Watermelon Rubiks® Cube
25 equal size cubes each of watermelon, white jack cheese, yellow cheddar,
smoked turkey and summer sausage
1 cup ranch dressing
Build a Rubik’s®-style cube by methodically alternating cubes, making a 5 cube x 5 cube layer on the bottom. Build four more layers on top forming a tight cube. Serve with the ranch dressing. Serve with picks. Serves 4 to 6.
Ingredients
- 4 cups seeded and chopped watermelon
- Fresh lime juice
- Sugar
- 1/2 cup tequila*
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated lime rind
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (about 3 limes)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
- Garnish: fresh mint sprig
Preparation
1. Place watermelon in a single layer on a baking sheet. Freeze 4 hours or until firm.
2. Coat rims of cocktail glasses with lime juice; dip in sugar.
3. Process frozen watermelon, tequila, and next 4 ingredients in a blender until slushy. Pour into glasses. Garnish, if desired.
*1/2 cup orange or apple juice may be substituted for tequila.
Red Velvet Brownies (picture not mine)
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
2 oz red food coloring
4 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9 X 13 baking pan.In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition, then stir in food coloring and vanilla. Mix flour, cocoa and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix on medium-low speed, just until combined. Do not over mix.
Remove the bowl from the mixer and stir up the batter with a rubber spatula once or twice just to ensure all of the flour has incorporated from the sides of the bowl and there isn’t anything stuck on the bottom of the bowl. You’ll want one uniformly colored (red) batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30-40 minutes.
YUMMMMMM
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