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Caramel Apple Crisp Cheesecake Bars Recipe If you are looking for a super yummy, flavorful dessert for Thanksgiving of Christmas, this one is perfect! Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Step 1 Making the Crust Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup butter softened Instructions In a bowl, combine the flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a fork or blender until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into a 9x13 greased baking pan. Bake 15 minutes until lightly browned. Step 2 Making the Cheesecake Filling: Ingredients 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese softened 3/4 cup sugar 3 large eggs 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract Instructions In a bowl, beat cream cheese with 3/4 cup sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed until smooth. Then add eggs and vanilla. Stir to combine. Pour over warm crust. Step 3 Making the Apple Mixture Ingredients 3 apples, (whichever your favorite is) pee...

DIY Polymer Clay Snowman Tutorial Happy Holidays to you! Here is a cute adorable Polymer Clay Snowman tutorial with step by step direction on how to make your own little guy! Step 1 Soften the Clay Polymer clay is always really stiff when you first open the package. Take a handful and knead it around in your palms for about five minutes to soften it up. Step 2 Shape it Up! Ok, now you can start to make your snowman shapes. Make a head, nose, body, arms and legs. You can make him really smooth, like a marshmallow or you can texture him up with a toothbrush. We went for smooth in this tutorial. Step 3 Bake Him! What??? Bake a snowman? Yep, bake him at 275°F, for 30 minutes on a cookie sheet in your oven. Just set him on a cookie pan, no grease or anything, and bake.  Let cool. Step 4 Paint your Snowman Once your snowman is cool to touch you can paint him if you didn't use colored clay for your parts. Paint his nose, hat and ot...

Make your own Krampus! Did you think that Christmas time was all Santa Claus and candy canes? Well, in case you haven't heard, in European folklore, there is a figure who is half goat and half demon, who, during the Christmas season, punishes children who have misbehaved. I guess you could say, a creature who is the opposite of Santa. So, if your family has a sense of humor and you would like to make a Krampus, then here is a tutorial for you. Step 1 Soften the Clay Polymer clay can be quite firm when you first open the package. To soften it up a bit to make it easier to form shapes, just knead it in the palm of you hand for about five minutes. Step 2 Make some Shapes Now you can start to make the shapes. Just use your hands to shape the Krampus's face, eyes, ears, mouth, nose and horns.   Step 3 Cook Him It does not look like this little demon guy is going to mind the fires of your over does it? So stick him on a cookie shee...

Polymer Clay Sugar Cookies If you are looking for an adorable craft to make for Christmas decorations or a Christmas gift, here are some very adorable little clay sugar cookies you can make! We made some fun Christmas sugar cookies and also some fairy cookies. Both would be a great size for a Barbie doll or little doll house figures.  Step 1 Soften the Clay and Roll Out Polymer clay starts out really stiff and hard to mold. You will want to squeeze it in your hands for a couple minutes to get it softened a bit.  Then take your roller and roll out the clay to make it flat like a pie crust.  We always prepare them right on the cookie sheet. That way you don't have to move them, you can just do everything right on the cookie sheet from shaping them, to cooking them, then painting them after. Step 2 Cut out your Cookie Shapes Take your little cookie shape cutters and cut out some little hearts, circles and stars. If you don't have any of these you can bu...