TWD: Chocolate Sour Cream Cookies

Big, fluffy cake-like chocolate cookies. YUM! These would be good to sandwich with ice cream!

Thanks to Spike of SpikeBakes for hosting this week.

Creamy Pasta with Leeks, Peas, and Parmesan

Delicious and easy! It was great by itself but the next day Nathan mixed in some tuna for his lunch and it was delicious that way, too! Cold, warm, plain, with tuna, lunch, dinner... good any way you shake it! :)

Creamy Pasta with Leeks, Peas, and Parmesan

Recipe from Woman's Day

12 oz pasta

1 (10 oz) package frozen peas

1 lemon, zested

2 TBSP olive oil

4 leeks, sliced into half moons

Salt and Pepper

3/4 cup heavy cream

1/8 tsp grated fresh nutmeg

2 TBSP fresh tarragon, chopped

1/4 cup grated parmesan

Cook pasta according to package directions, adding the peas during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Drain and set aside.

Heat oil in large skillet. Add leeks, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper and cook until tender; 6-8 minutes. Add cream, lemon zest, and nutmeg; simmer until slightly thickened (2-3 minutes).

Add pasta and peas to skillet and toss to combine. Fold in tarragon. Sprinkle with parmesan.

Strawberry Nutella Muffins

These muffins prompted my 3 year old to say, "Mommy, you make the best muffins in the world!" Yes... they are THAT good! YUM!

Strawberry Nutella Muffins

Recipe from Two Peas and Their Pod

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup canola oil
1 large egg
1/3 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped fresh strawberries
1/3 cup Nutella

Preheat oven to 350 and grease muffin tins.

Whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar.

Combine canola oil, egg, buttermilk, and vanilla together.

Add wet to dry and stir just until combined. Fold in strawberries.

Fill each muffin cup halfway and add a spoonful of Nutella. Cover Nutella with remaining batter.

Bake for 17-10 minutes.

Banana Sour Cream Muffins

Delicious banana muffins sprinkled with a little cinnamon sugar... YUM!

Banana Sour Cream Muffins
Recipe from Talking Dollars and Cents


2-1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 large ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup butter
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream

Sift together flour through salt; set aside.

Blend bananas, butter, and sugar in blender until smooth. Add eggs and sour cream; blend to mix.

Add blender ingredients to dry ingredients in bowl and mix well.

Fill muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes at 375.

Hunka Chunka Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

We are doing a summer reading challenge at our house. My 6 year old LOVES reading and we decided to do a small reward system to encourage her reading. We have a chart with 75 blocks and she gets a reward every 25 blocks. She finished her first 25 in 2 1/2 days and her reward was picking a dessert for me to make.

She chose one of my cookbooks and flipped through for about 5 minutes before picking these cookies. It was a fanatastic choice. You can't really go wrong with chocolate chip cookies and these were soft, chewy, big, and LOADED with chocolate chips! YUM!

Hunka Chunka Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey Treats for Kids

1 cup melted butter

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 TBSP vanilla

2 eggs

1 egg yolk

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

3 cups chocolate chips

In a large bowl mix together butter through yolk. Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.

Scoop out dough using large cookie scoop or 1/4 cup measuring cup and chill for at least 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 and bake for 15-17 minutes or until golden brown.