Our Weekend!

This weekend was simple. We didn't do too much but it was perfect non-the less. Spence had another test today. So his weekend was spent living in the library. All I can say is that I'm grateful he has some great buddies to study with.

Friday night cute Nicole invited me over to her house for a little girls night. I loved just hanging out and holding their beautiful little new baby boy. Saturday I spent the day at the mall with some cute girls from my ward. It was nice to be "out" of Chicago for a bit and man this mall was incredible! I may have spent way too much money. Considering we're living on a medical students budget, any money spent was too much :-)

I finished the weekend off with trying some pinterest finds. I have decided to start trying what i pin. Great idea right...haha!

Anyway I decided to make some treats for a fireside our ward was having on Sunday. I made the below (not my picture).

They actually turned out pretty good. They were super gooey which I loved (Spence not so much). Let's be honest though...I am addicted to S'mores!

The recipe is below. I doubled it and used an 9 x 13 pan. It gave us about 28 squares!

Peanut Butter Cup S’mores Bars (adapted from Pinch of Yum and Sprinkle Some Sunshine)

yield: 16 large/20 small squares

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 16 peanut butter cups, regular size
• 1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff*

*Fluff is pretty impossible to measure, so this doesn’t have to be an exact amount, just kind of eyeball it. As long as you have enough to cover the PB cups, you’re good to go.

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Line an 8×8 baking dishing with parchment paper; coat lightly with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl of the bowl of stand mixer, beat butter and sugars until fluffy.  Beat in egg and vanilla until combined.  Scrape down the sides.  With the mixer on low, stir in the flour, baking powder, salt, and graham cracker crumbs until mixed.
3. Spread 2/3 of the dough on the bottom of the prepared baking dish.  Lightly press the peanut butter cups into the dough, then spread marshmallow fluff on top.  Press the remaining dough on a non-stick surface into the shape of an 8×8 square.  Place the square on top of the fluff and press down lightly.
4. Bake for 30 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown.  Allow to cool for at least two hours* to give the bars a chance to set, then remove from the pan and cut into squares with a large, sharp knife.

*Originally I said the bars needed to cool for 8 hours, but after making them again I’ve realized they’re ready to go after only about 2. I also bet they are DAAANG good straight from the oven 

Have you tried anything new from pinterest? Let me know what you are pinning!