Weekend of Baking!
Oh Friends I cant even begin to explain what I've been up to the past day and a half !I've gone on a baking frenzy! While I Love baking, the more I have in my apartment of course I'm going to eat the treats! Yesterday I made these delicious Choco-Mint Blossoms which I found from Better Homes and Garden Christmas Cookie magazine. My roommate has had the magazine sitting on our coffee table for about a month now and I've been itching to bake something from it! I love having cookies to bring to events and social gatherings as the season draws near and it gives me a chance to show my Betty Crocker skills as well as have a delicious dessert! I also made pumpkin cream cheese muffins which are so incredibly moist and yumm! I found the recipe from this blog here!
And last but not least I was completely craving chocolate,but then again when am I not craving chocolate? But unfortunately I gave in and made a chocolate treat. I had marshmallows,peanut butter,rice krispies and chocolate chips so I thought to myself what can I do with all these? Lo and Behold a chocolate peanut butter rice krispie treat came to my mind! Check out my recipe below :) Now I have lots of delicious goodies in my apartment and my freezer, ready to eat, ready to be given away and brought home for my family to enjoy.
Hope you all had a great weekend, remember cooking is all about the fun of it! Don't be afraid to make mistakes! But feel free learn from my mistakes hehe . Today I was in my Pj's ,no makeup,hair thrown in a bun, in the middle of baking and I realize, oh shoot I don't have eggs. Well it was a early morning run to Walmart needless to say. So make sure you have all your ingredients first then bake on!!
Chocolate peanut butter krispie treats
1/4 C butter
1/2 C chocolate chips
1/2 C peanut butter
2 cups of rice krispies
5 oz/ half bag of marshmallows
Melt butter in a pot, throw in chocolate chips & peanut butter. Melt together, stir in marshmallows until slightly melted and then Mix in krispie treats! Spread in pan and put in fridge until solid. Enjoy!
Choco Mint Blossoms- Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Cookies Mag
1/2 C butter-softened
1/2 C shortening
1 C sugar
3/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 1/2 C all purpose flour
Hershey candy cane kisses
1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
2. In large bowl combine: butter and shortening, beat with electric mixer for 30 seconds
3. Add sugar,cocoa powder and baking powder
4. beat in egg,milk,peppermint extract
5. Beat in as much flour as you possibly can with mixer
6. Cover dough and chill for 1 hour or until firm and easy to work with
7. Form 1 inch balls and bake for 10 - 12 min
8. place candy in center as soon as you take out of oven
And last but not least I was completely craving chocolate,but then again when am I not craving chocolate? But unfortunately I gave in and made a chocolate treat. I had marshmallows,peanut butter,rice krispies and chocolate chips so I thought to myself what can I do with all these? Lo and Behold a chocolate peanut butter rice krispie treat came to my mind! Check out my recipe below :) Now I have lots of delicious goodies in my apartment and my freezer, ready to eat, ready to be given away and brought home for my family to enjoy.
Hope you all had a great weekend, remember cooking is all about the fun of it! Don't be afraid to make mistakes! But feel free learn from my mistakes hehe . Today I was in my Pj's ,no makeup,hair thrown in a bun, in the middle of baking and I realize, oh shoot I don't have eggs. Well it was a early morning run to Walmart needless to say. So make sure you have all your ingredients first then bake on!!
Chocolate peanut butter krispie treats
1/4 C butter
1/2 C chocolate chips
1/2 C peanut butter
2 cups of rice krispies
5 oz/ half bag of marshmallows
Melt butter in a pot, throw in chocolate chips & peanut butter. Melt together, stir in marshmallows until slightly melted and then Mix in krispie treats! Spread in pan and put in fridge until solid. Enjoy!
Choco Mint Blossoms- Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Cookies Mag
1/2 C butter-softened
1/2 C shortening
1 C sugar
3/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 1/2 C all purpose flour
Hershey candy cane kisses
1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
2. In large bowl combine: butter and shortening, beat with electric mixer for 30 seconds
3. Add sugar,cocoa powder and baking powder
4. beat in egg,milk,peppermint extract
5. Beat in as much flour as you possibly can with mixer
6. Cover dough and chill for 1 hour or until firm and easy to work with
7. Form 1 inch balls and bake for 10 - 12 min
8. place candy in center as soon as you take out of oven
i'm writing this recipe down! it looks delicious! better homes and gardens is such a great resource:) and like you, i often get smack dab in the middle of a recipe then realize i don't have an ingredient! hopefully you live close to town-it's a 20 minute drive for me to the nearest wal-mart:)
ReplyDeleteIt was really easy and they taste super delicious if you like peppermint! Hope you enjoy :) and yes luckily im only a few minutes from walmart haha
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