Peanut Butter and Nutella Mousse...or something like that.

"And something like that" comes from me not really knowing what to call this concoction. I woke up today knowing I wanted to make something, but I didn't know what. I attempted to make macaroons but something went horribly wrong so I wanted to whip something up really quick in replace of them. I knew I wanted something peanut butter so this is what I got.

Ingredients:

8 oz cream cheese (1 block)

1 cup of Peanut Butter

1/2 cup of Nutella

1/2 cup of powdered sugar

1 teaspoon of vanilla 

4 oz of cool whip

Directions:

-Cream the cream cheese until soft.

-Once soft, cream in the peanut butter and the Nutella.

-Add the powdered sugar and vanilla.

-Fold in the cool whip.

-Pour into parfait glasses.

-Serves 5.

Banana Bread!

It's been quite some time since I've last blogged, but I promise you I have been baking....especially throughout the holidays. Oh boy! I've been busy with work and school. Can you believe it!? I graduate this spring! I feel like I was just blogging yesterday about how I was going to pastry school, and here I am, 2 years later, getting ready to graduate! I am so so so excited! Except I kinda wish I could just be in pastry school forever. I learn so much all the time....also....I don't want to enter the real world and not have summer break. Wah. Such is life. Let's not think about it. Moving on....this banana bread recipe comes from a Jan Koran, the author, and I have to give a shoutout to my cousin, Krissy, for making this banana bread recipe and bringing it to our Grandma one day. I loved the bread so I asked Krissy for the recipe.  I LOVE it!

Ingredients:

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 1/4 cup sugar

2 eggs - beaten

3 bananas - very ripe (black)

1 1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt 

1/3 cup buttermilk

Directions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.

-Cream sugar and oil in mixer.

-Beat in eggs and add bananas

-Sift together the dry ingredients 

-Alternately add the dry ingredients with the buttermilk, ending with the buttermilk.

-Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 55 minutes.