No Bake Coconut Oil Crunchy Peanut Butter Fudge

January 6, 2013 By

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Today is National Shortbread Day.

A good food (especially baking) blogger would have made shortbread, but I do not fall into that category today.  I’m out of town and I completely forgot my camera (also a food blogging mistake).  I’ve been baking, but I have no way of taking photos except with my iPhone and unfortunately I haven’t mastered the art of iPhone photography.

So, I sit here staring at wonderful shortbread recipes and wishing I was making a shortbread post.

But, since I can’t do that, here’s a super delicious peanut butter fudge recipe adapted from Just a Pinch instead.

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No Bake Coconut Oil Crunchy Peanut Butter Fudge
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup white chocolate (almond bark works best)
  • ½ c coconut oil
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ¾ c natural peanut butter (I prefer crunchy)

Instructions
  1. Melt white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in the microwave. (It should take about a minute).
  2. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter, coconut oil, and vanilla until well combined.
  3. Pour into a buttered 8×8 inch pan and place in refrigerator until set.

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Peanut Butter 7 Layer Pie

January 3, 2013 By

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Every year, my hometown has a festival for the MKT railroad and there are all sorts of festivities.

My (obvious) favorite is the pie festival.  Volunteers from the town bring homemade pies to a gathering center and then the pies are sold by the slice or full to anyone who wants one.  It’s a great idea and there’s never any pie left.

Well, Kellen’s grandpa’s favorite pie from this festival is the Catholic church priest’s “secret pie.”  I tried the pie and realized it tasted exactly like 7 layer bars.  His grandpa’s birthday was coming up and I wanted to make something special for him, so I made this 7 layer pie.  Fortunately for me, his grandpa can’t taste anything anymore, but I think I got the right recipe. ;)  This is seriously the easiest, tastiest pie you’ll ever make.

Did you all have a good New Year’s Eve? Any New Year’s Resolutions?

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I got this delicious recipe from Food.com.

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7 Layer Pie
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Ingredients
  • Crust:
  • 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
  • 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 cup butter
  • Filling:
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • ½ cup honey roasted peanuts
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup butterscotch chips
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  2. Butter a 9-inch pie plate.
  3. Melt butter and pour over graham cracker crumbs and toasted coconut in a large bowl; stir until combined. Cool slightly and press with your hands into the bottom and sides of the buttered pie plate.
  4. Refrigerate the crust for 15 minutes, then bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for at least 20 minutes while preparing filling.
  5. Spread slightly melted soft peanut butter evenly on the crust bottom with a plastic or offset spatula.
  6. Evenly scatter the peanuts, chocolate chips and butterscotch chips on top of the crust.
  7. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the filling. Gently shift the pan to make sure the milk has been distributed evenly.
  8. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown and bubbly. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely. Chill for an hour in the refrigerator before slicing and serving.

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Microwave White Sugar Caramel Corn with Butterscotch Chips and Peanuts

November 28, 2012 By

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Sticking with the “lazy baker” theme this week, here is another great, quick, crowd-pleasing recipe.

I have an excuse for my laziness. I graduate college in 3 weeks and I’m freaking out and extremely busy, but so excited!

However, I just can’t bring myself to have company over and not have some sort of treat to give them, so I’m just taking some shortcuts.  I seriously made this caramel corn in 30 minutes.  I was super excited!

My friend and  I almost ate the whole batch together in one night.  It’s really good.

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This delicious recipe is adapted from allrecipes.com.

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Microwave White Sugar Caramel Corn with Butterscotch Chips and Peanuts
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Ingredients
  • 4 quarts popped popcorn
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup margarine
  • ¼ cup dark corn syrup
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup peanuts
  • ½ cup butterscotch chips
  • ½ tsp baking soda

Instructions
  1. Place the popped popcorn into a large microwave-safe bowl (And one that will fit in the microwave!). Set aside.
  2. In a 2 quart casserole dish, or other heat-proof glass dish, combine the sugar, margarine, corn syrup, salt and vanilla. Heat for 3 minutes in the microwave, then take out and stir until well blended.
  3. Return to the microwave, and cook for 1½ minutes. Remove from microwave, and stir in the baking soda.
  4. Pour syrup over the popcorn in the bowl. Gently stir the popcorn mixture with a wooden spoon until the popcorn is fully coated.
  5. Place bowl into the microwave, and cook for 1 minute and 10 seconds.
  6. Remove, stir, and return it to the microwave.
  7. Cook for another 1 minute and 10 seconds.
  8. Dump the popcorn out onto waxed paper, and let cool until coating is set.
  9. Once cool, stir in the butterscotch chips and peanuts.
  10. Store in an airtight container.

