Destination Desserts: Treats That Travel to the Ones You Love

By Kathleen Edmunds MD

Whether you are a college kid, serving in the military, attending boarding school, a grandchild, in a nursing home, or simply a non-baker, everyone loves receiving home baked treats! Destination Desserts is for the baker in all of us that wants a cheap and easy way to ship homemade treats to loved ones wherever they are; treats that are delicious, pleasurable, and reminiscent of the thoughtful baker. These are tried and true recipes, recipes that have been shipped in this fashion all over the country and enjoyed by thousands!

First bake a delicious treat in a Steamer Pan

Cover top of Steamer Pan with lid

Obtain a free Medium Size Priority Mail If It Fits It Ships box at the US Post Office

Place Steamer Pan in box

Mail box for $12.65 to a Loved One anywhere in the Continental US

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jun 19, 2015
• ISBN: 9781490882543

Kathleen Edmunds MD

Dr. Edmunds is a practicing OB/GYN, married to a gastroenterologist for twenty-eight years with three children. Meade is a first year medical student at Wake Forest University, Shannon is a senior at the University of Georgia, and Carter is a senior in high school.

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Copyright © 2015 Kathleen Edmunds, MD.

Cover Photo Credit:  Bryan Allen Photography, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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ISBN: 978-1-4908-8253-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4908-8254-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015909164

WestBow Press rev. date: 6/17/2015

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

WINTER SHIPPERS must be cool outside <70 degrees to ship

STRAWBERRY CAKE

HUMMINGBIRD CAKE

GLAZED CARROT CAKE

MRS. CRAIG’S APPLE CAKE

AMARETTO ITALIAN CREAM CAKE

BLUEBERRY CREAM CHEESE OUIE GOOIE CAKE

CHOCOLATE PECAN JOY CAKE

TENNESSEE RED VELVET CAKE

PUMPKIN BROWNIES

EXTREME WINTER SHIPPERS must be cold outside <50 degrees and shipped with freezer packs

PUMPKINY CHEESECAKE:

PINA COLADA ICEBOX CAKE

STRAWBERRY CREAM ICEBOX CAKE (This tastes just like Strawberry Shortcake!)

DIRT CAKE

YEAR ROUND SHIPPERS

PINEAPPLE RIGHT SIDE UP CAKE

CHOCOLATE CINNAMON CAKE

CHOCOLATE SIN CAKE

OVERNIGHT MONKEY BREAD

PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES with CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

ROLO BARS

HEAVENLY RICH CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

GRANNY D’S TURTLE BARS

WHITE CHOCOLATE AND CRAISIN OATMEAL BARS

MOUNTAIN DEW PEACH DUMPLINGS

CARAMEL APPLE PIE

BUTTERMILK PIE CRUST

BOURBON CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE

COWBOY COOKIES

FRANS FRUIT BARS

INSPIRATION

PEOPLE

COOK BOOKS

INTRODUCTION

One of the hardest times a mother can experience emotionally is having her children leave for college. When my first son, Meade, left home for college in another state it was hard coming downstairs every morning and not seeing his smiling face. Even worse was pulling in or out of the driveway and not seeing his car, a second reminder jolt! When his birthday came around I wanted to send him a Birthday Cake. After searching on- line I finally settled on a Shipped Carrot Cake that cost me over $90.00! When he received it he simply said it was ok, but not as good as yours. Another jolt to my heart. I have always made a huge deal out of my kid’s birthdays, usually spanning a Birthday Week, so this was a total let down. I wanted to send him something that was delicious, pleasurable, and memorable of home and didn’t cost almost $100.00!

I started thinking about my most popular desserts, ones that my kids and all their friends love. These recipes come from a few places. Some come from my Mom and Grandmothers, who started me baking at a very young age. Most of these are recipes I have received from friends, where I’ve tried something they brought to a potluck and said that’s great! Can I have the recipe? Or by modifying one of the hundreds of recipes from School Cookbooks that I have been coerced into buying (either by the schools my kids were attending at the time or a child or mother hawking them at my door as a fundraiser for their school.) In Tennessee, I also get plenty of exposure to church, neighborhood or company cookbooks, which usually my patients give