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peachy pocket plated

If you are looking for a simple, easy dessert that comes together in a hurry, this one is a great choice (and tasty, too).

Peachy Pockets use crescent dough and a few basic ingredients to make a delicious pastry that you could eat for breakfast or dessert.

Basic Ingredients

Basic Ingredients

 

Thoroughly drain peaches and slice into bite-sized pieces. Set aside.

Thoroughly drain peaches and slice into bite-sized pieces. Set aside. (If you have fresh peaches, even better. Just peel and slice.)

peachy pocket melted butter mix

Mix together melted butter, cinnamon and brown sugar. Set aside.

Roll out crescent dough, pressing two triangles together to form a rectangle. Make sure you seal those perforated edges.

Roll out crescent dough, pressing two triangles together to form a rectangle. Make sure you seal those perforated edges. Spread with cream cheese.

Spread with cream cheese then top with a sprinkling of the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

Top with a sprinkling of the cinnamon-sugar mixture.

 

Add a pile of peaches to the center of the rectangle.

Add a pile of peaches to the center of the rectangle.

 

Then fold the ends up and over, sealing the edges.

Then fold the ends up and over, sealing the edges.

 

Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, until crescent dough is golden bread and juice is bubbling from the cracks you didn't quite get sealed (should you leave any cracks.)

Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, until crescent dough is golden bread and juice is bubbling from the cracks you didn’t quite get sealed (should you leave any cracks.)

Melt cream cheese frosting in the microwave (about 10 seconds) and pour over tops of pockets.

Melt cream cheese frosting in the microwave (about 10 seconds) and pour over tops of pockets.

Just drizzle the frosting over the tops while your mouth begins to water.

Just drizzle the frosting over the tops while your mouth begins to water.

Before plating, add a swirl of caramel sauce to the plate. Your taste buds will thank you.

Before plating, add a swirl of caramel sauce to the plate. Your taste buds will thank you.

 

Peachy Pockets

1 small can of peaches

1 tube of crescent rolls

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tbsp. butter (melted)

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup whipped cream cheese

2 tbsp. cream cheese frosting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Drain the peaches, slice into bite-sized pieces and set aside. (If you have fresh peaches, you’ll need about a cup and a half. Just rinse, peel and slice.)

Melt butter and mix with cinnamon and sugar. Set aside.

Roll out crescent dough, pressing two triangles together to form a rectangle. Make sure to seal the perforated lines. Spread a layer of cream cheese over each piece then sprinkle with  cinnamon mixture. Add peaches to the center of each pocket then fold the two ends up and over the pile of fruit. Carefully seal the edges by crimping them together then place on a baking sheet. (I lined mine with foil in case juice ran out because I didn’t want to have to clean up a mess. Give the foil a quick spray with non-stick spray to make moving the pockets easy after baking.)

Bake for about 10 minutes, or until crescents are light brown. If, like me, you failed to seal all those perforated lines, you’ll see juice bubbling by this time, too.

Remove from the oven. Microwave frosting for about 10 seconds and drizzle over tops of pockets.

Let cool about 15 minutes before serving.

Drizzle caramel sauce on a place then top with Peachy Pocket.

You could add a scoop of whipped cream or ice cream, or devour as is while the warm, delicious flavors melt in your mouth!

She Who Is Addicted to Recipes with Crescent Dough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To finish up my week long Butterfly Party theme kick, here are a few more food ideas.

butterfly fruit salad finished

Butterfly Fruit Salad was super easy to make and looked pretty impressive.

butterfly fruit salad ingredients

Ingredients included watermelon, canteloupe, cherries and blackberries but you could use whatever fruit you have on hand that is in season. You do need melon to do the butterfly cut-outs though.

butterfly fruit salad cut out melon

I peeled the melon and cut it into flat chunks about 1/4 inch thick then pressed in the cookie cutter. The cantaloupe is a little harder to cut, but totally worth the effort.

butterfly fruit salad watermelon cutout

The melon is easy-breezy to cut into. I used two different sizes of cookie cutters.

butterfly fruit salad melons

And the result was a bowlful of fun butterfly shaped melon.

chocolate butterfly choc in bag

The last and final thing I served at the party was chocolate mousse cups with chocolate butterflies.

