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Chocolate Potato Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich

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Yesterday was National Chocolate Chip Day so I decided to do a spin on the classic chocolate chip cookie with a updated version of this recipe. Two cups of crushed potato chips and a pint of ice cream later I had homemade ice cream sandwiches that combined salty sweet and crunch gooey goodness all into one. I let the cookies set for about 20 minutes before turning them into ice cream sandwiches and when they were still slightly warm they were incredible! But since I had no business eating a dozen ice cream sandwiches at that moment I wrapped them individually in plastic wrap and stuck them in the freezer. I suggest letting them thaw for a few minutes before eating them if you freeze them but either way this is an easy update to an old classic. Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, softener
  • 1 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups potato chips, crushed
  • 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with wax paper.
  2. Beat butter, brown and white sugar with electric mixer until fluffy.
  3. Add in eggs and maple syrup and beat on medium speed.
  4. Reduce speed to low and beat in flour, salt and baking soda.
  5. Hand stir in potato chips and chocolate chips.
  6. Drop cookies into tablespoons balls 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  7. Bake for 10-14 minutes until brown.
  8. Let cool on baking sheet and then scoop ice cream into two cookies to form sandwich.
  9. Enjoy or wrap in plastic and freeze until ready to eat.
  10. Remove from freezer and let thaw at room temperature for 5 minutes before eating.

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Bailey’s Cake with Buttercream Frosting

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St. Patricks Day is this weekend and I wanted to be festive with every post I made this week. Green everwhere! I have been reading into baking recipes with alcohol and thought a Bailey’s cake sounded delicious {and it was}. I modified this classic cake recipe with a touch of Bailey’s and decided to layer it up and dye it so it would be shades of green. Ultra festive. I don’t have long hair so this is one of the only ways I can participate in the ombre trend and it turned out great!

Ingredients, Bailey’s Cake

  • 2 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 cup Bailey’s Irish Cream
  • 2 packages of Jello instant vanilla pudding

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 4 inch round pan.
  2. Bring all refridgerated items to room temperature.
  3. In a medium bowl with electric mixer cream the butter, then add in sugar and mix again. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
  4. Combine flour, baking powder and Jello pudding in a seperate bowl, add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
  5. Stir in Bailey’s by hand until batter is smooth and then pour in greased baking pan.
  6. Divide batter evenly into three seperate bowls and add green food coloring in differening amounts to each bowl. {I did roughly 8 drops in the lightest color layer and then 16 and 24 in the middle and darkest layers}.
  7. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until you can pierce with a tooth pick and it comes out clean.

Ingredients, Buttercream Frosting

  • 4 cups of powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup of butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
  • 1/4 – 1-2 cup of milk
  • gold sanding sugar for the decoration {i got mine here}

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl with electric mixer cream the butter, then add in vanilla.
  2. Gradually add in powdered sugar and then add in milk until frosting is at desired consitency.
  3. Once cake cools frost layers indvidually and then coat with sprinkles! Enjoy!

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Jalapeño Grilled Cheese

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Amidst my sick weekend I did what any other social media type would do when confined to my bed…pinned my face off on Pinterest {you can follow me here}. I mostly browsing fashion, food and home decor and was so excited when I scrolled past this beautiful image of grilled cheese. When I clicked through I saw that it was a Jalapeño Popper version of the classic and I figured it was worth a try to make because aside from rest and fluids you can help relieve congestion with spicy foods. It was not the most spicy jalapeño dish I have ever made, but it was delicious and I have included the way I made the recipe below. Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 4 jalapeños
  • 4 oz of plain cream cheese, softened
  • 4 slices of sourdough bread
  • 8 slices of sharp cheddar cheese
  • fresh ground black pepper
  • cayenne pepper
  • butter

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to broil setting and once warm place jalapeños directly on rack to char. Make sure to rotate every few minutes so they become blackened on all sides as seen in {this} post.
  2. Once charred, remove and place in a covered boil for 10 minutes.
  3. After the 10 minutes you can remove the top and the insides should come out easily. Discard seeds and top and then slice peppers in half.
  4. Take one jalapeño and finely chop and mix with cream cheese, black pepper, cayenne pepper to make paste.
  5. Coat inside of each piece of break with mixture and then add cheese and the halved peppers.
  6. Butter the outsides of the bread and cook on warm skillet.
  7. Once cooked to your liking remove from heat and enjoy!

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Valentines Day Baked Donuts Recipe

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Valentines Day is right around the corner and while the typical roses and chocolates may be the answer for some if you are looking to try something new you will not be dissapointed with this recipe. I was skeptical of the idea of a baked donuts, but there were delicious. They were moist and the touch of cinammon was great to taste and smell throughout my kitchen. I used a nodified version of this recipe because and found it quick and easy. A perfect way to send your sweetie off to work on Valentines Day.

