Healthy Baking Substitutes

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Pink Ice Cream decorated cake

How much cuter could this be? 

I can't wait to find a reason to make this cake. 

Check out the original post and even more cute girl details here.

Vegetarian Quinoa Jambalaya

Vegetarian Quinoa Jambalaya  from Meatless Meals for Meat Eaters

I'm a little quinoaed out at the moment but I'm excited I found this recipe! 

Link- salsa

Wow, yum! 

I'm always looking for different things to try and healthier options but chip and salsa are a weakness of mine. I think I'll call this the happy medium between damn good and healthy (depending on the chips you get) 

Check out there recipe here.

Milk Chocolate Covered Raspberry Jellies

Don't these look delish? They're like Big Turks right? I can't wait to try out this recipe! Check out over at Making Memories with your Kids

Baking My Way: Chocolate-glazed Florentines

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I don't know how I got it wrong but this recipe didn't work for me. It seems to be very temperamental and I just ended up with messes and blobs that were supposed to be cookies. After they cooled a little I formed them into cookie like ball and glazed over. Not really what it's supposed to be like but salvaged none the less! 

Cookies:
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 cup flour
1/3 cup finely chopped candy pine
1/3 cup chopped candied cherries
1/3 cup silvered almonds


Glaze:
4 oz chocolate
1 teaspoon shortening

Heat oven to 325.

Grease and flour cookie sheet.

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; remove from heat.

Stir in honey, sugar and milk; stir in flour.

Cook over medium heat for 3 to 6 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly.

Remove from heat; stir n candied peel, cherries and almonds.

Drop mixture by teaspoonfuls 3 inches apart on cookie sheet.

Bake for 8 to 13 minutes or until edges are golden.

Cool 1 minute; carefully remove from cookie sheet. Cool for 15 minutes or until completely cool.


Melt all glaze ingredient in a small sauce pan until blended. Spread over bottom side of cookies. When wet but not set use a fork to make waves in the glaze. Let cookies set.

Baking My Way: Jam-filled Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies

 These are very yummy cookies and the best part about them is making them with your man, something a little romantic. They are very soft and the jam adds a nice sweetness to the plain flavor of the shortbread.

Ingredients
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
2 1/2 cups All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
2 tablespoons raspberry jam


Directions

Heat oven to 375.

In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar and butter; beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla, orange peel and egg; blend well.

On a flowered surface roll out dough to 1/8- inch thickness. Cut into heart shaped cookies. Cut half of the cookies in the middle with a smaller heart shaped cutter.

On the full hearts place about 1/2 teaspoon jam in center of each; top with cutout cookies.

Bake at 375 for 7 - 10 minutes or until lightly brown.

Cool 1 minute, then remove from cookie sheet.