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Chocolate Indulgence Martini Cocktails – The Best Valentine’s Day Romantic Drink Idea Ever

Chocolate Indulgence Martini Cocktails – The Best Valentine’s Day Romantic Drink Idea Ever

Whoever said, “eat dessert first” was brilliant. This luscious chocolate cocktail will certainly satisfy that desire. I’m a busy mom of two teens, so I try to fit in a romantic dinner with my husband now and then. And sometimes it involves fun drinks. If […]

Mom’s Italian Ribbon Christmas Cookies Recipe – Fun, Creative, Best New Idea

Mom’s Italian Ribbon Christmas Cookies Recipe – Fun, Creative, Best New Idea

Mom’s Italian Ribbon Cookies – Your New Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipe Many thanks to my mom for helping bring this holiday recipe for “Mom’s Italian Ribbon Christmas Cookies” to see the light of Christmas day. Throw a log on the fire, turn on the Christmas music, connect […]

Homemade Blueberry Pie Recipe, Video & Tips

Homemade Blueberry Pie Recipe, Video & Tips

Homemade blueberry pie is a delicious dessert for the 4th of July, any party and any holiday. With stars and some vanilla ice cream, this can be your red, white and blue party dessert. So delicious and such an easy recipe. This simple, easy, fast, dessert recipe with Pillsbury® pie crust will have your guests begging for more.

I decided to make a video of how to make a blueberry pie, even though its pretty simple, so I  could share some basic pie and dessert-making tips. The full recipe is below the video.  I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Ingredients (makes one 9-inch pie)

  • All purpose flour, for dusting
  • 1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
  • 5 cups (about 3 pints) blueberries, picked over
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 5 tablespoons cornstarch
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • A pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 tablespoon heavy cream
  • Coarse sugar for sprinkling on top of finished piecrust

Directions

Heat oven to 400°F.

In a large bowl, mix everything together well, except the heavy cream and the coarse sugar, and set aside.

Remove 1 piecrust from the pouch, sprinkle work surface with flour, place flat on work surface. With rolling pin, roll crust lightly.  Place crust onto 9-inch glass pie pan. Make sure all of the filling is mixed well and then add to pie pan lined with bottom crust.

To make mock lattice top, cut second crust into 1/2-inch wide strips.

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Place every other strip in one direction across the pie on top of the filling. Take the remaining strips and place over first set of strips in the opposite direction.

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Brush top crust with heavy cream and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Cover outside edges of crust with thin strips of tin foil or silicone piecrust liner. Place pie on cookie sheet and Bake 45-50.  Remove foil or liner from outer edge of crust 15 minutes before pie is finished baking and continue baking until pie is golden and center is bubbling. Once pie is cooked cool for 1 hour before slicing.

For the Stars

Roll out one piecrust cut out stars with a cookie cutter.  Place on a cookie sheet.  Mix one egg white with a few drops of red food coloring. Blueberry PieWith a clean paintbrush or pastry brush brush the red egg wash onto the star cutouts and bake in a 450°F oven for 15 minutes or until golden.   Blueberry PieRemove from oven and set aside to cool. When pie is cooked and cooled top pie with starts. Blueberry Pie

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Party Ideas: 4th of July Pool Party and BBQ – Good Clean Fun

Party Ideas: 4th of July Pool Party and BBQ – Good Clean Fun

Throwing a great 4th of July Pool Party can be easy and fun if you follow some of my simple tips.   The 4th of July is a great time of year. Most of our neighbors get together and enjoy a backyard BBQ and some good […]

Firecracker Bundt Cake – An Explosive Red, White and Blue Dessert

Firecracker Bundt Cake – An Explosive Red, White and Blue Dessert

American holidays like the 4th of July and Memorial Day are the perfect time to make easy and delicious red white and blue desserts. My Firecracker Bundt Cake is fun to make and will have everyone wondering how you got all the colors in there. I […]

Fun Desserts: Patriotic Red White and Blue Cake Pops

Fun Desserts: Patriotic Red White and Blue Cake Pops

Serving up a dessert that’s fun and patriotic for the 4th of July is easy with these red white and blue Patriotic Cake Pops.

Cake pops are a fun dessert for kids and adults. Part cake and part candy pop make these a dessert that can be made in advance and served up in millions of different ways. You can use any cake flavor or frosting of your choice as well as decorative sprinkles to make them all your own. They are a fun activity for the kids too. It allows everyone to get messy in the kitchen and mix up some fun.

I thought it would be pretty to make a red cake and dip them in white candy melts and red, white, and blue sprinkles. These patriotic cake pops are perfect for any party.

Ingredients (makes 40-50 cake pops):

  • 1 box of Betty Crocker® cake mix of your choice
  • 1 1/3 cups of water
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (12 oz) can Betty Crocker® frosting of your choice
  • 1 (14 oz) bag of candy melts of your choice
  • 1 teaspoon shortening
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Colored decorative cookie sprinkles of your choice
  • Wax paper
  • A flat piece of Styrofoam

Directions:

Bake cake as directed on box for a 13 x 9 cake and let cool completely

With your fingers, crumble cake into a large bowl. Once the cake is completely crumbled, add the frosting. Mix well with your hands until dough forms. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on wax paper on cookie sheet.

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Place in freezer for about 15 minutes.

When ready to assemble, heat candy melts in a small bowl in the microwave according to the directions on package. Mix in the shortening until you have a smooth texture that runs off a spoon. Remove cake pop balls from freezer.

Dip the tip of a Popsicle stick into the melted candy then halfway into the cake ball.  Lay them down on a wax paper coated cookie sheet until all the balls have the sticks attached.

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Allow them to drip for a moment and then dip into colored sprinkles. Set into Styrofoam to harden.

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Cooking Tips:

  • A mini ice cream scooper makes it easy to get an even amount of dough before rolling into balls.
  • If candy melts are still very thick add an additional 1/2 teaspoon of shortening until mixture is smooth.
  • If you want to make colored cake like red, blue or green use a few drops of food coloring of your choice to the cake mix and mix well before baking.
  • Cake pops do not need to be refrigerated.
  • For added decoration dip cake into candy only, allow them to dry completely and decorate with decorative icing.

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For really easy and fast cake pops, try my simple shortcuts my Easy Doughnut Hole Cake Pops Made Easy Video.   The recipe above follows a Bakerella method.  My video shows you a version that is NOT Bakerella’s Cake Pops! 🙂

The recipe above originally appeared on Betty Crocker.com.  If you like this recipe, please share it recipe with a friend.  Just click on the cute little icons below this sentence to share these on your Facebook page, twitter page, etc. with just one click!

 

Simple Marinated London Broil Recipe – It’s Time to Get Grilling

Simple Marinated London Broil Recipe – It’s Time to Get Grilling

  I’m a steak lover and London Broil is one of my favorite cuts of beef. It’s a lean and fairly inexpensive meat that is so easy to prepare. We don’t eat a lot of meat in my house but every now and then I […]

Berry Beer Sangria – A Delicious Cocktail Drink Recipe For A Hot Summer Day Or Night

Berry Beer Sangria – A Delicious Cocktail Drink Recipe For A Hot Summer Day Or Night

Berry Beer Sangria is perfect for the beer lover who wants to shake it up a little. It’s the perfect beer drink recipe for a BBQ cocktail, pool party, or just for having friends over on a hot summer day or night. Keep in mind […]