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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

April 14, 2013
by Curt

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies-postThis is a recipe my wife took off of AllRecipes.com. They turned out so good, I thought I would share it with you.

Who doesn’t love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate? Right? This recipes works very well, and the cookies are proving to be very hard to stop eating. So if your sweet tooth is calling for some PB & Chocolate, check it out, you won’t be sorry you did.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/4 semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease cookie sheets.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the orange juice and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Finally, mix in the chocolate chips. Drop dough by the rounded teaspoonful's onto the prepared cookie sheet. Cookies should be 2 inches apart.
  3. Bake for about 14 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are slightly golden and the cookie is firm. Remove from baking sheet to cool.
  4. Makes about 5 dozen
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Apple Pastry Squares

February 22, 2013
by Curt

Apple Pastry Squares-postOh man, all that cinnamon and sugar melted into the apple slices! Sooo good! This is a little messy to eat because the pastry is so nice and flaky, so you’ll want to dig into this with a fork. But if you like to be a messy eater, go ahead and grab a square with your hands and go to it!

Either way, this is so flaky and so sweet with all that cinnamon and sugar melted into those apple slices. Do I have your attention yet? I’m thinking maybe I should go get another piece while I’m writing this.

This one is definitely one to try. So what are you waiting for?

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Apple Pastry Squares

Ingredients

    Pastry ingredients:
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups shortening (I used butter flavored)
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 6 tablespoons water
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • Apple layer:
  • 3 lbs. baking apples (I used golden delicious), peeled and sliced thin
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons butter
    • Icing
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons milk

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  2. Mix first 3 ingredients together. Beat egg yolks, water, and lemon juice together and mix into flour mixture. Divide into 2 balls of equal size.
  3. On a floured surface, roll out the first ball to fit a jelly roll pan. Put in pan and layer the sliced apples on top. Mix the sugar, flour, and cinnamon and sprinkle on the apples. Dot with the butter.
  4. Roll out the second ball of dough and top the apples.
  5. Bake at 350° for 1 hour.
  6. Mix the icing ingredients together and drizzle over the top.
  7. Serve hot or cold.
  8. We ate this as a breakfast item, with the powdered sugar drizzle, but it would also be excellent warm with ice cream.
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Double Chocolate Chip Cranberry Bread

February 12, 2013
by Curt

Cranberries have been very popular lately. In fact, I’ve even added them to chicken burgers. Cranberries added to chocolate is yet another great combination of flavors when added with chocolate, and this bread is no exception. Man, is this ever tasty.

You gotta give this one a try! Chocolate bread with a bunch of chocolate chips means a ton of chocolate and cranberries! What more can you ask for when you’re looking for this combination?

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Double Chocolate Chip Cranberry Bread

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 milk (any kind)
  • 1 cup whole cranberries, fresh or frozen
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  3. In a small, microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter. Whisk cocoa powder into the butter while it is still warm, making sure to fully dissolve it. Allow butter to cool for several minutes.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk together the butter mixture and the sugar. Whisk in the egg and the vanilla until smooth. Stir in half of the flour mixture, followed by the milk. Add in the remaining flour mixture and stir until just all the dry ingredients are combined and no streaks of flour remain. Fold in cranberries and chocolate chips.
  5. Pour into prepared pan and spread into even layer.
  6. Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
  7. Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn the loaf out of the pan and onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  8. If desired, you can top with a chocolate glaze. Combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon cocoa. Stir in milk until consistency desired.
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Awesome Peanut Butter Bars

February 1, 2013
by Curt

These are sooo delicious tasting. They have a strong peanut butter taste with plenty of chocolate to make these sooo tasty!

This is not my original recipe, but I just had to share it along with a picture of how they turned out when my wife made them. This recipe was taken from About.com.

If you love peanut butter and chocolate, you really oughta give these a try!

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Awesome Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients

  • 1 package semisweet chocolate chips, (6 oz)
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups oats, quick cooking

Preparation

  1. Grease and flour a 9x13x2-inch baking pan; set aside. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave or top of a double boiler over hot water.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with peanut butter; beat in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
  3. Combine flour, soda, and salt in a separate bowl; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Stir in oats. Press about 3/4 of the mixture into the bottom of the pan. Spread melted chocolate chips over the top. Crumble remaining peanut butter mixture over the melted chocolate. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for about 20 minutes.
  4. Makes about 24
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