Bake or Break

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Entries from October 2008

Peanut Butter Candy Bar Squares

October 24th, 2008 · 57 Comments

Peanut Butter Candy Bar Squares

This Halloween, if you have any candy left over, this recipe is just the thing. Of course, just to make sure, maybe you should go ahead and set aside some of that candy. You’re definitely not going to want to pass on these.

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Tags: bars · peanut butter

Chocolate Monkey Bread

October 20th, 2008 · 35 Comments

Chocolate Monkey Bread

Lazy weekend mornings are few and far between for most of us. For those rare occasions when you can wake up without an alarm clock and have nothing on your calendar, treats like these just seem to make those days even better.

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Tags: bread · breakfast

Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

October 15th, 2008 · 31 Comments

Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

I was hit with a wave of nostalgia when I happened upon this recipe from Everyday Food. My mother used to make a very similar sweet treat. She took the quick and easy route, using refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough baked in mini muffin cups. Then, she would press a peanut butter cup into the center when they came out of the oven.

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Tags: cookies

Dark Victory Brownies

October 6th, 2008 · 34 Comments

Dark Victory Brownies

For my recent birthday, I received Tish Boyle’s The Good Cookie. This book is packed with a good variety of cookies in all shapes and sizes. It seems not quite right that the first recipe I made from this book is not a cookie at all, but these wonderfully rich brownies. However, having sampled these brownies, I stand by that decision.

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Tags: bars · brownies · chocolate