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No Bake Nutella Balls (chocolate truffles)

Here’s a new favourite truffle I added to our Christmas cookie boxes this year. I’ll share with you how to make No Bake Nutella Balls covered in chocolate with a few sprinkles to make them look festive. These were so delicious. I had a hard time not eating all of them myself. You can crush the graham crackers yourself, but I just purchased a box of crumbs. No Bake Nutella Balls Makes about 50 balls Adapted from The Carefree Kitchen Ingredients For the filling 1/2 cup of butter, softened 1 1/4 cup Nutella 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 2 cups icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla For the coating 1 1/2 cups meting chocolate (I used milk) Directions Combine all filling ingredients until a dough forms. You can add more Nutella or graham crumbs  if you feel the dough is too soft or dry. The dough should hold its shape once rolled.  Roll teaspoon size balls and place in a single layer in the freezer for 30 minutes.  Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or bowl over a simmering pot of wa...
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My Mom's Apple Kuchen



My mom isn't a big baker, but this Apple Kuchen is one of the things she used to make most often and she made it well. Now, I rarely see her bake anything. I don't know where I got my sweet tooth from! It obviously wasn't from her. Her favourite thing to eat is steak.

We usually use McIntosh apples for this recipe.



My Mom's Apple Kuchen
Makes 12-15 squares

Ingredients
For the Cake
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 squeeze of lemon juice
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 6 baking apples, peeled and sliced
For the Topping
  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1 cup butter
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare a baking sheet (9x13 should be okay) by greasing and flouring it. You cold also line it with parchment but my mom doesn't.
  2. Mix all the cake ingredients (except cinnamon and apples) together with a wooden spoon until well combined.
  3. Spread the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Evenly place apples over the batter then sprinkle the apples with cinnamon. The apples can be touching or overlapping slightly.
  4. By hand, mix the topping ingredients until crumbly then sprinkle over the apples.
  5. Bake for 45-55 minutes. The edges will be golden but the bottom won't be so don't be tempted to take it out early. Cover it with a clean tea towel. I like it completely cool but you could serve it warm. It's even better the next day. We don't even bother to take it out of the pan. Just keep it covered with the towel until you've eaten it all.
Linking To Gooseberry Patch : Old Fashioned Recipes

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  1. RobynFebruary 16, 2012 at 11:52 AM

    Jenny

    I need to put kuchen on my Baking Bucket List. I have seen several recipes and they seem to catch my eye.

    Yea for your Mom ... Eat Beef! :)

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