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Do they make these in wallet sizes?

You guys have no idea how often this is an actual thing I have had to apologize for.

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Mini Brownie Cookies because I love you. 

My mom always told us that if you get a plate of goodies from a friend or neighbor, you should never return an empty plate. Kinda like a tasty cycle of treats! Well I made these for my friend, Tegan when returning some tupperware. Mom would be proud.

Original recipe found here: Bam!

Ingredients:

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened 
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon espresso powder
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa 

Method:

1. Preheat oven at 350 degrees (325 if using convection). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk flour, salt and baking powder in bowl and set aside. 
3. Mix butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla, espresso, and cocoa in mixer (if your butter isn’t fully softened, whip it around a bit by itself first to loosen it up, so you don’t end up over-mixing the eggs to get butter chunks smoothed out later). 
4. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until smooth. 
5. Split dough and wrap in plastic in two disks. Chill for about one hour, longer if you have time. 
6. Roll out cookie dough on floured counter, 1/4 inch for thicker, softer cookies or 1/8 inch for thinner cookies, good if you’re making ice cream sandwiches or like cookies a bit crisper. Cut into desired shapes, brushing extra deposits of flour off the top. 
7. Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 8 to 11 minutes (the former for 1/8-inch thick cookies, the latter for 1/4-inch cookies) until the edges are firm and the centers are slightly soft and puffed. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

I felt like the cookies needed a bit of something so I dipped them in white chocolate that I melted in my double boiler. 

Puddin’.  Sometimes a girl just wants some pudding with a whip cream heart. Recipe found here: Bam!

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

• In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. gradually add milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Spoon into individual serving dishes. Chill until serving.
• The whip cream heart you ask? Frozen cool whip and a cookie cutter. It’s that easy.  

I have never cooked for my boyfriend. Not because I can’t, but mainly because he is a chef and who wants to make some boring mac and cheese for their chef boyfriend? So while cruising through Pinterest I found a recipe for a chicken pot pie. I thought I could definitely do this. A) I don’t have to cook the chicken and B) I don’t have to make the pie crust (something I have yet to master).

So on my trip to Whole Foods I picked up some turkey with a chipotle rub, some wine and a Pillsbury gift to me- pre made pie crust. And guess what? The pie turned out awesome! Sure I burnt the roux the first time around because I was busy instagraming my carrot hearts but the boyfriend really liked it! SUCCESS. Original recipe found here: Bam!

2 cups cooked turkey, diced
2 small potatoes, diced
1 carrot, diced
1 rib celery, chopped
1/2 cup frozen peas
4 T. butter
4 T. flour
2 cups milk
½ tsp. poultry seasoning (optional- meaning I didn’t do it. Which is why I added in some Thyme)
¼ tsp. black pepper
3 tsp. chicken bullion
3 cups hot water
Thyme to taste
Half of a small onion chopped 

Pare-boil veggies until tender in water. Once cooked, drain. Stir in chicken.
Melt butter and add flour to form a roux.
Add milk and stir constantly until sauce thickens.
Add seasonings and onion.  
Stir in veggies and chicken.  
Pour into a large deep-dish pie tin (I had a bottom layer of pie crust- you don’t have to do this if that is too much crust).  
Top with piecrust. 
Cut air vents with sharp scissors- or cut a cute design before topping the pie. Damn you Pinterest and your cute ideas!  
Bake 20 minutes at 400° or until golden brown.

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These are really good to have on hand

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forks and spoons

You know when you have been on Pinterest too long when you start chopping carrots as hearts for your pot pie.