Recipes!!

So, my friend Allison & I have come up with the idea to start sending recipes to all of our friends! It is perfect for the holidays coming up! Here is what you do:

Post a recipe to your blog and then add 3 names at the end of it. Go to their blog and leave them a comment letting them know to go to your page to check out a recipe. Then, they post their favorite recipe to their page and let 3 more people know what to do and so on. You can put your favorite recipe whether it be entrees, snacks, desserts, drinks, etc.

Chunky Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup butter, melted
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced (if you have an apple peeler & slicer it makes this so easy
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)

Cream Cheese Frosting
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chopped Walnuts, toasted (optional)

The Recipe
Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl until blended.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture, stirring until blended. Stir in apple slices and 1 cup walnuts. Spread into a greased 13- x 9-inch pan.
Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Spread with Cream Cheese Frosting; sprinkle with walnuts, if desired.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar and salt, beating until blended. Stir in vanilla.

Tammy, Tiffany, & Danica