Peanut Butter Ball Brownies

We always made peanut butter balls growing up and they were so good! 

They also took a little bit of time standing over the stove dipping each one in chocolate.

 This recipe is nice because it takes a little time but you don't have to stand over the stove dipping each ball. 

I made my favorite brownies (boxed will do just fine) and then added 

the peanut butter ball topping:

1 stick butter soft/partially melted

about 1 cup peanut butter

1 3/4 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Mix these together and spread on cooled brownies. 

**Some people would add crushed graham crackers to the peanut butter mix for texture, 

I don't because I love the creaminess of this recipe!

Topping:

Then I melted a bag of chocolate chips (any kind, milk, semi-sweet, dark, etc.) I used dark

with about 3-4 Tbls. butter 

and about 3-4 Tbls. of milk

Gently spread chocolate over peanut butter mix and let set up in refrigerator. 

Cut into 1" bites and serve on mini cupcake liners for a sweet treat. 

back blogging october 2011

My mother-in-law gave us (jello)worms & skulls for Halloween, surprisingly delicious!

A halloween birthday cake.
Our tasty dinner
Slimey drink!

I made these with my sisters fudgy ganache recipe and they were so good!

Alfredo Pizza

I'm venturing out of my cake zone to add some PIZZAzz to my blog. I made this for dinner the other night and absolutely loved it!

You'll need:

Your favorite pizza crust (homemade or bought)

1/2 jar garlic parmesan alfredo sauce (I like Ragu)

2-3 grilled/seasoned chicken breasts diced into 1in chunks

1 1/2 - 2 C shredded mozzarella cheese

1-2 fresh diced tomatoes

dried or fresh parsley

*Roll out your crust and let rise on a pizza stone.

Spread with 1/2 jar of alfredo sauce. Top with chicken.

Cover with mozzarella, and sprinkle with parsley.

Bake @400 for 15-20 min or until done.

Then top hot pizza with fresh diced tomatoes!

(Not everyone in my house likes tomatoes, so I went skimpy on them :(

It tasted like a gourmet pizza from my own kitchen.

Enjoy!

Pancakes!

I forgot to post this... better late than never. On Valentine's day I wanted to do something fun for my girls so we made hear shaped pancakes with metal cookie cutters (which only works when you remember to spray the hearts with pam). We had some left over raspberry syrup from my dessert night and lined it with milk choco chips... .mmmm mmmm good!

Raspberry Frappe

Raspberry sherbet, vanilla ice cream and 7up. Topped with fresh berries of course. Yum!

Valentine Desserts

Cream filled strawberries!

I was able to teach a class for some ladies on how to make some fun Valentine Desserts! It was a blast. Thank you to everyone who came. Thank you Jenna for asking me to do this. Let's do it again some time soon.