4 dessert strips Recipes

butter, softened, cream cheese, softened, king arthur unbleached all-purpose flour, semisweet chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, chopped walnuts, sugar , optional

dried fruit compote with sambuca, this quick compote is a good choice for a winter dinner when you have little time to cook but want to make an impression. you can prepare it ahead (it s better made ahead), then spoon it over store-bought ice cream to create an original and memorable dessert. i also like it with blue cheese at the end of a meal, especially if there s a dessert wine on the table., dried peaches or nectarines, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried pears , cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips, dried apricots, cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips or quartered, golden raisins, dried cherries, water, sugar, cinnamon stick, lemon zest strips, fresh lemon juice, sambuca or other anise liqueur

cake flour (not self-rising), baking powder, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, softened, sugar, vanilla, eggs, well-shaken buttermilk, beaumes-de-venise or other white dessert wine, sugar, by 1-inch) strip fresh orange zest, seedless blackberry preserves or 1/2 cup blackberry preserves with seeds, strained, fresh blackberries (1 1/2 lb)