Peanut Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies

Here we go again with my cravings, guys. Sometimes it's exhausting trying to keep up with the foods that sound good to me. haha I don't really have the "have to have it right now" cravings a ton, but last night I was all about indulging in some kind of peanut butter dessert. I am a total peanut butter lover, so when I saw this recipe for peanut butter chocolate-chip cookies, I knew it was the best of both worlds. Chocolate and peanut butter in a cookie? You really can't go wrong with that. AND this is a totally gluten-free dessert for any of you gluten-free people out there. AND it's the simplest recipe ever. AND the cookies are so fluffy and delicious. I made these last night and the recipe made about 2 dozen cookies. Yeah... the hubs and I already polished them all off. The baby made me eat it guys! Seriously though...totally need to buy this shirt for myself. Enjoy!

Recipe adapted from: myrecipes.com

Ingredients:

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Stir together first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
2. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased baking sheets,
3. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until puffed and lightly browned. Let cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire baking racks to cool for 15 minutes. Enjoy!

Apple Fritter Bread

I am so excited to post my first recipe on this blog! It has been a long time coming. Like, a long time.

While everybody else goes crazy over anything pumpkin flavored the second the season changes to Fall, my weakness is everything apple flavored. Yummy. So naturally, ever since I pinned this apple fritter bread recipe on Pinterest, I could NOT STOP thinking about it. Granny Smith apples and cinnamon sugar all baked into the sweet goodness of this bread, what could be better? That's where my pregnancy brain is always at: thinking about food. Seriously, all day long that's what I think about. It doesn't help that I have a major craving for all things sweet, so I pretty much had to make this bread otherwise I would crave it until I made it. And I'm so glad that I did. The bread was delicious and it filled our apartment with a heavenly smell. Love it. Enough talk, time for you to see it to believe it.

Recipe adapted from Rumbly In My Tumbly

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 apple, peeled and chopped (I used Granny Smith, but it's up to preference), mixed with 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Glaze: 1 cup of powdered sugar + 1-3 tablespoons of milk (depending on the consistency you like)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.Grease and flour a 9x5 inch bread pan.
2. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat sugar and butter together using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, until incorporated. Add vanilla extract
4. Combine flour and baking powder together in a bowl; stir into butter mixture. Mix milk into batter until smooth. Pour half of the batter into the prepared bread pan; add half the apples and half the brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apple mixture into batter. Pour the remaining batter over apple layer; top with remaining apples and brown sugar mixture. Lightly pat apples into batter; swirl brown sugar mixture through apples using a spoon.
5. Bake 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
6. Let cool for about 15 minutes before drizzling with glaze. Enjoy!