These are dangerous!

Kit loves peanut butter. Peanut buter & chocolate even more! I made these puppies on Wednesday and they are dangerously good!! I made a chocolate cupcake from scratch and unfortunately, I can't pull the link up that I used. I'll come back and update once I can!

But, the frosting, oh the frosting MADE these cupcakes!!! 

Peanut Butter Frosting. 

Dangerously good!

for the frosting:

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 3-4 cups powdered sugar (depending on what consistency you want)
• 1 tablespoon milk (or more if needed)

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and peanut butter with a paddle attachment until creamy and smooth.  Add 3 cups of the powdered sugar and beat on low to incorporate.  Add the milk and beat on medium-high until light and fluffy.  Check for taste and consistency, adding more sugar to thicken the frosting for spreading on the cakes with a spatula, or thinning it with a little more milk if needed to achieve a loose enough consistency to pipe the frosting onto the cakes.  You make the call! (source: HERE).

Porter is in the kitchen...

Last week Porter and I made these yummy dessert bars while Kit and H were in the garage. Porter thought the mixer was pretty cool! 

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
by Greta White

1 (18.25) package plain yellow cake mix

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

1 (12 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 Tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup coconut (optional)

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2) Combine cake mix, melted butter, peanut butter, and eggs in a large bowl using a mixer or spoon. Press this into a 9X13 pan reserving 1 1/2 cup of the mixture to crumble on top.

3) In a small pot, melt chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and coconut.
4) Spread chocolate mixture over the mixture pressed in the pan and then crumble the 1 1/2 cups of reserved cake mixture on top evenly.
5) Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Henry makes Chicken Tortilla Soup

He made it ALL tonight!!

(once you see the recipe you'll know why! Super easy! ;)

1 lg can chicken broth

2 cans cr of chicken soup

1 can cr mushroom soup

2 cans rotel (whatever spice level your family likes)

1 sm can green chilies (omit if kids don't like too much spice)

2 c diced cooked chicken

Combine all ingredients and simmer until all the soup are diluted.

Serve with shredded cheese and tortilla chips (we like sour cream too!). Yummy.

Porter is our eater. Henry, not so much! I've learned if he helps make it and takes "ownership" of a recipe, he's so proud he eats ALOT of it. So...he's in the kitchen alot with me! ;)

Henry in the kitchen again

I found these CARS cupcake liners so Henry was itching to make something :).

I've seen this 2 ingredient recipe around but decided to make it a 3 ingredient recipe and they are YUMMY.

 1.) Spice Cake Mix

2.) 15 oz can of pureed pumpkin.

3.) We added in chocolate chips :).

 dump all ingredients into the mixer and scoop batter into muffin tins. 350 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.

 yummy! :)

Fall time in your mouth :)

Happy Monday! :)

Smoothies & Progress

So far we've yet to meet a smoothie we haven't liked!
The view from here....

Happy Tuesday!
:)

Wecipe For Wednesday!

We LOVE this recipe that we received in a church cookbook from my sister. This is a favorite for Kit and thought I would share!

Aaron's Favorite Stromboli
1 loaf bread dough
1/2c butter, softened
2 tsp parsley, chopped
1 tsp chives, chopped
1/2 tsp oregano
2 T Parmesan cheese
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 lb shaved ham
15 pepperoni slices
5 mozzarella slices

Roll dough into rectangle approx 1/4 inch thick. Mix butter, parsley, chives, oregano, Parmesan & garlic. Spread on dough, reserving some for topping. Layer on ham and pepperoni laying slices of mozzarella on top. Roll dough up like a jelly roll and pinch ends closed. Brush remaining butter mixture across the top. Bake on a cookie sheet at 350 for 30 minutes. Slice & serve.

Note: Bread machine dough works great for this recipe.