2 Dessert Recipes

I made two desserts yesterday that were a big hit at our family Thanksgiving!

These little balls of joy are so good! And besides being a big mess to make, they don't take very long and I highly recommend them if you're going to any holiday parties and/or like to receive compliments on stuff you make.

Oreo Truffles
(from Kraft.com)

1 pkg. (1 lb., 2 oz.) OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, divided (I used the red Christmas Oreos for a slightly "different" look, because they were on sale!)
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted

CRUSH 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use. (Cookies can also be finely crushed in a resealable plastic bag using a rolling pin.) Crush remaining 36 cookies to fine crumbs; place in medium bowl. Add cream cheese; mix until well blended. Roll cookie mixture into 42 balls, about 1-inch in diameter.

Melt the chocolate and cool it in the fridge until the pot is cool to the touch. DIP balls in chocolate; place on wax paper-covered baking sheet. (Any leftover chocolate can be stored at room temperature for another use.) Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs.

REFRIGERATE until firm, about 1 hour. Store leftover truffles, covered, in refrigerator. Freezes well!

This recipe was also delicious and very labor intensive...but so worth it!

Pumpkin Roll

Roll Ingredients:
2/3 cup pumpkin
3/4 -1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
3 eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
Filling Ingredients:
1 8 oz package of cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla
4 Tbsp Butter (softened)
1 cup10x sugar

Directions:
Grease jelly roll pan well. Mix all of Roll ingredients and bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Remove immediately onto a dishcloth*, roll up and cool for 1 hour in the fridge. (If you mess up one end, start rolling with that end.) After cooled, unroll and spread the filling evenly across the roll. Roll it back up. Keep refrigerated in plastic wrap, and when ready to serve, cut crosswise.

*I think next time I'm going to use either wax paper or something non-stick, because the roll got kind of mutilated and stuck to the dishcloth a lot. The end product still tasted amazing and wasn't TERRIBLE to look at, but I think next time I'll know better what to do :)