Thursday, February 12, 2009

Banana dessert

Ingredients
1 (9 inch) prepared chocolate cookie crumb crust
2 bananas, sliced
1 quart strawberry ice cream, softened
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup maraschino cherries (optional)

DIRECTIONS
Mix cookie crumbs with 1/4 cup melted butter or margarine. Press into a 9-inch pie plate.
Arrange bananas over bottom of crust. Spread ice cream in an even layer over bananas. Top with drained pineapple. Whip the cream and spread over top. Place pie in freezer for 4 hours or until firm. Garnish with cherries, if desired. Makes 8 servings.

This recipe is a great dessert for any time of the year. It is bananas with ice cream, cherries, pineapple, and strawberry ice cream all thrown together in one delicious product. I like this recipe and think it is great and I think you would think so too if you tried it. I hope you take my advise and try this recipe for yourself since it is good and simple to make.

Savory cheese cake

INGREDIENTS
2 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 (6 ounce) package lemon flavored gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling


DIRECTIONS
Mix together the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter press 2 cups of the mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Set aside the rest for the topping. Dissolve lemon gelatin in boiling water, set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Stir in the gelatin mixture and lemon juice. In a separate bowl, whip evaporated milk. Fold milk into the cream cheese mixture. Pour into the prepared pan.
Chill for 4 hours, then top with cherry pie filling and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.

This recipe is on the difficult side to make but worth every bit. That is only my opinion because I love cheese cake. Try it and find out for yourself. It is a traditional mouth watering cheesecake only this one has cherrys so it just adds on to the savoriness. I like it and I think you will like it because the great taste it has to offer as a prize of all your work done to put it together.

Home made apple pie

INGREDIENTS
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie
3/4 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
6 tart apples - peeled, cored and sliced
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons whiskey

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (225 degrees C). Fit bottom crust into a 9 inch pie plate.
In a small bowl, mix together sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Place sliced apples in a large bowl and sprinkle with sugar mixture. Toss until apples are thoroughly coated. Spoon apples into pan.
Dot apples with butter or margarine, then sprinkle with whiskey. Cover with top crust. Seal edges and cut steam vents in top.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Lower temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake an additional 40 minutes. Serve warm.

The most american dessert in the world! This is a great recipe full of different flavors and a great aroma that will fill your house. Great for anytime and any place. Great served with some ice cream. Perfect served warm after lunch or dinner. I like this recipe because I like apple pie and this one of the best recipes I have found. I would definitly reccomend this recipe for anybody.