Shrimp Satay with Peanut Sauce

Singapore-style shrimp satay with a peanut butter sauce.

The shrimp has a wonderful coating on it that starts as a marinade made from coconut milk, coconut oil, ginger, garlic, lime, shallots, chiles and peanuts. The sauce has a silky, creamy texture with a spicy, zingy flavor that is all around delicious. [Read more...]

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars (Self-Frosting)

Easy bar cookies packed with peanut butter flavor, chocolate chips and walnuts. [Read more...]

Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Super fudgy brownies baked cupcake-style and topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting. Pure and utter decadence.

They have melted chocolate and chocolate chips in the batter along with a half ton each of butter and brown sugar. In the world of rich desserts they would easily be crowned king. Or queen. [Read more...]

Peanut Butter Cup Pie

You don’t have to be a hardcore peanut butter cup fanatic like me to enjoy this extremely decadent pie. It does help but as my family gently reminded me a sincere love is not required.

(What? My peanut-butter-cup-loving-mind automatically assumes everyone feels the same way. Like it’s a fact of life you can’t avoid. Must love peanut butter cups.)

With somewhat low expectations stemming from the fact they don’t share the same passion as I, they were in for a delightful surprise. Although that may be putting it mildly because I caught them eating pie at all hours of the day and night including right before dinner. [Read more...]

Baked Peanut Butter Apple Oatmeal

Baked oatmeal is a special treat for breakfast and perfectly acceptable to eat at any and all hours of the day including for dessert!

Cubes of apple laced with peanut butter dominate every bite of this thick and creamy oatmeal with crunchy walnuts and warm notes of brown sugar and cinnamon. [Read more...]