Chocolate and Peanut Butter are Best

Did a little baking yesterday with Carley.  Her mom was having an end of the school year party for some teachers and staff.  So we were recruited to make some goodies.  And seriously, who would turn down the opportunity to eat cookie dough, chocolate and peanut butter?

Here is our stand-alone mixer, circa 1970.  Vintage is totally hip, and totally still functional.  Take that Kitchen Aid.

Besides the classic Chocolate Chip, we made some Peanut Butter Cup Cookies.  I am honestly not sure if there are many combinations in life that are better than chocolate and peanut butter.  I unwrapped 40 mini Reeses.

And then I probably had to unwrap another half dozen since they mysteriously kept disappearing from the plate..... 

They were wonderful. Especially when the peanut butter cups were still warm.

Then we made Haystacks/Chinese Noodle Cookies.  Which usually remind me of Christmastime.  But I think they are fabulous any time of the year.  So here is the best part, melting the chips!

The beautiful mixer.  Who shortly after this shot said her arms were too tired and had me finish. Im buff. No big deal. JK

And the finished product!

Sooooooo good!  

I probably gained 5 pounds.  But baking with 3 sticks of butter and numerous bags of chocolate chips and Reeses.  Now I must go and run a few hundred miles.

Mouth Melting Mmmmm

Speaking of my Oklahoma obsession.... I am an avid supporter and fan of The Pioneer Woman who lives on a ranch in Oklahoma and has a cookbook, a published love story about her husband and her, and fabulous blog, which I read most everyday.  I recently got her cookbook for my birthday and tried out my first recipe from it: French Breakfast Puffs.  But I made them for dessert instead, which of course works too.  One of my college roommates, Nicole Pickle, came over and we baked these together.

I know, you are now having to wipe off your computer key board because you just drooled all over it.  And thats ok because that is the only natural response.  I know I did.

We made two different sizes just 'cause.  The problem was that while the little ones make it seem possible to eat less,  its misleading.  It is not possible to stop at just one or two.  Just ask my mom.  She ate ## (kept a secret to save her dignity) after remarking she was glad we had made smaller ones for her to eat since she didn't want a whole big one.

Basically these are sweet-ish (not to to be confused with being from Sweden) muffins rolled in melted butter then coated in a cinnamon-sugar concoction.  And those of us eating them decided they were by far one of the best things we have ever eaten.  Ever.  Thats no understatement.  How can you go wrong with butter, sugar, and cinnamon.  You just can't.  Thanks Pioneer Woman.  Here is the online recipe.  

Oh and they were super easy.  Oh and totally healthy.  Oh and they freeze well if needed.  And they can walk, or fly or something.  Cuz they seemed to disappear while I was at work the next day.  Hmm.....

Oh and maybe one of the above statements was a lie.  But its not really important to know which one.