What are some easy desserts that require little ingredients?

Question

A few days from now, my parents are coming home from a hectic week long experience and I want to surprise them by cooking them a good dinner/dessert.The problem is, I have little cooking experience and no transportation at the moment so I have to make due with the ingredients I have now. The good news is that the whole dinner is prepackaged :P but the bad news is I have no idea what to make for dessert and I have no prepackaged stuff.

I have the basic ingredients (eggs, milk, butter, sugar, flour, etc) and quite a few spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, etc). I have 5 apples, a bag of chopped pecans, a bag of chopped walnuts, a tub of whipped cream, and condensed milk.... that's about all I can think of ingredients wise.

As far as tastes go... my parents like apples so it would be nice to get a recipe that involves apples but it's definitely not necessary.


Thanks A LOT in advance!!

Answer 1

you could make baked apples!! a favorite of mine.
here's how. wash your apples then cut out the middle (a circle from the top to the bottom but leave the bottom in tact so your stuff doesn't leak out. you can scoop it out with a spoon or cut it with a knife.

do you have any marshmallows? if so, put some (small ones) in the hole. put some sugar and nuts on top and inside. mash it all down in there. put a small pat of butter on top and bake them in the oven on 350 for about 15-20 minutes (depending on how big your apples are) when they are done and cooled a little bit they are ready to eat. go great with ice cream if you have any.

Answer 2

Crustless Apple Pie

Apples, peeled and cut into thin slices (enough to fill a pie plate)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine

Mix apples, sugar and cinnamon together and place in a pie pan. Then, combine the flour, brown sugar and butter and pour over apples. Bake at 350 degrees about 45-50 minutes.
This is easy and especially yummy served warm with vanilla ice cream! Have a fun time with your family!

Answer 3

Make some sugar cookies (look up the ingredients online) and cut the apples into slices. Sprinkle apples with Cinnamon. Bring out tub of whipped cream. Eat cookies, apples, and dip apples in whipped cream.

Answer 4

Drop cookies are really simple to make. You can check out pretty much any cooking website to find easy to follow recipes. Off the top of my head you can melt some baking chocolate, and a stick of butter then add in uncooked oatmeal. You then use a spoon or your hand to make balls or drops of the cookie mix. Let cool then enjoy!

Answer 5

Jello. Ice Cream. Fruit cup. Rice pudding. Baked Alaska

Answer 6

The best dessert, IMHO, is fruit and cheese. Like apples, pears, grapes, and Brie, Camembert, Blue, any soft cheese. Serve plain crackers. Make a pretty platter, give everyone a sharp knife, and serve a light dessert wine or coffee.

Answer 7

If you have pudding, you could make a nice parfait.

Answer 8

cheescake

Answer 9

SHEET CAKE

In a bowl mix
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour

Bring to a boil, then remove from heat
1 stick butter
3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa, omit if you want a white cake
1 cup water
1/2 cup shortening

Pour into sugar and flour, mix together.
Add 2 eggs
1/2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix all together, batter will be thin.
Pour into a SHEET CAKE PAN (looks like a cookie sheet with sides) that is greased and dusted with flour or cocoa.
Bake at 400 for 20 minutes

ICING

1 stick butter
3 1/2 tablespoon cocoa
1/3 cup milk
bring to a boil in a pan, and remove from heat
Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and stir
Then start adding powder sugar and stir until it is as thick as you want it and then spread over the cooled cake.
This cake taste best when it is very cold.


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Four Layer Delight
or
Better Than Sex Cake

1st Combine
1 cup flour
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 stick butter
Press in a 9 X 13 pan, bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
2nd Blend together to a bowl
8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup powder sugar
1 cup cool whip
Spread on cooled 1st layer
3rd Mix together in a bowl until thick, then spread on 2nd layer
6 ounces instant pudding
3 cups cold milk
4th Spread on 3rd layer (chocolate)
Cool whip
Grate a sweet chocolate bar of your choice over cool whip
Sprinkle chopped nuts on top if desired.
Keep in refrigerator.



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No Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 stick butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
3 cups oats
1 teaspoon vanilla

Boil sugar, milk, butter and cocoa for 1 1/2 minutes (until all the sugar is melted).
Start timing when mixture comes to a boil.
Remove from heat.
Add peanut butter, oats, and vanilla.
Mix until blended.
Drop by spoon fulls onto waxed paper to set and cool.


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Corn Flake Candy

1 2/3 cup Corn Syrup
1 2/3 cup sugar
Boil until sugar is melted, remove from heat, then add
1 2/3 tablespoon vanilla
2 1/2 cup peanut butter
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10 cups Corn flakes

In a big pan that is coated with butter, put in 10 cups Corn Flakes.
Pour the above mixture over the Corn Flakes and stir with a large spoon that is coated with butter. I have even coated my hands with butter for the last of them to be put on wax paper so not to burn my hands as it is still very hot.
Stir until Corn Flakes are covered. Spoon out on wax paper and let cool.

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Creamy Spinach Dip

1 cup mayonnaise
1 pkg vegatable recipe mix
1 pkg (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach
thawed & squeezed dry
1 container (16 ounces) sour cream

Combine all ingredients.
Chill 2 hours.

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Hot Dip
2 lbs. Velveeta cheese
2 cans Rotel diced tomatoes w/green chilies
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. Rudy's Farm sausage (mild) or any brand of choice
Brown sausage in skillet, chop finely while cooking. Place tomatoes in large pot on medium heat, add cheese in 1" squares. Drain sausage and add to cheese. Turn to low as cheese is mostly melted. Stir often....cheese will scorch! Brown beef, chop finely and add to cheese mixture. Cook on very low for 5 minutes. Serve with chips - ENJOY

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

1 cup peanut butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 (12-ounce) package Hershey's milk chocolate chips

In a small bowl, mix the peanut butter, salt and powdered sugar until firm. Slowly melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler over hot, not boiling, water. You may also melt them in a microwave oven set on high for 2 minutes, stirring halfway through the heating time. Grease the muffin tin cups and spoon some chocolate into each cup, filling halfway. With a spoon, draw the chocolate up the edges of each cup until all sides are coated. Cool in the refrigerator until firm. Spread some of the peanut butter onto the chocolate in each cup, leaving room for the final chocolate layer. Cool the cups again to firm up the peanut butter. Pour some chocolate onto the top of each candy and spread it to the edges. Let sit at room temperature, or covered in the refrigerator. Turn out of the pan when firm.

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Mock Apple Pie

2 pie crust 9"
36 Ritz crackers
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
Grated rind of lemon
Butter
Cinnamon
2 tablespoon lemon juice

Roll out the bottom crust and fit into a 9" pie plate. Break Crackers coarsely into pie crust. Combine water, sugar, and cream of tartar in sauce pan, boil gently for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice and rind. Cool. Pour Syrup over crackers. Dot generously with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover with top crust. Trim and flute edges. Cut slits in top crust to let out steam. Bake at 425 for 30 to 35 min.

Answer 10

jell-o.