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First of all I am sorry I don’t have a picture of this creation, but it was gone before I could get my camera out!

I had about 6 apples that were sitting and gradually becoming what I call “funky” You know what I mean, not quite rotten yet, still edible but no one wants to touch them for some unknown reason. So I needed a dessert last night as it was my 39th wedding anniversary and we never go out but I wanted something different.

So my son, who loves to cook, and I got our heads together and came up with this simple dessert. You could substitute any fruit, as a matter of fact pears would be really good with this.

Take your fruit and cut in half and take out all the seeds. Place in a baking dish. Then make a mixture of melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon and put on top of
each piece of fruit.

Bake on 350 degrees for about 1/2 hour or until fruit is cooked soft.

Let the fruit cool a little, not all the way, but so it is not burning hot. Then top with your favorite Ice Cream, whipped cream, nuts, and caramel ice cream topping. Serve warm.

It is a simple dessert, easy to make, and a wonderful use of leftover apples!

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We had some left over ice cream from when Ed made it and no one would touch it for some reason.   I guess no one wanted to be the one to finish off the ice cream.   So what to do with it?

I found this recipe and remembered my Mom made something very similiar when I was a kid, only she used vanilla wafers or any other kind of cookie she had laying around.

So you and the kids enjoy and be sure an experiment with different cookie/ice cream combinations.

Make Ahead Tip: Wrap and freeze for up to 1 week.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
4 small vanilla-snap cookies
2 tablespoons fruit sorbet or frozen yogurt

DIRECTIONS
Top 2 cookies with 1 tablespoon sorbet (or frozen yogurt). Top with 2 more cookies. Freeze sandwiches for at least 30 minutes to firm up.

@Eating Well Magazine

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Last year I made a post on the joys of homemade Ice Cream.  My husband had received an ice cream maker as a gift and since that time the Ice Cream literally is flowing in my home.

I love Ice Cream and some of the concoctions he has come up with are delicious…others not so good.

Summertime is a perfect time to make ice cream with the kids (or without).   Knowing what goes into your Ice Cream is half the battle towards enjoying old favorites.   Here are one of the more popular ice cream recipes:

CHOCOLATE BANANA

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2 oz bittersweet chocolate

2 cups table cream (18% milkfat)

1 1/2 cups milk

6 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

3 over-ripe bananas

Juice of 1 lemon

Beat eggs lightly

Beat sugar in to eggs

Melt chocolate in milk and cream

When chocolate partially melted, stir in cocoa powder.

Continue stirring chocolate/cream mixture until hot but not quite boiling

Stir hot chocolate/cream mixture in to eggs.

Stir in vanilla extract.

Cool.

When ready to make, mash bananas and lemon juice together

Make chocolate mixture in ice cream maker.

Just before ready, add banana mixture.

Note: Use good quality, *very* ripe bananas. Otherwise your ice cream will have a strange flavor.

For more great Ice Cream recipes download this ebook for free: 131 Ice Cream Maker Recipes

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