••••HAPPY DECEMBER!!!••••

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••••HAPPY DECEMBER!!!

••••FOOD TIP••••

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••••GOOD INFO!!

••••FOOD TIP••••

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••••WOW!!!

••••MORE CHRISTMAS••••

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••••MORE CHRISTMAS!!!

••••APPLE FRITTERS••••

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••••DELICIOUS!!

Apple Fritters

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 3 minutes

Total Time: 8 minutes

Yield: 2

Ingredients

• 3/4 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons or 100 All Purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 1/4 Pint or 150 ml water
• 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 Apples, I prefer Granny Smiths. 
• Sugar and / or ground cinnamon, nutmeg etc for coating

Instructions

1. In a bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt.
2. Add the water and oil and combine with a hand whisk. The consistency should be thick, like heavy cream and be able to coat a spoon. If it is too thick, add a drop more water, too thin, add a little more flour. Set aside.
3. Heat a pan with vegetable oil until it reaches 180 C or 350 F. Make sure you do not over fill the pan with oil. I use a small saucepan and cook in batches, filling the pan 1/3rd deep with cooking oil.
4. Whilst the oil is heating up, peel and core the apple, then cut in to rings about 1 1/2 cm or 1/2 inch thick. Dip each apple slice in the batter so it is fully coated and carefully place in the pan, cooking both sides until golden brown. ** To tell if the oil is hot enough, drop a tiny bit of batter, the size of a pea in to the oil. If it sizzles and floats to the top immediately, the oil is hot enough.
5. Place the fritters on some kitchen paper then dip into a bowl with sugar and cinnamon if using, to coat.
6. Serve immediately as they are or with some syrup drizzled over the top or a blob of ice cream!
   

   
   

••••EGGNOG ECLAIR CAKE••••

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••••YUMMY!!!

Eggnog Eclair Cake

Author: Six Sisters Stuff

Prep time:  10 mins

Total time:  10 mins

Serves: 16

 

Ingredients

• 1 package (1 lb.) graham crackers
• 2 small vanilla instant pudding (3.4 ounces each)
• 1½ cups milk (I used skim)
• 2 cups of low-fat eggnog
• 8 oz. Cool whip
• 1 can of chocolate frosting

Instructions

1. Mix the pudding, eggnog and milk in a bowl.Blend together for about 2 minutes then fold in the cool whip.
2. Spray a 9 x 13 pan with non-stick spray.Place a layer of whole graham crackers on the bottom, then top with ½ the pudding.(I had to break some graham crackers in half to fit in the small cracks).
3. Cover pudding with another layer of graham crackers, top with remaining pudding and another layer of whole graham crackers, then carefully spread the frosting on the graham crackers. (I microwave my frosting in the container for about 30 seconds and it will be a lot easier to spread on!)
4. Chill over night or for at least 8 hours.
   

••••CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE••••

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••••LOOKS GOOD!!!