Bars that are pretty darn close to Reese's peanut butter cups.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (Sometimes I use half milk chocolate chips)
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Nana's Ultimate Chocolate Frosting/Ganache
So Tim's birthday cake looks pretty, but it didn't turn out very well at all. I'm not going to post the recipe because it tasted like Marzipan instead of Black Forest cake. I'm pretty mad that I made it actually, I was really disappointed.
I am going to post the frosting recipe. My mom has been using this chocolate frosting for years, and it is divine. I almost never make any other chocolate frosting. This one is really fast and...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tortellini Soup
This is a really good vegetable tortellini soup, a bit like minestrone. This is the best soup recipe I've ever found. I use 1 lb. ground beef instead of the sausage, so I can't actually vouch that it's good with sausage! I use frozen tortellini because it's cheap. I cook it separately and add it right at the end so it doesn't soak up too much of the juice. I also substitute apple juice for the wine- because I usually have it on hand....
Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls
These are really quick and really yummy! You can drizzle melted peanut butter chips or white chocolate over the top, or use holiday sprinkles. Sometimes I substitute mini marshmallows (about 4 cups) for the marshmallow creme if that's all I have. Just microwave them for a minute or so. Yum!
Ingredients:
-1 cup peanut butter (be generous)
-1 (7 oz.) jar marshmallow creme
-2 cups crisp rice cereal
-1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
-4 teaspoons shortening
Directions:
1. In a large bowl,...
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Do you crockpot?
Ok, let's be honest. I don't really enjoy making dinner. Desserts, yes. Dinner? Not so much. Preferably, I spend as little time cooking dinner as possible. Therefore I love my crockpot, but I have a hard time finding recipes that sound good.Looky looky what I found... A Year of Slow Cooki...
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