Ants On A Log Cakes Recipes

Steps:

• Make the dressing: In a large bowl, whisk together 3 tablespoons rice vinegar, 1 teaspoon honey, and ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes. Slowly stream in 3 tablespoons olive oil, whisking constantly until well combined. Season with salt.
• Pluck off any leaves from 10 celery stalks and set aside. Thinly slice the celery on the bias; add it to the dressing.
• Cut out the core of 1 apple by cutting off 4 lobes around it. Arrange the lobes cut-side down on a cutting board and thinly slice them crosswise into half-moons.
• Thinly slice 1 small shallot crosswise into rings.
• Coarsely chop ¾ cup roasted, salted peanuts or crush them with the bottom of a mug or glass measuring cup. Add the apple slices, shallot rings, and crushed peanuts to the bowl.
• Tear the dates into smaller pieces, discarding the pits; add them to the bowl along with 1 cup mint leaves and the reserved celery leaves.
• Serve: Toss everything well to coat in the dressing. Season with salt until it tastes really delicious and serve immediately

Steps:

• Optional Step: Soak raisins in just enough rum to cover for at least one hour, or overnight. You can cook the rum first for a nonalcoholic version for kids. Drain before using.
• Cut the celery stalks into 2-3 inch logs.
• Cream together the cream cheese, peanut butter, and honey (the cream cheese and peanut butter can be eyeballed to equal parts; the honey is more to taste. When I'm done, it tastes almost like cheesecake).
• Spread the peanut butter mixture into the valleys of each log. Alternatively, fill a dessert decorator and pump the peanut butter mixture into the valley like frosting.
• Line up raisins along the center.
• Variation:.
• I won't put up a different recipe for every nifty ants on a log idea I come up with, so here are a couple of ideas:.
• Spread nutella down the valley of the celery and garnish with raisins.
• Or, spread Recipe #120220 over the valley of the celery and garnish with raisins.

Steps:

• Cut the celery stalks in half. Spread with peanut butter. Sprinkle with raisins.

Steps:

• In food processor, place cream cheese, pesto, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and red pepper. Cover; process until smooth.
• Spoon mixture into quart-size resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut off small corner of bag; twist bag above cheese mixture. Squeeze bag to pipe cheese mixture into celery pieces. Arrange bell pepper pieces on filling to look like ants. Serve or refrigerate.

Steps:

• Spread cream cheese inside the hollow of each celery stalk. Arrange dried fruit on top, and cut celery in half.