and miniature marshmallows. I like to do all of the above generously.

Put back in the oven and leave until marshmallows are light golden brown.

Cool and cut into squares.

Serve plain or with ice cream. THESE ARE VERY RICH!!!

Enjoy,

Gogi

POUND CAKE

Cooking With Gogi — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:43:05 +0000

Do I have a story for you today!! I was going through my recipes looking for a pound cake recipe of which I have many, and I found one that had been given to me back in the late 50’s or maybe early 60‘s by my good friend Barbara McKenzie. Here name is now Barbara McGuire. I got to reminiscing and decided to try to look her up on the internet. To my surprise I found her. She is still in Macon Georgia and over the years has become a true southern bell. I was so excited about being able to chat with her after all these years. We talked and talked and I asked her if I could post her recipe and she said yes, so here it is……….

You must have a cold oven. Do not preheat. This is ½ of a recipe- double it if you like.

6 medium eggs

1 ¾ cups sugar

½ lb. butter

2 cups plain flour

Separate eggs. Beat egg whites until stiff and set aside.

Cream butter and sugar adding egg yolks one at a time.

Add flour on low speed.

Last add well beaten egg whites.

Flavoring is optional. She uses lemon and vanilla.

Put cake in tube pan or angel food cake pan.

Put cake in oven and turn oven to 325 degrees.

Bake 40 minutes and check for doneness. If not done, increase time and keep checking. Depending on your oven it could take a little longer. Half of a recipe does not take as long as it would if you doubled the recipe.

I have been telling you folks all along that cooking brings family and friends together. Today I proved it. What a great day!!!!

Enjoy,

Gogi

Thanks Barb for the recipe!!!

TAKING A BREAK

Cooking With Gogi — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:37:19 +0000

I thought I would take a moment and share with you one of my make-do moments. I had family over for hamburgers and sausages on the grill and was trying frantically to figure out what to serve with them. I went to the closet and checked out what I had on hand and found whole kernel corn, black beans, and hot picante sauce. I quickly drained the corn and beans and added the sauce with some sliced green onions and wallah—I had a dip for my tortilla chips. The idea of the evening was to kick back and not make a big fuss over a large meal. I finished off the main course with tossed salad with a choice of salad dressings.

My next problem was a quick dessert. I took a half of left over angel food cake from the freezer, pulled it apart and put it in a glass dish. Next I put 2 packages of strawberry Jell-O over the top and zapped into the frig. When dinner was over we had a nice light, quick dessert with whipped topping on it.

With this kind of a menu we were able to sit, talk, and enjoy the evening.

Try one of your make-do dinners some evening. It is very relaxing and fun.

Enjoy

Gogi