Old Friends, A Unproblematic Summertime Lunch, In Addition To Turtle Cheesecake
What to a greater extent than could yous want?
Last calendar week a grouping of my dearest college friends met inward OKC for a few days of daughter time. At i fourth dimension or another, nosotros were all roommates or bird mates during our fabulous days at Oklahoma Baptist University. Sadly, simply a few girls from across the province couldn't attend, but they were amongst us inward spirit!
These ladies are as well as hence special. We helped each other larn far through the ups as well as downs of college life, convey been to each other's weddings, celebrated children's births, as well as convey laughed, cried, as well as spent fourth dimension praying together. Now we're all spread out but proceed upwards through Facebook.
Their showtime black inward town, nosotros met for dinner at the Melting Pot. I'd never been before, as well as YUM! If yous didn't know, they offering "Happy Hour" betwixt 4-6 where your grouping tin pick out ii types of cheese fondue as well as ii types of chocolate fondue, along amongst a diversity of bread, veggie, as well as sweetness "dippers", for around $10 per person. Normally, the Melting Pot is a pricey dinner, but this was a perfect selection for us girls as well as nosotros all loved it. Two words...DARK CHOCOLATE!
The side past times side twenty-four hours I invited the girls over for luncheon as well as nosotros had the best fourth dimension simply chatting as well as relaxing, as well as eating!
I wanted everything to endure comfortable as well as set back, as well as hence I made chicken salad to swallow on the delicious croissants from Sam's, Spinach Salad, as well as Raspberry Chipotle Cream Cheese Dip.
I wanted everything to endure comfortable as well as set back, as well as hence I made chicken salad to swallow on the delicious croissants from Sam's, Spinach Salad, as well as Raspberry Chipotle Cream Cheese Dip.
I picked upwards a twain of bunches of grocery shop flowers as well as used a few milkglass containers to brand some colorful, depression arrangements. Some fun polka point napkins, a chevron runner, as well as Ikea placemats finished off the setting.
For dessert, I served Turtle Cheesecake. I saved this recipe out of a Kraft journal that I got several years ago. I've made it a few times as well as it's a winner! Here's the recipe if yous desire to assay it too. 1 caution that I've hand-written onto my copy... when yous set the cake inward the oven to bake, set a rimmed cookie canvass (maybe fifty-fifty lined amongst foil for less mess) nether it. I forgot to create that this time, non thinking almost the butter inward the oreo crust, as well as when that butter melted it made a huge mess inward my oven! Even amongst the mess, this cheesecake was totally worth it!
I don't convey whatever photos of the procedure to percentage amongst you, because I made it at midnight the black before. But, it's as well as hence slow yous don't actually postulate them!
Ultimate Turtle Cheesecake
(from Kraft Food & Family Magazine)
2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs (about 24 cookies)
1 loving cup finely chopped pecans, divided
6 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 handbag (14 oz.) caramels
1/2 c. milk
3 8 oz. packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. vanilla
3 eggs
2 sq. semi-sweet baking chocolate
Mix crumbs, 1/2 c. of the pecans, as well as butter. Press onto bottom as well as ii inches upwards the side of a nine inch springform pan.
Place caramels as well as milk inward microwavable bowl. Microwave on high for iii minutes or until caramels are completely melted, stirring after each minute. Drizzle 1/2 of the caramel mixture onto crust. Refrigerate 10 minutes. Cover as well as reserve remaining caramel mixture inward fridge for subsequently use.
Beat cream cheese, saccharide as well as vanilla amongst electrical mixer on medium speed until good blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on depression speed after each add-on simply until blended. Pour over caramel mixture inward crust.
Bake at 300 degrees for 65-70 minutes or until centre is almost set. Run knife or metallic spatula around side of pan to loosen cake, cool earlier removing side of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
Microwave reserved caramel mixture for xv seconds simply earlier serving cheesecake, drizzle over cheesecake. Sprinkle amongst remaining 1/2 loving cup pecans. Melt chocolate equally directed on package, drizzle over cheesecake. Store leftover cheesecake inward refrigerator. Makes xvi servings.
Beat cream cheese, saccharide as well as vanilla amongst electrical mixer on medium speed until good blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on depression speed after each add-on simply until blended. Pour over caramel mixture inward crust.
Bake at 300 degrees for 65-70 minutes or until centre is almost set. Run knife or metallic spatula around side of pan to loosen cake, cool earlier removing side of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
Microwave reserved caramel mixture for xv seconds simply earlier serving cheesecake, drizzle over cheesecake. Sprinkle amongst remaining 1/2 loving cup pecans. Melt chocolate equally directed on package, drizzle over cheesecake. Store leftover cheesecake inward refrigerator. Makes xvi servings.
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