CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

I just got back in town, and my husband was needing some home baked goods.

It's also Monday, and I'm hosting "The Bachelorette" girls night.

I have exactly 2 hours to run to the store and bake brownies before my Monday night girlfriend comes over.

(I also made some bruchetta snacks)

Ingredients:

Brownie Layer:

4 ounces of bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

1 stick of butter, cut into small pieces

3/4 cup of sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon of salt

Cheesecake Layer:

8 ounces of cream cheese, room temperature

1/4 cup of sugar

1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1 large egg

2 tablespoons of heavy cream

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Spray a glass pan with a non-stick spray.

In a large heat-proof bowl, melt the chocolate & butter in the 

microwave in 30 second intervals. 

Mix in between the intervals until melted.

Add the sugar and mix until combined.

Then add the eggs, one at a time & mix.

Add the vanilla & salt stir some more.

Sift in the flour & fold it in with the chocolate mixture.

Set aside 1/2 a cup of the batter and pour the rest into the sprayed pan.

Time for the Cheesecake part.

In a different bowl, using a mixer beat the cream cheese until smooth.

Add the sugar & beat until smooth.

On a low speed, beat in the egg & vanilla extract.

Add the heavy cream and beat until smooth.

Pour this on top of the brownie layer in the pan.

Take the reserved brownie batter and spoon dollops onto the cheesecake batter.

Take a toothpick and swirl the batters together until you get a marble effect.

Bake for 35 minutes.
Let them cool until the cheesecake layer has set.
I put it in the fridge.

RAINY DAY COOKIES

Well, it's raining been raining for almost 24 hours.

Cookies are in need but I am limited on supplies; I have no eggs or milk.

After scouring the inter web for a cookie recipe that 

does not need either of those ingredients I found one for 

short bread cookies.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of mini semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup of Reeses peanut butter chips

2 cups of flour

1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

1/2 cup of powdered sugar

1 cup of softened butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat the butter in a large bowl until light & fluffy.

Sift in the powdered sugar and blend until all the lumps are out.

Stir in the vanilla.

Add in the flour and mix by hand.

Now add both  kinds of chips, and mix by hand.

Roll the dough into ball and place on a covered baking sheet.

I used my silicon baking sheets...best thing ever.

Bake in the oven for about 14 minutes, until the bottoms are golden brown.

Let them cool on a wire rack.

2 out of 5 stars

✭✭☆☆☆

Taste Testers:

LAUREN: EHH they were cookies, nothing to really brag about. They were dry and crumbly but for no other options and having a killer sweet tooth I guess I'm glad I made them.

CJ: Not my favorite cookies that Lauren makes but they did the job in a pinch.  And I still ate like 7 of them.

HOME ALONE

My cutie little husband is out of town & having a sleep over at 

his friends house. This means I'm alone & must make dinner for myself.

Im a really lucky girl to have a husband who cooks dinner almost every night

and it's always fantastic.

Back in my bachelor days I used to eat cereal for dinner and I probably 

still would but my honey nut cheerios are stale.

UGH

Breakfast for dinner sounds good though...

I decided to make some kind of kitchen sink scramble thing.

I don't have much in the house since I haven't gone shopping since last week.

After looking at my options...

SWEET POTATO HASH
it is.

This is what I found, a sweet potato that has been around 

my house for about a month.

Look at those growths!

Gross...

It was perfect inside so I still used it.

I chopped it up in small cubes.

I also found some onion bulb greens and garlic. I chopped those up put them in the pan 

with the cooking potatoes.

I used olive oil to fry them up.

I also noticed that one of my friends left his bacon bits (real bacon) at my place.

Of course I used those.

I added some seasoning salt & some Tabasco.
Cook until the potatoes are browned and crispy.

When everything was almost finished cooking, I started to boil my egg.

I wanted a soft boiled egg so the yolk would ooze everywhere.

The recommended time is 6 minutes.

Once my timer went off I took the egg and placed it in a cup of cold water.

Peel the egg very carefully, it's super soft and feels like a water balloon ready to pop.

Put it all in a dish & you're done!

It was REAL good.

I always seem to make the best meals when I don't follow a recipe.

I suggest you make a kitchen sink for yourself and send me a picture of your creation.

Time to do my nails...home alone & it feels so good.

Over & Out