Peanut Butter Torte

This new recipe was a hit this week. The peanut butter torte was very rich & creamy.

This recipe is another one that I found on the Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats blog.
To view the original recipe, click here.

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did. There are several steps & it does take some planning to make, but the end result is wonderful!

Peanut Buttercups with Peanut-Penuche Icing

There have been a lot of parties happening this week so that means lots of baking for me. That's okay because I've been wanting to try out some new recipes I've found on other blogs I've been reading.

If you haven't already guessed it by reading this blog, I really like peanut butter and chocolate. So this recipe for peanut buttercups with peanut-penuche icing from the Good Eats 'n Sweet Treats blog caught my eye.

This was a fairly simple recipe that tastes like a peanut butter cookie. I did have some difficulties that were probably my own doing. The chocolate in the middle of the cupcakes didn't really melt so it was a hard center of chocolate to bite into. I used a chocolate bar I had but mini chocolate chips or something that melts quickly would probably be a better idea.
Also, my icing wasn't very spreadable. I followed the directions exactly. Next time I might decrease the powdered sugar in the icing from 2 cups to 1 or 1 1/2 cups. For the original recipe, please click here. The recipe made just over a baker's dozen regular sized cupcakes.

Special K Cookies

This is another recipe that comes from my college days living at the Alpha of Clovia 4-H Scholarship House. It's another very simple recipe that can be made into cookies or bars.

Special K Cookies

1 cup white sugar

1 cup white corn syrup

1 1/2 cup peanut butter

5 cups Special K cereal

Combine sugar & syrup in a large pot. Bring mixture to a boil, but do not cook. (I turned the heat down from high to medium while adding in the peanut butter & cereal.) Drop by rounded teaspoons onto waxed paper to cool.

To make bars rather than cookies, put mixture in a 8 x 14 inch greased pan & cool. Topping (optional): Melt 1 cup chocolate chips & 1 cup peaut butter chips together. Spread over top of cookie mixture.

*A tip to help with measuring sticky liquids such as corn syrup is to spray your measuring cup with nonstick cooking spray first. Then when you pour your liquid out of the cup, you'll be able to get it all out without much mess!

Monster Cookies

This recipe comes from the cookbook of the scholarship house I attended while in college. We made all our own food & most of the recipes were old fashioned, down-home-cooking. These cookies are so simple but soooo delicious!

Monster Cookies

3 eggs

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup margarine

1 1/2 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky)

4 1/2 cup instant oatmeal

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup M & M's

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix ingredients in order given. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Yields approximately 5 dozen cookies.

Want a printable copy of this recipe? Just click on the image below.

Peanut Butter Oreo Truffles

So I tried experimenting with my Oreo Truffle recipe (see previous post). This time, instead of using original Oreos, I used the peanut butter flavored ones. To give it more flavor, I would recommend adding at least 1/4 cup peanut butter to the dough.

I also also used low fat cream cheese instead of original. It didn't change the flavor but the dough softened a lot quicker & made coating it with chocolate a little more difficult.

Finally, I took some advise from the Good Eats 'Sweet Treats blog & added some crumbs to the tops of some of the truffles.

Keep watching for more updates on this recipe since I've been receiving a lot of requests for it!