I used a mousse mix, but you can certainly make it from scratch of you so desire.

I melted a handful of chocolate chips and then spoon them into a ziploc bag with the corner cut off one end. Make the opening pretty small or you’ll have extra fat butterflies.

Pattern for the chocolate butterflies. Mine is a little freaky, so draw your own if you like.

The pattern for the chocolate butterflies. Mine is a little freaky, so draw your own if you like.

chocolate butterfly on sheet

Place the pattern beneath a piece of parchment on a baking sheet. Using the chocolate, follow the lines of the pattern (or free-handing if you are talented like that. Sadly, I’m not.)

Freeze until firm (you can make these days ahead of time, if you like. Just don’t touch them any more than you have to. They are fragile and melt in no time flat.

chocolate butterfly in mousse cup

When you are ready to serve. Add a dollop of whipped cream to the mousse, remove the butterflies from the freezer then nestle into the whipped cream. A fun, whimsical way to end a party!

She Who Loves Butterflies

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flourless choc cake finished

The other day I needed to make a delicious dessert for a get together with girls.

I decided to give a flourless chocolate cake a try.

That turned out to be a very good decision.

Easy to make, you can make this as fancy or as simple as you like with a few garnishments.

Ingredients

Ingredients

 

Chop chocolate into small pieces. Set aside.

Chop chocolate into small pieces. Set aside.

 

Beat eggs until they're senseless, er... light and fluffy.

Beat eggs until they’re senseless, er… light and fluffy.

 

Mix in melted butter, then sugar, cocoa and chopped chocolate.

Mix in melted butter, then sugar, cocoa and chopped chocolate.

 

Pour into a pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray and lined with a piece of parchment. If you have a springform pan, use it. If not, a round cake pan will do. Bake in a 325 degree oven for about 30 minutes or until just set.

Pour into a pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray and lined with a piece of parchment. If you have a springform pan, use it. If not, a round cake pan will do. Bake in a 325 degree oven for about 30 minutes or until just set.

You can pour a glaze over the top, lavish on a ganache, dust with powdered sugar and accent with berries or whipped  cream.

You can pour a glaze over the top, lavish on a ganache, dust with powdered sugar and accent with berries or whipped cream.

 

Flourless Chocolate Cake

4 eggs

1/4 cup melted butter

1/2 cup cocoa

2/3 cup sugar

2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Chop baking chocolate into small pieces. Set aside.

Beat eggs until light and fluffy (a couple minutes). Add melted butter. Mix in cocoa and sugar, then chocolate pieces.

Spray a springform pan or round cake pan with non-stick cooking spray. Cut a piece of parchment to fit in the bottom of the pan then spray it with the non-stick spray.

Pour batter into pan and bake about 30 minutes or until cake is set but still a little jiggly in the middle.

Remove from oven and let cool completely before inverting on serving plate.

Top with ganache, frosting, dust with powdered sugar, dollop with whipped cream or eat plain.

It is really rich and a little piece goes a long way.

She Who Loves Chocolate

 

 

 

 

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There is something about spring that makes me crave lemon treats.

And there are so many yummy ones to choose from.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Sprinkle a little lemon zest on top and enjoy!

Lemon Bundt Cake

 

meringue-browned

Lemon Meringue Pie (so, so yummy)

 

lemon-cookie-plated

Lemon Cookies (super easy with a cake mix)

lemon-tarts

Easy Lemon Tarts

pink lemonade bars

Pink Lemonade Bars

She Who Really Wants a Pie of Lemon Meringue Pie!

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