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bringing fall to spring (in winter).
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Make an apple pie and viola! It's that simple. My friend and I baked an apple pie together and it was a fall-spring-winter celebration wrapped in one delicious slice. The best part was using a Minnesota shaped cookie cutter for the top of the pie. (you know the saying, sometimes when you pretend to love something eventually the feelings follow? That's how I try to view my relationship with Minnesota during the winter. It doesn't always work, but having a cute MN cookie cuter helps. I recommend it.) The gluten free flour mix we used was a little tricky, but we managed the difficulty of the dough with laughter and skill and had just enough left to make a baby pie. (oh for cute!) Sometimes gf flour has me scratching my head. I'll just say it: it's weird. Weirder than normal, gluten-y flour.
That being said, I've always had raging success when I bake gluten free. Always. Notice anything different with one of these four cinnamon rolls? Good, I don't either. Like I said: raging success.
^^ Yes, I'll even cater these for you. ^^ Just ask.
I'l leave any apple pie catering requests to my friend... she's a good baker!
I thought it turned out delicious.
I also mistook a crow for a muskrat today.
Moral of this story: not sure.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies
Friday, February 5, 2010
My friend and I made cookies last week. We didn't make any old cookies- we made Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies (insert gasp!) that we found the recipe for (By Jennifer O'Connor) in a magazine. They turned out to be A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. Make them! (and tell me about it if you do.)
Ingredients:
1 12-oz pkg. miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
2 Tbsp. milk
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350F. *Set aside 1/4 cup chocolate pieces to sprinkle on cookies. In microwave-safe bowl combine 1 cup of the chocolate pieces and 2 tablespoons milk. Microwave on 50% power (medium-VERY IMPORTANT) 1 minute or until melted; stir once. Set aside.
Ingredients:
1 12-oz pkg. miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
2 Tbsp. milk
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 and 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
Preheat oven to 350F. *Set aside 1/4 cup chocolate pieces to sprinkle on cookies. In microwave-safe bowl combine 1 cup of the chocolate pieces and 2 tablespoons milk. Microwave on 50% power (medium-VERY IMPORTANT) 1 minute or until melted; stir once. Set aside.
In bowl, beat butter and peanut butter with electric mixer until combined. Add sugar, soda, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, beat to combine. Add eggs, 1/2 cup milk, vanilla, and melted chocolate; beat until combined. Beat in coca powder and flour until combined. Stir in
remaining chocolate pieces. (NOT the 1/4 you set aside. Stir in whatever is left in the bag.)
Drop by rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. *Sprinkle with reserved chocolate pieces before baking. (the 1/4 cup of chocolate pieces you set aside in the beginning)
Bake 9 minutes or until tops are set. 
While your cookies are baking, start mixing up the filling. 
Filling: In bowl, beat 1 cup softened butter, 1 cup creamy peanut butter, 1 cup marshmallow creme, and 2 cups powdered sugar with electric mixer until combined. If needed, beat in 2 tablespoons milk until spreading consistency.
After the cookies are done baking, cool on sheets,
and transfer to wire racks- cool completely.
To assemble, spread the filling on one flat side of a cookie. 
Choose another cookie the same size, and press together.
Makes 30 sandwiches. YUMMM! Enjoy, and let me know if you try it! (The cookies look big in the pictures. However, we actually made them small because in the end, you put 2 cookies together to make 1 whoopie pie.) Also, we ended up with a fair amount of extra filling. To use up the extra filling, I have been warming some up in the microwave and dipping a banana or apple slices in it. Super good.
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