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Summer’s Tasty Treat:A Caramel Apple Pizza Recipe

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Caramel Apple Pizza

By Summer:

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I made this pizza with my left over dough from the Banana Splizza. My husband loves apples, so this was just another one of those creations I think up. No real inspiration, just though another dessert is more fun than making an actual pizza … HA!

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Caramel Apple Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Paula Deen’s Pizza Crust (which is ½ of the recipe)
1 large organic Honey Crisp apple
8 – .25 ounce caramel cubes
½ Tablespoon butter
½ Tablespoon heavy cream
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup white chocolate chips
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Follow the directions to make the pizza crust. Use a fork to poke holes in base to prevent bubbling. Bake.

2. While crust is baking cut the apple into quarters. Core. Thinly slice to about 1/8 inch slices. Place apples onto baked crust. Cover any exposed crust and broil under hi heat for 2-minutes.

3. In a small pot over medium-low heat combine butter, cream, and caramel. Drizzle over apples.

4. Sprinkle caramel apples with cinnamon. Top with chips.

5. Loosely cover pizza with aluminum and bake at 400oF for 5 minutes to melt the chocolate and heat the caramel. Cut and serve!

About Summer:

Summer is very active in our Local MOMS Club chapter, she is the mother of two adorable active boys, and is always thinking of ways to help others. She is a friend, a wife, and always busy as all mommies are. She is very active on Facebook, addicted to Geocaching and very interested in organic and green living while cooking up a storm.

Treat Your Valentine with a Schwan’s Dessert Delivery Giveaway

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I love Schwan’s! I’m not really sure why I haven’t looked into getting a delivery from them. They have so many great options to choose from. We had their Pot Pies last Fall and now we’re eating our way through their dessert menu. I even told them I would put together a video of us trying out their desserts and while I was away, my husband ate almost all the ice cream. It was my fault really, I didn’t tell him I was going to do a video review, and I don’t like fruity ice cream. I’m just not a big fan of seeds and Raspberries are full of seeds.

The night after I got home from my trip, he asked me if I wanted any ice cream. I asked him what we had, and we had Peppermint, Spumoni and Raspberry Rumble Premium Ice Cream from Schwan’s, I wasn’t so excited about it but I said that I needed to have a bite because I needed to write a review. So, I had a bite…. and… I wanted another… and I wanted another..

Dessert Trio from Schwan's

My husband got up and took the bowl with him, he said, you can have your own bowl I don’t want to share anymore with you. So we each had our own bowl. And I was really sad to find out that was all that was left. It was delicious! Oh So Delicious I want MORE. I wish it was sold at the grocery store because I want it right NOW!

I was shocked because I’ve never liked fruity ice cream before. MMM

But that wasn’t all they sent me. They also sent me microwaveable brownies and a bag full of frozen berries the Triple Berry Blend. My kids adore fruit!!! When I told them they get to have a brownie and fruit they were so excited. Bouncing off the walls excited.

schwan's desserts

Again, I wasn’t disappointed in the outcome. The kids had half of a brownie each and a bowl full of fruit. Me, I just had an entire browning to myself, because of all those seeds looking  out at me. So treat your Valentine to a Schwan’s Dessert Delivery Giveaway!

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The ice cream $5.36
The brownies $5.68
The berries $7.40

Total value      $18.44

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This giveaway ends February 21st.  I was provided with the samples above for the review in this post. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

Cool Whip’s Dessert Challenge Giveaway

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Wow it’s amazing how fast this time of year flies by. I was baking a lot at the beginning of the season but now with everything flying by me I haven’t had time to lift a baking finger.Kraft wants to inspire you and me to bake up something extra special, and with Kraft there are so many possibilities on making the perfect dessert. They sent me the most beautiful gift basket imaginable. I just haven’t’ had time to get creative. Well, we did make chocolate pudding but it was devoured so fast I wasn’t able to get any photos of that.  I did however make a beautiful Butternut Squash Pie and all it lacked was a dollop of Cool Whip.

butternut squash pie

Ingredients:

  • 1 9-inch pie shell
  • 2 cups pureed butternut squash
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup evaporated milk
  • 3heaping teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a mixer, beat the squash with the brown sugar. Add eggs, evaporated milk, pumpkin pie spice, salt flour, butter, and vanilla. Beat until well blended. Pour the filling into the pie crust and  place in the oven. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes or until set. After 30 minutes place foil around the crust to keep it from getting too brown. DO NOT FORGET THE COOL WHIP!

I should warn you, I have always had a thing for cool whip. I’m one of those people that if left unattended, I will just lick the cool whip container clean. I like it frozen, all by itself, in hot cocoa and on almost any dessert. So get creative and make something sweet and don’t forget the cool whip!

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cool whip gift basketKraft prize pack pictured to the right:

  • Planters Slivered Almonds
  • Planters Chopped Walnuts
  • Jell-O Chocolate Pudding
  • Jell-O Vanilla Pudding
  • Baker’s Semi Sweet Baking Chocolate Squares
  • Baker’s White Chocolate Squares
  • Baker’s Angel Flake Shredded Coconut
  • Jet-Puffed Snowman Marshmallows
  • Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Crème
  • Starbucks Ground Coffee – Winter Blend
  • Kraft Premium Caramel Bits
  • Williams Sonoma Hand Towels
  • Williams Sonoma Silicone Cookie Spatula
  • Williams Sonoma Muffin Pan
  • Domino Sugar Powdered Sugar
  • Cool Whip free product coupons

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Leave a comment telling me which recipe you would like to try out most at Cool Whip’s website.

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truwhip the natural whipped cream for desserts #giveaway

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truwhip contacted me and asked me to review their product. The all natural whipped topping and I said ok, send me some. I love whipped topping. Umm, I’m at a loss of words because I threw it away. I didn’t like it. I’m a moody eater so it could be my mood so I’m not saying you shouldn’t try it. That’s up to you to decide and here are the facts presented by truwhip.

TruWhip All Natural Whipped ToppingINGREDIENTS: Water, organic tapioca syrup, expeller-pressed palm kernel oil, organic cane sugar, organic palm kernel oil, contains less than 2% of each of the following: organic soy protein concentrate, sodium caseinate (milk protein), natural flavors, organic soy lecithin, xanthan gum, guar gum. Contains milk and soy.

Directions
  • Thaw unopened four hours in refrigerator. Do not thaw on countertop.
  • Keep product refrigerated for up to ten days. Can be refrozen.
  • For longer storage, place in freezer.

The selling point for truwhip and I could probably acquire a taste for it because I can’t quite put a reason for not liking it on it. Anyways, the selling point is it is a natural whipped topping. It is not made of the same nasty stuff that Cool Whip is made of. The information they sent me about Cool Whip just absolutely disgusts me and makes me thankful I’m not using whipped topping very much at all anymore.

You can purchase truwhip at Whole Foods and other natural stores like it. I have a coupon for one free 10 oz bowl.

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Tell me what other natural foods you like to eat

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