Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

I have deemed it cookie week on Cowtown Cooking!  It just so happened that works nicely into my life this week, so here it is!  The first of my cookies I'm going to share came from the back of the Duncan Hines box - yes, friends, it's super duper easy!  And, yes, I do think I have an addiction to all things chocolate peanut butter lately.  I need to seek help for that...

All you need is:

• a box of Duncan Hines Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Mix
• 3/4 cup mini Reese's pieces (about half the bag)
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tbs water

Add egg, oil, and water to brownie mix.  Then what does it need?

Some color?

Add Reese's.  Mix.

Bake in 375 degree oven for 7-8 minutes - yes, friends, it's really THAT easy!!

**I will say that this recipe doesn't make that many cookies.  Since I like to bake & share, I will probably make a double batch next time around...since no one likes to run out of cookies!  But that should be easy:  two boxes of brownie mix, two eggs, 2/3 cup of vegetable oil, 4 tbs water, and a whole bag of mini Reese's & I'll be set.

And SO tasty!  Especially right out of the oven with a big glass of milk!

Viva la cookie!!

Another Chocolate Peanut Butter PSA

It makes great graham cracker-chocolate peanut butter sandwiches.  Perfect for an afternoon snack.  Or breakfast.  Pick your pleasure.

Who knew CPB was so versatile?

Get ready, Cowtown Friends, tomorrow we have brisket on the menu!!

Public Service Announcement for Banana/Chocolate Lovers

I'm taking a break from my football fare to share with you this very important culinary breakthrough.  You'll be glad you stopped by today!

I made banana bread the other day from my favorite red & white Better Homes & Gardens cookbook.  This would have been uneventful and not blogworthy had I not had an epiphany right there in the kitchen.  You see, I remembered while I was mixing together the ingredients, that I had this in the pantry...

Do you see what it is??  That would be Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter.  And I was making banana bread. Seriously, what could be more perfect??!?  They're made for each other!!  That just made me mix even faster.  Because I wanted it to bake.  And I wanted it to cool a little.  So I could slather it with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter. And then I could eat it.  A lot of it.  So I mixed the batter.

Baked it.

Sliced it.

And covered it with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter.  While the bread was still warm.  Yes, you see it oozing all over the bread right there.  That is just how it looked.  On my plate.

Oh. my. word.

If you like bananas/chocolate/peanut butter anything, you must. try. this!!!!

So, if you'd like to make the banana bread, you'll need:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1 cup mashed bananas (3 medium, just beginning to turn dark)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

1.  Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of the 8x4x2 inch loaf pan; set aside.  Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and 1/8 tsp salt.  Make a well in center of dry mixture, set aside.
2.  In another bowl combine the egg, bananas, sugar, cooking oil.  Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture and stir until just moistened.  Fold in nuts (if desired).
3.  Spoon batter into loaf pan and bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until wooden toothpick comes out clean.  Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.  Remove loaf from pan, cool on rack.

Slice.  Then slather with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter.  

One more look for good measure.

Can you believe my husband refused to try this?!?

I think he missed out.  Don't you???

Because it was amazingly yummy.  Like, seriously, amazingly yummy.

Cowtown Peeps, you can find this glorious DCPB at Super Target.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!  I'm off to eat some more banana bread!