Help You .:: Cooking Corner:.To Great Desserts Made With Time-Saving Ingredients (NAPSA)—Just about every professional chef and baker has shortcuts that make it possible to prepare flavorful dishes in less time. People can accomplish the same thing at home with the help of pie filling and apple butter, two ingredients that add rich flavor to desserts—without having to prepare fresh fruit. The results are downrightdelicious. BLUEBERRY OATMEAL BARS 3 cupsall-purpose flour 2 cups oatmealcereal, plain variety 1 tsp. salt Apple butter and pie filling can 1 cup packed brown sugar cookie to make shallow well. Spoon 4 tsp. of apple butter in 1 tsp. baking powder %4 cup butter or margarine, softened 2 packages(8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened 1 can (21 oz.) Lucky LEAF Blueberry Pie Filling Stir together flour, cereal, help makefavorite desserts even more scrumptious. press thumb into center of to center of each cookie, and bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly brown.Yields 3 dozen. Note: Doughiseasierto roll if cold. If dough gets sticky, refrigerate 30 minutes. salt, baking powder and sugar. Cut in butter and cream cheese Easy CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEESECUPS Reserve 2 cups of crumbs. Press remaining crumbs in 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Spread blueberry filling over. 24 vanilla wafer cookies 16 oz. cream cheese, softened 8 oz. sour cream until coarse crumbs form. Sprinkle reserved crumbsover. Bake at 400 for 30-40 minutes or until browned. Cool, cut into 36 bars. APPLE BUTTER SNICKERDOODLES % cup cold butter % cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar % cup brown sugar 1 egg 1% cups flour % tsp. baking soda 3 cups “O’s” cereal 1 tsp. vanilla extract Whippedtopping 1 can (21 oz.) Lucky LEAF Cherry Pie Filling Preheat oven to 325. Line muffin pan with paper bake cups. Place vanilla wafer, flat side down, in bottom of each % cup MUSSELMAN’s Apple Butter oven 3 eggs 1 tsp. almond extract cup. Beat 1 tsp. ground cinnamon Preheat 1% cups sugar % cup cocoa to 350. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Cream together butter, % cup sugar and brown sugar. Add egg; mix well. Stir in flour and baking soda. Add cereal; stir until well combined. Mix 3 Tbsp. sugar and cinnamon together; roll 1 Tbsp. dough into a tight ball in mixture. Place on cookie sheet, and cream cheese, sour cream and sugar in large bowl until smooth; add cocoa, eggs, almondandvanilla extracts just until blended. Spoon into muf- fin cups,filling about *% full. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or just until tops are puffed. Cool. Cover; refrigerate. Just before serving, spoon whipped top- ping on top of each cup; top with spoonfulof cherrypiefilling. Yields 2 dozen. For more delicious recipes, visit Knouse Foods at www.Knouse.com.
