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Chocolate Cherry Nut Brownies #TheLeftoversClub

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Chocolate Cherry Nut Brownies #TheLeftoversClub

I’m so happy to sharing with all of you this simple but super delicious recipe; brownies are a favorite in my house specially because we can add a bunch of different ingredients and at the end we will have a delicious concoction of pure flavor in our mouth.

For today #TheLeftoversClub recipe I decide the these are the perfect thing to send to my friend Joanne Bruno from Eats Well With Others and I know she is going to love this recipe and of course the brownies I send to her.

Super easy recipe, perfect to take on a trip, a delicious party favor or a simple snack, you can do wherever you want with this brownies. Just remember love is the key ingredient so don’t forget to add a ton of it.

If you want to join The Leftovers Club just click and make sure to read all the rules or just send me an email and I will send the info to you.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 box of fudge brownies (you can use any brand)
  • 1 cup dark chocolate morsels with cherry filing
  • 1/2 cup chopped mix nuts

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Make the brownie mix according to box directions, line a baking sheet with foil and spray some cooking spray, mix in the chocolate morsels.

Chocolate Cherry Nut Brownies
Place the mixture on the baking sheet and sprinkle the nuts on top, don’t mix them in, this will give the brownies a nice nutty flavor.

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Bake for 35 minutes, let it cool and cut in pieces.

This recipe makes a 13×9 baking sheet.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy


Chewy Almond Bars #TheLeftoverClub

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Chewy Almond Bars

Hello and welcome to another #TheLeftoverClub month, here we share delicious recipes with you and with each other. We send goodies and taste the real deal, no only we give you the recipe we also give you the experience.
In this occasion I partner with the fabulous Ginger Stark from Stark Raving Delicious, a local California girl with great ideas and delicious recipes too.
Know her allergy to dairy, I want it to make something different with a healthy approach and with the lest or zero dairy possible, and I think this chewy almond bars are the perfect idea.
I really hope she likes them. And thank you so much for the goodies you send to me, I’m sure my family is also going to enjoy it.

If you want to join The Leftovers Club just click and make sure to read all the rules or just send me an email and I will send the info to you.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup quick plain oats
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 cup substitute butter, it needs to be very cold (you know the one I can’t believe)
  • 1/4 cup almond butter

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl combine oats, sugar, flour and “butter”, you can use a fork for this we just need to form little pieces like sand.
Place half or the mixture in a square baking dish, and press well to form the base, then add the almond butter on top and cover with the other half of the oats mixture.
Bake for 35 minutes. Wait until completely cool to cut in pieces and take it out of the pan.

This is great for a afternoon pick me up, when you need a little energy.

This recipe makes 12 servings.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy


Tropical Fudge #TheLeftoversClub

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Tropical Fudge

Welcome to another month of delicious recipes, I love to share with all of you my creations, and I really love to be able to send some of those treats to great friends in the #TheLeftoversClub.
This month am partner with Shaina from Take A Bite Out Og Boca, she is a very talented cook and I love all the recipes she share in her blog.

This month I decide to make something different, a delicious bite to welcome spring and say a shy hi to summer, Tropical Fudge is made with coconut and lime zest a super easy dessert to enjoy any time of the day, refreshing and not to sweet.

I’m crossing my fingers the she love it and of course that you enjoy this recipe too.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 can condense milk
  • 2 cups powdered milk
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • zest of 1 lime
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened grated coconut

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a heavy bottom pot heat to medium low heat add the butter to melt, add condense milk and mix well to incorporate, add the lime zest, powdered milk and coconut; mix to incorporated and low the heat completely, cook until the mixture separated from the bottom of the pot.
  2. You can make tablespoon balls with the mixture still hot or place in 2 8in. pie pans and let it cool completely.
  3. If you decide to use the pie pans, once the fudge is cool cut in pieces and enjoy.

This recipe makes about 24 pieces of fudge.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Mini Sweet Cheese Empanadas #TheLeftoversClub

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FullSizeRenderThe best way to start the new year is by sharing sometime delicious with a friend, and in this occasion and so happy to be sharing this delicious recipe with my friend Elizabeth and all of you the enjoy #TheLeftoversClub.

