Santa Hat Brownies. Raspberry Ribbon Slices Recipe from Betty Crocker. Lemon Ricotta Cookies with Lemon Glaze Recipe : Giada De Laurentiis. Buckeye Delights Recipe from Betty Crocker. Two Minute Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake. This, friends, is where procrastination gets me. I was staring at the computer, mired in writers’ block.
I clicked on that Stumble button I installed in my toolbar but never use. Oh look! A new webpage has popped up! On it, a recipe for single-serving peanut butter cake you mix and microwave in a minute. Like those mug cake recipes that have been taunting me for years – only without the mug. You could, of course, cook it in a mug – but doing it in a ramekin allows you to invert it onto a plate, real-dessert like.
The chocolate:peanut butter ratio wasn’t quite right, and so I made the cake chocolate with a spoonful of cocoa. Chocolate chips are a must – they turn into gooey pockets of melted chocolate in the finished product. Butter or spray a ramekin, or do it right in a mug. It took mine a minute to cook, rather than 30 seconds. Note to self: pick up some vanilla ice cream. Two Minute Chocolate Peanut Butter Cakewith thanks to Cassie of Back to Her Roots! Peanut butter AND portable?
Peach and Vanilla Puff-Pastry Pies - Easy Pie Recipes. The Blue-Eyed Bakers' Chocolate Chip Cookie. Well hi there. We are positively thrilled you’re here. Tickled pink really. Honestly, we can’t tell you how happy we are that you stopped by. Stay awhile, put your feet up! Are you hungry? You must be! Of course you would – it’s a cookie! It’s good right? Another one? Done? You’ll stop by again right? See you back here soon.
The Blue-Eyed Bakers’ Chocolate Chip Cookies Print Recipe 1 stick unsalted butter, cold & cubed1 stick margarine, cold & cubed1/2 cup granulated sugar1 cup light brown sugar1/2 cup dark brown sugar2 eggs3 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon table or fine sea salt1 teaspoon baking powder1/4 teaspoon baking soda1 cup semisweet chocolate, chopped or chips1 cup milk chocolate, chopped or chips In the bowl of electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugars until well blended and fluffy. Into the bowl, add the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and mix until just combined. While the dough is chilling, preheat oven to 375 degrees. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip It’s time for a little confession. I realize this may get me shunned (especially in my hometown of Pittsburgh!) , but….I don’t like football. I don’t like to watch it, I never liked playing football with my friends, I don’t even like playing catch with a football. If there was one thing Mike could change about me, I’m pretty sure this would be it. That being said, I will watch the Superbowl. I like the party atmosphere, I like that the Steelers are playing, but most of all, I like the food. I saw this recipe on Jessica’s blog and made it the very next day.
*Note: Jessica also has variations of this dip on her blog. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip Ingredients:1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup brown sugar 1 8-ounce block of cream cheese, softened 3/4 to 1 cup powdered sugar (*to taste) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips, plus extra for sprinklingDirections:In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Oreo Cookies and Cream No-Bake Cheesecake. S’mores Cookies. S’mores Cookies Apparently Tuesday was national s’mores day and I missed it. I’m a little late, but trust me, these cookies are worth the wait.
After the sucess of my s’mores whoopie pies, I was on the search for more s’mores type cookies. I made these fun little cookies for our camping trip last weekend and they were a big hit! You can never have too many types of s’mores on a camping trip right? These cookies are so good and slightly addicting. My cooies turned out pretty flat, but they still had a soft and chewy texture. S'mores Cookies Yield: Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars | Pumpkin Squares Recipe. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars Things are going well at our house. We love being parents. We are a little tired, but we can’t complain. Our little pea let us get six hours of sleep on Saturday night. He is a really good baby. I made a bunch of recipes before the baby arrived and will still be posting recipes on my regular schedule, so please come visit us:) We are slowly making our way back into the kitchen.
These bars are a staple in our house. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars Yield: 24 barsCook Time: 35-40 minutes Ingredients:2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon pumpkin-pie spice 1 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) 1 package (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chipsDirections:1.
If you like these Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars, you might also like: Joan’s on Third Nutella Pound Cake. You know what's cruel? Pound cake. Well specifically pound cake in Los Angeles. We know we know. You're confused already. Let us explain. Whenever we go to L.A. we try really hard to sunny ourselves up. We mesh well with the East Coast. So when we head out west we try to leave the black behind and bring out the color. And we gussy ourselves up every single day. Goodness it’s exhausting. And then we go to Joan’s on Third. Stop laughing. We go to Joan’s for our iced tea and apple, and it just so happens to be World Nutella Day. Well guess what they’ve made for the special occasion. And we see those colorful, apple-eating Blue-Eyed’s fade away, replaced by the East Coast versions who want to eat as much of this glorious, Nutella-ribboned pound cake as humanly possible while wearing their stretchy black “workout” pants (also, who are we kidding, those are eating pants).
So you see, pound cake in L.A. is just cruel. Nutella Swirl Pound Cake Makes 1 loaf Inspired by Joan’s on Third Print Recipe. Nutella Mug Cake. Bring Your Child's Favorite Characters to Life with These Disney-Themed Lunches Healthy Mickey-Shaped PB&J Muffins: A Breakfast the Whole Family with Love A Yummy Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Recipe Even the Pickiest Eaters Will Love This 3-Ingredient Coffee Fudge Is the Best Morning Pick-Me-Up. Chicken Fusilli with Spinach & Asiago Cheese Recipe. Lemon Mousse. So, in case you didn't know, Easter is one of our most favoritest of holidays. Admittedly, not for the religious reasons you might think, but because of all the special desserts. We're sure you are shocked to discover that our holiday preferences are based on dining options, but it's true.
