Christmas Treat Recipe Blog Hop

Several members of the Center Stage Spotlight Team have joined together to share a special Christmas Treat Recipe Blog Hop event with everyone tonight! They have whipped up some treats in their kitchens and their stamp rooms over the past few weeks so we could compile our very first Recipe Book for StampTV!

Hi there! The recipe I am sharing tonight is a quick and easy favorite around my house. I hope you will like them too! I am going to keep my post short and sweet so you can continue along on the hop. The cookie recipe and card recipe are listed below.

Peanut Butter Dream Bites

Ingredients: · 1 1/4 cups flour, sift or stir before measuring · 1/2 teaspoon salt · 1 teaspoon baking powder · 1/2 cup butter · 1/2 cup peanut butter · 1/2 cup granulated sugar · 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed · 1/2 teaspoon vanilla · 1 egg · 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (for topping)

For crust: Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars; beat in vanilla and egg. Stir in flour mixture, blending well. Place dough in lightly greased 13” x 9” baking dish and flatten to create cookie bottom. Bake at 375° for about 14 to 16 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before adding chocolate topping.

For topping: Melt chocolate chips in microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments until chips are melted. Pour chocolate over peanut butter crust and refrigerate until chocolate is firm. Cut into bite sized squares and enjoy!

Recipe for Peace, Hope, Love card: Stamps: Festive Frame, A Year of Flowers (Gina K. Designs) Cardstock: PL Ivory, PL Chocolate Kiss, PL Rocket Red (Gina K. Designs), Vintage DP (Webster’s Pages) Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa Embellishments: Cuttlebug Textile Texture EF, Brown Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Copic Markers (E31, Blender) Check out these designer's blogs for the sweet projects they've designed around their treats:

Carolina Buchting Carla Suto Deb Felts Donna Baker Giovana Smith Jennie Harper Jessica Fick Joy Hadden Karen Knegten Kay Simmons Lee Murphy Linda Payne Lori McAree Melissa Cash {you are here} Pam Imholz Selma Stevenson Sue Morris Sue VanDeVusse Sue Walsh Vicki Dutcher

Then, stop by GinaK's blog for a super sweet give-away she has tonight in honor of the hop!

The Recipe Book will be available as a free download PDF on StampTV tonight as well. Look for it on the Freebie Tab link.

Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have finally found the perfect Chocolate Chip cookie recipe. So, I know your thinkin', man she is blond, doesn't she know the recipe is on the back of the Nestle's bag?

I love to bake, but for the life of me could never make the "perfect" chocolate chip cookie. They were either undercooked, overcooked, flat and crispy or just plain flat!

See those luscious babies up there? They actually came out of my oven. Can you tell I am excited? I found this recipe, Chocolate Chip Cookies, while I was surfing the Tasty Kitchen website. They are a little crispy around the edges, chewy in the middle and not too sweet. I used my cookie scoop (approx 1 1/4" round) to measure out my dough with. I cooked them for 14 minutes at 350*

If you haven't been to Tasty Kitchen yet, run don't walk. Your taste buds (and your families) will be happy you did. Tasty Kitchen is the brainchild of Ree Drummond, AKA: The Pioneer Woman. If you haven't been to her blog yet, grab a cup of coffee and head over there now. You won't want to miss a thing!

For you cardies, I'll have a new one up tomorrow!

Hugs,

Recipe: Cup of Cobbler

Here is the recipe for some yummy cobbler. This recipe is good with any kind of fruit. Depending on the season and availablity I have used fresh, frozen and even canned fruit or pie filling.

The cobbler in this picture is a White Peach Cobbler that my 16 1/2 year old son baked last night also. He isn't fond of berry...................silly ol' boy!


Cup of Cobbler


This is enough for a 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 square pan. Double the ingredients if using a 13 x 9 pan. Preheat oven to 350*

1 Cup Flour
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Cup Butter (don't scrimp here, use the good stuff)
Fruit of choice (approx 2 -3 cups of fruit)

Put butter in pan and place in oven to melt. While butter is melting, mix all ingredients except the fruit. Pour batter over melted butter and then pour fruit evenly on top of batter. Bake for 35-60 minutes. I just cook it until it is golden brown. Top off with French Vanilla Ice Cream for a real treat! Hubby says that's the only way to eat it :)

TTFN!