Quick response please! (about deserts!)?

Question

I've got a baby shower to attend to tomorrow and I promised to bring a desert dish. What do you recomend that is easy, maybe finger food? Maybe something with the theme of babies??

Answer 1

Apple Crisp

Filling

15 to 20 apples, in a variety of brands, peeled and sliced

1/2 cup cinnamon and sugar mixture

1/2 to 1 cup apple cider or orange juice

Topping

2 cups bleached flour

2 cups sugar

2 sticks cold margarine

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Layer sliced apples into an ungreased 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan. Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture in between each layer. Use enough cinnamon and sugar to cover each layer. Once apples are to the top of the pan, cover with final layer of cinnamon and sugar and then pour either your apple cider or orange juice over the entire mixture. Mix the 3 toppings ingredients together with a mixer until it is crumbly. Cover the apples with the topping. Bake for 45 minutes. Cool and serve plain or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

3 overripe bananas

3 cups flour

2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 dashes salt

2 eggs

1/2 cup (1/2 stick) butter

1 cup sour cream

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, egg and sour cream. Melt butter in microwave (or let soften out on your counter at room temperature ahead of time. Add butter to bowl, stir until just blended. Fold in chocolate chips. If you use butter that is softened at room temp, add it to the mashed bananas before rest of ingredients. Melted butter can be added at either step. Pour into 2 greased  loaf pans. Bake for 70 minutes.

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Caramel Bars

63 Kraft caramels

1 cup evaporated milk

2 cups flour

2 cups oatmeal

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups butter

1 12oz pkg. chocolate chips

1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Melt caramels with evaporated milk in double boiler. Mix flour, oat meal, brown sugar, soda, salt and butter. Press half of the mixture onto 10x15 cookie sheet and 8" square pan (3/4" thick). Bake at 350 for 5 minutes. Sprinkle chocolate chips and walnuts over crust. Spread caramel mixture on top then sprinkle with the remaining crumb mixture from crust. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Cut while warm.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 cup firmly packed light-brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 large egg, room temperature

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

12 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Cream butter and both sugars until light and fluffy (about 4 minutes). Add salt and vanilla, and mix to combine. Add egg, and continue beating until well combined. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda. Slowly add dry ingredients to butter mixture. Mix on low speed until just combined. Bake for 14 minutes.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich

1/2 cup chopped English toffee candy bar (Recommended: Heath Bar)

1 pint vanilla ice cream, slightly softened in the microwave

16 chocolate chip cookies

Multi-colored candy sprinkles

Mix the candy into the ice cream. Using an ice cream scoop, divide the ice cream among the flat sides of 8 of the cookies. Top the ice cream with the remaining cookies, flat sides down, and press down gently. Roll the edges of the sandwiches in the candy sprinkles. Freeze the ice-cream sandwiches, covered, overnight or at least 1 hour before baby shower.

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Chocolate Crinkles

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups all purpose flour

Confectioners' sugar (sifted)

In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs, sugar, chocolate, oil, baking powder and vanilla with an electric mixer. Beat in as much of the flour with the mixer as possible and stir in the rest of the flour. Cover and chill for 2 hours. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in sifted confectioners' sugar and place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degree for 8 to 10 minutes, until crackled in appearance. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Sprinkle with more confectioners' sugar if desired.

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Chocolate Fondue

32 ounces of chocolate (semi-sweet and milk), grated

1 1/4 cup heavy cream

2 tsp instant coffee granules

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Melt the chocolate with the heavy cream. Mix in the instant coffee, vanilla extract, sugar, and hot water. Continue to heat, stirring frequently, until the mixture is smooth. Use angel food cake, strawberries, bananas and brownies for "dippers". You can also omit the coffee and add 2 tablespoons of almond extract for a nutty taste.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls

3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar

1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, melted and cooled

3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter

3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1 12-ounce bag semisweet chocolate chips

In a bowl stir the brown sugar, 1/2 stick of the butter, graham cracker crumbs and peanut butter until the mixture is smooth. Cover and chill the mixture for 1 hour or until it is firm enough to form into balls. Form teaspoonfuls of the mixture into balls and transfer the balls as they are formed to a baking sheet lined with wax paper. In a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt the chocolate chips with the remaining 3/4 stick butter, stirring until the mixture is smooth, and let the chocolate mixture cool. Dip the balls into the chocolate mixture with a fork, coating them well and letting the excess drip off, transfer them as they are coated to the baking sheet. Chill the balls covered loosely for at least overnight or at least 1 hour before the baby shower. Recipe makes about 40 chocolate peanut butter balls.

