Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake
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16 servings
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16 servings
Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake
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16 servings
Servings
16 servings
Ingredients
Servings: servings
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  2. Combine 1 T. melted butter and 1 T. flour in small bowl. Brush onto inside of Bundt cake pan.
  3. Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
  4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and cocoa. Add about half the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat well. Add remaining flour mixture and beat well for about 2 minutes.
  5. Pour batter into Bundt cake pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until done.
  6. Glaze: 1 cup powdered sugar 3-4 T. buttermilk or whole milk 1/8 tsp. vanilla
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Instant Pot Chicken & Brown Rice

Instant Pot Chicken & Brown Rice
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Servings Prep Time
8 servings 7 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
22 minutes 10 minutes
Servings Prep Time
8 servings 7 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
22 minutes 10 minutes
Instant Pot Chicken & Brown Rice
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Servings Prep Time
8 servings 7 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
22 minutes 10 minutes
Servings Prep Time
8 servings 7 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
22 minutes 10 minutes
Ingredients
Servings: servings
Instructions
  1. Place insert in Instant Pot and set to Saute. When it says "HOT", add the oil to the pot.
  2. Add onion, carrots, celery and garlic. Saute for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Press cancel.
  3. Add remaining ingredients. Close the lid and set valve to "Sealing" position.
  4. Cook at high pressure for 22 minutes.
  5. Let naturally release pressure for 10 minutes. Manually release any remaining pressure. Open lid and stir.
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Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce

This was my first attempt at spaghetti sauce in my Instant Pot.  It might change later, but this was really good.  The kids came back for seconds and thirds!

Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce
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Servings Prep Time
6 servings 5 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
5 minutes 7 minutes
Servings Prep Time
6 servings 5 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
5 minutes 7 minutes
Instant Pot Spaghetti Sauce
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Servings Prep Time
6 servings 5 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
5 minutes 7 minutes
Servings Prep Time
6 servings 5 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
5 minutes 7 minutes
Ingredients
Servings: servings
Instructions
  1. Put 1 cup of water into bottom of Instant Pot. Put sausages into water or onto trivet. (Mine were frozen and I put right into the water.) Cook on high pressure for 1 minute. Let pressure naturally release for 10 minutes or so.
  2. Remove sausages from the pot, but leave cooking water in the pot for additional flavor.
  3. Add all remaining ingredients to pot. Pressure cook for 5 minutes. Let pressure naturally release for 10 minutes or so.
  4. Meanwhile, slice the sausage. You can either add it to the sauce or serve it on the side. I chose to serve it with some pasta and Parmesan.
  5. Stir and taste; add additional seasoning, if desired.
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Roasted Garlic Paste

Did you know that you can buy large bags of peeled, ready to use garlic from Sam’s and store the garlic in the freezer?  Then just remove whatever your recipe calls for and use it like you would fresh garlic, except without the hassle of peeling it!  This recipe is a wonderful way to use those bags of garlic.  I roast a pound or so at a time, then mash them and store them in a jar in the refrigerator.  Then, when I get ready to make something with garlic, I just take a spoonful out and add it to whatever I am making.  It is so easy and very convenient!!!

Roasted Garlic Paste
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Servings Prep Time
1/2 cup paste 5 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Servings Prep Time
1/2 cup paste 5 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Roasted Garlic Paste
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Servings Prep Time
1/2 cup paste 5 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Servings Prep Time
1/2 cup paste 5 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Ingredients
Servings: cup paste
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375. Dump some garlic cloves onto a piece of foil.
  2. Coat with oil and season with salt and pepper. Wrap up in foil and place in oven for about 45 minutes, until mostly done.
  3. Unwrap the foil so the top is open and continue to bake another 15 minutes or until the cloves begin to brown slightly.
  4. Remove from oven and mash with fork or potato masher. Cool and store in a sealed jar in refrigerator.
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No Knead Dinner Rolls

This recipe is super easy and tastes fabulous!  Mix it up just like you would a brownie batter, let rise, shape into rolls, let rise again, bake and eat!  This is adapted from a recipe I found online:  http://www.recipetineats.com/soft-no-knead-dinner-rolls/

