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Oreo Cookie Cupcakes. I did tell you guys that I got Martha Stewart's cupcakes book, right? Now I'm making cupcakes and more cupcakes. In our family when it comes to dessert we used the democratic voting system. Who says the politics are not good? Three kids many choices for dessert so we vote. When they looked thru the book the two older ones Brandon and Cass agreed at once for the oreo cupcakes, Alex wanted the marshmallow ones. Lucky for him his older brothers love him a lot, and let him win ( they do most of the time). Here are the official winers of the democratic election (dessert edition).

Ingredients 21 oreo cookies, 15 left whole and 6 coarsely chopped 1/2 cup of sugar 2 large eggs room temperature lightly beaten 1/2 cup sour cream 1 pound cream cheese ( I used 2 packages of light philadelphia cheese) 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract. pinch salt Preheat the oven to 275˚F. Place one whole cookie in each paper lining. In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese on medium high speed until smooth. nOir Jewelry - Rings. Cookies ?N Cream Oreo Fudge Brownies. Hellooooo, good lookin’! What a way to start the week! :) Last weekend as we were exploring Blue Ridge, GA, we stopped by this charming little bakery. They had all kinds of delicious looking homemade brownies.

Oreo brownies, peanut butter brownies, raspberry cream cheese brownies… *groans* Kevin totally had his eye on the Oreo brownies. We didn’t get any there (we were too busy sampling the fried Oreos) so I promised to make them as soon as we got home. I used this recipe from Picky Palate for Ice Cream Sundae Brownies.

Cookies and cream ice cream, chocolate chips, and hot fudge… It all gets added to the brownie mix! This thick batter is perfect for layering.. nothing is going to sink to the bottom here! Oh, baby. Come to mama. Layering the Oreos whole is totally the way to go! All these babies need is a big, huge scoop of vanilla ice cream. I think I’ll get on that. ;) Cookies ‘N Cream Oreo Fudge Brownies Make for: DessertTags: chocolate. Chewy No-Bake Nutter Butter Bars. I usually don’t post a new recipe on Saturday, but had to share this variation of the chewy cookie bars!

You know I wasn’t stopping with just Oreos right? Lol! Same exact recipe, just used a package of Nutter Butters instead of Oreos and…..yah they were equally delish! Also, before you go, I did a little face lift around here at Picky Palate. Here’s your 3 ingredient check list Peanut buttery delicious! Place cookies into food processor until ground.

Here you have it Pour your cookies into puffed up marhsmallows that have been cooked in the microwave with the butter. Give a good mix. Mmmmm. Let set up for 10-15 minutes (for a short cut put in the freezer for 5 minutes) Cut into bars and serve! Chewy No-Bake Nutter Butter Bars One 1 pound package of Nutter Butters 5 cups Large Marshmallows 4 tablespoons butter 1. Makes 9-16 bars Other recipes you may enjoy... Frozen Butterbeer for the Deathly Hallows Premiere ? Cook Like a Champion. There’s something you might not know about me. I’m a huge fan of the Harry Potter books and movies. I wasn’t always, but once I watched one movie, I was hooked. I was devastated when I found out Eric and I were moving away from Orlando before Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at Universal’s Islands of Adventure.

Luckily, we were able to fly back over the summer and use our season passes one last time. Butterbeer, for those who don’t know, is a favorite drink of young witches and wizards. Looking for more Harry Potter recipes to celebrate the premiere of Deathly Hallows this week? Frozen Butterbeer for the Deathly Hallows Premiere Ingredients For the butterbeer: 1½ cups cream soda 6 tablespoons butterscotch schnapps 2 cups ice For the foamy topping: 6 tablespoons heavy cream 1 tablespoon butterscotch schnapps Directions Combine cream soda, schnapps and ice in a blender.

In a small bowl, combine heavy cream and schnapps. Source Cook Like a Champion original. Oreo Cheesecake Cookies. If you know me, you know that I absolutely, positively love cheesecake. Cheesecake anything. Cheesecake everything. I have sampled countless different varieties of cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory, and I always come back to the Oreo cheesecake. I love many of them, but I’m such a kid when it comes to Oreos and I totally adore them in my cheesecake.

