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Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars with Streusel
Topping
from melskitchencafe.com
Base:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
Cream Cheese Layer:
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Apples:
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely
chopped
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Streusel Topping:
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup caramel sauce (homemade recipe
below)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a small bowl, stir together chopped apples, two tablespoons
sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine all the streusel topping ingredients
and mix until crumbly. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter
with a pastry blender or two forks until mixture is crumbly but combined. Press
evenly into a 9X13-inch baking pan lined with aluminum foil. Bake for 10 minutes
or until lightly browned.
While the crust is baking, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese
with 1/2 cup sugar until smooth. Then add eggs, one at a time and then the
vanilla. Mix well. Pour over the warm crust.
Spoon the apple mixture evenly over the cheesecake layer.
Sprinkle the streusel topping over the apples. Bake for 30 minutes until the
filling is set.
Cool the bars to room temperature. Drizzle with the caramel
topping (or plate individual slices and drizzle with topping one by
one).
Caramel Sauce:
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
½ cups half-and-half or cream
Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
Mix butter, brown sugar, half-and-half or cream, and salt in a
saucepan over medium-low heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook while
whisking gently for 5 to 7 minutes, until thickened slightly. Add the vanilla
and cook another minute to thicken further. Turn off the heat and pour the sauce
into a jar. Refrigerate until cold. If the caramel sauce has cooled in the
fridge long enough to harden, warm slightly before drizzling on bars.

Roasted Veggies

My new favorite thing for dinner is roasted veggies. 

 They are very easy to make and very healthy.

put down tin foil  and grease with vegetable oil or olive oil

cut up 3-4 red potatoes

1/2 red onion

1 zucchini

1 squash

1 red or green pepper

salt and pepper

garlic salt (optional)

bake @ 375 for 15 min. or until done

serve with chicken or steak- YUMMO



BISCUITS ANYONE

Jared loves these biscuits.  They are delicious with gravy or butter and honey. 

He wanted them the other night and I was too lazy to make them so I said, "here is the recipe." 

He was very unsure of himself, but he did a great job. 

Servings: about 3 dozen biscuits

Cook Time: 12 min

PAULA DEENS BISCUITS
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*2 cups all-purpose flour
*1 teaspoons sugar
*1 tablespoon baking powder
*1 teaspoon salt
*8 tablespoons butter, cubed
*3/4 cup milk

Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
*In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into mixture until it begins to look like cornmeal.
*Make a well with flour mixture and slowly add milk into the middle. Knead dough with your fingers and add milk when necessary. Roll out dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to desired thickness. Cut with small biscuit cutter.
*Butter bottom of skillet and place biscuits in pan. Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.

Brownie Waffles

The other night we had dinner at The Outback Steakhouse.

For dessert we ordered a delicious brownie waffle with hot chocolate syrup and ice cream.

It was SWEET!

We were so in love with this dessert that we asked our waiter for the recipe, and he gave it to us.

All it takes is a

*Devils Food Cake (mixed with egg, water, oil)

(add) *chocolate pudding mix

We made them the other night with an instant pudding mix and we think it might be better with a

cook and serve pudding mix, but we don't know. We forgot to ask about that part of the recipe.

This is not the best picture, but (Yum) they are good.

You should try them.