by Milisa on December 31, 2011
Time certainly flies doesn’t it? Here we are at the end of 2011 and it has flown by. I ran through my posts of the past year and realized what a great year it has been for this little food blog. I really do appreciate all of the kind comments, emails and those of you that come around for every post.
I won my first recipe contest, was runner up in another and was selected to promote Emeril’s newest cookbook. I even received a tweet from Emeril and I was chosen as the top contributor for that promotion. Out of that the Virtual Potluck was born, which is proving to be a great source of inspiration and support. All great stuff, don’t you agree?
I have many new ideas and big plans for the coming year so I hope you will continue to stop in and see what’s going on! So without further delay here are your favorites from 2011!
#9 Turtle Bars: Shortbread crust, dulce de leche, pecans and drizzle chocolate, what’s not to love?
#8 Pesto-Stuffed Chicken Rolls: My go to dinner for company.
#7 Pineapple Crunch Muffins: Moist and delicious pineapple muffins with a crunchy topping of Panko.
#6 Cream Cheese Brownie Cups: Cream cheese swirls in a delicious brownie cup.
#5 Bacon Garlic Bread Sticks: Bacon makes everything better, including bread sticks!
#4 Chocolate Cheesecake with Peanut Butter Cream: Chocolate and peanut butter, it’s my life.
#3 Sesame Chicken: The answer to all of my Chinese take out cravings!
#2 Apple Pie Egg Rolls: If you haven’t tried these, you must! They are so dang good!
#1 Dulce de Leche Brownies: They best brownies you’ll ever eat thanks to David Lebovitz!
Happy New Year Y’all!
Enjoy!
Miss
by Milisa on October 19, 2011
Peanut Butter-Oreo Blondies
Now is the time to make up for the lack of dessert recipes during the weeks of the Emeril One-Pot Cooking Party. Speaking of which, the folks at T-Fal chose one of the twenty participating bloggers that they deemed the top performing blogger to win a T-Fal slow-cooker. They picked ME!!! So thanks to all of y’all for sticking with me, following along, and for leaving comments. Your support means so much to me. I promise to cook up some delicious food in that slow-cooker to share with you.
Onto this quick and easy dessert that also happens to be down right delicious. A soft peanut butter bar stuffed with chopped up Oreos, that sounds good doesn’t it? They are really simple but perfect for the peanut butter-chocolate lover in all of us. You could tote these to potlucks or barbecues and I think they will be on my go to list for school parties.
Here’s the recipe, I’ve got to go have another one before the boys eat them all!
Peanut Butter-Oreo Blondies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 oreos, coarsley chopped
Cooking Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Grease or spray a 8 x 11 1/2-inch baking dish.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and peanut butter together with an electric mixer. Add sugar mixing until combined. Add eggs and vanilla beating until all combined. Add flour and baking soda, mixing thoroughly. Add chopped Oreos and mix for about 1o seconds.
Pour into a baking dish, spreading evenly. Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly and cut into squares. Serve warm or at room temperature. Store in an airtight container.
Enjoy!
Miss
