The holidays may be over but that doesn’t mean you have to stop your baking schedule. Here are five easy sweet treats to make during the winter months. 

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Banana Puff Pastry Treat
Here’s what you’ll need: 

• Brown sugar
• Butter
• Bananas
• Puff Pastry 
• Chocolate 

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees
Step 2: Put your burner on medium or until you can melt 2 tbsp of butter and half a cup of brown sugar
Step 3: After thoroughly melted and combined,coat a banana vertically sliced in half in the mixture
Step 4: Wrap the coated banana slices with the puff pastry dough 
Step 5: Add them to the pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown
Step 6: Drizzle with melted chocolate and enjoy!


                                                                                               
Fruit Bark Clusters
Here’s what you’ll need: 

• Fruit of your choice (strawberries, bananas, blueberries, etc.)
• Chocolate
• Peanut Butter
• Granola
• Coconut Flakes

Step 1: Slice your fruit in half and spread it on a baking sheet
Step 2: Drizzle melted chocolate and peanut butter over the fruit
Step 3: Top with granola and coconut flakes
Step 4: Set in the freezer until chocolate has hardened 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
Edible Cookie Dough
Here’s what you’ll need: 

• Brown sugar
• Granulated sugar
• Butter
• Chocolate chips
• Milk
• Vanilla extract 
• Flour

Step 1: Heat treat your flour by microwaving ½ cup of flour in two 15-minute intervals
Step 2: Mix together ¼ cup softened butter, ¼ cup brown sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 1 tbsp of milk, ½ cup of heat-treated flour, and 2 handfuls of chocolate chips
Step 3: Roll into bite-sized balls and enjoy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Nutella Brownies
Here’s what you’ll need: 

• Flour
• Nutella
• White sugar
• 3 eggs
• Cocoa Powder

Step 1: Lightly grease a cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper
Step 2: Whisk together 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of white sugar in a bowl
Step 3: In the same bowl, add 3 lightly whisked eggs and 1 cup of nutella
Step 4: Put in the over at 315 degrees for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out with little to few crumbs
Step 5: Let it cool and dust with cocoa powder 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Mug cake
Here’s what you’ll need:

• Flour
• Cocoa powder
• Granulated sugar
• Baking powder
• Salt
• Oil
• Milk
• Chocolate chips

Step 1: In a mug, add 4 tbsp of flour, 2 tbsp of cocoa powder, 3 tbsp of sugar, ⅓ tsp of baking powder, a tiny pinch of salt 
Step 2: Mix together until there are no lumps
Step 3: Add 4 tbsp of milk, 1 and ½ tablespoons of oil and mix
Step 4: Stir in chocolate chips 
Step 5: Microwave for 1-2 minutes (depending on strength of your microwave)

                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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