Holiday Desserts & Treats

​You can’t have holiday meals without desserts!!!  I eat my food just to get to the dessert!  This twist on traditional pumpkin pie is a hit in our house. 

Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie

You'll Need: 

• 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups canned pumpkin, mashed
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg, plus 2 yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 cup half & half
• 1/4 cup melted butter (unslated)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 drop cinnamon bark vitality
• 1 drop ginger vitality

• Pie dough (best when made from scratch)

1. Freeze pie in the pie dish for 1 hr.  
   
2. Blind bake (pre-bake) with parchment paper to cover & pie weights (or dried beans) for 10 min. at 350.
   
3. Remove parchment and weights and bake for another 10 min.  
   
4. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, then add pumpkin, sugar, salt, and the egg yolk mixture.  
   
5. Once combined, add half & half, melted butter, vanilla, and Vitality oils.  
   
6. Pour filling into crust & bake for 50 minutes or until center is set.  
   
7. Cool & serve.  

I am about to share a highly coveted recipe here folks.  I created this dessert about 12 years ago.  I’ve never liked apple pie, I know I’m a freak to some of you, but the texture never did it for me.  So when I was asked to bring an apple pie to my new hubby’s family holiday I cringed.  Yes I could have bought something, but that's not my style, so I made this.  It was gone, before everyone even got a piece and it's a must make every year since.  This recipe is made even more tasty by adding in oils.  But if you don’t have the oils, sub in 2 Tbsp. pumpkin or apple pie spice.  Serve this baby with caramel sauce and vanilla bean ice cream and I promise you too will be making it every year or all year long. 

Apple Crumble Tort

You'll Need: 

• 5 granny smith apples, peeled & sliced thin
• 8 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp arrow root powder or cornstarch
• 2 Tbsp apple sauce
• 1 Tbsp Apple Cider
• 1 drop cinnamon bark vitality
• 1 drop ginger & 1 drop nutmeg vitality
• 3/4 cups flour (Young Living Einkorn is best)
• 1/4 tsp salt

• Pie dough (from scratch is best)

1. Freeze pie in tort shell or dish for 1 hr.  
   
2. Blind bake (pre-bake) with parchment paper to cover & pie weights (or dried beans) for 10 min. at 350
   
3. Remove parchment paper and weights, and bake for another 10 min.  
   
4. In a large skillet, melt 2 Tbsp butter, add apples, 1/4 cup of sugar.  
   
5. In a small bowl mix apple cider & arrowroot powder, then add to skillet.  
   
6. Bring to a boil.
   
7. Remove from heat & add oils and apple sauce.  
   
8. Chill for 30 minutes then fill crust.  
   
9. In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, brown sugar, butter, & salt until crumble forms.
   
10. Top pie and bake at 350 for 50 minutes.

Serve with caramel sauce (homemade is best) and Vanilla Bean ice cream, and I promise you'll never look back and you won't want to share!

So if you are the freaky person who doesn’t really like pie.  It’s okay I’m only judging you silently (or not) from across the internet. Anyways, its good to have variety of options for your guests or for little kiddos. So these yummy cookies are an awesome addition to your sweets table. 

Snickerdoodle Cookies

You'll Need:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 stick of butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 drop of Cinnamon Bark Vitality Essential Oil

1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
   
2. In a large bowl beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, the butter, shortening, eggs and cinnamon bark.  
   
3. Slowly mix in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt until fully combined.
   
4. Mix 1/2 cup sugar and ground cinnamon in a separate bowl.  
   
5. Shape dough into small 1 inch balls 
   
6. Roll balls in cinnamon-sugar mixture & place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
   
7. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. 
   
8. Allow them to cool & Enjoy with or without cream cheese or buttercream frosting.

*Check back in December for all our Christmas Cookie Recipes with oils

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