baker's dozen

I've been baking a lot lately.  Trying to keep my mind busy (always nice to get away from every day problems when things get tough.  I just lost an Uncle and it hasn't been easy.)  With that, comes a lot of food!

I have been trying to use up the potatoes we have.  So, I made some garlic fries.  Now, sometimes garlic can make me want to die and other times it's all i want.  These fries were SO garlicky, but amazingly delicious.  I think I just may be making them again.  Yum yum yum.

The second thing I baked were these Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies.  I don't like brownies too much, but I thought these would be good.  I've been trying to watch what I eat so I only had one, but I liked it.  It is definitely a acquired taste.   Some people in my family really liked them and others... well, didn't, haha.

Puppy Chow

I haven't had this in sometime, but I do have fond memories of it.  So good.  And SO easy to make.  Try it, you won't regret it.

Puppy Chow Recipe
Ingredients:
9 cups Combination of Corn, Rice, and Wheat Cereal squares (Chex) *For gluten-free, omit the wheat chex.
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup butter
2 teaspoon vanilla *make sure to check vanilla for gluten-free
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 1-gallon ziplock bags

Directions:
Place cereal in a large bowl and set aside. In a medium microwavable bowl, add chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter. Microwave on High for 1 minute and stir. Microwave 30 seconds longer and stir mixture until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Pour sauce over cereal and stir until evenly coated. Spoon half of the mixture in each 1-gallon resealable ziplock bag. Add 3/4 cup powdered sugar to each bag, and seal. Shake the bag until everything is coated. Spread on waxed/parchment paper to cool. Store in airtight container in refrigerator.