Spiced Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting
LifeâÂÂs Ambrosia

Makes 12 cupcakes
You will need:

Cupcakes

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2/3 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 large egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 cup milk

Caramel Frosting

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons caramel sauce
2 - 3 tablespoons milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Beat sugar and butter until well combined. Add eggs and egg white one at a time. Add vanilla.
3. In another bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture to the sugar mixture. Stir in milk. Add remaining flour mixture. Beat until smooth.
4. Place cupcake liners in a cupcake pan. Fill each liner 2/3 of the way full.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cupcake comes out with just a few crumbs on it. I find that if it is too clean, my cupcakes come out dry.
6. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
7. While cupcakes are cooling make your frosting by beating together sugar and butter until smooth. Add in vanilla, caramel and 2 tablespoons of milk. Beat until stiff and spreadable. If needed add remaining tablespoon of milk .
8. Use a knife or a piping bag to frost cooled cupcakes. Serve.

Pumpkin Swirl Bread
From Recipes Tried and True By Bobbi Q
Ingredients

* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
* 1/2 cup white sugar
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1 cup pumpkin puree
* 1/2 cup butter, melted
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1/3 cup water

Directions

1. Blend cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 beaten egg. Set aside.
2. Combine flour, 1 1/2 cups white sugar, baking soda, salt, and spices. Set aside.
3. Combine pumpkin, butter or margarine, beaten egg, and water. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, mixing just until moistened. Reserve 2 cups of the pumpkin batter. Pour the remaining batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Pour cream cheese mixture over pumpkin batter, and top with reserved pumpkin batter. Cut through batter several times with a knife for a swirl effect.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 70 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then remove from pan to cool completely.

Sue

This recipe was given to me by a friend. My neighbor gave me some apples recently and I made it and gave them some in return. They gave me some more apples, so, I made a second batch last week and did the same. I will be making another batch on Friday to take to my DD's birthday dinner. Does that tell you how good they are?

Sweet Mini Apple Dumplings

2 8-oz tubes refrigerated Crescent rolls, separated.
4 apples, cored, peeled and spliced into 8 wedges.
ý cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
ý tsp cinnamon

Cut each crescent roll in half, forming 2 triangles from each. Roll up one apple wedge in each triangle, crescent roll style. Arrange in a 13X9" baking pan* coated with non-stick vegetable spray. Set aside.

Put butter, sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat; boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Pour over crescents; bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Makes 32.

* I made the second batch in two square pans, because the ones in the middle in the long pan didn't get as well done.

Sue

Sue, that sounds too delicious! I don't bake but I think I'm going to have to try that one!

Sue, I have made those except for the liquid, I use sprite. Recipe is called Sprite apple dumplings.

Pumpkin Pie French Toast
(makes 4 servings)

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons brown sugar
8 slices of bread

Directions:
1. Mix the eggs, milk, pumpkin puree, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, mutmeg and brown sugar in low flat bowl for easy dipping.
2. Dip the bread into the egg mixture on both sides and grill in a pan until lightly golden brown, about 2-3 minute per side.
3. Serve with maple syrup.

luckygardnr, trust me, they are really good.

Glenda, that is interesting how similar the recipes are. I googled Sprite apple dumplings out of curiosity. It calls for brown sugar also and makes 16 larger dumplings.

Sue

Sptie or Mountain Dew apple dumplings
4 Granny Smith Apples, peeled and cored, cut into quarters
2 cans crescent dinner rolls (open and separate)
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 can (12 ounce size) Sprite soda pop
3/4 cup butter or margarine

**I eyeball the amt of sugar, cause it seems a bit much to me.
And I half the whole recipe and bake in a square pyrex dish

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375degrees F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking pan with Pam.

Wrap each piece of apple in a crescent roll. Put into prepared baking dish, core side down.

Mix sugars together and spread evenly over apples. Cut butter or margarine over top, then pour Sprite around the edge of the baking dish. Bake until browned

Ooh...can't wait to try the pumpkin french toast. Although, I don't care for french toast my HD loves both french toast and pumpkin...so this sounds like what he would call "a winner in my book!