Fun and Easy Baking

Ingredients:

About 15 Twinkies
8 oz block of cream cheese, slightly softened
7 oz (half of a 14 oz can) sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp lemon extract
16 oz Cool Whip (thawed), divided
roughly 2 lbs fresh strawberries, sliced

Ingredients :

For the Sauce:

1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Asian chili sauce (such as sambal oelek)
2 teaspoons honey
Kosher salt

For the Shrimp:

Vegetable oil, for frying
2 large eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
1 1/4 pounds small shrimp, peeled and deveined
Bibb lettuce leaves, for serving
Thinly sliced scallions, for garnish

Ingredients :

1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 garlic cloves, minced
6 cups baby spinach leaves (about 6 ounces)
1/4 cup vertically sliced red onion

Preparation :

1. Combine the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add 6 cups spinach and red onion; toss to coat.

Ingredients :

1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) vodka, chilled
2 cups (16 ounces) cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
2 cups (16 ounces) pomegranate juice, chilled
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice

Ingredients :

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon Old Bay
Pinch of Salt
12 Jalapenos, halved & seeded
24 – six inch pieces of bacon, uncooked

Ingredients :

1 box white cake mix
3 eggs
1/3 C. oil
zest of 2 lemons
1/4 C. lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 C. milk
1/2 C. sour cream

Lemon Glaze:

zest of half of a lemon
1/4 C. lemon juice
1 2/3 C. powdered sugar
Blackberry Buttercream:
1 C. butter, softened
4-5 C. powdered suagr
1/4 C. blackberry puree (blackberries thrown in the blender, blend, then run through a strainer to remove seeds)
Extra blackberries for decoration