I even made myself an Oreo Cheesecake for my birthday a few years back. Truth be told, I was pretty darn tempted to totally ditch the actual cookies and just eat the cookie dough straight up out of the bowl. If you love cheesecake and/or Oreos, you will totally adore these cookies! One year ago: Irish Soda Bread SconesThree years ago: Golden Brioche Loaf. Fourteen for the Fourteenth. Fourteen Layer Cake. This is apparently a favorite at family get togethers in the South. Now, I’m from the South and I’ve never heard of such a thing. Actually, when I first heard the name, I didn’t believe it. Fourteen individually baked layers … no way. Who would do that? Hmmm…let the googling begin. Well, they do exist. Looks like I’ve been going to the wrong parties. I decided to go with the 12-Layer Cake recipe because it looked like it would work the best for me. Here they are … fourteen – 8.5″ pans… Shiny! Then, I cut 14 sheets of parchment paper, stapled them together and cut out circles the same size as the bottom of the pan.

I decided to err on the side of caution with greasing the pans, because fourteen stuck cakes would make me very unhappy.So, I greased the bottom and sides with a stick of butter. Please work! While those are waiting, I mixed up all the ingredients for the cake batter -the HUGE amount of cake batter. . Then I placed a heaping 2/3 cup full of batter in each pan. Gimme S’more. Sep22 Nothing says fall, bonfires, and gooey deliciousness like a s’more. Nothing. But the thing is, s’mores don’t have to be reserved for special outdoorsy occasions.

If you get creative enough you can squeeze them into your daily food pyramid just about anywhere. (And who’s going to say no to that?!) {Click on the photo for the recipe.} 34 Comments on “Gimme S’more.” Leave a Comment. Mini Fruit Pies. I love pie. I love eating pie, I love making pie, I love nearly all vartities of pie! The only problem with pie is that the crust always seems to get soggy before we can eat it all — there are just 2 of us you know. So today — as I was contemplating whether or not I should make a pie (and knowing that my husband would definitly want me to make a pie) — I decided to try something new… … mini pies!

I figured that if I made mini pies, I could make as many as we needed and I could customize the filling so everyone got their favorite pie. Not sure why I didn’t think of this sooner? Anyway, mini pies are extremely easy and take less than 20 minutes to bake (half that of most full pies) Ingredients: Pie Crust Dough — I used store bought refrigerated crust but feel free to use homemadeFilling — choose your favorite pie fillings and make mini batches of each one (or use canned filling) Directions: Use a biscuit cutter to create mini pie crusts — cut as many or as few as you want What is your favorite pie? Chocolate Mousse Cakes, Chocolate Mousse Recipes, Mousse Cakes.

Posted by Grace Massa Langlois on Saturday, 19th March 2011 Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate – try to resist these Triple Chocolate Mousse Cakes – “betcha can’t eat just one”! I’ve faced countless temptations since beginning my “Sweet” journey into desserts but none have been as irresistible as this one. The allure? – Three layers of sumptuous chocolate – Dark Chocolate Cake, lush Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse and pillowy Milk Chocolate Mousse. And the look? But I believe there is a reason for everything, even a subscription to a magazine.

Fast-forward all these years later and I am having the time of my life learning all about the wonderful world of desserts. Any time I begin a new project (whatever it may be) I have a need to understand everything about it. So thank you for joining me on “La Mia Vita Dolce”, My Sweet Life. (Recipe adapted slightly from Martha Stewart) Makes 8 cakes **Special Equipment - 8 9-cm (3½-inch/6-ounce) ramekins Recipe Tips Dark Chocolate Cake Comments (94) Copycat Candy Recipes. To make all of these Instructables, download this collection of How To’s as an ebook. Download » "Copycat Candy Recipes" is your backstage pass to famous brand-name candies! You've grown up eating these classic brand name candies, now you can recreate them at home. These Copycat Candy Recipes are sure to be just as good as the originals - if not better!! Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet.

