Rootbeer and Chocolate

I think I will be serving these Monday.   HERE is the recipe.  I found this really fun blog that I will be checking out more often.  How sweet it is.

Root Beer Floats
serves 2
2 cups vanilla ice cream
2 bottles of root beer
Scoop equal amounts of ice cream into two glasses. Top with a bit of hot fudge, then pour in root beer. Drizzle a little more hot fudge over top. Devour. Die. Go to heaven.

Homemade Hot Fudge
1 cup sugar
1 cup cocoa
2 tablespoons flour
pinch of salt
1 cup boiling water or scalding milk
1 tablespoon of butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Combine sugar, cocoa, salt, and flour in a bowl or pot over a double boiler. Bring water or milk to a boil. Gradually add hot liquid to sugar mixture. Stir constantly until mixture thickens.
Once it has reached the desired thickness, remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Serve immediately if you would like a thinner sauce, or let it sit at room temperature for an hour to thicken. Store in the refrigerator.

Purse Tutorial

Found this cute purse HERE.  My girls are wanting a purse. 

Brownies...

Well I found a yummy website that really is awesome.  Finecooking.com  I think.  Here is the brownie recipe I tried tonight and it really turned out yummy. 

I doubled it and put it in a 9x13 pan.

6 oz unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
2 oz (2/3c.)  cocoa
1 2/3 c. sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 c. flour
4 oz chopped chocolate (3/4 c.)
2 oz (1/2c.) nuts

350'- butter a 8" pyrex pan

Melt butter in pan.  Take off heat and add cocoa, wisk til smooth.  Add the sugar and salt, wisk til smooth.  Add 1 egg and wisk just til blended.  Add vanilla and other egg and wisk just til blended.  Sprinkle flour on top of mixture and stir with a rubber spatula just til blended.  Add chocolate and fold in.  Scrape into pan.  Sprinkle nuts on top. 

Bake 33-38 minutes. 
Transfer to cool rack and let cool completely. 

Makes 12 brownies. 

Without frosting they are worth 8 weight watcher points, with frosting they are 10 points. 

I left out the nuts and for the chocolate I added 1 3/4 c milk chocolate chips. 

This recipe gets an A in my mind.

Light and Dark Yummy Bars

I too love things made from cake mixes.  These kind of reminded me of a hello dolly.  These look kid friendly also.  Found the recipe HERE

Faux Burger...

I found this idea HERE.  Oh how I could bite into one of these right now.  We will be making these this summer. 

Ruffle skirt

I found this really cute skirt tutorial.  I am having more time to sew.  This one will be fun.

HERE

sundress...

I am needing a project.  I don't want to forget where I saw this cute sundress.

HERE is the pattern