Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

Recipe Courtesy of Cookies and Cups

Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1 8 oz. bag Reese's minis

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. With your mixer, beat together cake mix, oil and eggs until combined. (I tried a mixer, but the batter go stuck)
3. Pour entire bag of Reese's Minis.
4. Mix on low until Reese's are evenly incorporated.
5. Roll the dough into tablespoon sized balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet about 2" apart. Cookies will spread.
6. Bake 8-9 minutes.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Courtesy of Kraft Canada

Ingredients

- 1 pkg. devil's food cake mix

- 1 pkg. cream cheese, softened

- 3/4 cup icing sugar

- 1/2 cup peanut butter

- 3 cups thawed Cool Whip, divided

- 6 squares semi-sweet chocolate

1. Prepare cake batter and bake in 13x9 inch pan as directed on package; cool completely.

2. Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add peanut butter, mix well. Blend in 1 cup Cool Whip; spread onto cake.

3. Melt chocolate as directed on package. Mix with remaining Cool Whip; spread over cake. Refrigerate 1 hour.

I made this in honour of my mother's birthday.  Happy Birthday Mom!



Macaroni and Cheese Casserole

Courtesy of Martha Stewart

Ingredients
- 4 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 3 cups elbow macaroni
- 2 cans evaporated milk
- 1/3 cup skim milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 3 cups cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Generously butter a 13 by 9 inch baking dish; set aside. Bring a large pot of water to a boil; add salt and macaroni. Cook according to package directions. Drain, and return to pot. Add butter, and toss until pasta is coated and butter has melted; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together evaporated milk, skim milk, and eggs. Add seasoned salt, garlic powder, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/2 tsp. pepper; set aside. In another medium bowl, combine cheeses; set aside.
3. Place 1/3 macaroni in an even layer in the bottom of prepared baking dish; cover evenly with 1/3 cheese. Repeat with remaining macaroni and cheese mixture. Pour milk mixture evenly over contents of baking dish. Bake until top layer is lightly browned, 35 to 45 minutes. Let stand 10 to 15 minutres before serving.

**I prepared the dish ahead and kept it in the fridge, until the next day.

Enjoy!

Sugar Topped Blueberry Muffins

Hello All,
I cannot believe it has been a month since I've posted.  I have really been slacking, I'm going to try and do better this month. 

Sugar Topped Blueberry Muffins

Courtesy of My Blessed Life

Ingredients

- 1 3/4 cups flour

- 1/4 cup sugar

- 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder

- 3/4 tsp. sea salt (I used regular salt)

- 3/4 cup milk

- 1 egg, well beaten

- 1/3 cup oil

- 1/2 tsp. vanilla

- 1 cup fresh blueberries

- 2 tsp. sugar

- 1 tsp. grated lemon rind (I did not use)

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of dry ingredients. Combine milk, egg, oil and vanilla and add all at once to dry ingredients. Stir quickly with a fork, just until moistened. Toss blueberries and sugar together and gently stir into batter along with lemon rind.

2. Spoon batter into a greased muffin pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes. While muffins are still warm, dip tops in melted butter and then in sugar. Make approx. 12 muffins.

Enjoy!

Strawberry Valentine Oreo Cookies

Courtesy of Six Sisters' Stuff

Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 package of strawberry cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup of shortening

Frosting:
- 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 stick of butter, softened (I'm pretty sure that's a 1/4 cup)
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 4 c. powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix together strawberry cake mix, eggs and shortening until well combined. The dough will be pretty thick. Roll dough into balls, making sure they are all similar in size. Place dough onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes. Immediately transfer cookies to a cooking rack.
3. Mix together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and powdered sugar until smooth. Spread onto cooled cookies and sandwich together.

 
*I didn't make the frosting, I used Strawberry frosting that I bought in the US.

Enjoy!

Tuna Pasta Casserole

Courtesy of Betty Crocker

Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups uncooked medium pasta shells or elbow macaroni
- 2 tbsp. butter or margarine
- 2 tbsp. flour
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups broccoli flowerets, cooked until crisp-tender and drained
- 2 cans tuna in water, drained

Crumb Topping
- 2/3 cup dry bread crumbs
- 1 tbsp. butter or margarine, melted

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Cook and drain pasta as directed on package.
3. Meanwhile, in 1 1/2 quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in flour and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Gradually stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in cheese until melted.
4. Stir in pasta, broccoli and tuna; mix well. Spoon into ungreased 2 quart casserole dish. Cover and bake about 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
5. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix topping ingredients. Sprinkle topping over casserole. Bake uncovered about 5 minutes longer or until topping is toasted.

Enjoy!

Dad's 50th Birthday!

Hello All,
It was my Dad's 50th birthday this past week, and I just wanted to share with you the card and cake I made him.

Have a great weekend!