Sarah James Editor, Food & LivingInstructables.com. Peanut Butter Stuffed Hot Fudge Cupcakes. Well… it is Fat Tuesday. Did you expect anything less from me? I made these cupcakes Friday afternoon to have for dinner on Friday night. And they are simple – only one bowl necessary! I think I told four different people that I needed to handcuff myself so I wouldn’t eat them before our company arrived. So I stuffed the cupcakes, which was really easy! I’m the kind of person that just likes a big blob of frosting on the top of a cupcake. No spreading needed. That’s what I thought too. Much better. Preferably of the anything-but-skim variety. [print_this] Dark Chocolate Cupcakes [adapted from allrecipes] makes 12 cupcakes 1 1/8 cups all purpose flour 1/4 cup dark cocoa powder 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon heavy cream 1/2 cup butter, melted 2 tablespoons sour cream 1/4 cup homemade fudge sauce (recipe below) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a bowl, whisk egg and sugar until smooth and no lumps remain. Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars. If you want to relive your childhood, have one of these bars. They are basically a peanut butter and jelly explosion. I binged on peanut butter and jelly in my preschool and kindergarten years. For years after, any combination of peanut butter + jelly was extremely unappealing. I grew out of that phase at some point in highschool, rediscovering that joy that is peanut butter and jelly. And then I rediscovered it again last night. The thick peanut butter layer on the bottom just melts in your mouth.

These bars are not for the faint of heart. Mr. When Mr. At that point I love to ask ‘what the heck are you doing in there that you are so quiet?!’ ‘Twas the situation last night, but I joined in on the fun. The final verdict? At first we thought they may need more jelly, but after multiple tastings, we decided that they have the perfect amount. A third of the dough gets crumbled on top of the jelly before baking, which gives the dense bar a nice crumbly top. Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars 2 eggs. Step-by-Step: Homemade Fruit Leather – Tasty Kitchen Blog. When it comes to making homemade fruit leather, I will confess that I have been totally and completely intimidated.

I mean, how does one even accomplish such a task? How does fruit go from actual fruit to … leather? With that being said, I spent half of my youth chewing fruit roll-ups and consequently trying to rot my teeth, so I knew that this fruit leather had to be mastered. My mom would stock up on different flavors of fruit leather and it would often disappear within the week. When I came across Georgia’s recipe for Homemade Fruit Leather, I just couldn’t resist. It seemed foolproof. And delicious. While the entire recipe is a bit time-consuming, it is quite easy. These are the only ingredients you need: strawberries (or fruit of your choice), a lemon, water and sugar.

The first step is to cut the fruit into small pieces. Make sure you taste test your fruit to see how sweet it is. Slice your lemon and grab a bowl for juicing purposes. Squeeze your lemon to extract the juice. 1. 2. One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes For Two. Let’s face it: sometimes we all need a dessert that only makes two servings. Sometimes we just can’t handle 12 servings.

Sometimes we eat them all by ourselves. Sometimes we eat them all by ourselves in two hours. Sometimes we eat them all by ourselves in a matter of minutes. Sometimes it’s the best thing ever. FYI: I have no idea what that is like. Haven’t you always wished you could make just enough dessert for yourself? Or… just yourself? Me too. But more often than not, I’ve found it to be a hassle to drag out the mixer, cream the sugar and butter, sift the dry ingredients and all that fun stuff for a measly two cupcakes. What can I say? Well, I was lazy. It is definitely your typical white cake; fluffy and soft, full of vanilla flavor, and the perfect vehicle for some fluffy white frosting. And it only takes one bowl!

I think what I love most about these cupcakes is their customizability. [print_this] One Bowl Vanilla Cupcakes for Two serves 2 1 egg white 2 tablespoons sugar 1/4 cup flour. How To Carry Groceries With A Square Of Cloth (Green Living) The Japanese art of Furoshiki shows how you can carry food, packages, bottles, or virtually anything you can imagine using just a square of silk or nylon cloth. It's fast, easy, versatile, and eco-friendly (no paper OR plastic). And if you're worried about strength, watch how easily it works on a 16 pound bowling ball! Step 1: Heavy Canvas Bags With paper and plastic bags falling out of favor around the world, we're left to wonder, are heavy canvas bags the only method left to us for carrying our groceries? Step 2: Eco-Friendly Alternative One eco-friendly alternative is the ancient Japanese art of furoshiki which uses a simple square of silk or nylon cloth as a means of wrapping and carrying just about anything.

Step 3: Tesage Bukuro The simplest method is called tesage bukuro, which is the hand carried wrap. Step 4: Katakake Technique A variation of this first technique is known as katakake fukuro or the shoulder carry wrap. Step 5: Melon Carry Wrap Step 6: Furoshiki. Love is a temporary madness;… - Goodmorning & Goodnight. No-Bake Chewy Cookies and Cream Bars. Mingmakescupcakes.yolasite. Caramel-Peanut Butter Bars Recipe. Warm Toasted Marshmallow S'more Bars. Smoked Salt Caramels.