Lemon Cheesecake Bars

CRUST:
1/3 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1 cup all-purpose flour
cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter, brown sugar, salt and nutmeg together until smooth. Add the flour, beating at low speed until blended.

Spray an 8-inch square pan with the nonstick cooking spray. Press the crust mixture evenly over the bottom of the pan.



Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
While the crust bakes, prepare the filling.

FILLING:
1 cup low-fat (1%) cottage cheese
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tbsp lemon zest
3 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 large egg
1 large egg white

Process cottage cheese in food processor for a minute or until smooth, scraping down the sides as needed. Add the sugar, flour, lemon zest, lemon juice, baking powder, egg, and egg white; process 30 seconds or until well blended. Pour over the baked crust.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until set. Cool 30 minutes. Cover and chill for at least 8 hours. Cut into bars.

To serve cut into 9 squares and garnish with thin lemon slices or thin strips of lemon rind that has been curled, if desired.

Delectable Recipe for Cake Pops

Most children have a fancy for sweet delicacies. They enjoy munching on almost anything that has sugar on it - candies, gum, cakes and pastries. If your child is having a birthday party at home, you should make it a point that the menu list contains something that appeals to his or her taste. Moreover, you would want to prepare a tasty recipe that almost any child would go crazy about.

Thus, you should try making cake pops for the children's party. These treats look much like a typical lollipop, except these are much bigger. Moreover, you can decorate the entire portion of the pops with a variety of items such as candy sprinkles, flaked coconuts and chopped nuts. Children (and even adults) will love the scrumptious taste of this delightful food item.

You can also make cake pops for baby showers. These fancy treats will also make a great give-away or personalized gift for a friend. Just decorate the pops any way you like, and you will surely come up with a great snack food or gift item with these.

If you are planning to make these pops, check out this great recipe that you can follow with so much ease. Try this recipe, which takes as much as half an hour to make. You can surely make tons of pops in an hour, if you need to make plenty of this yummy treat.


Brownie Pops

This recipe for cake pops takes around 15 minutes to prepare. However, it requires several hours of refrigeration to set the cake and to hold it firmly on the stick. Nevertheless, you will find this recipe very simple to make. The ingredients for this recipe are the following:

A pan of baked brownies

Half a cup of chocolate frosting (from a mix)

One pound of chocolate-flavored candy coating

About 50 pieces of lollipop sticks

A bag of candy sprinkles

Cooking Procedure:

Prepare a large baking sheet by putting wax paper of aluminum foil on it. Set aside, and make the batter. Use a large bowl and place the brownies inside it. With your hands, crumble the brownie. Make sure that you will come up with a smooth batter of brownies. Then, pour the chocolate frosting. Blend with the crumbled brownies, mixing well with your hands. The frosting will make the mixture quite moist, which would help in forming balls easily.

Then, place the ball-shaped tiny cakes in the baking sheet. Put in the freezer for about two hours. Meanwhile, place the candy coating in a microwave-safe container. Pop it inside the microwave and allow it to melt completely.

Stir the melted coating and dip the prepared balls of cake. Cover each piece completely. Next, roll the pops in a bowl with candy sprinkles. Be sure the coating is still wet so that the candy will stick well. You may also try putting coconut flakes or chopped nuts all over the pops. Insert lollipop stick on each of the cake balls. Refrigerate them once again and serve cold.

There you have it, a few easy steps on how to make cake pops. Try these now and enjoy the exciting taste of these delectable treats.

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A 30 Minute Apple Pie Recipe

Apple pies are a wonderful treat that can be enjoyed on all occasions anytime of the year. Most apple pie recipes are quite easy to follow and most beginners can master the apple pie recipe right away. If you aren't experienced at baking from scratch you can easily purchase frozen pie crusts and apple pie filling from your local grocery store. Once you get the hang of making a simple apple pie why not start experimenting? You can try many different things with your apple pie recipes. Apple Crumble Pie, Apple Tarts, Apple Delight Pie are just a couple of the many choices you could use. So start at the begginnning and try this wonder apple pie recipe. Its quixk, it's easy and I promise you, you and you family will be making this on a weekly basis.

This 30 minute apple pie recipe is quick and easy and a wonderful addidition to your apple pie recipe collection. Take advantage of fresh Granny Smith apples and frozen pie crusts and be enjoying your first slice of this apple pie in 30 minutes.

Ingredients
1  frozen deep-dish piecrust
1/2 cup(s) chopped pecans
1/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup(s) packed brown sugar
2 tablespoon(s)butterormargarine
1 large egg white
1/4 cup(s) granulated sugar
2 tablespoon(s) cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon
3 pound(s) Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, and/or Gala apples, each cored, peeled, and cut into 8 wedges
1 tablespoon(s) fresh lemonjuice