No Knead Dinner Rolls
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Servings Prep Time
12 rolls 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 2 1/2 hours
Servings Prep Time
12 rolls 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 2 1/2 hours
No Knead Dinner Rolls
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Servings Prep Time
12 rolls 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 2 1/2 hours
Servings Prep Time
12 rolls 10 minutes
Cook Time Passive Time
18 minutes 2 1/2 hours
Ingredients
Servings: rolls
Instructions
  1. Combine all dry ingredients. Place water, buttermilk, butter in microwaveable dish and microwave just until lukewarm. Add eggs and whisk into other liquids.
  2. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients. It will resemble the texture of a brownie batter. Spray some plastic wrap with nonstick spray and cover bowl. Set aside to rise for about 1 1/2 hours or until almost tripled in volume.
  3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  4. Sprinkle flour on counter where you will be working. Punch down dough to deflate. Scrape dough onto flour. Work enough flour into dough to form a log shape. Cut into quarters, then cut each quarter into thirds, to get 12 pieces of dough.
  5. Shape into rolls and place on baking sheet as you work. http://www.recipetineats.com/soft-no-knead-dinner-rolls/ has a video for how to shape the rolls. Cover with plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside and let rise for another 35-45 minutes.
  6. Preheat oven to 390F. Bake rolls for about 18 minutes, or until the rolls are a golden brown and the roll sounds hollow when tapped. Remove rolls from oven and brush with melted butter.
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Alana’s Alfredo Sauce

This is the recipe my daughter-in-law gave me.  She says that she tweaks the ingredients, such as salt, pepper and garlic. Also, she prefers more parmesan, but our son (her husband) prefers it this way, so it is a personal preference.

Alana's Alfredo Sauce
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Alana's Alfredo Sauce
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Instructions
  1. Melt butter in a saucepan and sautee garlic until tender. Add remaining ingredients and cook over medium heat, stirring, until cheese is melted and ingredients are blended.
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Apple Crisp for 120 people

I am actually not sure about the baking time for this dish.  The original recipe made 6 servings and baked for 40 minutes.  I never wrote down what the cooking time was for the larger batch.  So just keep an eye on it and let me know if you make it how long it took.

Apple Crisp for 120 people
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Servings
120 servings
Cook Time
40-60 minutes
Servings
120 servings
Cook Time
40-60 minutes
Apple Crisp for 120 people
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Servings
120 servings
Cook Time
40-60 minutes
Servings
120 servings
Cook Time
40-60 minutes
Ingredients
Servings: servings
Instructions
  1. Combine oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt in mixing bowl. Cut in butter until crumbly (should be the size of coarse crumbs).
  2. Peel apples. Half, core and slice fruit. Place in bottom of pans. Sprinkle oat topping over the fruit.
  3. Bake in 350 degree oven about 40-60 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.
Recipe Notes

Peach Crisp:  Substitute 2 1/2 lb. peaches (about 10 medium) for the apples.

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Best Ever Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This is not my recipe.  It came from http://www.food.com/recipe/best-ever-banana-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting-67256

Our daughter wanted me to put this recipe on here.

 

Best Ever Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Servings Prep Time
1 9x13" pan 15 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Servings Prep Time
1 9x13" pan 15 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Best Ever Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Servings Prep Time
1 9x13" pan 15 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Servings Prep Time
1 9x13" pan 15 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Ingredients
Frosting
Garnish
Servings: 9x13" pan
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 275. Grease and flour a 9x13" pan.
  2. In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp. vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Stir in banana mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.
  3. For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in 1 tsp. vanilla. Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth. Spread on cooled cake. Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.
Recipe Notes

These were the notes for this recipe: This is one of (if not) the BEST banana cake I have ever tasted! I thought the oven temp of 275° sounded a little low, but this cake baked up (and rose) beautifully in my oven at this temp after pretty much exactly one hour. I do not know if the little "freezer trick" to this recipe is what ensured its moistness or not, but I did it, and it was exceptionally moist & delicious. Would be interesting to see if it still came out as great if this step was skipped. All I know is that I followed this recipe EXACTLY as stated (except that I had no buttermilk, so I subbed with a mix of lemon juice & milk) and I got exceptional results. So moist and yummy...a dense cake, similar in texture to a carrot cake... I personally would not call this frosted banana bread :o) Depending on the amount of frosting you like you can decide whether to half the recipe or not. I used the full recipe and had some leftover. I sprinkled on the chopped walnuts and threw this baby in the fridge and cut it the next day...TO DIE FOR! I really liked it slightly chilled, but great at room temp too! It got better each day it sat, I always make this cake at least the day before I need or want it. I was extremely pleased with this cake and will be making it over & over again!! So glad I came across this one!! (on another website). (* * Just to update the recipe, (based on some of the reviews), the baking time may vary based on individual ovens. It was RIGHT ON for my oven, but some others have stated it has taken 1 hour 10 minutes, 1 hour 20 minutes, and my sister just informed me that it took 1 hour 30 minutes in her oven!!!!!)

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