
Is it a brownie?
Is it a cookie?
A brookie or a brownkie?
Doesn’t matter what you call it – it’s a decedent rich, chocolate, fudgy treat.
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In honor of the first Packers game of the NFL season, I’m sending Packers cupcakes to UTPA with Ken tomorrow. One of the other guys in his department is from Wisconsin and is also a diehard fan. Together they can celebrate with these Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with a Dark Chocolate Ganache filling. The “grass” frosting is vanilla butter cream.
Go Packers!
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I wasn’t a cupcake fan until I discovered these ... Guinness and Bailey’s Cupcakes.
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Chewy edge or moist center? That’s the dilemma.
Do you realize that it is now possible to purchase a baking pan where every piece has an edge. Really! There’s no endorsement here, just a certain curiosity… though while I’m mentioning it, the website is hilarious.
These chewy and moist brownies tickle the taste buds in every bite.
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Quick. Easy. Delicious. These Candy Bar Tarts have been on the To Bake list for quite sometime and they are as good as I expected.
Here's the back story ...
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Flipping again through my favorite UK food magazines, I spied an advertisement which I cannot tell you what the product was, but what I can tell you is that it had a slice of marbled ice cream that appeared to have been prepared in a loaf pan. There was no accompanying recipe, no source of information, yet suddenly an idea was born. I pondered.
Now I’m certain that this is not a new fangled dessert, it’s too easy to be such, but it was the first time that it had occurred to me to put ice cream into a shape other than a) cone 2) dish or 3) Baked Alaska. How ‘cool’ is that?
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These are some of the most delicious chocolate cupcakes ever. There’s Guinness in the chocolate cupcake batter, a ganache of dark, bittersweet chocolate and Bailey’s that lies in wait in the midst of the cake like a hidden treasure, and the whole thing is topped with butter cream frosting laced with more Bailey’s. Mmmm….mmm…mmmm! These could be a new go to dessert for a less formal meal.
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How beautiful this looked on the cover … impressive .. fit for company.. a splendid dessert sure to please. In planning the menu (desserts and wine) for an annual leadership thank you party I saw the cover photo and then the recipe (not difficult to follow) and thought it would be a nice change from my usual “mocha cream roll” (a yule log of sorts that has been a party staple for years). I even showed a friend the magazine and she remarked how wonderful it would be to try it. Sadly, I was disappointed; and though my guests were very complimentary, it did not live up to the standards that I set for the party.
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This Peanut Butter cookie, rolled in white sugar, and topped with a Hershey’s kiss is my son’s #1 favorite cookie. For our annual Advent & Christmas party, which went very well last night, this was his request. Needless to say, I made a big batch!
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The best soup begins by opening a bottle of wine, pouring yourself a glass, drinking deeply .. and then getting the needed ingredients out of the refrigerator.
fresh, whole chicken
celery
onion
leeks
parsley
bay leaf
Let's begin.
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