Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Peanut butter cups

So we are now entering the Fall and our phones are ringing off the hook!! We are practically booked for the month of September.... Cooking parties are a big hit with kids, teens and adults!!! I wanted to share a fun recipe with you to help bring in the fall at home. Enjoy!



The Real Peanut Butter Cups
3 ½ to 4 Cups of Powdered Sugar
2 Cups of Peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
1 ½ cups vanilla wafers
2 ¼ Sticks of Butter (you can use salted or unsalted)
**Bag of chocolate chips, melted (white or dark)
Method:
1.    Melt butter in Microwave.
2.    Put bag of Vanilla wafers in food processor and make into fine crumbs.
3.    Mix powder sugar, peanut butter, vanilla wafer crumbs, and butter in a bowl. Mix until well combined set aside.
4.    Melt the bag of chocolate chips in a bowl over a pot of simmering water, stirring every 30-40 seconds until smooth, be careful not to burn chocolate.
5.    Place mini cup cake cups in mini cupcake pan;
6.    pour a dab of chocolate in mini paper cupcake cup.
7.    Roll small amount of peanut butter mixture into a ½” to 1” ball using the palm of your hands, place into chocolate cup, chocolate may rise up on sides.
8.    Place another dab of chocolate on top of mixture
9.    Place in Fridge for 25 min, or in Freezer for 10-12 min (if you just can’t wait)
10.Place a spoonful inside of each cup. Let chocolate set inside, and then enjoy the best PB cups you ever had.
**You can even paint the inside of the cupcake cups with chocolate, let it cool then place the peanut butter in it and proceed)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Cooking Camp, Fairfield county CT

We are approaching our last week of cooking camp!!!! You can have your child join for this last week. We are having an open enrollment, we will have it open for 4th to 8th grade..... Come and join us, it's Grilling week! Call 203-347-8225