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Cheesecake Cookie Cups

Prep:

15 mins

Cooking:

25 mins

Level:

Easy

Cooling:

60 mins

Yields: 24

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (16.5 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough
• 2 pkgs. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 can (14 oz.) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 325° F. Paper-line 24 muffin cups. Place one piece of cookie dough in each muffin cup.

BAKE for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookie has spread to edge of cup.

BEAT cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, eggs and vanilla extract in medium bowl until smooth. Pour about 3 tablespoons cream cheese mixture over each cookie in cup.

BAKE for additional 15 to 18 minutes or until set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Top each with level tablespoon of pie filling. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Inside-Out Peanut Butter Cookies

On The Go Breakfast Bars

After baking, freeze or store leftovers in refrigerator

Ingredients

• 1 package "On the Go" Breakfast Bar Mix
• 1/2 cup light olive oil
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup agave syrup or honey

Cooking Directions

1. Mix cranberries, blueberries, and slivered almonds into the flour mixture.
2. In another bowl blend together olive oil, applesauce and agave or honey.
3. Pour into flour mixture, blend well. Spread into 8x11, lightly oiled pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Let cool.
5. Cut into 3x2 inch bars. Wrap and Freeze.
6. For Muffins - Pour batter into muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.

Rudolph the Red-nosed Cupcake

Ingredients

• A cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) Chocolate frosting
• Round, red lollipops (we used a Blow Pop)
• M&M's candies

• Black decorators' gel frosting
• Pretzels
• Red shoestring licorice

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Instructions

1. To make one, first frost a cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with chocolate frosting.
2. Unwrap a round, red lollipop (we used a Blow Pop), trim the stem slightly, and stick it into the center of the cupcake for Rudolph's very shiny nose.
3. For eyes, set 2 M&M's candies in place, then dot them with black decorators' gel frosting. Carefully break large thin pretzels into antler shapes (this may take some practice!) and insert them into the top of the cupcake. Finally, add a short piece of red shoestring licorice for a mouth

Sand Art Brownies

"Mix ingredients in a wide mouth quart size jar, just like sand art that kids make today

5/8 cup of all purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup vanilla chips
1/2 cup walnuts

Mix the first flour and salt together and put into the bottom of a quart jar. Layer the rest of the ingredients in the order they are given.

Attach a tag with the following directions to the jar:
1) Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9x9 pan.
2) Pour contents of jar in a large bowl and mix well.
3) Stir in 1 tsp vanilla, 2/3 cup of oil, and 3 eggs. Beat until just combined.
4) Pour batter into pan and bake for 25-30 minutes.

Note: Cover the top of the jar with a pretty fabric and print a fancy tag to tie around the top. They make very personal and attractive gifts.