Sunday, April 25, 2010

Dessert Recipes!

As per your request I have the recipes for the two desserts from the previous post!

Strawberry Pretzel Dessert
2 C. crushed pretzels
3/4 C. softened butter
2 Tbsp sugar
1/3 C. chopped pecan pieces
*Mix this together and press into a 9x13 pan. Bake at 400 for 8 minutes. Cool.

1- 8 oz. cream cheese
1 C. sugar
1 8 oz. cool whip
* Mix cream cheese and sugar, fold in cool whip last and mix together and spread over cooled pretzels.

2 small packets of strawberry jello
2 C. boiling water
20 oz. frozen strawberries
*Add frozen berries to hot jello. Let stand 10 minutes and then spoon over cheese mixture. Refrigerate a few hours before serving.


Macaroons
14oz. shredded coconut
14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 xlg. egg whites at room temperature (or 3 lg)
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
*Combine milk, coconut, vanilla in a large bowl. In seperate bowl whip egg whites and salt with mixer with wisk attachment. Beat on high until medium firm peaks form. Carefully fold egg whites into coconut mixture. Scoop mixture into mounds on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes. After these cool, I drizzle them with chocolate....so yummy! ;)

So there you have it.....enjoy them! These are some of my favorite recipes! :)
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Also wanted to show you what Char received from my trivia giveaway last week!

Have a great day everyone!
Tarrah

2 comments:

  1. I've had the pretzel dessert before, it is good, I just remembered I have not eaten a thing yet today...have a great day!
    Blessings,
    ~Ronda~

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  2. OH YUM thanks for sharing!!

    How nice Char will have those treasures when her home remodeling is done. Congrats Char!!

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