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The Most Amazing Chocolate Oatmeal Cake Recipe

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+ This Chocolate Oatmeal Cake Recipe post brought to you by Hershey via SheKnows +

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Do you have a recipe that truly stands out in your mind from childhood? I certainly do!!

My Mother’s Chocolate Oatmeal cake made with Hershey Chocolate is one of those recipes that became legendary in our home as well as the entire neighborhood. Friends would make requests weeks in advance before their birthdays in order to have chance to eat this scrumptious treat for their special day.

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The funny thing is that if they knew how easy is was to mix-up they would’ve been making it for themselves all year long!!

Come learn about this epic recipe over at SheKnows. As one of their newest SheExperts, I’m sharing some childhood memories along with the recipe how to make this amazing cake that can even pass as a breakfast food… It has oatmeal in it, it counts!! You can start a new tradition in your house with this heirloom recipe. Thanks Mom!

Click HERE for the full Chocolate Oatmeal Cake recipe!

For more ideas for new traditions follow Hershey on Facebook & Pinterest.

Disclaimer // This post is sponsored by Hershey. All thoughts, ideas & opinions are my own.

Cinnamon Praline Sauce Recipe

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Not too long ago, my husband and I were celebrating my birthday at Famous Dave’s restaurant here in Lincoln and we were introduced to the most amazing concoction! Part of their birthday deal there is you receive a free Sundae of your choice… Hot Fudge or Praline. I decided on Praline and it was the most heavenly experience. My husband and I were blown away by this scrumptious sauce. Bite after bite, we tried to deconstruct it to figure out the magic. It wasn’t your typical praline sauce, it had nice hint of cinnamon with a beautiful tang that paired amazingly well with the vanilla ice cream. I decided I needed to come home and figure out how to make this lovely sauce.

It’s really quite simple, It’s basically buttered pecans mixed with a lovely caramel sauce with a surprise addition at the end. Make sure you use quality ingredients like J.R. Watkins Vanilla and Cinnamon to ensure a top quality sauce.  I put together a quick video on how to make this amazing Cinnamon Praline Sauce. After the video I have a full recipe that you can print.

It’s really just that easy! We love this sauce on vanilla ice cream, bread pudding, waffles, pancakes… I could go on and on. I’m actually thinking of making up a bunch and bottling it for Holiday gifts this year. Forget cookies, this sauce is the ticket to Holiday bliss!

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Cinnamon Praline Sauce Recipe
 
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This sauce is a perfect addition to all kinds of desserts and breakfast items. Make-up a batch and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 15
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup pecans
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1 cup sour cream
Instructions
  1. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan add ½ cup of butter and melt over medium heat.
  2. Add pecans and bring to a simmer. Simmer the pecans in the butter for 3-4 minutes or until the nuts start to brown. Keep a close eye on them, they will burn quickly if left unattended.
  3. Once they are sufficiently browned remove the pan from the heat. Cut butter into pats and add to the buttered pecan mixture to cool it down.
  4. Let mixture cool while making the caramel.
  5. Again, in a heavy bottomed sauce pan over low heat add brown sugar, cinnamon and cream. Stir to combine and slowly raise the heat to medium.
  6. Stir constantly.
  7. Using a candy thermometer, bring mixture up to 230˚ then remove from heat.
  8. Add vanilla, salt, sour cream and buttered pecan mixture and mix well.
  9. Serve warm over vanilla ice cream, bread pudding, waffles, pancakes or other desserts.

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Dairy Free Chia Pudding

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+ This Dairy Free Chia Pudding brought to you by my friends at Silk® +

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Not too long ago I started a trend at my house…

We’ve all fallen in LOVE with the Overnight Cashew Milk Oatmeal and have become quite obsessed.

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My daughter Hannah has become our designated oatmeal prep girl and each night she prepares our oatmeal for the morning. We LOVE it!

Recently we’ve been introduced to another overnight breakfast treat that we’ve equally fallen for…

 Dairy Free Chia Pudding!

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Doesn’t it just sound sinful to have pudding for breakfast? With this “pudding” you don’t have to worry! I love it for a light dessert as well.

Have you jumped on the Chia Seed band wagon? I kind love them. They are nature’s quirky little gems and I love quirky.  Paired with our favorite dairy-free Silk® Dairy Free Yogurt Alternative and Silk® Cashew Milk it’s the perfect dairy-free treat!

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 Have you discovered the new Silk® Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative?

