Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispie Treats

Tonight we made peanut butter cup rice krispie treats. This is a really easy recipe and a pretty good dessert. Becca found it on another blog, and it only took about a half hour to make. If you like Reeses, its perfect for you.

The recipe can be found on Baking Bites.

Ingredients

2 tbsp butter

5-oz marshmallows

3 cups of rice krispies

Peanut Butter Filling:

1/2 cup butter at room temperature

3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

1 tbsp milk

Chocolate topping:

1/4 cup butter at room temperature

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Lightly grease a 9x9-inch pan.

In a large, microwave safe bowl, combine butter and marshmallows. Heat until butter is melted and marshmallows are soft. Stir to combine. Fold in rice cereal with a spatula, then pour mixture into prepared pan and press into an even layer. Allow to cool and set at room temperature. For the peanut butter layer, combine all filling ingredients in a medium bowl and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. The consistency should be like frosting. If it is too crumbly add an additional tablespoon or two of milk until filling is spreadable. Spread onto cereal layer.

For the chocolate topping, melt chocolate chips and butter in a small, microwave-safe bowl. Stir until smooth. Pour over peanut butter layer and, using an offset spatula or regular spatula, spread chocolate to cover entire surface. Let chocolate set up at room temperature before slicing.

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Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies

With Father's Day coming up we thought it would be fun to bake treats for our fathers. Finding a recipe was fairly easy because both of our dads love chocolate. We found this recipe on a great blog, called Baking Bites. The recipe was fairly simple and the brownies turned out well.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

2-oz dark chocolate, chopped

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

2/3 cup flour

2 tsp cocoa powder

1/4 tsp salt 8-oz cream cheese, room temperature

1/3 cup sugar

1 large egg

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1/3 cup raspberry preserves/jam

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8x8-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil and lightly grease. (Next time we will try the recipe without the foil, because the foil made it very difficult to cut and prepare the brownies)

In a small, heatproof bowl, melt butter and chocolate together. Stir with a fork until very smooth. Set aside to cool for a few minutes.

In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs and vanilla extract. Whisking steadily, pour chocolate mixture into sugar mixture. Stir until smooth. Sift flour, cocoa powder and salt into the bowl and stir until just combined.

Pour into prepared pan and prepare cheesecake mixture.

In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla extract until smooth. Drop in dollops onto prepared brownies batter. Drop dollops of raspberry preserves into the cheesecake batter. Gently swirl batter with a butter knife, giving the brownies a swirly look.

Bake for 35-40 minutes, until brownies and cheesecake are set.

Cool in the pan completely before slicing and serving, either at room temperature or chilled.

Brownies can be refrigerated, covered, for several days.

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Turkey Bacon Cheese Turkey Burger with Pesto Sauce

While watching Diners, Driveins and Dives we were inspired to make some sort of burger with bacon. We were also curious about making a pesto sauce. We decided on turkey burgers with swiss cheese, turkey bacon, and pesto sauce on English muffins. Besides the fact we did not have a food processor or a blender everything turned out quite well. Michael found a great pesto recipe from herbs.suite101.com. We had to improvise a little by trying to chop everything up as much as we could and mixing it with a handmixer. We were a little worried the sauce would not turn out well, but the result was great because the pesto was chunky and delicious. We ate the burgers with fresh pineapple and sweet potato fries. It made for a very healthy, but scrumptious dinner.

The Pesto Recipe is as Follows:

Ingredients:

• 2 cups basil leaves, roughly chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts
• 1/3 cup Romano or parmesan cheese, grated
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).

Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.

After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste

Read more at Suite101: Perfect Pesto Sauce Recipe: A fresh Basil Sauce that Celebrates the flavors of Summer http://herbs.suite101.com/article.cfm/pesto_perfect#ixzz0qlmagLo5

Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).

Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.

After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste

Read more at Suite101: Perfect Pesto Sauce Recipe: A fresh Basil Sauce that Celebrates the flavors of Summer http://herbs.suite101.com/article.cfm/pesto_perfect#ixzz0qlmagLo5

1. Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).
2. Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.
3. After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).

Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.

After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste

Read more at Suite101: Perfect Pesto Sauce Recipe: A fresh Basil Sauce that Celebrates the flavors of Summer http://herbs.suite101.com/article.cfm/pesto_perfect#ixzz0qlmagLo5

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