Oatmeal Apple Coffee Cake

Wow! It's been a long time since I joined Tempt my Tummy Tuesday. I made this yummy coffee cake this morning and thought others might enjoy the recipe.

1 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon allspice

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup sugar

1cup oats

1/2 cup oil

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped

Mix dry ingredients together. Add remaining ingredients. It will be very thick! Bake in a greased 8"x8" pan or a large, deep pie dish at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Enjoy! This really is delicious!!

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Sun Dried Tomato Rice

This isn't exactly a recipe, just a crazy little side dish I like to throw together. It's just cooked rice with Kraft Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette mixed in. I think there's about 6 cups of rice with about 1/3 of a bottle of Vinaigrette in this picture. It really makes deliciously flavorful rice. I also use it on chicken breasts, which is YUMMY! Check out Tempt My Tummy Tuesday and Friday Feasts for some great recipes.

Yummy Chocolate Caramel Cookies

These cookies are my husband's new favorite. Usually, I don't like making cookies because they never seem to turn out just right and almost always look funny. However, this recipe makes a delicious cookie that also looks nice. :) Be sure to head over to Blessed With Grace and Mom Trends (on Friday) for other wonderful recipes. I'm still waiting to get my camera back, so you'll have to excuse this VERY blurry photo! Ingredients:

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar, plus 1 Tbs

1 cup packed light brown sugar

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

2 1/2 cups flour, plus 1/4 cup

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 Heath candy bars

3 pkg. Rolo candies

Beat butter, 1 cup white sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy. Then, add eggs and vanilla and beat well. In a separate bowl, mix 2 1/2 cups flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture a little bit at a time and blend well. If the dough feels too sticky, sprinkle in a little extra flour. Cover and chill in fridge for about 30 minutes. While dough is chilling, hit Heath bars (still in pkg.) with a rolling pin until broken into small pieces. Place in a small bowl and toss with 1 Tbs sugar. Unwrap Rolos and preheat oven to 375 degrees. Once dough has chilled, wrap a piece of dough around each Rolo candy, then form into a ball to cover the candy completely. Dip top of the dough ball into the candy topping and place on parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies will look very soft, but don't over bake. Cool in pan slightly, then move to a rack or counter to finish cooling. ENJOY!!

Fried Ice Cream Bars

This is one of my favorite recipes, it's always a hit and it really does taste like fried ice cream (but it's much easier to make). Unfortunately, it's so yummy that it's always gone before I get a chance to take a picture of it! Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

2 1/2 cups Rice Crispies

3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 1/4 cup coconut flakes

1 cup chopped pecans

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream (brick style-in box)

Melt butter in 9x13 pan at 300 degrees about ten minutes. Add rice Crispies, sugar, coconut, and pecans, mix well. Return to oven for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until brown, cool. Remove half of the mixture. Spread remaining mixture evenly in the pan. Place slices of ice cream on top of mixture. Smooth top until even. Sprinkle remaining mixture on ice cream. Freeze about 2 hours. Cut into squares. ENJOY!!

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5 Minute Chocolate Cake (or) The Most Dangerous Cake Recipe in the World!

I thought I would share this recipe that I received at a recent MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting for today's Tempt My Tummy Tuesday. This makes a very generous serving of chocolate cake that could be split between two people. But, what fun is that? Go ahead, eat the whole thing! :)

Here's what you'll need:

1 large coffee mug

4 T flour

4 T sugar

2 T cocoa powder

1 egg

3 T milk

3 T oil

3 T chocolate chips

Splash of vanilla

Mix all ingredients well in large coffee mug. Microwave 3 minutes on high.

ENJOY! Oh, and if you're feeling extra indulgent, add a bit of ice cream on top.

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