Nothing says Happy Birthday like a Pazookie!!

I loveeee me some pazookie! In Texas we have the restaurant, BJ's, which makes the most delicious pazookies! And here in Utah, The Chocolate in Orem also makes some mouth watering pazookies! If you don't know what a pazookie is, it's a melted cookie with icecream on top! 

It's delicious. Trust me.
Just go get yourself a cast iron skillet and you're all set!

PEANUT BUTTER CUP PAZOOKIE

Ingredients:

1/2 cup softened butter

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar 

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

mini peanut butter cups

chocolate sauce

icecream

Directions:

1. Mix butter, peanut butter and sugars until well blended, add egg and mix thoroughly. Add in Vanilla, salt, baking powder and soda, blend in well. Add in flour and stir until all flour is incorporated into batter.

2. Press batter into seasoned 8 inch cast iron skillet and sprinkle with 5-6 mini peanut butter cups. 

3. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 17-20 minutes, or until edges of cookie are golden brown. 

4. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes and place a scoop of ice cream in middle of cookie and drizzle with chocolate sauce.

Here's Aust mid-bite.

Happppy birthday to him :)

Boil Them, Smash Them, Stick Them in a Stew

You can thank Austen for the wonderful title of this week's post.

If you don't know where it's from here's a hint: it's from a movie with hobbits, elves, and wizards :)

So today's post is spotlighting this yummy nummy Beef Stew recipe I found!

I love love love potatoes and carrots..so obviously I was a fan.

And once again we ate our stew with some Pillsbury biscuits - they're becoming a staple item in our house now. We eat them with everythinggggg.

And we may or may not have eaten this stew while watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - it just felt like the most appropriate movie to watch while eating a piping hot dinner of beef stew!

And since it's fall I can't forget my second recipe of the week - 

PUMPKIN WAFFLES!!!

Since it was conference weekend we decided to go a little crazy for Sunday morning breakfast.

Pumpkin waffles with the prophets!

They kept us full till dinner time. haha

Here is my creation:

 And here's Austen's. 

(I wanted to show off his artistic abilities)

I know what you're thinking: Those are huge!!!

Yeah..our waffle iron is a foot long in diameter

:D

If you ever want to splurge on a kitchen appliance I highly recommend the giant waffle iron.

It's my favorite thing ever.

& yes, I eat the entire waffle.

Crockpot Potato Soup

It's Fall It's Fall!

And I'm oh so excited!!

You can just feel the crispness in the air in the mornings,

 and you can see the orange leaves on the ground.

And the best thing about fall: Soup.

But more importantly: Potato Soup.

THE SOUP OF ALL SOUPS!

So I found this recipe online for a crock pot potato soup and it sounded simple enough, so I thought I'd try it out! And it was actually pretty darn tasty!

Was it Austen approved - yes, yes it was.

Just perfect for a chilly day!

& we ate the soup with some Pillsbury rolls!

(which were gone in the blink of an eye)

I know - the pictures that I take are just top notch.

So jump on the Fall bandwagon and make yourself some potato soup!!

:)

Recipe: simplymadewithlove.blogspot.com

Fried Rice For Days

When I was growing up one of my favorite foods was fried rice. Every time my family would go to a Chinese restaurant all I would order was fried rice. So naturally sometimes I'll just crave it so much that I'll make a huge helping for dinner. 

This recipe is probably the easiest fried rice recipe there is, and what I've come to realize is you can tweak it to perfectly meet your taste buds!

I personally like chicken fried rice so I'll just add some precooked chicken during the process, and in the recipe it calls for 1/2 cup of vegetables - you can honestly use whatever vegetables you want. I like to use peas, carrots, and corn. and I love love love it with pineapple so I just throw that in at the end

And yes..I made it a kitchen rule that fried rice must be eaten with chopsticks

:)

Like I said..this recipe makes enough for an army. 

But I ain't even mad..Aust and I went back for 2nd and 3rds ;)