Saturday, February 26, 2011

Flaming Cupcakes


Aren't these little flame-filled strawberry chocolate cupcakes to die for?  I love the drama!  My friend Katie sent me this recipe link and at first I thought, how perfect for Emory's first birthday ~ so festive!  but then I thought hmm, fire & booze, maybe Em's a little young for that... tempting though... I heart sprinklebakes.com.

Friday, February 4, 2011

PW's Blackberry Cobbler


I just love the Pioneer Woman, don't you?  I found this "Betsy's Cobbler" recipe in her first cookbook and then googled it now to add here, and wow - what lovely pictures she took!  Check out her recipe and step by step directions here

*Doesn't her cobbler look de-licious?  You can ignore my pics or use them as validation that if you try this, yours will turn out amazing, too - just 5 ingredients, so simple... yum.  And of course you could do this with blueberries, peaches, raspberries, whatever your heart desires.

up close & personal

Directions straight from the PW's website:

Ingredients

  • 1 stick Butter
  • 1-¼ cup Sugar
  • 1 cup Self-Rising Flour
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 2 cups Blackberries (frozen Or Fresh)

Preparation Instructions

Melt butter in a microwavable dish. Pour 1 cup of sugar and flour into a mixing bowl, whisking in milk. Mix well. Then, pour in melted butter and whisk it all well together. Butter a baking dish.  Now rinse and pat dry the blackberries. Pour the batter into the buttered baking dish. Sprinkle blackberries over the top of the batter; distributing evenly. Sprinkle ¼ cup sugar over the top.  Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, or until golden and bubbly. If you desire, sprinkle an additional teaspoon of sugar over the cobbler 10 minutes before it’s done.

*And check out this link if you're like me and you don't keep self-rising flour in your pantry.  You can turn your All Purpose into self-rising super easily!

Let's make this again, because it was really yummy the first time...
here we are round 2 with more blackberries... pre-oven:

 and warm & delicious post-oven: