Peanut Butter Swirled Chocolate Cookies

First of all: I'd like to publicly thank my amazing cousin and bridesmaid Emily for the little cutting board and plate you see featured here: for my wedding gift (Michael got his own, mainly Batman-related, gifts from her) she got me a ton of food photography props from Fishs Eddy and it was pretty much the sweetest thing ever. So we can all thank her for how cute these pics turned out.

Now, back to the food that is being featured on aforementioned food props. 

Michael needed me to bake cookies for him to bring to work again. And they wanted cookies that involved chocolate and peanut butter. And thus, these lovelies were made!

These are some seriously chocolatey cookies. And they're perfect for gifting or shipping since they're sturdy BUT they're also delightfully soft and chewy when warm. And then...the beautiful surprise...peanut butter swirled throughout. And I may have used chocolate peanut butter for mine because...I mean...why not? Right?

They went over super well with Michael's coworkers but the recipe makes a lot of cookies...so they also went over well with Michael's family a week later at Conneaut. And yesterday when Michael ate the last 2 in his lunch. So...they age well. But I still recommend eating them fresher. Freeze them if you must-they freeze great! 

Now, go forth and eat cookies!

Raw Sugar Salted Caramel Sauce-Guest Post at Golden Barrel

By now we should all be aware of how enamored I am with salted caramel. So when it came time for me to have some more fun with Golden Barrel products for another blog post, I decided to use their raw sugar for an unprocessed, delicious twist on my fave caramel sauce recipe.

You might be wondering--oh, is caramel sauce hard to make? The answer is: NO! It's actually pretty quick and easy, so long as you use a deep enough pot to cook it so it doesn't spatter and burn you. And you may also be wondering--does raw sugar make the caramel sauce difficult, because of the larger sugar crystals? Answer: NOPE again! Still easy!

Really I mean...just look at that amber caramel perfection. It is so delicious. And makes your house smell fantastic. And makes you want to eat it with a spoon or maybe develop some recipes with it...? Hmmm...I suppose we'll have to wait and see :P

Now, enough jibber jabber, do you want to make this caramel sauce??

Head to the Golden Barrel blog to get the caramelicious recipe!

Something Saturdays (7/25/15)

Well I have been B-U-S-Y! Last Saturday, Michael's uncle & aunt's wedding, was super fun and sweet. And then we spent the next few days at Conneaut having lots of fun. Especially since, while there, Michael's cousin Chelsea got engaged! Here we go again :P I actually got super excited and had so much fun helping her out and giving her advice/info (girl is moving fast, she booked the church one day after they got engaged!) Otherwise we mostly just had fun family time.

On Wednesday Michael and I had to come home. First we stopped at this ADORABLE place called Campbell's Pottery (we had a wedding gift to exchange and they have only the one location-which was only half an hour from where we were but is a few hours from home). Later that night Michael's and my friend from NY, Christian, flew in and then we spent the next couple days eating and having fun! On Thursday we had breakfast at Flury's Cafe and then explored downtown Cuyahoga Falls before walking to JC Comics & Cards (He loves comic book stores!). We then ran a couple errands and had Swenson's (and Akron, OH area MUST) for lunch. We then just relaxed at the house for a little bit before heading to Hudson and checking out the shops there and then having dinner at FlipSide (yay burgers!). Yesterday we went to the Akron Zoo and then to Burntwood Tavern for lunch. Then I worked while the boys went to the free concert series they have downtown (yesterday's was a Billy Idol tribute band).

And today? Today is our "friendception"-a party that's just for fun and to celebrate our marriage with our friends (since the majority of them weren't invited to the wedding due to our massive families). I'm super excited and hope everyone has fun!