Ingredients

  • 7/8 cup unbleached all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinammon
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon water

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Grease donut pan {heart shaped if you have it} and set aside.
  3. Whisk together all of the dry ingredients in a medium-sized mixing bowl.
  4. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, oil, buttermilk and water until foamy.
  5. Pour the liquid ingredients all at once into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
  6. Bake the donuts for 10 minutes or until the spring back to touch.
  7. Remove donuts from pan and place on cooling rack to glaze and decorate!

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Chocolate Baked Banana Recipe

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I love desserts that involve fruit, and well mostly all desserts. I also love simple recipes that have tasty flavors and can be made quickly in case you have impromptu guest or a two. This recipe is easy for the amount of ingredients, the preparation time and the cooking time. If you need to sweeten up the lives of a bunch of people in a hurry your problems are solved. Perfect in the oven, but also could be done over an open fire. Who wants to go camping because this could be a tasty extra element to the traditional S’mores recipe too!

Ingredients

  • 1 banana, per person
  • 4 square of chopped dark chocolate, Valrhona is the best

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. With a sharp knife, cut a slit through banana peel and banana on one side {make sure not to go all the way through banana}.
  3. Cut chocolate chunks {you can also use chocolate chips} and stuff inside banana.
  4. Wrap banana in tin foil and place on center over rack {you can also grill outside if the you have one and the season is right}.
  5. Back for 20-30 minutes until chocolate is melted. Banana peel will turn black, but you aren’t eating that so who cares!
  6. Remove from oven and enjoy straigh out of foil!

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Sweet Maui Onion and Garlic Macadamia Nut Recipe

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Another day and another obsession. After a recent trip to Vegas my uncle brought back Mauna Loa Macadamia Nuts which are seasoned with Maui onion and garlic and so good that I could eat a whole bag in one sitting. After finding out they are hard to get ahold of other than in Las Vegas, Hawaii and through Amazon I thought I would try and whip up a homemade version. Luckily, the market in my neighborhood happened to carry the Maui sweet onion which made the batch I made even better than the original.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of roasted macadamia nuts
  • 1 tablespoon garlic and herb butter
  • 2 tablespoons Maui sweet onion, minced
  • 1/2 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed

Directions

  1. Over medium heat, melt butter in a medium sized frying pan.
  2. Combine dry seasonings and lemon juice, mix well.
  3. Add dry seasoning to melted butter and then add macadamia nuts.
  4. Saute for 5-7 minutes, continuously stirring.
  5. Remove from heat and spread over paper towels to drain.
  6. Enjoy warm or store in an air tight container for later!

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Strawberry Balsamic Shortcake Recipe

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My dad never tried extremely complicated recipes growing up, but had a few things he would always make that I remember happily. His strawberry shortcake was simpler with store bought whipped cream and cake, but I figured I could so something a little more exciting. After trying fruit with balsamic vinegar in this recipe I became obsessed and could not wait until I could do it again. The crunch of the top layer of the cake combined with fruit and the saltiness of the vinegar was basically perfect. Great dessert, but I would even eat it for breakfast.

Ingredients, White Cake

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 package of Jello instant vanilla pudding

Directions

  1. Bring all refridgerated items to room temperature.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8×8 inch baking pan.
  3. In a medium bowl with electric mixer cream the butter, then add in sugar and mix again. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
  4. Combine flour, baking powder and Jello pudding in a seperate bowl, add to the creamed mixture and mix well.
  5. Stir in milk by hand until batter is smooth and then pour in greased baking pan.
  6. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
  7. Allow to cool for at least 15 minutes before cutting and adding strawberry mixture and whipped cream {shown below}.

Ingredients, Strawberry Mixture

  • 1 large container of strawberrys, {about 8 cups} quartered
  • 5 tablespoons of sugar
  • 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar

Directions

  1. Combine strawberries, sugar and balsamic vinegar in medium bowl.
  2. Stir occasionally for 15-20 minutes to soak berries.

Ingredients, Whipped Cream

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup

Directions

  1. Combine heavy whipping cream, sugar and maple syrup in medium bowl.
  2. Using electric mixer beat on medium until mixture forms stiff peaks.

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Roasted Red Pepper Soup Recipe

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Since the heat wave in LA has temporarily ended I am back to living off soup and tea. After a few weeks of being sick and living off the classic chicken and noodle I wanted to make something that was a little more exciting and enjoyable {and that didn’t remind me of being ill}. This soup has great smokey flavors and was perfect served with warm bread and cheese. I suppose it could be an alternative to a classic grilled cheese and tomato soup, but at the very least something warm and delicious to try.

