Posts tagged ‘sweets’

chocolate peanutbutter layer brownies

i had a jar of natural peanut butter that was too dense to use on bread so i decided to make chocolate peanut butter layer brownies. i change up some of the recipe-like doubling the peanut butter, adding much more chocolate, using irish butter & adding giraldelli cocoa powder, which never hurts. these are not [...]

TEN layer monster bars

these are the most decadent thing i have ever made. it has nothing but sugar & fat. i was pretty skeptical i could pull it off because i often do not have luck with cookie bars because of my toaster oven. stuff seems to cook on the outside & stay raw on the inside. not [...]

cherry chocolate chippers

cherry chocolate chippers i made these for a student who i am extremely fond of for his birthday. he runs marathons & raises a lot of money for aids & is just delightful to be around. i felt that the first time i met him. another student made a hand made card with little pilobolus [...]

guava & manchego phyllo pouches with passion fruit syrup

a facebook friend posted some ideas for guava & it had me thinking. i have never cooked with it before, so i decided to make 2 dishes with it. the first is a very flaky & very sweet pastery called guava & manchego phyllo pouches with passion fruit syrup. first i had to scout out [...]

meagan’s chocolate meringue cookies

from the colonel’s cousin’s girlfriend. this is decadent to the max. mmm… meagan’schocolate meringue cookies 3 Egg Whites 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons cocoa powder 6 oz. chocolate chips 1/4 c. walnuts (if you want, sometimes I leave them out) -Preheat oven to 325 degrees. -Whisk whites to stiff peaks. On a high speed, gradually [...]

home made oreos

i had a craving for chocolate last night & knew i had some nice cocoa powder but no chips, so i decided to make martha stewart’s cream filled chocolate cookies her take on the classic oreo. these are kind of hard if you do not have a mixer (i don’t) because the dough & the [...]

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