It’s plant-powered nutrition that never tasted so good – or so smooth and creamy. Made from the goodness of plants instead of dairy, Silk Dairy-Free provides 6 grams of soy protein per serving, with no cholesterol.  It’s made with real fruit, without any artificial flavors or colors. And the taste? One delightful spoonful and you’ll be amazed.

Let me show you how I mix-up our Dairy Free Chia Pudding…

Silk Dairy-Free Yogurt Chia Pudding from Heather Thoming on Vimeo.

How fun and simple is that? Here are your ingredients…

Dairy Free Chia Pudding Recipe

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A Simple overnight breakfast treat!
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Cuisine: Breakfast / Light Dessert
Serves: 1-2 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 cup Silk® Cashew Milk
  • 1 cup Silk® Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative - Any flavor you like, I used vanilla
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • ¼ cup chia seeds
  • a pinch of salt
  • Garnish with dairy-free, gluten-free granola, fruit & a drizzle of honey
Instructions
  1. In a small mixing bowl or jar, add Silk® Cashew Milk, Silk® Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative, vanilla, honey, chia seeds and salt. Mix well.
  2. Cover pudding and place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  3. Garnish with granola, fruit and a drizzle of honey.

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Want to discover more Silk goodness? Follow them on Instagram! They have all kinds of scrumptious ideas for you to bring into your own kitchen.

This conversation is sponsored by Silk. The opinions and text are all mine.

Mango and Lime Cookies

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+ This Mango and Lime Cookies post brought to you by Pillsbury Baking +

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This weekend we had a going away party for a good friend of ours. He’s getting ready to head off to the wilds of Eugene, Oregon for two years to serve an LDS mission and we couldn’t be more thrilled for him. We had a bunch of friends over to spend the evening and I was crazy busy getting things ready for the event. I knew I needed some kind of treat to share, BUT… I didn’t have a whole lot of time to spare in the kitchen whipping up all kinds of goodies.

 One of my favorite easy go-to treats are cake cookies. They are SUPER easy to throw together and they are always so tasty. All you need are four ingredients… One box of cake mix, 2 sticks of butter, a little flour & 1-2 eggs. Yep, that’s it!!

The great thing is… Thanks to Pillsbury Baking, we aren’t limited to chocolate or vanilla!!!!

I used to be a total chocoholic until I became pregnant with my little guy over 5 years ago. For some reason my love of chocolate shifted to a love of fruity type desserts. Most especially citrus and tart desserts. I could pass on a chocolate cake at that point, but a lemon bar was my kryptonite!

Even after my pregnancy my fruity love remained and I’m always thrilled to find some fun new ways to create some fruity  goodies.

The folks at Pillsbury Baking have been working on all kinds of innovative flavors and this spring they have released two new flavors, Mango and Lime.

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Now I’ve tried these types of cake mixes before and they have always been too sweet without enough tart flavor. That’s why I LOVE this type of dessert, I love a little tart kick. I was thrilled when I tried these mixes this week and they had an amazing flavor. The mango cookies tasted like MANGO!

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AND the lime cookies tasted just like luscious LIME!

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I was SOOO EXCITED!! They are just like summer on a plate!

Here’s how you mix-up your cake cookies…

Mango & Lime Cookies Recipe

Preheat oven to 350˚

2 stick of unsalted butter at room temperature

1 box of either Mango or Lime cake mix

1-2 eggs

2/3 cup all-purpose flour

In the bowl of your electric mixer whip your butter until it’s nice and fluffy. Slowly add your cake mix and cream the butter and cake mix together. Add your eggs. If you like a flatter cookie add only one egg. If you like a fluffier cookie add two eggs. We tend to like the fuller, fluffier cookie at our house so we add two eggs. Mix that together with the butter and cake mix. Slowly add 2/3 cup of flour. Once mixed, scoop your cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.

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I use a one ounce scoop when I am baking cookies and they always bake evenly and generally come out more uniform which I like. Bake the cookies at 350˚ for 11-12 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack to cool. This will yield 22 1 oz. cookies.

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I frosted my cookies with the Mango and Lime frosting from Pillsbury Baking and then topped the mango cookies with white sprinkles and the lime cookies with lime zest which added to the lime flavor.

If you’re feeling super crazy, you can grab some Dickinson’s® Lime Curd from the store and make a lovely lime curd cookie.

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After the cookies bake, gently press down the center of the cookie with your thumb and spread a little lime curd into the thumbprint. Again I top it with a little lime zest. Now, this is my favorite way to eat these cookies! Like I said… I LOVE tart treats!

Now that you are in the mood for all kinds of summerie treats, you’ll have to visit Pillsbury Baking on Pinterest, Facebook and Instagram for all kinds of inspiration!