Our very most favoritest would be Christmas because of all the frosted cookies, gingerbread, bouches de noel and Brach's Peppermint Nougat (TRUST us) and then clearly next would be Thanksgiving with apple pies and pumpkin cheesecakes and, um, hi have you ever had anything with cranberries baked into it, delicious, and then prolly we'd have to say Halloween mostly because of all the candy that is repackaged into "snack sizes" so we can pretend we're not eating as much, oh, and duh, CANDY CORN! Hmmm....we suppose Valentine's Day could sneak in there because of all the chocolate and perhaps Fourth of July if only for those sheets cakes that are decorated like flags and various fruit cobblers. Print Recipe. Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes « The Craving Chronicles. It seems like once the weather cools down everyone wants to jump right into pumpkin season. Don’t get me wrong, I love pumpkin as much as anyone else, but to me September is apple season.
I was thinking about how often apples get overshadowed by pumpkin a few weeks ago when my husband asked me if I wanted to attend a dinner party with some of his coworkers. “Hrmmm. Maybe…”, I said. “They asked us to bring some kind of food to share”, he said. That was all I needed to hear. It took me a while to decide on an approach for these cupcakes. Ultimately, I decided the best way to pack that punch of apple flavor into a cupcake was to use apple pie filling. I was apprehensive while putting these cupcakes together. In the end, they didn’t.
They tasted approximately a million times better than I had imagined. I was hoping for good cupcakes, but these were amazing. Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes Printable Recipe (Includes all sub-recipes) Makes about 24 cupcakes Ingredients Directions Apple Filling Like this: Banana-Cream-Pie Cupcakes Recipe from Betty Crocker. How Sweet It Is. Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Let's talk about grocery shopping in New York City. Ok wait, no, let's not. What we meant to saaaay was, let's talk about grocery shopping at Trader Joe's in New York City. We've already touched on the rather daunting experience that is an urban TJ's, but just for kicks, you know, just to show all you suburbanites how good you've got it, we're gonna talk about it again. We know. So, if you'll recall, Trader Joe's shopping requires a plan. So in you go armed with your map, knee pads, helmet and list (corn salsa, lemon kitchen soap, frozen yogurt, you know, the essentials) and just as you're reaching for the dark chocolate and turbinado almonds (like we said essentials) you find yourself stuck.
But this one, you can't escape. Stupid battle plan! OWWW (double stroller just took off your pinky toe)! Who cares?! And when the road block cleared, we came home and made cookies with them. Oh and THEN we iced the toe. Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup CookiesMakes 32 cookies Print Recipe. Ad Hoc's Brownies. Brownies have a special place in American cuisine and a special place in the blue-eyeds' hearts (they are, after all, one of our Mummy's signature desserts). Um, but they are also kind of low-brow. Like, our Mummy used to whip them up (in about 22 minutes) and serve them poolside during the hot Chicago summers. It was very chic. And, you can get brownies at ANY DINER IN THE COUNTRY. Of course, people try to gussy them up with ice cream and nuts and call them brownie sundaes, but really, we all know what they really are. But, you wouldn't exactly serve brownies for dessert when the boss is coming for dinner. Although, side note, whose boss actually comes for dinner these days?
This message is brought to you by the Blue-Eyed Bakers. Anyhoo. Ad Hoc is a fashionable yet casual spot in Yountville, California just north of Napa. Ad Hoc's BrowniesMakes 12-18 barsAdapted from Thomas Keller Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, and salt; set aside. Snickerdoodle Cupcakes. Candy Corn Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Bakebakebake: Homemade Rabbit Treats. I'd never even thought of posting this here until I saw the entry for homemade dog treats.
I figured this would be worth posting because with over 8,000 members, certainly someone must have a pet rabbit. :) This is my recipe for homemade rabbit treats. It's a bit time-consuming and makes a big mess, but it's worth it because it's so much healthier than treats sold in stores (which are usually the rabbit equivalent of donuts and candy bars). My three bunnies go CRAZY for these snacks, and Amy Sedaris' rabbit, Dusty, goes so bonkers for these that Amy put the recipe in her hospitality cookbook, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence.
Katie's Smack Snacks for Rabbits You will need: * 1 c. rolled oats, finely ground (coffee grinder works best) * 1/4 c. rabbit pellets, finely ground * 2 medium-sized bunches of parsley * 1/2 of a carrot * 1/2 of a banana * 1/4 c. + 1 tbsp. water Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a baking sheet or stone with wax paper (baking stones actually work best). White Chocolate-Raspberry Cream Sandwiches. Summer is in full swing and we are just loving it. Well, loving it in the lovely Boston burbs at least. There's a little less love for the summer in NYC. Maybe it's that whole no air conditioning, stagnant city water in the street thing that's cramping our style. Who knows? Anyway, both Blue-Eyeds are currently loving the season because it was a Boston burbs weekend for the pair of us. And like every other weekend spent in the Boston-based baker's house, we congregate in the kitchen. What?! Well that and the pint of fresh raspberries on the counter.
So we took an old standby (the most perfect sugar cookies recipe ever) and put a little summertime spin on it. White Chocolate-Raspberry Cream SandwichesMakes 10 large cookie sandwiches Print Recipe Preheat oven to 350° F and line two heavy baking sheets with parchment paper. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside. For each cookie, roll 2 tablespoons of dough into a ball and coat with 1/4 cup of sugar to coat them.