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Peanut Butter, Oatmeal, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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Oh, you guys, do I have a good one for you today.  These are soooooo good.

With the perfect blend of peanut butter, chunks of milk chocolate, and oatmeal, these cookies have a unique taste, and are absolutely scrumptious.

 

The chunks of chocolate rather than chocolate chips, I think make a huge difference.

I used large Hershey milk chocolate bars and chopped them into bite size for pieces for these cookies.

Oatmeal was the perfect addition to add more texture to this decadent delight.

The dough for these cookies is probably the best dough I have ever tasted.  And, I’m a bit of a cookie dough expert.  🙂

Ingredients fo PB, Oatmeal, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ingredients for Peanut Butter, Oatmeal, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Dough for cookies

Blend butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Add vanilla, egg, and mix until smooth.

Dry Ingredients

Mix flour, baking soda, and salt

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Mix Dry ingredients into wet ingredients just until moistened.

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Stir oatmeal into dough mixture.

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Chop Milk Chocolate Bars

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Milk chocolate bars are all chopped and ready to go. You will want about 1 1/2 cups of chopped chocolate pieces.

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal, and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Mix Chocolate pieces into dough.  The best dough ever!!  Try it.

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Ready for the oven!

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Cookies fresh from the oven.

peanut butter, oatmeal and chocolate chunk cookies

Peanut Butter, oatmeal and chocolate chunk cookies

Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Chocolate chunk cookie

Love all of the different textures to this cookie.

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ⅔ cup unpacked brown sugar
  • ½ cup smooth peanut butter (chunky is nice too!)
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup rolled oats
  • 1½ cup chopped milk chocolate (or just chocolate chips)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth.
  3. Beat in the peanut butter, vanilla and egg until well blended.
  4. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Stir until just moistened.
  5. Mix in the oats and chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
  6. Drop by tablespoonfuls on to lightly greased cookie sheets.
  7. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges start to brown. Cool on cookie sheets for about 5 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
Notes
You can use chocolate chips instead of chopping a chocolate bar. But, I prefer the chunks of chocolate as opposed to the chips. It adds to the great variety of textures in this cookie.

I found this recipe at Pinch of Yum, and am so glad I did!  I made one slight adaptation to their recipe by including only milk chocolate instead of half dark chocolate and half milk chocolate.  Both ways, I’m sure are delicious.

Hope you enjoy these finger licking good cookies!

Nilla Wafers Banana Pudding

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banana pudding with nilla wafers

When I made sloppy joes on Monday night, I decided to complement them with another traditional recipe, banana pudding.

Nilla Wafers banana pudding is one of my most favorite desserts, especially just warm from the oven.

I made the meringue this time to top the pudding, but many times, I will just put whipped cream on top.

The meringue is one extra step, that I do not think is super critical, but I felt like making it tonight.

I have also tried this pudding with the jello banana pudding instant mix, and I do not think it tastes nearly as good as the homemade pudding.

You will notice in my photos, that I am using a makeshift double boiler.  Basically, two pots, with the pudding pot being placed in the boiling water pot.  It works, but is not ideal.

On my “to do” list, purchase a double boiler, finally. 🙂

nilla wafer banana pudding recipe

Very Simple Ingredients for this classic dish

nilla wafer banana pudding recipe

Separate egg yolks. You will use the whites for the meringue topping.

nilla wafer banana pudding recipe

Mix milk, flour, salt and sugar over boiling water. Slowly mix in 3 egg yolks.

nilla wafer banan pudding recipe

Peel five bananas and slice into bite size pieces.

nilla wafer banana pudding recipe

This is what your pudding will look like after about 5-7 minutes of constant stirring.

nilla wafer banana pudding recipe

Layer custard, nilla wafers and sliced bananas three times.

 

meringue for banana pudding

Mix on high power 3 egg whites and 1/4 cup sugar. We sometimes skip this step. The pudding is so sweet already. You can also just add whipped cream on top of the pudding instead of making the meringue.

banana pudding with nilla wafers

Pour meringue on top, then spread the meringue to the edges of pan to seal in pudding. Then place in the oven!

nilla wafer banana pudding recipe

nilla wafer banana pudding recipe

I found this recipe on the Nilla Wafer website.  This is a keeper!

Nilla Wafers Banana Pudding
 
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Ingredients
  • ¾ cup sugar, divided into ½ cup and ¼ cup
  • ⅓ cup flour
  • dash of salt
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ tsp.vanilla
  • 45 NILLA Wafers, divided
  • 5 bananas, sliced
Instructions
  1. Mix ½ cup sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler.
  2. Blend in 3 egg yolks and milk.
  3. Cook, uncovered, over boiling water 10 to 12 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly.
  4. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
  5. Save 12 wafers for garnish. Spread small amount of custard onto bottom of 1-1/2-qt. baking dish.
  6. Cover with layers of ⅓ each of the remaining wafers, bananas and remaining custard.
  7. Repeat layers 2 times.
  8. For Meringue
  9. Beat egg whites on high speed of mixer until soft peaks form.
  10. Gradually beat in remaining sugar until stiff peaks form.
  11. Spread over custard, sealing well to edge of dish.
  12. Bake 15 to 20 min. or until lightly browned.
  13. Cool slightly.
  14. Top with reserved wafers just before serving.

 

The Best Rocky Road Brownies Ever

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rocky road browniesThese are my favorite brownies, hands down.

This special rocky road brownie recipe came from my Great Grandmother. My Mom gave me this recipe on a card many years ago, and up at the top, she wrote “Given to me in 1964 from Grandma”.

