The Adventures of a Frustrated Baker

I’m sure many of us are craving some comfort foods at this time - I base this of course on the fact that it seems that the baking aisle in every grocery store I have gone into since March 15th has been mostly empty of even the very basic of supplies - flour, yeast, brownie mix…It is getting better but short of going to literally every grocery store from here to Portland which makes me just a tad bit nervous and completely defeats the point of limiting time out in public, there appears to be a very small selection in pre-made mixes; and if I’m being honest, boxed mix is usually my go to for brownies! That being said, luckily I have a selection of brownie recipes I regularly use and like with supplies I normally stock in my pantry. For those of you craving a good fudgy brownie and lacking in mix like me, here is a from scratch brownie recipe that is not only super easy but dirties very few dishes. Enjoy! Fudgy Brownies Recipe adapt...

Earlier on this week, my husband turned to me and asked if I was planning on baking this Friday, and if so, he had a request.  Now originally I had planned on taking this week off since I baked three things last week but my hubby almost never makes requests so I decided to humor him and make his delicious request.  You see, he wanted brownies...peanut butter brownies.  I don't know about you all, but I feel like there is no better combination in the world than peanut butter and chocolate...it is like a gift from God!  Yummy! So Thursday night, I found myself contemplating these peanut butter brownies...should I put peanut butter swirls...or peanut butter cups...or I know, crumble up peanut butter cookies?  What to do, what to do?!  I decided to take a page out of the Mythbusters book...you know the Mythbusters, right?  (I love me some Mythbusters!)  Well, I decided if it was worth doing, it was worth overdoing!  I did all of them, the pean...

The other day I had a craving for something oober chocolatey and began my search by going to a few of my favorite food blogs and searching for brownie recipes.  There were tons of yummy looking ones, but the all time best came from the  Big Red Kitchen .  I love this blog as there are so many yummy, quick recipes including her recipe for the following Knock You Naked brownies. Knock You Naked Brownies 1 devil's food cake mix 2/3 cup condensed milk 3/4 cup melted butter 14 ounce bag of caramels 1 cup chocolate chips 1 cup pecan pieces, or other type of nuts (optional) Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Mix together the cake mix, 1/3 cup of condensed milk and melted butter in a large mixing bowl.  The mixture will be on the thick side, in fact mine seemed super thick so I added another 1/4 cup melted butter.  Spread half of this mixture in the baking pan and place in the oven for 7 minutes. Nex...