Ritz Stuffed Peanut Butter Cups I’ve always loved Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Cracking open those orange wrappers and then peeling back the black waxy paper from the perfectly formed Reese’s edges is one of life’s simple, but very joyous, pleasures. Sinking my teeth into the peanut butter cup and making teeth marks into that perfectly smooth chocolate is also high on my list. Lately I’ve been sinking my teeth into these homemade cups rather than storebought Reese’s Cups. These aren’t just any homemade peanut butter cups. There’s a surprise in the center: Ritz Crackers I combined some of my favorite ingredients and the resulting creation is very puffy. One of my homemade cups is about twice the height of a storebought cup or about the same height as five Ritz crackers. You don’t have to make yours as puffy as mine if you don’t put as much peanut butter on the cracker before you drench it with melted chocolate . Delicious does not have to be complicated and the proof is in the pudding in the peanut butter. Tuxedo Cups Questions
Cake Push Ups--Have you seen these? Well, I first saw these “cake push ups” just a few weeks ago. A member on our site mentioned them & I thought that this idea was pure genius! Three cheers for a new way to eat cake! :0) – Basically, a very smart person (I don’t know who you are!) The good news is that you can order these push ups and make cake push ups for you and all of your friends! One of our members was nice enough to send me 6 to experiment with!! Here’s how you make them! Simply use a circle cutter to cut out little cake rounds from a cake layer or two. Experiment with your favorite flavor combinations…. I made some cute little chocolate toppers that I piped with melted chocolate bark… but they would have been cute also with just a swirl of icing! Finding a way to display these is a little tricky. And the big finish!!! You can see that I experimented with lots of different flavor combinations! That’s all for now!
Dairy Queen Blizzard I originally shared this recipe for my column on Serious Eats. If you’d like more details and photos, check out my article, In the Hall of the Dairy Queen. When it comes to the Blizzard, Oreo is hands down my favorite flavor. But if you have another variety you’d like to see me tackle, tweet me up @thebravetart. The nature of a Copy Cat recipe is that it takes a lot of subtle factors to re-create a taste we all know and love; if you substitute or deviate from the recipe, it just won’t turn out the same. Pint for pint, compared to my Classic Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, this recipe has half the eggs, twice the sugar and double the dairy. That being the case, using the crappiest milk and cream you can find makes a big difference. The same is true of eggs. Next: Tahitian vanilla is a must. I use Frangelico in the recipe, which might seem really weird, but it really works to mimic whatever strange, artificial flavorings go into DQ Soft Serve. Cool in an ice bath and refrigerate overnight. Stella
what i made for monday-mini apple pies. If you've been around a while you know that I like to make some sort of dessert or treat for my husband to take to work with him on Mondays. Food is my love language. I am not a diet friendly friend. It's just a small way that I feel I can help him with his work day...he and all his coworkers have a super long meeting on Mondays and...well, it's Monday...how can dessert not help that? It gives me a good excuse to try new recipes and now all of his coworkers expect and look forward to what I will make and send in. I've been meaning to document what I have tried here...but it's taken weeks for me to start...so we'll just start here. :) This week I made mini apple pies for him to take...and I made a large batch so that I could keep some too! Start by cutting up eight cups of apples into small 1/2in bits. You will also need: 4 tablespoons of chilled butter cut into 24 equal portions. Make sure you stir everything around getting the apples nice and coated. and put a dab on each pie.
Chocolate Cinnamon Brioche Rolls, An Easter Special And A Giveaway Some of my happiest childhood memories are of colouring Easter eggs. I remember my mother, ever the perfectionist, arranging the table meticulously before we started - first with layers of newspaper, then a bowl for each colour, then a spoon for each bowl and kitchen paper under each spoon to dry the eggs on. Everything had to be just so. I don't think you understand dear readers, my mother took perfectionism to another level, one I have never seen in anyone before or since. Here's another example: for friends birthdays, my mother would wrap the presents. But we're not talking normal wrapping here, oh no. She then started by placing the gift in the middle of the wrapping paper, and traced out with a pencil exactly where to cut and fold each side of the wrapping paper. And please remember, she did this for 8-12 year olds - all that time, all that effort, ripped to shreds in 2 seconds without a care in the world for how the gift was wrapped. What can I say? Congratulations you three!
Cauliflower Pizza Bites When I am trying to eat better (ie: more veggies less chocolate) then I find it really helpful to have healthy snacks available for when I get the munchies. When I want something to snack on, I want it NOW. Let me start off by saying, these tasted very good. And...they were fairly simple to make. And....they are a great, healthy alternative for a snack. And... they freeze well so can be on hand for those cravings. Now...that being said....I probably won't be making them again anytime soon. Why? Well...let me show you a photo... This is my mini muffin tin in the aftermath of these pizza bites. I had to scrub out 24 tiny little circles and 12 tiny little squares. I mean...S-C-R-U-B... Not cool. The cauliflower mixture really cooked right onto the pans. Oddly enough, the pizza bites popped right out the pan (after I ran a butter knife around the edge of each one) and held their shape great. I don't know that paper liners would work.... Hmmm....any ideas? Cauliflower Pizza Bites
Cookies & Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes | Handle the Heat Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread First thing: this Calphalon Giveaway ends on Friday! Enter enter enter! Second thing: this bread is the bomb. Last week, I got some evil Kerrygold Samples in the mail. Aw, shucks. What is a girl to do? To prevent myself from inhaling it all in a 24 hour period, I put some in the freezer, but then immediately thought of this bread I’ve been wanting to make. They hang out in my booty. {TMI? This bread is the very reason why I run. And believe it or not, this is super simple to make! So, that’s all the info you need to know, m’kay? First thing you’re going to want to do is grab all your ingredients. Into a mixer bowl, add in your water, yeast and honey. Once your yeast has gotten foamy, stir in the salt and the flour in 1/4 cup increments. Once the dough starts pulling away from the sides and the bowl is looking pretty clean, then it’s time to set the timer and walk away. 5 minutes later your dough should be tacky and smooth. And melt it down. Hello, lover. See?
Stovetop Macaroni and Cheese Recipe The 30 days of macaroni and cheese are back! Every January for the last few years I have teamed up with the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board to share a new macaroni and cheese recipe with you in conjunction with their blog, 30 Days, 30 Ways with Macaroni and Cheese. No one needs to twist my arm to try new macaroni and cheese recipes and this year was no exception. I am typically a big fan of baked macaroni and cheese – the combination of ooey gooey mac and cheese and the crusty pieces on top and around the edges really is phenomenal. That being said, I realized recently that I was still lacking a recipe for a quick stove-top version. Up until this recipe, if I was craving mac & cheese and wasn’t up to putting together a whole baked recipe, I would run to the store for a box of the blue stuff to get my fix (hanging my foodie head in shame). You could always use all of one cheese if you’d like, or adjust the ratios. What’s your favorite macaroni and cheese recipe?
Baked Potato Soup - Slow Cooker Style I've been looking for a baked potato soup recipe that didn't involve heavy cream for a while, and boy was I delighted when I found one... for the slow cooker!!! This came out really super yummy and reminds me a lot of Houlihan's Baked Potato Soup, which is an all-time favorite for Hubs and me. Below is my version of Baked Potato Soup for the Slow Cooker! Slow Cooker Baked Potato Soup Ingredients:5 pounds russet potatoes, washed but NOT peeled. Do you love slow cooker soup recipes?