Monday, May 14, 2012

Peanut Butter Cup Blondies

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there.  I think most mother's deserve more than one day of recognition.  Hopefully we take the time to let our mother's know how much they mean to us throughout the year.  But it is great to have a day or weekend to focus on everything they do.


Thanks to a mom who has always been there
to hold you when you are sick or upset
to celebrate every life event big and small
to visit, no matter how far apart we may live
North Carolina, Oregon, and even Kenya
to spend hours scouring post halloween racks to find $2 costumes for a spiderman birthday party


My sister wanted a night out without kids.  On Friday, she and I had a night out with dinner and a movie.  We went to see The Lucky One.  I have to admit to reading Nicholas Sparks books when I need something with no thought and pure entertainment.  The movie version was actually decent.  On our way out, I noticed the theatre was filled with either teenage couples or groups of ladies.  Only teenage boys trying to impress their dates would fold to going to a Nicholas Sparks movie.

On Sunday, the whole family got together to celebrate.  I took on project dessert again.  I had to fix a lemon meringue pie for my mom.  I also tried a new recipe for Peanut Butter Cup Blondies.  I wanted an option for those who don't like lemon meringue.  I found the recipe from a previous post on Pinterest.  The blondies were super easy and quick.  It's peanut butter cups so they obviously taste good.  However, I did not think it was anything extraordinary.  I give the recipe 3 cookies.



Ingredients:
1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup flour
5 peanut butter cups chopped

Directions:
1. Melt the butter and mix together with the sugar and egg.
2.  Add the vanilla, peanut butter, and salt
3.  Add the flour and mix by hand just until the flour is combined
4.  Chopp the peanut butter cups and mix into batter
5.  pour into greased 8 inch baking pan
6.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes

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