Ingredients

  • 6 Red Peppers, whole
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 1 1/2 medium yellow onions, peeled and diced
  • 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and diced
  • 1 russet potato, peeled and diced
  • 32 oz of chicken stock
  • sea salt to taste
  • black pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup of feta cheese

Directions

  1. Set oven to broiler setting. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Lightly cover all side of peppers with olive oil and place on baking sheet. Broil for about 30 minutes, turning as needed so all sides become charred.
  2. Once all sides are charred place pepper in a bowl and cover with lid for 5-10 minutes. From there, remove the top and seeds of the peppers and discard. Dice up peppers and reserve juice in bottom of bowl for later use.
  3. In a large pot on medium heat, warm olive oil and then mix in sugar and onions. Cook mixture for about 8 minutes or until onions are soft.
  4. Add in garlic, potatoes and peppers and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
  5. From there add reserve juice from before, butter and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
  6. Remove mixture from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes before mixing with handheld immersion blender. Make sure to be careful of splattering liquid since it will be hot!
  7. Season with salt and pepper and then serve with crumbled feta cheese on top. Enjoy!

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Lavender Biscuits with Honey Recipe

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If you live in LA you know the glory of food trucks. The only downfall is when they never come never where you are located. A friend told me about the amazing Honey Lavender Biscuits from Ludo Truck and I was fascinated. Sadly, they never come to my side of town so I thought I would just try and make them myself. After a longer than expect search for Lavender {thank you Penzey Spices} I whipped them up {rather quickly} and enjoy them with some tea. Perfect and now I can enjoy them anytime I want.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 tablespoon of dried lavender flowers
  • 2 1/3 cup of all purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon of sugar
  • 4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/3 cup of unsalted butter
  • 1 cup of milk

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Mix flour, salt, sugar and baking powder in a large bowl with a large fork.
  3. Cut butter into small pieces {about the size of a pea} and add to dry mix. Mix again with your hands to break apart butter.
  4. Place mix and milk {in separate bowls} to chill for 10 minutes. The colder the ingredients-the flakier the biscuits.
  5. Add cold milk to dry mixture and gently stir. I find that using the same large fork to fold ingredients together worked best, and the less time you touch the dough-the better.
  6. Once dough holds together, turn it out on a lightly floured surface. Gently knead the dough to form a ball and the roll out to about 3/4 inch thick.
  7. Cut out 2 inch circles {I used a dry measuring cup} and place are parchment lined cookie sheet.
  8. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
  9. Serve warm with honey and enjoy!

 

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Reuben Egg Rolls

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I love the idea of finger foods. Anything bite-sized but still packed with the flavors I crave is a no-brainer for me-because it means there is always room for dessert later. That is what I love about this recipe for Reuben Egg Rolls. The delicious combination of the traditional Reuben sandwich ingredients into a bite-sized package is the perfect way to enjoy this classic dish without the obligation of finishing the traditionally HUGE sandwich. This version is perfect as an appetizer and could be served up fairly quickly if you have everything on hand. I definitely recommend cooking the corned beef ahead of time to make this a quick, tasty dish.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz of corned beef, pre-cooked
  • 2 cups of sauerkraut, drained
  • 2 teaspoons of caraway seeds (t0 taste)
  • 1/2 lemon, juice of
  • 10 slices of swiss cheese, sliced in quarter inch strips
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 8-10 egg roll wrappers
  • 3 tablespoons yellow mustard
  • 1 1/2 cup of vegetable oil, for frying
  • thousand island dressing, for dipping

Directions

  1. Cook corned beef-I used {this} recipe.
  2. Drain sauerkraut. Saute sauerkraut and caraway seeds over medium heat. Once excess moisture beings to evaporate and mixture begins to brown and the juice of lemon. Set aside to cool.
  3. Arrange egg rolls wrappers on a flat surface and brush edges will egg wash.
  4. Inside wrapper place 4 strips of cheese, strips of corned beef and 1 heaping tablespoon of sauerkraut mixture. Drizzle with mustard.
  5. Fold up bottom corner over mixture and then the fold the two sides in. Roll the wrapper up to close. Repeat with remaining wrappers until mixture is gone.
  6. Heat oil in large skillet to about 325 degrees. Fry a few egg rolls at a time about 5-7 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Drain egg rolls on paper towels to remove excess oil.
  7. Serve with Thousand Island Dressing for dipping sauce.

 

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