I call them little "drops of heaven"...

Trust me... these babies are divine!  ...even if I don't have any pictures to prove it;)

Polka Dot Shortbread Bars

Combine:
1 cup butter, soft
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt

Press 1/2 of dough into 9x13 pan (will be crumbly), coming slightly up the sides of the pan. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes.

Melt in a glass bowl in the microwave on low power:
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk

Stir until chocolate is melted. Then add:
1 tsp. vanilla

Pour melted chocolate onto cooked crust. Then sprinkle with:
1 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup white chocolate chips
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips

Top with remaining crumbled dough. Press into filling slightly. Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove and run a knife around the edge to loosen while still warm. Cool slightly before cutting into 2" squares.

chocolate butter

i have a feeling we're going to be super homemakey this summer!

we should add to our list this: chocolate butter!!!

oreo beats nutella any day though

you can bet your bottom dollar i'll be making some of these puppies real soon.

oreo-chocolate-chip cookies!

 via picky-palate

i think chocolate chip cookies and oreos are my 2 most absolute favorite treats in the whole wide world.

ilovethembothsomuch!!!!!!!

pretty much all it is is making your most favorite choc. chip cookie dough ever, and surrounding and double stuffed oreo with it, and bake :) sounds delicious to me so don't mind if i do!

btw- the woman from picky-palate thinks up the most outrageously yummy concoctions, i don't know how she does it!

here's the original recipe:

2 sticks softened butter
3/4 Cup packed light brown sugar
1 Cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 Tablespoon pure vanilla
3 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
10 oz bag chocolate chips
1 bag Oreo Cookies, I used the double stuff
1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.   In a stand or electric mixer cream butter and sugars until well combined.  Add in eggs and vanilla until well combined.
2.  In a separate bowl mix the flour, salt and baking soda.  Slowly add to wet ingredients along with chocolate chips until just combined.  Using a cookie scoop take one scoop of cookie dough and place on top of an Oreo Cookie.  Take another scoop of dough and place on bottom of Oreo Cookie.  Seal edges together by pressing and cupping in hand until Oreo Cookie is enclosed with dough.  Place onto a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet and bake cookies 9-13 minutes or until cookies are baked to your liking.  Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.  Serve with a tall glass of milk, enjoy!
Makes about 2 dozen VERY LARGE Cookies

nutella!!!

saw these 2 cute recipes with nutella! cammy, have you eaten nutella? we always have a jar in our pantry :)

nutella brownie bites: (via hoboken)
"Nutella Brownie Bites
makes 1 dozen bites
(can be shared with kids 12+ mos)

6 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1/2 c Nutella
2 Tbsp chocolate syrup
1 egg
1/4 tsp vanilla
5 Tbsp all purpose flour

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter, Nutella and chocolate syrup until smooth.
2. Whisk in egg and vanilla. Add flour, whisking smooth between each tablespoon.
3. Divide batter evenly between the wells of a mini muffin tin, filling each well to just below the top edge. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a brownie bite comes out clean. Enjoy!

*Note: There is nothing in these that cannot safely be shared with younger eaters, but I recommend this for kids 12+ months due to the high sugar content. However old your eaters, be sure to serve them age appropriate servings. One brownie bite goes a long way for the little ones!"

and nutella hot chocolate (via hoboken again)

Nutella Hot Chocolate
makes 1 cup
1 c milk
2 Tbsp Nutella
1. Combine milk and Nutella in a sauce pan over medium-low heat. Whisk until Nutella melts and milk gets hot.
Extra Rich Variation
Add 2 additional teaspoons Nutella and 1 tsp sweetened cocoa powder.
Cinnamony Variation
Add a cinnamon stick to the pot when making either the original or extra rich version. Once milk is hot, lower the heat and allow to simmer an extra 5 minutes.

cake pops

one year the nieghbors gave us something like these cakepops for christmas as they were AMAZING

i saw this recipe at little miss momma

these would be great for little treats at a party. try them. i promise you'll love 'em! the sticks are optional, they're fun to just pop in your mouth like truffles

the main jist is bake a cake, let the cake cool, crumble it into pieces and add frosting to the crumbled cake, roll it into lots of little balls, dip in melted chocolate and vwala! they're dangerously yummy and super sweet so be careful. go the post for exact details!


