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Raspberry Cheese Danish Recipe. EASY RASPBERRY CREAM CHEESE DANISH BRAID - Little Spice Jar. Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos. Deep Dish Fruit Pizza. My sister-in-law Missy first introduced me to the concept of fruit pizza years and years ago, and here’s how: she brought one to my house and I proceeded to eat the whole thing.

Deep Dish Fruit Pizza

But it was small. And I was nursing. My mammary glands made me do it. I whipped up a whopper of a fruit pizza a couple of weeks ago using my good ol’ standby sugar cookie recipe…and it was so darn good in such a naughty, naughty way. Classic Crisco Pie Crust. Better-Than-Crack-Brownies. I’m sorry for doing this to you.

Better-Than-Crack-Brownies

I really am. But see, last Friday while I was on a 10-hour road trip heading for vacation, I received this recipe from a reader named Liz. Liz, I love you. That’s all I have to say. I was tortured by this recipe for a full 8 days before I could make it. So it was the first thing I made when I returned home. These are an absolute sin. I really don’t have any words, other than you must try them. They may also change your waistline too. But that’s okay. It’s all in the name of chocolate. Better-Than-Crack Brownies 1 batch brownies (boxed mix or oooey gooey brownies) 1/2 cup salted peanuts (if don’t have salted, add sea salt) 1 cup chopped Reese’s peanut butter cups 1 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips 1 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 1/2 tablespoon butter 1 1/2 cups Rice Krispies Cereal Mix brownies according to directions, and bake for 20-25 minutes in a 9 x 13 baking dish. While they are finishing baking, melt chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Caramel Brownie Cheesecake — Eat Laugh Surf.

This is a monkeyhead concoction so please don’t be disappointed with me that it’s not 100% homemade.

Caramel Brownie Cheesecake — Eat Laugh Surf

Sometimes as a mom you have to go with your childrens ideas in order to lift their creative wings. Monkey One loves cheesecake and caramel, Monkey Two has a passion for brownies you put the two of these knuckleheads together and look at what they come up with… Caramel Brownie Cheesecake. You gotta love the way these boys think.

To see their vision come to fruition we used one of our favorite brownie mixes, a no bake white chocolate cheesecake recipe from Williams-Sonoma and we tried Jamie’s homemade caramel recipe from My Baking Addiction. My girl has it going on in the kitchen y’all, get ready to drool. M2 loves his brownie mix above because while I’m at work he can whip up a batch with my surfer and feel like he has stepped out of his sous chef role into the postion of head honcho. While the boys made the brownie mix I lined a springform pan with parchment paper. Voila! Hugs & Kisses, Strawberry-Lemonade Muffins.

Last Christmas, my mom got me a subscription to Southern Living magazine.

Strawberry-Lemonade Muffins

My favorite part of each new issue is hands-down the food section. They feature classic recipes along with new finds from chefs around the Southeast. The April 2012 issue devotes an entire section to strawberry desserts, and I couldn’t resist trying out their recipe for strawberry-lemonade muffins. You can find the recipe here. Mix the flour and sugar and make a little well… Add in all the other ingredients except for the strawberries. Stir… but not too much. Fold in those berries. Folded. Pour into muffin tin. Sprinkle on some extra sugar and bake at 400 for “16-18 minutes.” Yay. Supposedly, this recipe makes 15 muffins, but somehow I ended up with 19. Make Your Own: Candy.

There’s a reason why they put all that deliciously sweet candy up by the cash registers in nearly every store: if you had to find it at the back of the place, you’d likely decide against it before you got up front to pay.

Make Your Own: Candy

But you’re an adult, and once a child sets their sights on a candy bar, there’s no turning back. Instead of worrying about all of the sketchy ingredients, extra calories, additives, and possible allergens in popular packaged sweets, here are a few recipes to Make Your Own Candy right at home. Homemade Twix Candy Bar Recipe Twix bars are the best because they come in a delightful little pair. Chocolate-and-Almond Macaroons Recipe.