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Grilled Peaches with Vanilla and Honey Mascarpone

Peach Season is almost over! You can’t miss this amazing peach dessert! 8 Peaches 6 TB Honey 3 TB Butter 1 carton Mascarpone cheese 1 TB Vanilla bean paste 1 loaf Pound cake, grilled Combine 3 TB honey with 3TB butter and coat peach halves. (Keep leftover mixture). Grill on Traeger until grill marks form on both sides. Combine one container of mascarpone cheese, 3 TB honey, and 1 TB vanilla bean paste. Slice pound cake and grill on high for one minute on each side. Layer grilled peach on top of pound cake and top with mascarpone cheese honey mixture. Drizzle leftover honey butter mixture on top.

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Southern Peach Cobbler

My amazing friend @eloiseandme shared her delicious Southern Peach Cobbler with me and said I could pass it along to you! She is a talented mama of 2 little girls and I just love her! Thanks @eloiseandme. “This one turned out just as I imagined, sweet but not too sweet, hint of cinnamon, buttery, doughy- but still perfectly crisp on top.” Peach Base 8 fresh peaches – peeled and sliced into thick wedges 2 tablespoons white sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 2 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch Topping 2 cups flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup white sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 12 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces 1/2 cup boiling water Directions -Preheat oven to 425 1. In large bowl, combine peaches, sugars, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and cornstarch. Toss to coat evenly. Bake in 2qt baking dish for 10 min. 2. Meanwhile create the topping by combining flour, sugars, baking powder, and salt. Blend in butter with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal….

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Because it’s Friday, and I’m not cooking, and so you won’t have to scroll through my whole @kristinandrus feed of my kids to find the recipe! 1 C butter- barely softened 1/2 C white sugar 1 C brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 3 C flour 3/4 tsp salt 3/4 tsp baking soda 10 oz really good chocolate chips *I suggest doubling the recipe and adding one bag of milk chocolate, one bag of semi sweet and some butterscotch chips if you’re feeling crazy! Cream butter, sugars, eggs, and vanilla together really well. Add flour, salt, baking soda to creamed mixture and blend together only until combined (don’t overbeat). Hand stir chocolate chips into dough. Put balls of dough onto baking sheet and bake at 375 for about 7 to 9 minutes. They are done when starting to get golden brown on the outside but still pretty gooey on the inside. (My secret to the gooey inside, is to refrigerate the balls of dough before they go in the oven).  

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Smoke Roasted Apple Pie Crisp

Use 7-8 cooking apples… I like to use Granny Smith but I also add in some Pink Lady apples which are not quite as tart. Core and slice 8 cups of apples very thinly. You’ll start by mixing in a Tablespoon of fresh squeezed lemon juice, and anywhere from a half cup to three quarters of a cup of sugar—depending on the sweetness of your apples. Add 2 tablespoons of flour, a teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and a quarter teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg. Mix until evenly distributed through all the Apple slices (use your hands!) Press your pie crust into a 9 inch pie plate, I just use a store-bought pie dough…it’s such a timesaver but still tastes great. My secret is a quarter cup of melted apple jelly….I brush it over the crust for added sweetness, and then I pour in all the Apple filling. For a little twist on traditional apple pie, I like to use a crumble top instead of crust…so you get the crust on the bottom but then you get an apple crisp on…

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Christmas S’mores

These Christmas smores were a big hit on a rainy day! Melt white chocolate and dip each side of graham cracker in the white chocolate then into crushed candy canes. Once you’ve finished dipping put in fridge to chill and let chocolate form. Roast marshmallows and add chocolate as usual. These were yummy! *Another favorite was using Pretzel crisps instead of Graham crackers. The salty, sweet, and chocolate were the perfect combo.

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Peanut Butter Balls

Nothing says the holidays like a Sunday full of Peanut Butter Ball making at my house. Another family tradition I’ve carried on, and the only homemade item I’ll be serving for my Christmas Soiree this weekend (for 200). These are easy and delicious and I get in big trouble if I don’t have them around over the next couple of weeks. 2 C creamy peanut butter 4 C powdered sugar 1 C softened butter 2 tsp vanilla 2 bags of milk or semi sweet chocolate chips 1 Tb canola oil Take first four ingredients and beat until creamy. Form one inch balls and place in freezer. Melt chocolate chips and oil until melted in sauté pan. Turn off heat and with your hands dip frozen balls in chocolate. Once chocolate starts to thicken, turn heat on for another minute until warmed through. Continue dipping until all are done. Lay on parchment paper and stick back in fridge or freezer to set. They keep well in freezer or fridge but trust me they won’t be there for long!

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Apple Galettes

My girls love to help in the kitchen so instead of having them “help” with party prep this week, I raided the freezer and we ended up with these yummy apple galettes. My 2,4, and 6 year olds made these and they were easy and fast. Use leftover pie dough. In this case I had one Trader Joes pie crust left in my fridge and split it into 3 pieces. We chopped up apples but you can use any fruit you have in the house. Add cinnamon and sugar to the fruit, mix and pour it into the middle of the pie dough. Fold edges over and spray with coconut oil. Bake at 400-425 for 20 minutes or until golden brown. These were gone in 3 minutes and my girls were so proud of their work!

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