going to gramas for the holiday im no cook, what should i take?

Question

well i want to take a desert, but we dont have an oven its broke, so we only have a stove top and a microwave.
i want to make an easy desert but i dont know of one.
i dont want pudding or jello
any ideas? any good desert websites????

Answer 1

oh absolutely.. look at the flan question below.... it's easy and delicious
let me repeat incase you missed it:
top an angel food cake flan with canned custard and on top of that put canned sliced peaches, pears and mandarins, along with fresh red & green grapes (sliced), kiwi and maraschino cherries.

Answer 2

This is easy. Go to the store and buy one box of jello instant chocolate pudding, and one box of Jello instant Dark chocolate pudding mix, milk, and a ready made graham cracker pie shell, a tub of whipped topping, and a chocolate bar.
In a small bowl, make the dark chocolate pudding according to the directions on the side of the box for pie filling, uses less milk and is thicker when it sets up. Beat with electric hand mixer or use a wooden spoon, and stir or beat until it starts to set up and thicken, pour into pie shell. Rinse bowl and make the milk chocolate instant pudding, again using the pie filling recipe which requires less milk. Pour that on top of the other filling. Place in refrig for one hour uncovered. Remove from frig, and top with whipped topping. Using a potato peeler, peel or scrape off shavings off the chocolate bar onto the whipped topping. Eat the rest of the chocolate bar...you will feel better, chocolate does that. Put pie back into the fridge until ready to serve. Enjoy!
For transport, cover pie without the whipped topping lightly with plastic wrap, Do not put whipped topping or chocolate shavings on until you arrive at Grandma's.
You can share the left over chocolate bar with Gramma, Gramma's dig that. Happy holidays!

Answer 3

Twinkie Quickie
1 box Twinkies
1 large box instant banana cream pudding
2-3 ripe bananas
large container Cool Whip
chopped nuts or crushed candy topping of your choice

Cut Twinkies in half the long way and place cut side down, filling bottom of a 9x13" pan. Make the pudding according to directions on the package and pour evenly over Twinkies. Slice bananas and place over the pudding. Cover all with cool whip. Top with your choice of toppings and refrigerate at least one hour before serving.

Answer 4

lemon pie

All you need are gram cracker pie crusts
lemon juice in the bottle
egg yolks and sweetened condensed milk.

Pour 1 can of sweetened condensed milk into bowl add 3 egg yolks not the whites
Pour in 1/3 cup iof lemon juice stir by hand till mixture thickens
pour into crust and refridegerate.
Makes about 2 pies.

Yogurt Pie

1large container of yogurt (your favorite flavor. We use strawberry)
1 container of cool whip
2 graham cracker pie crusts
Garnish can be anything you choose to put on top. More whipcream , fresh or frozen fruit. (Since we use strawberry yogurt, we garnish wit frozen or fresh strawberries)

Mix yogurt and whip cream, pour into crusts keep refrigerated until serving. Can be made once you get to grandma's because you only need a spoon and bowl to prepare

Answer 5

Well pies are quite traditional thanksgiving deserts and (almost) everyone loves chocolate, so try this recipe -
http://southernfood.about.com/od/chocolatepies/r/blbb700.htm
Everyone in my family LOVES it and are always asking for me to make it again - v. unhealthy tho - but isn't that what the holidays are for! Serve cold with whipped cream.

NB - You have to cook in saucepan on hob for quite a while for it to thicken properly. Use a bought pre-baked pie crust, just fill with chocolate mixture and put in fridge. Make sure you have the recipe ready for all those people who are GOING TO ask you for it!

HALVE the quantities for only 1 pie.

(P.S You could also try Pumpkin Ice Cream pie, cook on hob, mix with icecream, freeze in crust - yummy alternative to regular pumpkin pie! http://southernfood.about.com/od/pumpkinpies/r/bl31207b.htm )

Answer 6

If you don't have confidence in your cooking I would invest in a good dessert made by an expert. Prowl your local bread store, bakery or a market that does special order baking. Although I can bake I was too busy to take time out to so I ordered a Black Forrest cake from Publix and it was to die for.

Answer 7

"Cherry Cream Cheese Pie"

1 (9") graham cracker redi-crust
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese; softened
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling; chilled

In large mixer bowl, beat cheese until fluffy; gradually beat in condensed milk until smooth. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla; pour into prepared crust. Chill 3 hours or until set. Top with desired amount of pie filling before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.

Answer 8

Just go to sams and buy the apple caramel walnut crunch pie and ask granny if you can throw it in the oven for a few mins just to warm up once your there!

Answer 9

You could try a trifle - its torn up pieces of angel food or pound cake, pudding, fruit (fresh, frozen or canned but drained), whip cream (or cool whip), layered in a large bowl.

Answer 10

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