Posted by Rex
on February 06, 2010 -
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Last week I wanted something sweet. After trying to recreate the Pot Belly dream bars, I had a ton of coconut lying around. The one thing that I always think of when I have coconut is German Chocolate Cake. It is that chocolate cake that is iced with a creamy coconut frosting. When I was researching this recipe I found that it is not German at all. German Chocolate Cake was originally made with a type of Baker’s Chocolate called German’s Sweet Chocolate bar. German’s Chocolate was a type of chocolate that was made for Baker’s by a man named Sam German. Yep, the cake is named after a type of chocolate, not a country. I had no idea. No matter where it comes from, it is super tasty.
The three layers of cake with the coconut frosting are amazing!
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Posted by Rex
on January 10, 2010 -
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Yesterday I posted the recipe for my first attempt at dream bars. It was extremely tasty, but not the dream bars that I was looking for. Today is my second shot. I wanted to make the crust chewier and more moist. I wanted the top to be chewy but not cookie like. So I changed things up a bit today.
Dream Bars II
The crust is perfect. The top is almost there, but not quite.
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I love Potbelly’s Sandwich Works. They toast the subs, they are extremely cheap and they have Sheila’s Dream Bars. I purchase one of these puppies each and every time I enter Potbelly’s. So the other day I had a thought, why purchase a sub to get a Dream Bar when I could make them at home. Only problem. I have no recipe and I need to purchase a couple dream bars to get it right. The second part was no problem. This is my first attempt at the dream bar.
Dream Bar Try #1
Not quite the same, but still a damn good cookie bar.
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I am continuing with Holiday Appetizer Week. This time we are changing things up a bit. When it comes to bite size food, people usually forget about dessert. Granted most desserts are finger food, but not many are bite size. So I decided to make little bite sized squares of fudge. Fudge is the perfect bite sized finger food. It is small, rich and delicious. Just a little bit of fudge goes a long way. Thus, it is more bang for the buck. The perfect single bite to end an amazing meal.
Homemade Chocolate Fudge
Serve it in paper cupcake cups or just stacked on a plate.
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My Mom would always make these awesome chocolate cookies for me when I was growing up. I recently asked her for the recipe. Go figure, no-bake cookies require no baking. One pan, a little parchment paper and 40 minutes. Talk about quick treat. I couldn’t wait to try mine so I had one right after I dropped them on the parchment. I would recommend against that. It was like eating napalm. 150+ degrees of tasty goodness.
No-Bake Cookies
The hardest part is waiting for them to set.
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I hate to say it, but it is fall. Time to start designing your Halloween Costume and start cooking with pumpkin. A little bit about me, I enjoy a good pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies and pumpkin carving. Lately, I have seen a couple pumpkin swirl cookies out there and it got me thinking about pumpkin swirl muffins. So I decided to make some.
Pumpkin Chocolate Swirl Muffins
Alternating the batter will give you nice swirls.
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Posted by Rex
on June 28, 2009 -
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I have been doing a series of posts about my buddy Jeff’s barbecue. We made a full day out of grilling and sipping on Coronas. To end the night we made the ultimate smores. The recipe was developed by Jeff’s sister “Spud”. While not too far off from the original, it was tweaked enough to get cult status. By cult status I mean the group of people sitting around the fire. They were amazing.
- Layered with chocolate and peanut butter its amazing
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I love a good brownie. A good brownie is moist and chewy. I hate cake brownies with frosting. If I wanted to eat cake, I would have gotten a piece of cake, not a brownie. So I have been working on my ultimate brownie recipe. There are two basic recipes for brownies. One using melted chocolate and one using chocolate cocoa powder. I have determined that using cocoa powder gives me the consistency and taste that I am looking for.
My ulimate brownies are loaded with caramel, chocolate and walnuts.
They are moist and delicious and require four napkins to eat. Awesome!!
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