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By Estela - Weekly Bite, January 12, 2011 6:55 am

Warning.

Just cause you make this for your kid doesn’t mean you won’t eat most of them.

Warning.

This has that killer combo. You know, that PB & chocolate combo that no one can turn down.

Warning.

The fact that these contain fruit, plus that killer combo I just mentioned makes you wanna eat more.  Because it doesn’t count if it has fruit… right?

I have something very simple, yet incredibly delicious for you today.  These Granola Apple Moons are the perfect snack for kids of all ages. I have to say ‘kids of all ages’ to justify eating most of them.

These are even a great snack for your kids to help put together.  It may be a little messy, but I bet they have fun doing it

Here’s everything you need:

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Try to leave at least one slice for your kid

You can bet I’ll be making these for the next play date I host.  I’m not sure these will top the Nutella Cream Soda, but it’ll be close

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, January 26, 2010 9:24 am

Can you think of a more perfect combo? Chocolate. Peanut Butter. Bananas.

I love chocolate and peanut butter. I love peanut butter and bananas. I love chocolate covered bananas.

Sometimes I stand in my kitchen and stick my spoon in the peanut butter jar, then dip my peanut butter spoon in a bag of chocolate chips…. do you every do that?

The combination of all three just makes sense.

My husband on the other hand… well, he loves peanut butter and chocolate, but peanut butter and banana, he doesn’t get. His exact words to me were “I just don’t get the whole peanut butter banana thing.” “What’s the big deal?” I looked at him like he was some sort of alien or broke a sacred vow.

Okay, back to this awesome bread…

If you’re familiar with my blog, you know that I have issues with bananas. I buy massive quantities of bananas, then the minute they go ripe, I throw them in the freezer… then buy more bananas. I now have massive quantities of bananas in my freezer. So instead baking the same old banana bread, I changed up the recipe and added peanut butter and bananas.

This bread is Gooood! Its dense, rich, and must be consume with a large ice cold glass of milk.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 over ripe bananas
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together then set aside.

Combine sugar, canola oil, and applesauce. Mix until well blended. Add peanut butter and vanilla to sugar mixture. Mix until peanut butter is blended through. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture. Mix just until combined. Gently mix in bananas, then fold in semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Spray an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray. Spoon batter into pan. Bake for 55 – 65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center. Cool completely on cooling rack. Once bread is completely cooled, transfer loaf out of the pan.

Enjoy!

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Question of the Day?

What’s your favorite food combo? PB & Chocolate is my favorite

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By Estela - Weekly Bite, January 6, 2010 11:26 am

I peaked.

Seriously… I should just retire now. I should retire from cookie making.

I’ve literally died and gone to cookie heaven!

This is the best damn cookie I’ve ever made!

Never has a bite of cookie brought me to my knees.

Can you tell I love these cookies!

I originally started out with all intentions to make standard oatmeal cookies. As I started to pull all the ingredients out… I thought to myself “Wait a minute… I don’t even really like oatmeal raisin cookies.” I put the raisins back in the cabinet and pulled out the chocolate chips. Behind the chocolate chips was a huge jar of Jif peanut butter (my husband refuses to eat the all the natural stuff). From this, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies were born.

To scoop out my cookies I use a small ice cream scoop (about 1.5-2 tablespoons). This makes for the perfect seven bite cookie. My husband went nuts over these cookies! They were so good he said I shouldn’t make them for while (cause he’ll eat them all)!

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks butter (softened)
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour (all-purpose flour can be used too)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 3 cups quick cooking oats (old fashioned oats will work too)
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Add peanut butter, mix until creamy.

Add combined flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well. Stir in oats and chocolate chips.

Use a small ice cream scoop or about 2 tablespoons worth of cookie dough onto ungreased cookie sheet. With your fingers, flattened cookie a little.

Bake for about 13-15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Let cool on cookie sheet for about 3 minutes. Transfer to wire rack.

Proceed to enjoy the best cookie you’ve ever had!

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Question of the day?

In cookie heaven, what cookie would you be surrounded by? You know my answer