{Whatcha Eatin'} Pin-Worthy Dessert Recipes

Anyone who knows me knows I have a major sweet tooth.  And with all of the sweet, wonderfully delicious and decadent desserts tempting me on Pinterest, it's no wonder I'm having a hard time getting rid of the last of this baby weight.  Here are some super-yummy recipes that I've pinned and tried-they are SOOOOO good!  But don't just take my word for it-try them out yourself!

Source: sweetpeaskitchen.com via Courtney on Pinterest

I made these Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies for my sister's birthday back in March.  I am told they did not last long once she got them.

Source: theidearoom.net via Courtney on Pinterest

I love all things mint chocolate chip and since they were green, I made these as a St. Patty's Day treat.  They were yum!!!

Source: rita-may-recipes.blogspot.com via Courtney on Pinterest

My brother LOVES lemon, so when I saw these, I knew I had to make them for him for his birthday.  These lemon brownies were light and delicious, with just the right amount of lemon.

Source: ivillage.com via Courtney on Pinterest

Speaking of lemons, this lemon blackberry cheesecake was A-MAZ-ING!  I absolutely love cheesecake and this totally hit the spot.

This is my Strawberry Rhubarb pie.  The recipe is from AllRecipes.com, but I tweaked it a little {my changes will be marked in red.}  It came out delicious!  Not one piece was left :)

• 1 cup white sugar 
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

• 1 pound fresh rhubarb, chopped {I used about 3/4 of a pound instead of the full pound, and liked the flavor balance.}

• 2 pints fresh strawberries

• 1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

• 2 tablespoons butter

• 1 egg yolk {I omitted the egg yolk on the crust.  It wasn't shiny, but tasted just as good.}

• 2 tablespoons white sugar {I also left out the extra sugar on the crust.}
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• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). In a large bowl, mix flour and sugar. Add strawberries and chopped rhubarb. Toss with sugar and flour and let stand for 30 minutes.  Pour filling into pie crust. Dot top with butter, and cover with top crust. Seal edges of top and bottom crust with water.  Apply yolk to top of pie, using a pastry brush. Sprinkle with sugar. Cut small holes in top to let steam escape.  Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until bubbly and brown. Cool on rack.

Such a yummy pie.  If you've never had Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, I highly recommend it!

{Whatcha Eatin'?} Philly Cheesesteak Mac n' Cheese

Good Eats and Yummy Treats is now Whatcha Eatin'?  It's a lot less for me to type : )

Last month, my siblings and I had belated Christmas with my dad (he went to the Philippines for the holidays to spend some time with his lovely fiance.)  The whole gang was at my place for the weekend.  Which meant feeding 3 times the amount of people I'm used to.  Good ole Rachael Ray to the rescue.

Sorry for the cell phone pic-I had lost my camera that evening and this was the best I had.

My Poppy got me her Big Orange Book for Christmas and let me tell you, there are TONS of yummy things in there!  I picked the mac n' cheese because 1) it makes a TON 2) everyone likes mac n' cheese and 3) it had meat in it (a must for my hubby.)  It was DELISH!  I'd make it again in a heartbeat.

You can check out the recipe over at Rachael Ray's site.  Give it a try-I dare you to not like it!

Good Eats and Yummy Treats: No-Bake Cookies

Remember my flood?  Well, I decided to make cookies for our neighbors as a good-will gesture.  Not that cookies make up for my washer raining on their apartment, and they know that it was an accident, but I still felt like I should do something.  I hope they liked them.

No-Bake Cookies

So, I had a bit of a blonde moment and forgot to take pictures of the cookies before I took them to the neighbors, so I borrowed this one from Brown Eyed Baker:

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup butter

4 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup peanut butter

3 cups quick-cooking oats

1 tsp. vanilla

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter and cocoa.  Bring to a boil and cook for 1 1/2 minutes (begin timing once the mixture comes to a hard boil.)  Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter, oats and vanilla.  Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper.  Let cool until hardened.