When you look at the card, you can tell, it has been well used.

The card is a bit wrinkled, has some food stains on it, and some of the ink has smeared.

In other words, this has been a well loved recipe for quite awhile now, and I have made it many, many times.  I think its because these brownies offer such a unique and rich taste, that I haven’t really found in other brownies.

They taste to me like a mixture of a delicious chocolate walnut brownie with rocky road fudge on top.

Yes, they are rich, but so so good.

Rocky Road Brownie Ingredients

Gather ingredients

Rocky Road Brownies

Melt butter, stir in sugar and milk, bring to a boil, remove from heat, add in chocolate chips and vanilla.

rocky road brownies

beat in eggs

Beat in eggs one at a time. I used a very simple hand mixer. No need to get out the big equipment.

rocky road brownies

Stir in flour baking soda and salt

Pour dough in pan and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees

rocky road brownies

Melt remaining chocolate chips and shortening in a pan over hot water (not boiling). It melts fast!

rocky road brownies

Pour delicious melted chocolate on top of cooled marshmallows. Spread with a spatula. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

rocky road brownies

best rocky road brownies

best rocky road brownies

I wanted to note that I used a 13×9 inch pan for the brownies above. I actually doubled the original recipe that you see below. I was making them for a block party, so we needed lots of gooey and delicious brownies this time.

The original recipe below is great for a family of 5-6. The brownies are so rich, they go a long way.

Enjoy!!

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The Best Rocky Road Brownies Ever
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • ½ cup margarine
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 T milk
  • 1 pkg (6oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup sifted all purpose flour
  • ¼ t baking soda
  • ½ t salt
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 cups miniature marshamallows
  • Melted Chocolate Topping
  • 1 pkg (6oz) chocolate chips
  • 1 T shortening
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in saucepan.
  2. Stir in sugar and milk.
  3. Bring to a boil.
  4. Remove from heat.
  5. Add chocolate chips and vanilla.
  6. Stir until smooth.
  7. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
  8. Sift in flour, baking soda, and salt.
  9. Stir in nuts, mix until well blended.
  10. Pour into greased 9 inch square pan.
  11. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
  12. Immediately cover top with marshmallows.
  13. Cool in pan.
  14. Melt chocolate chips and shortening over hot (not boiling) water; pour over marshmallows, spreading if necessary.
  15. Chill for at least two hours in fridge.
  16. Cut into squares and enjoy!

 

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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banana chocolate chip muffinThis is an all time favorite recipe of my little ones that I am so excited to share with all of my wonderful readers today.

You know when it is your child’s birthday, and they are allowed to bring in a treat to school for the whole class to enjoy?

Well, this is the treat that my kids all request that I bring in to share with their classmates.

My kids always come back from school, and proudly exclaim about how all of their friends want me to give their Moms this recipe.

Yes, it is that good.

And, it is always so nice to get major good Mom points from the little ones.

I just finished making these muffins this afternoon, and my house smells so delicious.  Chocolate and banana cooking together is quite the delight for the senses.

The recipe is very simple, and I am about to share this masterpiece with you below.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

First, gather the ingredients:

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Then, mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl and the wet ingredients in a small bowl.

Mix Ingredients for Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients just until moistened.

Mash three bananas to create 1 cup of mashed bananas:

Mashed Bananas

Gather 1 cup of chocolate chips:

Chocolate Chips for Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Fold in the mashed bananas and chocolate chips into the wet/dry ingredient mixture:

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Pour dough into lined cupcake tin:

banana chocolate chip muffins

Cook for 22-25 minutes at 350 degrees:

banana chocolate chip muffins

Cool on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes:

Banana chocolate chip muffins

DELICIOUS!! ENJOY!!

banana chocolate chip muffin

Here is the recipe:

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 t vanilla extract
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 cup chocolate chips

Directions

1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
2. In a small bowl, combine the egg, oil, yogurt and vanilla.
3. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened.
4. Fold in bananas and chocolate chips.
5. Fill greased or paper lined muffin cups two-thirds full.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
7. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans.
8. Place muffins on wire racks and cool an additional 10-25 minutes.

Delish! 🙂

Easy and Delicious Pear Pie

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Delicious Pear Pie

I made a pear pie last night. Very yummy and Very easy!

This pie has a layer of custard under the sliced pears.

Almond extract is in the custard, and it complements the pear flavor so well.

I used Bartlett pears, and they were still not quite ripe.  I think pear pie is better when the pear is not super soft yet.

When the pears are placed on the custard and cooked in the oven, they become perfectly soft for the pie.

Just love this recipe.

Here’s how to make it:

pear pie ingredients

Pear Pie ingredients: pears, butter, eggs, almond extract, sugar, flour, pie crust

 

mix eggs sugar flour

Mix eggs, sugar, flour, melted butter and almond extract – I used a wooden spoon to mix. No need to use a blender.

After mixing

After mixing ingredients, custard forms

 

Pour custard into pie shell

Place sliced pears on top of custard.

Place top pie shell and use a knife to slice in vent holes

Finished Pear Pie

Pear Pie
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 3 pears - peeled, cored and sliced
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
  2. In a large bowl, combine eggs, flour, sugar, almond extract and melted butter.
  3. Pour into unbaked pie crust.
  4. Arrange sliced pears on top of custard.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until custard is firm.
  6. Cool completely before serving.

I found this recipe on All Recipes, and I highly recommend it.  Enjoy!

 

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