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Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Ok, so in my world, peanuts are the forbidden fruit.  Since so many of our students have peanut allergies, some severe, our school has banned peanuts.  While this is good for students who would go into shock if they even thought about a peanut, it’s sad for me, because I really like them.  Tom also loves peanuts, especially when they are combined with sugar in the form of Reese’s products.  So, when we were at the store the other day, and Tom found the Reese’s peanut butter baking chips, he hopped up and down like a bunny on speed and grinned like a fool.

Last weekend, I made the Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from Williams- Sonoma’s Essentials of Baking, to date, the best “chocolate chip” cookie recipe that I’ve found.  I added 1 cup of the Reese’s chips, and halved the other chips (white, dark and milk), so the ratios kinda worked out.  The results?  Well, as I only got to eat ONE, and the others “disappeared” in less than 24 hours, I’d say they were a success!  Yum!

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Lemon-Drenched Lemon Cake

Ok, so I confess that I LOVE to read food blogs. I have several that I read on a regular basis, one of which is Joy the Baker, http://www.joythebaker.com/. Today, I noticed that she had posted about her favorite quick breads, something which I really enjoy baking because you don’t have all the waiting around for yeasts to do their thing like regular bread making requires. I’m not the world’s most patient person, and I also have a husband who bounces, thus making somewhat temperamental “rising” recipes difficult in this house.

I’ve been feeling under the weather recently, and can’t really taste anything due to a blocked nose, so I wanted to bake something that really had some uumph behind it. Enter the Lemon-Drenched Lemon Cake. Ahhh lemon, how I love thee. We seriously love lemon around here, and this cake lived up to the yumminess expectations.

Simple ingredients, (There’s a sinful amount of butter in this cake. Deal.):

Combined (I love my stand mixer. If you bake, you must buy one. It’s better than a TV in your kitchen.):

To make lemony heaven. Oh yum.


If you’re not vegan, make this now. I promise you’ll be glad you did.
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