Mexican Wedding Cookies

This is a recipe from Kelly Ripa:


3/4 cup butter                                                          

    1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract                                               

      1 1/2 cup flour

3/4 cup pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Mix together butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.  Add vanilla, flour, and pecans, mixing well.  Roll dough in 3/4 inch balls.  Place on baking sheet, spacing 1/2 inch apart.  Bake 15 to 18 minutes.  Let cool.  Dust with sugar.

Pizookie

24 to 30 oz Cookie dough, any kind                          3 scoops of vanilla ice cream

Preheat oven to 475 degrees.  Squeeze out cookie dough and press into a 9 inch pan.  Bake for 15 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown.  Top with ice cream.  Serves 2 to 3 people.  

Warm Chocolate Melting Cake

Warm Chocolate Melting Cake:

My favorite dessert from Carnival Cruise Lines.

8 oz semisweet chocolate                
1 cup butter

7 eggs                                                           
6 tbsp sugar

1/2 cup flour

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Melt chocolate and butter.  Cool 10 minutes.  In separate bowl, mix four eggs with sugar.  Whisk.  Add flour and whisk.  Add remaining three eggs.  Add egg mixture to chocolate mixture.  Pour in individual Ramekins.  Bake until just done, about 15 to 20 minutes.  The interior will be melting.  Serve with vanilla ice cream.  

White Chocolate Bread Pudding

One of my favorite desserts from Carnival Cruise Lines:

5 large eggs                                         1/4 lb butter

1 cup heavy cream                              2 cups milk

1 loaf white bread                               1 1/4 lb white chocolate

3/4 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 360 degrees.  Remove the crust from the bread and soak the crust in the heated milk and cream.  Beat the mixture by hand or in a mixer until the pieces of bread are reduced to the size you want.  Melt the chocolate and butter in a double broiler and incorporate into bread mixture.  In a separate mixing bowl,  beat eggs and sugar until creamy.  Add egg mixture to bread mixture and stir until uniform.  Transfer the batter to a buttered pan in a larger pan of hot water in the oven.  Bake for 45 minutes or until center is set (Start checking on it after a half an hour).

Banana Cream Cheesecake

My favorite cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory:

20 vanilla sandwich cookies                           1/4 cup margarine, melted

24 oz cream cheese, softened                         2/3 cup sugar

2 tbsp cornstarch                                             3 eggs

3/4 cup mashed bananas                                 1/2 cup whipping cream

2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Place cookies in food processor until finely crushed.  Add margarine.  Process until blended.  Press crumb mixture into bottom of 10 inch spring form pan and refrigerate.  Beat cream cheese in bowl with mixer at medium speed until creamy.  Add sugar and cornstarch and beat until blended. Add eggs  one at a time, beating after each addition.  Beat in bananas, whipping cream, and vanilla.  Pour mixture over prepared crust.  Place pan on cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes.  Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake for another 75 minutes or until center is set.  Loosen edges of cheesecake pan.  Cool completely on wire rack before removing rim of pan.  Refrigerate cheesecake, uncovered, for 6 hours or overnight.  Allow to stand at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.           

Pumpkin Spice Drink

2 tbsp Pumpkin
2 cups Milk
2 tbsp sugar

In medium sauce pan, whisk Pumpkin, Milk, and Sugar on medium heat until hot.  Remove from heat and sprinkle cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice on top.

Crock Pot Chicken Burrito Bowl

I found this recipe on Pinterest, and changed some of the cooking methods.

1 cup of minute rice, cooked
3-4 flour tortillas
2 chicken breasts
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1 can of black beans, drained
1 avocado, diced
1 cup sour cream
1 bunch of cilantro
4 tablespoons of lime juice

Dice peppers, cilantro, avocados, and tomatoes.  Mix peppers, cilantro, tomatoes, beans together.  Spray Pam into crock pot and place chicken breasts.  Add veggie and bean mixture on top of chicken and spread out.  Cook on low for 7 hours, shredding chicken midway through.  On a plate or a bowl, place a tortilla, then rice, then chicken mixture.  Top with sour cream and avocados.  Serves 4.