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“The Best Friend’s Guide to Breast Cancer” and Pink Donut Holes

October 16, 2012 By

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

If you know someone or have a loved one or friend who has breast cancer, I really suggest you read this book:  The Best Friend’s Guide to Breast Cancer, written by Sonja L. Faulkner, who battled breast cancer herself.   It’s easy to feel lost and hopeless when something this tragic happens to you or someone you know, and this book is an inspiring resource.

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Not only does this book offer support and inspiration, it also offers information and cancer-fighting foods.  If the book isn’t enough, it also provides websites and organizations that provide more information and help.

Also, 20% of the proceeds of sales from this book go to Pink Lotus Petals, a non-profit organization that provides help for women with breast cancer.

Sonja’s website offers so many delicious recipes for fighting breast cancer, such as Lemony Blueberry Zucchini Loaf,  Tropical Quinoa Pudding Made with Green Tea, and Very Berry Muffins.  Check it out!

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Pink Donut Holes
From: Hummingbird High

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup milk, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • A few drops of red food coloring
  • 1 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar, for sugar coating

Directions:

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 1/4 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
  2. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup milk, 1/4 cup buttermilk, 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla, red food color, and 3 tablespoons melted butter until just combined.
  3. Combine the small bowl of dry ingredients with the medium bowl of wet ingredients, using a rubber spatula to stir in the dry ingredients and mixing until just combined. Be careful not to overmix, or you will get dense donut holes and I will cry for you. The texture of the dough should be sticky.
  4. Preheat 1 cup of oil over medium heat in a 10 inch pan (I used an iron skillet).
  5. Once the oil has reached 350 (F), measure out 1 tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball with your hands.
  6. Drop the dough into the pan of oil. Fry until golden brown on bottom then flip and cook on the reverse side until golden brown.
  7. When the donut hole is finished frying, carefully remove with metal tongs or a fork and place on a cooling rack lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
  8. When the donut hole has cooled down enough so that it doesn’t burn you when you pick it up, roll in a small bowl filled with 1/2 cup sugar. Set aside.
  9. Repeat this process with remaining dough. You can cook more than one donut hole at a time.

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Creamy Corn Soup

April 30, 2012 By

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I’m so glad everyone loved Rach’s post as much as I did.

To keep it savory, I’m giving you a delicccious creamy corn soup recipe.  Creamed corn is delicious.  Probably because it’s the bad-for-you form of regular corn.  I’m okay with that.

If I can make an excuse to turn it into soup and make it into an acceptable meal, I will…and I did.

This is so good, especially with sweet cornbread (if you click on this link, please excuse the terrible pictures.) If you’re looking for a quick, but yummy meal, this is the one for you.

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Creamy Corn Soup
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon garlic salt
  • 1 tablespoon margarine
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 cups milk
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 2 (12 ounce) cans whole kernel corn
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ground cayenne pepper to taste

Directions

  1. In a large pot over medium heat, combine the onion, garlic, parsley and butter or margarine. Saute for about 5 minutes, or until onions are tender.
  2. Add the flour, stirring well, to make a pasty mixture. Whisk in the milk and the broth. Add the corn and the cream cheese and allow to heat through. Add the garlic salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir together and serve.

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Whole Wheat Tortillas from Scratch

April 11, 2012 By

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Sometimes I don’t like buying packaged items from the store just because I don’t know what goes into them.

Most of the time, I don’t worry about it, but when I get the chance, I try to recreate store-bought food items.

For example, these tortillas.

I had no idea how easy it is to make homemade tortillas.  Only 4 ingredients, super easy to make, and so healthy!  These are the way to go.

I got this recipe from 100 Days of Real Food and I recommend it 100%.

Check out the next post for another awesome giveaway.