I made a classic favorite in my house, so I hope she likes it, easy, sweet, salty, crunchy and mini empanadas are perfect for a snack, coffee time or a party. Delicious, different and great for sharing.

Enjoy.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup cream cheese
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extra
  • 2 sheets of refrigerated pie crust

DIRECTIONS

    1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
    2. Roll out the pie crust and use a cookie cutter to cut circles, in a bowl mix together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla, and place 1/2 teaspoon on the center of each circle.
    3. Form the empanadas by folding the other half of the dough, close then very well of the filling can come out and we don’t want that.
    4. Bake for 12 minutes.

This recipe makes 24 mini empanadas.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Churro Style Cookies #TheLeftoversClub

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churro style sweet little earsWelcome to another month of good delicious leftovers with #TheLeftoversClub, and don’t get me wrong, we are not sending leftovers to our friends, this is just a funny way to call our fabulous group.
Let me tell you, it is really easy, we send delicious treats to our friends every month, for real, and I love it because I can taste something completely different.
This month I decide to make something very simple, you know with all the make ahead dishes we make for the holidays, sometimes it is difficult to choose a good recipe to send.
This sweet little ears, are not really ears, in my country they are call Orejitas, just because it resembles an ear, funny right?
And there are super simple to make, delicious, crunchy and warm, with all the cinnamon I add, oh very important I forgot to tell the it’s like eating a little buttery churro, Yum!
My little ears are churro inspired, because everybody love churros and why not chance the concept a little.
Hope you enjoy.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 sheets of Puff Pastry
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
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Mix sugar and cinnamon, you can used a baking pan and keep it there, it is less messy that way.

churro style sweet little ears

Ok, place one of the puff pastries sheets on the table and roll in each end, making sure each end will make it to the center of the pastry, you can be fancy and measure, but this is a stress free recipe.

churro style sweet little ears

Then cut the pastry in 2 inch pieces, and press each piece on the sugar and cinnamon mixture. This is a very important step because they need to be super coated with the sugar, the flavor of this “cookies” is very important in the recipe.

Bake for 15 minutes, let it cool completely or as me eat it when warm.

This recipe makes 28 little cookies.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Coconut Meringues #TheLeftoverClub

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coconut meringuesOk is that time again, the one when we are sending and sharing delicious recipes to other members of the club.
And this month I was really into light and different specially because summer is not very pleasant to weather to be baking a lot.
Thats why I make this light and super delicious coconut meringues, with a touch of sunset, because I add some orange color, they look pretty.
And please leve me comment with your thoughts about my easy, easy, easy, coconut meringues.
Enjoy.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 3 egg whites
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/4 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • orange food coloring

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°F.
  2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a electric mixer, combine, egg whites, salt, cream of tartar and coconut extract, beat on medium speed until soft peaks form.
  4. Gradually add sugar, about 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high speed until stiff peaks form.
  5. With a toothpick, paint stripes of the orange food coloring on the inside of a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2 inch open star tip, and carefully transfer meringue into the bag.
  6. Pipe the meringues in the shape the you like, I like a flower type shape.
  7. Bake for 2 hours or until meringues appear dry and firm when lightly touched.

This recipe makes 28 meringues.

Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 2 hours
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Raisin Coconut Bread #TheLeftoversClub

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raisin coconut breadAfter a long time not posting I’m glad to be sharing with all of you again some recipes.
Summer is become a little busy, funny right, thats why is bean like a month without recipes here, but have no fear, we are back and ready for more delicious and exited recipes.
Now today I want to share this delicious raisin coconut bread the I made for my friend Faye at the The Leftovers Club.
Is delicious and perfect to take on a road trip, picnic or BBQ, is great with coffee, tea or any kind of drink.
It had two of my favorite flavors, lemon and coconut, of course the raisins are not bad at all but you know me, I love coconut.
I know is a little hot to bake in the summer, but this bread is to good not to make.
Enjoy and I hope you like it.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 3 cups AP Flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • zest of one lemon
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 stick of butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup graded coconut

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer ad sugar and butter and cream for 5 minutes, then add the eggs one by one and the vanilla extract.
  3. In a bowl sift flour, baking powder, salt, ad the lemon zest.
  4. The alternated the dry ingredients with the half and half, ad by hand the raisins and the coconut.
  5. Pour the mixture in a baking pan previously grease, and bake for one hour.