Good Eats and Yummy Treats: Surprise Cupcakes

In case you didn't get over to The Freckled Bug to check out my guest post (you should go check it out-I'm giving away something fun from my Etsy shop), here's what you missed (speaking of The Freckled Bug, don't forget to enter the hairbow giveaway!):

Today I'm going to share with you a delicious and easy cupcake recipe.  It was one of my favorites as a little girl.  Here we go!

Surprise Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 tsp. white vinegar

1 cup water

1 tsp. vanilla

1 1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup cocoa

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 cup sugar

Filling:

1 egg, unbeaten

1 cup chocolate chips

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1/3 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix all cupcake ingredients together and blend until smooth.  In a separate bowl, blend filling ingredients together.  Line or spray a muffin tray.

Fill muffin cups 1/3 full with cupcake batter,

drop in a large spoonful of filling

and cover with a spoonful of cupcake batter.  Bake for 25 minutes.  This recipe makes 24 cupcakes.  Or you can do them in a mini muffin pan for parties!

And there you have it-a simple, delish desert!  

Who's That: A Vision To Remember

Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday-we've been having some technical difficulties with the post but have gotten them all ironed out now.  I'm so excited to introduce you all to the wonderful and amazing Bobbie from A Vision To Remember!  We're blog swappin' this week, so head on over to her blog to see what I shared yesterday.  Enjoy!

I am so excited to be Blog Swapping today with Courtney! She is such an amazing person that I am honored to be here today.

I am the author of A Vision to Remember. I also have my own etsy shop, where I sell many of my creations. I am a stay at home mom of 2 awesome girls and one dog. They are my inspiration for sure. Everything that I have made has been for them in some way.

Here are a couple of things that I have made over at my blog:

I love making rag quilts. I sell many in my etsy shop, but this pattern is available for download on my blog here.



This was a fun pleated headband that I made for myself (one of the few times that I craft for myself, if you know what I mean :)


I also made this fun Ribbon skirt for my daughter (Part 1, Part 2)

I also have many other tutorials on my blog. Make sure to stop by and check them out.

I also have my own Etsy shop. There I sell rag quilts, car seat tents, and lots of patterns. Some of the patterns I sell are rag quilts, belly band, and fabric flowers.

Today I am going to share with you how to make some delicious cookies. These were one of my favorites growing up. The other day I asked my mom for the recipe and made myself a batch.

Coconut Cookies

½ cup butter

2 cups sugar

2 egg whites

3 tsp vanilla

2 Tbsp. karo syrup

3 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

3 cups flour

3 cups coconut (add Last)

Cream butter sugar and eggs. Add karo syrup, vanilla. Add baking powder, salt and flour. Fold in coconut. Bake 350 till golden brown

Thanks again for swapping blogs with me and make sure to stop by tomorrow and link up to Check ME Out Saturday Link Party Have a great day!

Good Eats and Yummy Treats: Chicken Pockets

Going to switch things up a bit this week and share a recipe instead of a craft for this week's Hand-made Goodie.  These yummy chicken pockets are easy and delish and a staple here at our house.

You'll need:

3 cups cooked, diced chicken

2 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 tbsp. green onion

2 tbsp. melted butter

2 tbsp. milk

1/2 tsp. salt

Dash of pepper

1 package of crescent rolls

In a medium-sized bowl, combine all of the ingredients minus the rolls.  Mix together until well-blended.  

Take the crescent rolls and make a rectangle by pressing two triangles together.

Like this.

Put a scoop of the chicken mixture in the middle

Fold over the sides and pinch together to seal

Then press the ends together to seal

Place on a foil-lined tray and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.  They should be golden brown.

Serves 4.

And they're super-yummy : )

Good Eats and Yummy Treats: Monterey Chicken

Monterey Chicken

This is a favorite in our house and it's oh so easy to make!