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Whole-Wheat Flour Tortillas
From: 100 days of real food 

YIELD: 12 TORTILLAS

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

  1. In the bowl of a mixer set with a dough hook (or paddle), pour in the flour, oil and salt.
  2. Beat with the dough hook until crumbly, about 3 to 5 minutes. Scrape the sides as needed.
  3. With the mixer running, gradually add the warm water and continue mixing until the dough is smooth, about 3 minutes.
  4. Take out the dough and divide it into 12 equal sized pieces.
  5. Using the palms of your hand roll each piece into a round ball and flatten it out on a baking tray or board. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for at least 15 minutes or up to one hour.
  6. Heat a cast iron skillet, griddle or 12-inch skillet over med-high heat. The pan should be fairly hot before you begin cooking the tortillas.
  7. On a lightly floured board or counter top, use a rolling pin to turn each ball into a 8 to 10 inch flat circle. Be careful not to use more than a teaspoon or two of flour when rolling out each ball into a tortilla because too much excess flour will burn in the pan.
  8. Grease the pan with a touch of oil and then carefully transfer each tortilla, one at a time, to the pan and cook until puffy and slightly brown, about 30 to 45 seconds per side.
  9. Set aside on a plate to cool slightly. Refrigerate or freeze. (I left mine out at room temperature and they were fine for a week.)

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What’s your favorite store-bought food you like to recreate?

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White Chocolate Toffee Brownie Tart

March 4, 2012 By

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I was feeling creative one day and I wanted to make something different than the stuff I normally bake.

So I grabbed the tart pan and went to work.  It ended up turning out similar to 7-layer bars, only better (in my opinion).

Imagine: a brownie layered with sweetened condensed milk and lots and lots of chocolate.

It’s super easy to make because it’s mostly layering, but I guarantee whoever you give this to will think you spent hours on it.

OH… and remember how I told you I got to see Colin Jost and Josh Wolf at a comedy show?  Here are the pics:

A li’l blurry… don’t care!

JEALOUS?!  They’re so hilarious.  If you ever get a chance to see them live, do it.  You won’t regret it.  Plus, they’re super nice… not stuck up at all, which I think is rare.

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cups sugar
1 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup crushed toffee bits
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
  2. Whisk dry flour, salt and baking powder in bowl and set aside.
  3. Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and cocoa in mixer. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until smooth.
  4. Press dough into tart pan.
  5. Bake for 5 minutes.
  6. Take from oven and layer chocolate chips, toffee, and sweetened condensed milk.
  7. Return to oven and bake for 5-8 more minutes  until the edges are firm.
  8. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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Sweet and Salty Nuts

February 18, 2012 By

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It’s so exciting to be writing on my new website!

I hope you’re all as excited as I am.  Jessica did a fantastic job and I’m really happy about how awesome it turned out.

Anyway, here’s my first recipe on my new website…

These are pretty much fool-proof.  I make them every year for Christmas gifts (because I’m a poor college student) and they’re always a hit.

Perfect gift, easy to make, and delicious.

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Sweet and Salty Nuts

Adapted slightly from: All Recipes 

Ingredients

  • 1 egg white
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 pound pecan halves (or your nut of choice)
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease one baking sheet.
  2. In a mixing bowl, whip together the egg white and water until frothy. In a separate bowl, mix together sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
  3. Add nuts to egg whites, stir to coat the nuts evenly. Remove the nuts, and toss them in the sugar mixture until coated. Spread the nuts out on the prepared baking sheet.
  4. Bake at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for 1 hour. Stir every 15 minutes.

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Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

December 5, 2011 By

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Thanksgiving is over and that means you deserve a break from cooking and baking.

These are the easiest cookies to make ever.  You’ll barely have to move.
When I saw the recipe, I did a double-take, because seriously, what kind of cookie would turn out well with only 3 ingredients?  These cookies.
 Not only are these good, they’re daaang good.  I can’t go to a party empty-handed, so I whipped these up real quick and 20 minutes later I had little bites of heaven.  The outside is crisp and the inside is chewy. The only thing I would change next time is reducing the sugar.  Not that they were too sweet, but I think I could’ve reduced it a little bit.  These babies are delicious.  I guess it’s true that simple is better.
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Easy Peasy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Combine the peanut butter, white sugar and egg. Mix until smooth.
  3. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 6 to 8 minutes. Do not overbake! These cookies are best when they are still soft and just barely brown on the bottoms.
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