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Cinnamon Apple Crisp

1 cup firmly packed golden brown sugar

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

3 1/2 pounds Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, sliced

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup sugar

1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into pieces

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Butter 13x9x2-inch glass baking dish. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in large bowl. Add apples and toss to coat. Transfer apple mixture to prepared dish. Combine flour, 1 cup sugar and butter in medium bowl. Using pastry blender or fingertips, blend ingredients until coarse meal forms. Spread flour mixture evenly over apples. Bake crisp for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake crisp until apples are tender and topping is golden brown (about 30 minutes). Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

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Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake

1 3/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

3 cups all purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature

4 large eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 cup whole milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 10-inch-diameter by 4-inch-deep angel food cake pan; dust with flour. Mix 1/2 cup sugar, walnuts, cinnamon and cocoa in small bowl. Sift flour, baking powder and salt into medium bowl. Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients in 3 additions alternately with milk in 2 additions. Spoon 1/3 of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of walnut mixture. Top with half of remaining batter, then remaining walnut mixture and remaining batter. Using knife, cut through batter to swirl walnut mixture. Bake cake until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean - about 55 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack. Recipe can be made 1 day ahead. Cover pan with foil; store at room temperature. Cut around pan sides and center tube to loosen cake. Turn cake out; transfer cake, rounded side up, to plate.

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more or greasing the pan

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar

6 large eggs, separated

5 tablespoons instant espresso

6 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder (Droste is recommended)

6 tablespoons dark rum or Marsala

1 1/2 cups ground, toasted, blanched almonds

All-purpose flour, for coating the pan

Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Melt the butter in a glass bowl over simmering water. Once the butter melts, whisk in the sugar and the egg yolks, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly so that the eggs become ribbon-like and light in color (don't scramble.) Whisk in the coffee, cocoa powder, rum and almonds, and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the mixture becomes smooth and creamy. Transfer the cake mixture to a mixing bowl and set aside. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.

In a separate mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until the just begin to stiffen and hold soft peaks. Be sure to stop before they form hard peaks. Gently fold the whites into the chocolate mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until firm and beginning to separate from the sides, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes more. Flip cake over, dust with confectioners' sugar and cut into wedges before serving.

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Answer 2

you could make sugar cookies in the shape of baby bottles, bows, a rattle ect. cover them fun colored icing.

just follow the recipe in you cook book for sugar cookies.

look for the cookie cutters at a party store or something

Answer 3

Chocolate chip cookie dough dip is the best and soooo easy!

Ingredients

    * 1/2 cup butter

    * 1/3 cup brown sugar

    * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    * 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

    * 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

    * 3/4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chip

Just let the butter and the cream cheese get to room temp so that they mix really easily and then mix it all up.  I like to add more chocolate chips than that but no matter your friends will all LOVE it!!!  Dip the little honey maid graham cracker sticks into it and it is an instant dessert that people will all be asking about!!  If you want it baby themed, you could just add red or blue food coloring and it would be okay like that too.....GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!!

Answer 4

cupcakes, brownies, cookies,

Answer 5

Miniature cupcakes?  They do make a pan for different sizes.  Then with blue and pink icing with boy/girl decoration on them.

Answer 6

How about mini or "baby" cupcakes from Walmart's bakery.  Pick out plain, yellow, pink or blue and have the decorator add some baby decorations!  Cheap, easy and yummy!

Answer 7

Mini(baby) Muffins, most grocery store bakeries sell them in packs of 12 and you can get Orange,blueberry,lemon etc.

Or

Make some tiny chocolate chip/oatmeal raisin/peanut butter cookies.

Answer 8

mini donuts are awesome

Answer 9

try fruit salad . its very delicious