Chocolate Pudding Cake… in the CROCKPOT!

3/4 cup flour 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1 (3.4 oz) box cook-and serve chocolate pudding 1/4 plus 1/3 cup sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 cup milk 2 Tbsp canola oil 1 Tbsp vanilla 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips 3 Tbsp chocolate sauce 1 1/2 cups boiling water Coat

Baked Shrimp Scampi

This is a Barefoot Contessa recipe I made last week. Delicious! Of course, my version was slightly less pretty. And I took out some of the complications. Here’s the recipe, with my modifications in (Notes): Baked Shrimp Scampi 2 pounds shrimp in the shell 3 tablespoons good olive oil 2 tablespoons dry white wine Kosher salt

Macaroni and Cheese

I saw a new way to make mac and cheese on pinterest. The difference is: You cook the noodles in the milk instead of water.  I know, right? CRAZY. But it was really good. It was super creamy, but did not use any butter or cream. There was only skim milk and cheddar cheese. Now,

How do you stuff an Oreo inside a cookie?

Yesterday I made Oreo-stuffed chocolate-chip cookies. Two words: De. Lish. I will put the recipe below, but first of all, to answer the question. How do you get the Oreo INSIDE? Basically you make the cookie dough with extra flour so it holds together well, and mold the cookie dough AROUND the Oreo.   Form

Man-Catcher Brownies

I got this recipe from Ladies’ Home Journal. It was accompanied by a “story behind the recipe” that was really cute. Short version: The brownies got their name when they caused the girl’s dad to propose to her mom. Now, I don’t know if they will actually catch you a man, but let me tell

Delicious Cookies with a Dumb Name

I got this cookie recipe from my sister-in-law. Although at first I was skeptical of any recipe that did not contain what I consider the ESSENTIAL cookie ingredient –chocolate chips– it turned out that I LOVE these! Unfortunately, I think they need a different name. They are called… POTATO CHIP COOKIES 1 c butter 1

S’mores Crescent Rolls

I pinned this twice. Inside the crescent roll, you are supposed to put chocolate chips, marshmallows, and graham cracker crumbs. Then roll it up and bake for 13 minutes at 375. The second version involved a muffin pan: Since I obviously really wanted to make these, last night I finally got started. I also made some stuffed crescent rolls for dinner while

Brownie Bites

These are actually called “Crinkle Cookies” but I think they tasted like Brownie Bites to me. Recipe from Carla Hall of “The Chew,” which is in my opinion a quite dreadful name for a cooking show. I’ll let you have this one straight, since I pretty much followed this recipe as written. 4 tablespoons Butter

Puddle Cake

I made a delicious chocolate-chip bundt cake topped with chocolate ganache. Unfortunately, it did not resemble the lovely picture on the ganache recipe. (I know. A real shocker, right?) Still, it tasted GREAT and had a surprise ingredient! Wait until you see what that was! (Hint: the recipe for the sauce came from Kikkoman…)  

Mayonnaise Chicken

I just had a little argument with spell-check over how many “n’s” are in mayonnaise. Also over how many “e’s” are in argument. (The answers are 2 and 1, respectively.) But I digress… My point was, I made baked chicken with mayo. The above image is from “The Real Housewives of Riverton.” Isn’t it pretty?