Nothing is better than making something from scratch. And what's better than peanut butter cups... so... Here it is....
First I made the peanut butter. You don't have to do this. I just thought it would be fun. So I threw some peanuts into the magic bullet with a tiny bit of oil.
I used corn oil. But you can use any type of oil. It will be creamier with oil. I just used a few drops... just experiment until you get a texture you like. But not too runny. You can use the bullet or a food processor or a blender.
So then you want to take your peanut butter, about 1 3/4 cups and put into a bowl... add 4 cups of powdered sugar and 1/3 cup of soft butter or margarine. Blend together until a dough forms.
It may be a little crumbly. You can shape it to be whatever you want. Hearts.. eggs for easter... whatever. I just shaped them like cups. Put on a cookie sheet with wax paper and put into the freezer for an hour.
So after the hour, you want to melt 4 cups of chocolate chips, with a tablespoon of butter until it's creamy.
Dip your peanut butter batter into the chocolate, with a fork, and put onto wax paper.
Complete them all and put back in the freezer for about a half hour. Mine are a little messy, but yours do not have to be. Take out of the freezer, and viola! You are done... Enjoy.....
So as a member of Cooking club of America, I get to test products once in awhile through Stuffstuff. I got my first product to try, which is the Egg Perfect Egg Timer.
Can we say LOVE!!! What a great little gadget! And might I add... a staple needed for EVERY kitchen!
I always hated boiling eggs. I never new how long. I would always over boil them an the yolk would be dried out. But this makes it so easy.
I tried it all 3 ways, just to be able to say it does work all 3 ways. Soft boiled, medium boiled and hard boiled. Personally, I only do hard boiled. But for test sake, I tried all 3. And it works EXACTLY as the packaging says. It just turns a different color for the kind of egg you want. And it isn't a small change in color, where you are wondering, well, is it orage... red... what? You can tell!
I love it. It is going to be a great staple in our home.
On Valentine's Day, I got engaged!!! It was so amazing. Not only was it Valentine's day, it was our 1 year anniversary. Our Valentine's started on the 13th. We exchanged gifts. When we got up on Valentine's morning (Feb. 14, 2013) Andrew made me egg muffins. Then I was off to work for the day.
When I got home, he had a huge cupcake balloon that says love you. And an anniversary and Valentine's card on the bed. We then got ready to go out for the evening. He took me into San Fransisco to the Cupid's Allstar Comedy show. It was really funny. We had diner there. We sat right at the foot of the stage.
So we got out of there about 10ish.. and drove over the Golden Gate. We stopped at Vista Point. It's so pretty there. Overlooks the city and bay, with the bridge right there. We had never been there at night, and seen the city lights.
So, we walk around a bit, take some pics. And just kind of hanging out. It is super dark.
Andrew says to me, I need to ask you a question. I turned to look at him. He looked nervous. I got a little nervous. He says Julie Ann Mallett will you marry me. I said are you joking??? lol. He says no I am not joking and gets down on his knee and pulls out a box from his coat jacket. I said Are you serious? He said yes. Then I said yes. He got up and kissed and hugged me. Then put the ring on my finger.
We just kept kissing. He said can you even see the right. I said not really. So I had to pull my cell phone out to see the ring. I LOVED it! He could not have picked out a more perfect ring! So we stayed there a little longer, and it was like two giddy teenagers. Just smiling, and hugging and kissing.
We left and went home. When we were laying in bed that night, Andrew says I know you really love me. I thought how silly, he should always know that. I said ok, why. He says, you said yes even before you saw the ring. Lol. Of course I did! The ring is just an added bonus.
It's so much more special, because he KNOWS me so well. It's white gold, and pink. It's not traditional. Which makes me love it 10x more. It's better than I could ever ask for! Not that I would ask. Lol. So we are thinking May 10th 2014 or around there. We haven't started any planning yet..
