Super Sweetie Valentine Cake

February 10, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Valentine’s Day Cake

Here’s a super simple idea to decorate any round layer cake in a valentine’s theme. Just make a double layer round cake and frost it with any cake / frosting combo that suits you. Then stack Kit-Kat bars around the edges, securing them with a ribbon tied in a bow. Then top the cake with Valentine M&M’s! Isn’t it just adorable? Make this Valentine’s Day extra special with this super nice cake!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Main Dish

Chicken Sonora

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Chicken Sonora

One of my favorite and fastest dinners. A copy-cat of Ruby Tuesday’s dish. Also great as a meatless dish if you omit the chicken.

1 pound chicken breasts, cooked and chopped
1/2 package penne or ziti
1 12 oz. jar Alfredo sauce with sun dried tomatoes
1 16 oz. can black beans
1 10 3/4 ounce can Rotel Tomatoes

Grill or broil chicken and cut into bite-sized pieces. Boil pasta according to pkg. directions. Drain Rotel Tomatoes and black beans – rinse beans. Combine all in a pan and warm through. Serve with garlic bread and a salad.

8 Servings

Chicken Sonora

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Desserts

Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert Recipe

February 6, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert

This Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert Recipe is the ultimate dessert. It has everything: Oreo cookie crust, creamy peanut butter pie filling, chocolate pudding pie filling, more oreo cookies and peanut butter cups on top. Wow! This is a very rich and sweet treat. Hope you love it!

Ingredients:

20 chocolate cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, divided
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 package (8 ounces) Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1-1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar, divided
1 carton (16 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
15 miniature peanut butter cups, chopped
1 cup cold milk
1 package (3.9 ounces) instant chocolate fudge pudding mix

Directions:

Crush 16 cookies; toss with the butter. Press into an ungreased 9-in. square dish; set aside.

In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, peanut butter and 1 cup confectioners’ sugar until smooth. Fold in half of the whipped topping. Spread over crust. Sprinkle with peanut butter cups.

In another large bowl, beat the milk, pudding mix and remaining confectioners’ sugar on low speed for 2 minutes Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in remaining whipped topping.

Spread over peanut butter cups. Crush remaining cookies; sprinkle over the top. Cover and chill for at least 3 hours. Yield: 12-16 servings.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert

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Appetizers, Main Dish

Pita Pizza Recipe

February 2, 2014 Sharon Leave a comment

These cute little Pita Pizzas are so quick to make for a last minute dinner or anytime snack.

Ingredients:

1 small can tomato paste
1 heaping teaspoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon pesto
1 teaspoon sugar
fresh ground pepper to taste

Pita bread

Shredded mozzarella cheese

Pizza toppings of your coice. (Pepperoni, mushrooms, etc.)

Preheat oven to 350° F.

In a small bowl, mix together the first 5 ingredients to make the pizza sauce.

Place pita bread on baking pan. Spread tops with a layer of pizza sauce. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese and your favorite pizza toppings.

Bake for 7 to 10 minutes. Watch carefully so they don’t overcook.

Experiment with different toppings for your pita pizzas.

One of my favorites is Barbeque Chicken Pita Pizzas. To make, use barbeque sauce instead of tomato sauce and top pizza with Monterey Jack cheese, shredded cooked chicken and bacon crumbles.

Hawaiian Pita Pizza:

Top pizza with tomato sauce, diced cooked ham,, pineapple tidbits and mozzarella cheese.

Have fun with this Pita Pizza Recipe. One year for my daughter’s birthday slumber party, I did custom pita pizzas for each girl and gave them a little menu card to check off what toppings they liked. It was a big hit! Everyone loves Pita Pizzas!

Pita Pizza Recipe

Sharon Springfield

Breakfast

Churro Muffins

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Churro Muffins

If you love cinnamon and sugar and the crunch of Churros, you’re going to love this recipe for Churro Muffins! These tasty muffins are loaded with cinnamon chips inside and have a crunchy sweet topping made from a surprise ingredient. Share this Churro Muffins recipe with all your family and friends who love the great combination of brown sugar and cinnamon.

Churro Muffin Topping Ingredients:

3 tablespoons softened butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup rice krispies cereal

In a small bowl, stir together the above ingredients until the rice cereal is coated. Looks like this:

Churro Muffin Batter:

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup canola oil (or other cooking oil)
1/2 cup cinnamon chips

Preheat oven to 400° F.

Prepare muffin tins by greasing with nonstick spray.

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Stir in the egg, milk and oil, mixing only until the dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in the cinnamon chips. Spoon into muffin tins, filling 2/3 full. Sprinkle the topping over each muffin. Bake for 15 minutes.

(This is how they look before they go into the oven.)

They smell amazing! If you love cinnamon, this is a recipe you will love!

These cinnamon-sugar Churro Muffins are great with breakfast and coffee.

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Cooking With Sharon Springfield

Monthly Archives: February 2014

Super Sweetie Valentine Cake

Chicken Sonora

Chicken Sonora

Chicken Sonora

Sharon Springfield

Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert Recipe

Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert

Peanut Butter Chocolate Dessert

Pita Pizza Recipe

Pita Pizza Recipe

Churro Muffins

Churro Muffins

Churro Muffin Topping Ingredients:

Churro Muffin Batter:

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