Cupcake Apothecary: December 2011

My Baking New Year's Resolution

I have a collection of cookies, pies, cakes, cobblers, cupcakes, etc that I want to do, but they always get thrown to the side and pushed back.
Sooo.. Throughout the year I want to make them! I'm making a list here with the original 'makers' as a link and am going to come back and make them!

Let's start!
Banana Split Mini Bites
White Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake
Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookie
White Bean and Chicken Soup
Chocolate Cupcakes with Flaming Strawberries
Creamy Peanut Butter Pie with Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust
What to do with Leftover Halloween Candy
Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
Mini Santa Hat Brownies
Peanut Butter M&M Pretzel Kisses
Oreo Cookies and Cream No Bake Cheesecakes
Graham Cracker S'mores Cookies
Twix Cheesecakes
Tiramisu Pancakes
Lemon Cheesecake with fresh berry topping
Banana Split Cheesecake
Salted Caramel cheesecake
Red Velvet Cheesecake
Philadelphia Oreo Cheesecake
Lemon-White Chocolate Cheesecake Bites
Brown sugar Bundt Cake
Rhu-Berry Snack Cake
Raspberry Crumb Cake
Lemon Buttercream Cake with Blueberries
Chocolate-Covered Oreo Cookie Cake
Mini Key Lime Cupcakes
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes with White Truffle Frosting
Cookies n Cream Cupcakes
Lime Cupcakes with Strawberry Frosting
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
Raspberry-Filled Lemon Cupcakes
Mimosa Cupcakes Oreo Muffins Blueberry Streusal Muffins
Philadelphia Sugar Cookies
Decadent Triple Layer Mud Pie
Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
Soft and Chewy Chocolate Bites
Easy Jam Filled Cookies
No Bake Cereal Bars
Baklava
Triple Chocolate Fudge Truffles
Banana Split Cake Parfaits

And many more to come!

Lemon Brownies

Borrowed from: Newlyweds

What you need:

1 1/2 cup Flour

1 1/2 cup Sugar

1 tsp salt

2 sticks of butter

4 Eggs

1 Lemon (you'll need all the juice and all the zest)

1 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar

1 Lemon (Juice and zest, again)

What to do:

Mix in flour, sugar and salt to let lose any lumps

Add in butter and lemon juice.

Add in your eggs, lastly.

Start zesting away and add what you can.

You can make this in a pan or cupcake pan.

Grease your pan and place wax paper and grease that as well. Then place your mix.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Let cool.

Meanwhile, Make your glaze.

Mix together powdered sugar and lemon juice and zest again. If you feel like it's still to thick, and you're out of lemons you can add in some store bought Lemon Juice, it'll make it a bit more tart I think, which adds a lot to the brownies!

Enjoy!

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A Themed Baker's Sunday #17

There were so many awesome recipes and ideas! Thank you all for participating. You're making me SUPER excited for Christmas!

Ok, so there are no winners, no losers. But here were some pretty awesome ideas for Christmas!

Peppermint Stick Sandwich Cookies By: Hun...What's For Dinner?

Chocolate Peppermint Truffle Tart By: The Way To His Heart

Candy Cane Blossoms By: Making Memories

Candy Cane Frosting By: Pint Sized Baker

Oreo Snowman Pops By: The Sweet Swiper

Christmas Cake Truffles By: Life's Simple Measures

Stained Glass Ornament Cookies By: Olla Podrida

Reindeer Nose Cookies By: Munchkin Munchies

Polka Dot Christmas Tree Cupcakes By: Mrs. Fox's Sweets

Homemade Oreos By: The Crafty Conundrum

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WHEW! Lots of ideas! Bring me back some more!!

Keep those Christmas yummy's coming!

Honey Infused Corn Bread

I got this recipe from HERE and made my own version!

What You Need:

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 2/3 cups milk

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup cornmeal

4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 Small Container of Honey (preferably one that has a long tip)

What to do:

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.

Combine the eggs and milk.

Combine flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt.

Add to dry mixture alternately with egg mixture.

Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan.

This is the most important part (and of course I forgot to take photos):

Before putting this in the oven, take your container of honey and insert the long pointed tip into random places in the corn bread. I put just a squeeze every 2 inches from each other.

Bake at 400 degrees F for 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cut into squares; serve warm.

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A Themed Baker's Sunday #16

So there was a lot to choose from, not as much as usual, but there were still a lot of great recipes, things that were especially unique!

Ok! Here are my top 6 picks:

Number 6

Blueberry Crumb Bars By: No Empty Chairs

Number 5

Blueberry Salsa By: The Kitchen is Playground

Number 4

Raspberry Ribbons By: Meg's Everyday Indulgence

Number 3

Blackberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake By: Life's Simple Measures

Number 2

Mini Fruit Tarts By: Crazy for Crust

AND A TIE FOR NUMBER 1!!!!
Mixed Berry Sorbet with Meyer Lemon and Basil By: uTry.it

Tie for Number 1

Chocolate Mousse in Dark Chocolate Cups By: That Skinny Chick Can Bake

CONGRATS!
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Ok, so the votes are in and from here until Christmas weekend will be NONSTOP CHRISTMAS THEMED BAKER'S SUNDAYS! YAY!