(i feel like all i post is desserts...it's so bad. i say crazy cammy needs to do some dinner posts)

mmm, mmm, good!

apparently this recipe for cinnamon rolls is the bomb diggity!

doesn't it look scrumptious!

found via this site

Ingredients

• 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 4 1/2 cups bread flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast 

 

• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup butter, softened

 

• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select dough cycle; press Start.
2. After the dough has doubled in size turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, cover and let rest for 10 minutes. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon.
3. Roll dough into a 16x21 inch rectangle. Spread dough with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle evenly with sugar/cinnamon mixture. Roll up dough and cut into 12 rolls. Place rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking pan. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
4. Bake rolls in preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. While rolls are baking, beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt. Spread frosting on warm rolls before serving. 

makes 12 rolls

I hope to make these soon!!!

my life is now complete

i'm drooling.
like a dog.
who just saw the juiciest steak ever.
along with their favorite chew toy.
smothered in warm bacon.

How Sweet It Is

ok, no really.
i just found a food blog that may have changed my life!

these pictures do not even begin to do justice the quantity, variety, and amazingness of all that this woman has done! Seriously, GO NOW and check it out!

cupcake heaven

i saw this post awhile ago and just had a sweet tooth craving for it!

look at these dangerouslyyummycupcakes!!!

 if you go to her site there's a total of 33 of these little dangerouslyyummies!

the recipe is larger too :) if either of us make them we need to put up pictures!

OH EM GEE

this looks yummyyyyy!!!!!!

Peanut Butter Snickerdoodle sandwiches with snowy center

found via thebellalifeblog.com

kimcam must make these one day, and tell their stories of across the seas

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 ½ cup sugar
2 large eggs
3 cups flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. soda
¼ tsp. salt
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
½ cup butter, softened
12 oz. white chocolate, melted and cooled
3 cups powdered sugar
3 tbsp. milk

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, beat butter, peanut butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well combined.
3. In a separate bowl combine flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt. Slowly incorporate dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
4. In a small bowl combine sugar and cinnamon.
5. Roll cookie dough into one-inch balls, and then roll balls in cinnamon sugar.
6. Place balls on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 3 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
7. While cookies cool, combine softened butter and melted white chocolate. Beat in powdered sugar until all ingredients are combined. Filling will be thick at this point, so add milk to thin.
8. Pipe filling onto 25 cookies, then top with remaining 25 cookies.

Makes 25 sandwich cookies

peanut butter truffle brownies

this is the worst/best/yummiest brownie topping EEEEEEEVER

you'll love it so much and then hate it so much b/c you want to eat more and more (kind like the way the scotcharoos make me feel:)

make a regular boxed brownie pan

after it has cooled add the layers


first layer:
1/2 c butter softened
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
2 c powdered sugar
2 t milk

second layer (melt together and spread on top):
1 c semi sweet chocolate chips
1/4 c butter

let cool! it will then become a love-hate relationship with that pan :)

Scotcharoo you foo!

 These little yummies.... known as scotcharoos.  The first sweet pirate treat.  Delicious.

And of course it's not nutritious!  We're pirateeees!

Ingredients

• 1  cup  corn syrup
• 1  cup  sugar
• 1  cup  creamy peanut butter
• 6  cups  crispy rice cereal
• 1  cup  semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1  cup  butterscotch chips

Preparation

COOK corn syrup and sugar together in a large pan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter; mix well. Add cereal; stir until evenly coated.

POUR into greased 13 x 9-inch pan; pat into place.

MELT chocolate and butterscotch chips together in saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Spread over cereal.

COOL at least 45 minutes, or until firm. Cut into bars.