You'll need:

Chicken tenderlion (about 2 per person) or chicken breast

BBQ sauce

Shredded cheddar cheese

Bacon (one piece per chicken) or bacon bits-I use bacon bits.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Begin by browning the chicken on both sides.  

Place the chicken on a foil-lined sheet.  

Brush on a coat of BBQ sauce.  

Then comes the bacon.  If using bacon strips, break them in half and place on the chicken long-ways.

Top with cheddar.  Bake for 15 minutes.  Make sure it's cooked all the way through.

Good Eats and Yummy Treats: Banana Bread

My little man loves bananas so we almost always have a bunch hanging around.  That said, there are still times where some get a little too ripe to eat.  When that happens, I turn them into banana bread!  We had a couple that were too far gone but not bad (like rotten bad), so I made some last week.  It was so yummy!

Banana Bread

2 ½ c. flour

1 c. sugar

3 ½ tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

3 tbsp. vegetable oil

¾ c. milk

1 egg

1 c. mashed bananas

1 c. finely chopped nuts (optional)

Heat over to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour loaf pan (1 9x5x3 or 2 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 2 ½ pans) or use a non-stick loaf pan.  Measure all of the ingredients into a large mixing bowl.  Beat on medium speed ½ minute, scrapping bowl constantly.  Pour into pan or pans.  Bake 55-65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center.  Cool in pan 10 minutes, remove and cool completely before slicing.

Good Eats and Yummy Treats: Boston Cream Pie

I had planned to have this up yesterday, but it just didn't happen.  Better late than never, right!

My favorite desert of all time!  Straight from Betty Crocker!

For the cake, you'll need:

1 1/4 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. milk
1/3 c. shortening
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour 2 9 in. round pans.  Blend all ingredients together for 30 seconds on low  Beat for 3 minutes on high.  Bake for 35-40 min. til golden brown and fork comes out clean from center.  Cool completely before assembling.

For the filling, you'll need:

1/3 c. sugar
2 tbsp. corn starch
1/8 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. milk
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 tsp. vanilla

Blend corn starch, sugar and salt in a medium sauce pan.  In separate bowl, combine milk and egg yolks.  Gradually stir into sugar mixture.  Cook over medium heat until it thickens and boils.  Boil 1 minute, stirring continually.  Remove from heat.  Stir in vanilla.  Cool to room temperature.  If you want, you can make this the night before and refrigerate it.  Just be sure to cool it to room temp before putting it in the fridge.

For the glaze, you'll need:

2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
3 tbsp. butter
1 c. powdered sugar
3/4 tsp. vanilla

Melt chocolate and butter over low heat.  Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar and vanilla.  Mix in 2 tbsp. hot water, 1 tsp. at a time, until glaze is of proper consistency.

Assemble cake: cake, filling, cake, glaze.  Now enjoy!  It's going to be delicious!

Good Eats and Yummy Treats: Oreo Truffles

My friend Hannah made these forever and ever ago and I just loved them.  I finally took the time to look up the recipe and make them this past Christmas.  My family just loved them!  I found the recipe for them on Bakerella.  They are so easy and so delicious!

Oreo Truffles

1 package oreo cookies (if desired, set aside 7 for topping)
1 8oz. package cream cheese (softened)
White chocolate bark

Finely crush 7 cookies in a food processor or place them in a ziploc bag and crush into a fine consistency. Reserve for later.  Crush remaining cookies and stir in softened cream cheese. Use the back of a large spoon to help mash the two together.  Roll the mixture into 1″ balls and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.  Chill for 15 minutes or so to harden.  Melt chocolate as directed on the package and then dip balls into chocolate, tap off extra and set aside on wax paper covered cookie sheet to dry. I had left over bark that I used to drizzle over the tops of all of them once they were dipped.  You can sprinkle the tops with the 7 crushed cookies for decoration. (I usually eat mine before they make it to this stage.)  Once dry, refrigerate and enjoy!

Makes about 36 truffles.