Your favorite easy dessert

[cpaige]

I love chocolate chip cookies, but when I make them (using the toll house recipe) they always go flat on me. So, I"m wondering, what is your best tried and true dessert recipe? With the holiday's coming, I'm getting into baking mode and would like to try a few new things.

I'm not looking for anything that requires a ton of time as I have a 15 month old who is constantly at my side. Maybe something that he can help me with as well? Is that even possible?

TIA!

[Mama Stu]

Just a suggestion on your cookies if you don't mind. 1st, are you preheating your oven? Second, I found that using a combination of butter and shortening keeps cookies from going flat. I use half butter and half shortening. HTH

[shelleyf]

Here is a "foul-proof" recipe that I have been using for years. It is so easy and everyone loves these cookies.

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

2 cups Peanut Butter (creamy)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. You can add 1 cup chocolate chips to the mixture if you want. I do that sometimes. Drop by heaping spoon onto cookie sheet. bake around 6-8 minutes until the edges are brown.

Sometimes I add a hershey kiss into the center of each cookie after it gets out of the oven. Just place a hershey kiss lightly pressed into the center of each cookie and it will melt to it, well not melted but stick to it. The edges of the cookie will become cracked. That is normal. These are delicious! Now I know what I am making for Christmas, lol They are cheap and I already have all these ingredients.

[shelleyf]

Here is another dessert that is so easy. It takes about 2 minutes to make, really.

Pistachio Ambrosia (some call it Watergate Salad I think)

1 small box Pistachio pudding (instant)
1 small can (8 oz.) pineapple tidbits (do NOT drain)
1 bag jet puffed Kraft marshmallows ( I hate store brand) 10 oz.
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 bag Baker's coconut ( I hate store brand) 7 oz.
1 large tub of cool whip 16 oz. ( you got it, I hate store brand, lol)

mix the pudding (dry, do not make as pudding), and the pineapple (do not drain the juice) in a large mixing bowl.

Add all the other ingredients to the pineapple mixture. Mix well, it will be a green color and fluffy. Refrigerate for a couple hours or longer. It is a hit whenever I make it and so easy.

[buddysmom]

ooooh...I love Pistachio Ambrosia - I forgot about it.

[CouponQueen23]

My son loves to help me this might be fun to do togehter with your 15 month old. I love having my little ones help with simple desserts I love when I get the recipe book out and the kids grab a chair and flock to the kitchen "what are we gonna make!!?"

This is not a baking dessert but easy and yummy!

Banana Mallow Pie
1 3/4 cup milk
1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding/ pie filling
2 cups mini marshmellows
1 cup cool whip
2 med. bananas sliced
1 graham craker crust

mix milk and pudding mix together, 2 min. Let stand for 5. Then
Add marshmellows and cool whip stir gently,
Put bananas in crust cover with pudding mixture
Refrigerate, 1 hr yummy!!

Super easy, fun to make and yummy!



My Ds also brought home a no bake cookie recipe,


No-Bake cookies
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup evaporated milk (canned)
1/3 margarine
1/3 cup peanut buttter
1 tea spoon vanillia
1 1/2 -2 cups oats

Cook the sugar,cocoa, milk and margarine over medium heat stirring constantly until boiling. Boil for 2 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in remaning ingreidents. Drop onto waxed paper by the spoonfuls and let cool. My ds (12) made this recipe in his home ec class in school he loved making these so much he made them during thanks giving break and took them to family.

[uncommon]

I love chocolate chip cookies, but when I make them (using the toll house recipe) they always go flat on me. So, I"m wondering, what is your best tried and true dessert recipe? With the holiday's coming, I'm getting into baking mode and would like to try a few new things.

I'm not looking for anything that requires a ton of time as I have a 15 month old who is constantly at my side. Maybe something that he can help me with as well? Is that even possible?

TIA!

I made a really tasty banana cream pie recipe for Thanksgiving that was a huge hit - I actually did miniatures in a mini cupcake tin, but that was NOT quick lol. You can do it regular size.

I used a Pillsbury pie crust because I don't like things overly sweet - you could use a graham cracker or Oreo crust.

If you do the Pillsbury crust, bake the crust first per the directions on the package.

Then layer the bottom with banana slices (probably about 2-3 bananas to fill the bottom). Top that with banana cream Jello pudding (made with 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk and 1 cup cold water, not milk - the consistency was heavier and it was a little sweeter than normal - let it sit in the fridge for a bit before adding to the pie - I left mine in about 30 minutes).

Top that with whipped cream - I used Ready Whip because my homemade whipped cream had a major disaster lol.

It's not a lot of baking, but it's really really yummy.

[loaslaen]

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/preachercookies.htm

Preacher Cookies (or Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies)

* 2 cups sugar
* 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick) or 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
* Dash salt
* 1/4 cup peanut butter
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups rolled oats

First take out a nice 2-quart saucepan. In it combine the sugar, cocoa, milk and margarine. Cook and stir the mixture over medium heat until the margarine melts, and the sugar dissolves. Bring the pot to a boil, and reduce the heat slightly. Simmer the mixture for several minutes, until the chocolate forms a soft ball when dropped into a bowl of cold water. This is about 234° on a candy thermometer. Remove the pan from the heat when it reaches the soft ball stage. Add the salt, peanut butter and vanilla. Stir until the peanut butter is dissolved. Finally stir in the oatmeal. The mixture may seem a little runny, but will thicken up as it cools. Drop the mixture from a tablespoon onto a sheet of waxed paper. It should form medium sized cookies. Depending on the size of the cookie, you may end up with as few as 15 or as many as 24.

This is my favorite recipe in the whole wide world. It got it’s name because it could be prepared quickly when a housewife looked out her window and saw the preacher riding up the mountain on his horse. By the time the preacher arrived, the cookies were cooling. I remember family members making them for me as a kid, and I still have people calling me just to request this recipe over the phone. This one recipe could make the reputation of a good cook.


The key to getting this recipe right is to have a rolling boil going for a full minute. Too little and it will be runny and not harden like it should, too much and it will be dry and crumbly. I don't turn the heat down and simmer a few minutes like this recipe suggests. There are other recipes online as well as pictures. These are DELICIOUS! It does call for peanut butter, so allergies should be taken into consideration. These are pretty fast and easy to make and don't require baking.

[3timesoccermom]

This is what you want. I promise. Fool-proof and YUM!! I don't know what the "real" name is. Less than 10 minutes prep, ready in less than 1 hour.

You need:

2 (or 4) cans fruit pie filling
1 cake mix that complements the pie filling
1 stick butter (or margarine)

Spray a 9x9ish pan with no stick spray. Pour the pie filling in. Pour DRY cake mix over pie filling. Melt the stick of butter and pour over. Bake at 375 about 40 minutes. Let sit about 20 minutes and the top will get crunchy.

You can also use 3 or 4 cans of pie filling and do in a 9x13 pan. There is still plenty of cake mix. Sometimes I do half a pan with apple and half with cherry and use a yellow cake mix. Spice cake is especially good over apple pie filling. Endless combinations.

[frugalstafar]

Very easy pie-very easy for a toddler to help with too.

1 graham cracker crust
1 cup of yogart (favorite flavor)
1 regular cool whip tub
chopped fruit to match or compliment yogart flavor


Put chopped fruit on bottom of crust.
mix cool whip and yogart.
put on top of fruit.
Garnish with more fruit if you want.
chill for an hour or so-then eat!!!!