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Friday, November 2, 2012

Quick Fudge

In an effort to post more, I thought that today I would share a recipe that I like. It is decadent, but it's really good to have on hand as we move into holiday entertaining. Now, assuming that you have no leftover Halloween candy, you might want to give this a try this weekend, just to be sure it's good for guests during the holidays!

Quick Fudge

This recipe comes from a fellow Longaberger Consultant. It’s very easy and very decadent for those who love chocolate and fudge! I think it tastes a lot like the Hershey’s recipe on the can which requires lots of work and talent, which my grandmother always made, but much, much easier.

1 box or 4C. powdered sugar

1/2 c. Hershey's Cocoa powder
1 stick of REAL butter (margarine will NOT work)
1/4 C. Milk
Chopped nuts optional

Place Grandma Bonnie's Pie plate, or 8x8 in freezer for 20 min. or longer

In the lid to the 8-in-1 Entertainer or a Longaberger Mixing bowl, batter bowl, or buffet bowl, mix powdered sugar and cocoa.* Scatter the chunks of butter over the mixture, but do NOT stir. Drizzle milk over mixture, but do not stir. Cover with a paper towel and microwave for 2 min. on high. With a wire whisk, stir until smooth. Pour into the chilled pie plate or 8x8. Place in the refrigerator for 25-35 min. Slice fudge and arrange in your favorite pottery piece or basket.

*Note from Sandy:

I sift the powdered sugar and cocoa together. It takes more time, but I think it makes it much easier to blend completely.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Pineapple Upside Down Cakes in Longaberger® Dessert Bowls!

As fellow consultants make their way to BEE 2012, I was looking through some recipes that I have saved that use our Longaberger products. I love Pineapple Upside Down Cake and this recipe is a neat way to make little ones. If you don't have the retired dessert bowls, there are other pieces of our pottery that would work, too. I'd try the soup/salad bowls, to start with. They'd be bigger but just as pretty and tasty.

Here you go!

1 box of yellow or pineapple cake mix
2 cans of pineapple ring slices (drain, saving juice as your water)
Maraschino Cherries drained
3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 350^oF.

Spray dessert bowls with non stick cooking spray and place on baking sheet. (I got about 11 or 12 Longaberger dessert bowls per recipe)

Mix boxed yellow or pineapple cake mix according to direction except substitute the water with pineapple juice. Set aside

Melt butter over heat in sauce pan & add brown sugar. Cook until well blended about 2 minutes
Place 1 heaping tablespoon in the bottom of each Longaberger dessert bowl. Any remaining brown sugar mix can be divided amongst the dessert bowls.
Place one pineapple ring in each Longaberger Dessert Bowl and press down lightly, place one maraschino cherry in the center of each pineapple ring pressing down into the brown sugar mixture!

Place a heaping 1/4 cup of the cake batter on top of each pineapple ring. Making sure the pineapple ring is completely covered. Place any extra mix evenly amongst all the dessert bowls. Bowls should be about ½” from the top rim.

Place the Longaberger® Dessert Bowls on a baking sheet in the oven and bake at 350 for about 30 - 35 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes then with an oven mitt or wash rag folded carefully turn over all the dessert bowls onto a Longaberger® Cake Plate or each cake onto a Longaberger® Bread Plate.
If you turn over all the dishes, allowing each one to set about a minute, the mini cakes will come out easily. They are almost too pretty to eat!
Serve Warm or Cold!
Enjoy!

Friday, July 8, 2011

2011 Horizon of Hope Basket

Together We Can Touch More Lives

Join me in supporting breast cancer research and awareness with Longaberger’s Horizon of Hope® Campaign. The American Cancer Society will receive a portion of the purchase price of select Horizon of Hope products (see your July Flyer for details).

Longaberger Home Consultants Have:

• Raised more than $15 million to help the American Cancer Society save lives from breast cancer.

• Touched more than 20 million women with potentially life-saving information about mammograms.

• Carried forth the message of healthy living and early detection along with a shared commitment to lend a hand to those in need.

• Empowered the American Cancer Society to examine lymphedema, a debilitating complication of breast cancer surgery; the impact of stress on breast cancer recurrence; and other aspects of the disease with the goal of making life better for those facing a diagnosis.