This recipe makes 1 bread.

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Mini Crunchy Macaroons #TheLeftoversClub

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mini crunchy macaroonsThis month for #TheLeftoverClub I have the pleasure to send some delicious mini treats to my friend Shaina Wizov from Take a bite out, and it is amazing because I feel the we know each other even thought she lives in the other side of the country.
And I choose something not so sweet or heavy because she ask me to make her a light treat.
So I made this mini crunchy macaroons, a little different from the one you normally eat because I add some corn flakes, to make it more crunchy and lest heavy with the coconut.
This recipe is inspired by a cookbook a friend gave me long time ago, and the recipe is similar but I chance a few ingredients to make it low sugar, low sodium and low carb.
If you make this macaroons, you will notice the difference because the low sugar make them just perfect, not as sweet and heavy on the flavor and the best part you can eat 3 of these, Amazing!
So hope you enjoy and enjoy and enjoy.
Did I said enjoy? I meant devore 🙂

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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 egg whites
  • 3 tablespoons super fine sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 1 1/2 cups corn flakes
  • 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 300°F.
  2. Place the corn flakes in a ziploc bags and using your hands just break the corn flakes into little peaces, not powder.
  3. Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix until incorporated well.
  4. With your hands damp grab about a teaspoon of the mixture and place them in a baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown.

This recipe makes about 18 to 24 mini macaroons.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Coconut Dulce de Leche Cookies #TheLeftoversClub

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coconut dulce de leche cookiesFor this month #TheLeftoversClub I decide to make this super delicious cookies with some homemade Dulce de Leche that is just delicious, and I really hope my friend Cheralee Stover, love just as much as we do.
Mix in with some coconut and other addictive ingredients, like butter, this cookies are perfect for a snack or just to sweet a little your day, in any case you don’t need any excuse to enjoy this fabulous cookies.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup of Dulce de Leche
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup graded coconut
  • pinch of salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. In a stand mixer cream sugar and butter for 5 minutes, add the dulce de leche, egg and vanilla extract mix until incorporated, then add all the dry ingredients, and mix for 3 minutes, then add by hand the coconut.
  3. With a 1 tablespoon ice cream scoop, add scoops of the batter in a cookie sheet, and bake for 15 minutes.

This recipe makes 30 cookies.

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy



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Peanut Cajeta (Fudge) #TheLeftoversClub

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peanut cajetaThis month for the #TheLeftoversClub I decided to make something very traditional of my country, here in american fudge is super famous, but in Costa Rica we made cajetas, and we made this sweet delicious candy with powder sugar and condensed milk, I know right, different, intriguing and so delicious.
Is so popular in my country the you can find this candy in every corner, with peanuts, coconut, chocolate, vanilla, well you can imagine all the flavors.
I hope my friend Marrie Matter like this, because is really made with a lot of love.
And you really need to make it, is so easy and am sure your kids and family will love it too.
Enjoy
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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups of powder milk
  • 1 cup chopped roasted unsalted peanuts
  • 1/4 cup hold milk
  • 1 can of sweet condensed milk
  • 4 tablespoons butter

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a microwave save bowl, pour the condensed milk and butter, place in te microwave for 5 minutes.
  2. After the 5 minutes, stir until the mixture is homogeneous, add the peanuts or the nut of your preference, and cook in the microwave for 1 minute.
  3. Once ready add the powder milk and the milk, mix with a spatula until is completely combine.
  4. Place the cajeta in a pyrex slightly grade, and cover the hold dish, the same way you do when making fudge.
  5. Let it cool completely before cutting in pieces.

Yields 22 pieces of cajeta.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 6 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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