Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut butter, oats, AND chocolate chips in one cookie? Sounds good to me!

I haven't made something in a while, so I made these in my break between classes!

I think they are already half gone.. so I guess that's all I have to say!

recipe: browneyedbaker

Brownie Cupcakes (mini mini)

As I mentioned before, my mom and brother came to visit me. I asked my mom to bring me the mini muffin pans from home (I am slowly stealing the entire kitchen) so that I could make something mini! I decided to make a simple chocolate cake with my favorite vanilla frosting. I ended up stumbling upon this chocolate brownie cupcake and decided to give it a try. The mini muffin pans ended up being even too mini for the mini muffin liners that I bought (How many times can I say mini?). So the first batch I tried to make with just cooking spray, and it was kind of a struggle to get them out in just one piece. For the second batch, I used the liners I bought, so the cupcakes were a bit bigger.

Just for comparisons, here is a regular liner, the mini liner, and the brownie from the mini pan.

It is definitely a brownie cupcake and not a regular cupcake. The frosting is the same frosting I used when I made the cookie-bottomed cakes! I added a big dollop onto each one! yumyum

recipe: howsweeteats

Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes

I was thinking of what to make when my brother and mom came to visit me.. but luckily my brother and his girlfriend requested these cheesecake cupcakes. So I made them the day before I left for a weekend in Vegas and refrigerated them while I was gone. I have never made a cheesecake before, so I was wondering whether it would turn out, but it did! I didn't get to eat very many because I sent so many home with my family for others to enjoy. Definitely not my prettiest baking adventures, but it was tasty, so it doesn't really matter right?

I made a couple jumbo cupcakes and here you can see the entire oreo crust on the bottom :]

recipe: handletheheat

Caramel Cupcakes

With the rest of my buttermilk, I decided to make these caramel cupcakes. I LOVE caramel so this was sitting in my must be made folder, also. The cakes were a light vanilla buttermilk cake that was so simple and delicious.

I had to leave the cakes to be completely cool before I could put the caramel on (which was a bit more patience than I could handle).
Once they were cooled I went ahead and made the caramel! 

 sorry about these next two blurry pictures, I attempted to take a picture of me dipping the cupcakes so you can see how it worked!

 Once the caramel dried, it formed a hard shell on the cupcakes, which was very different than my normal frosting.

 

I thought they turned out great! I brought some along to my friend Lauren's house and gave some to her family. 

recipe: pieceofcakeblog

Buttermilk Donuts

I had a carton of buttermilk sitting in my fridge that was about to expire, so I decided I need to use it fast! This recipe has been sitting in my "must make" bookmark, so this was the perfect time. I liked the donut holes a bit more because they were easier to grab on my way out the door, but they were all delicious! I split the dough in half, and made cinnamon sugar donuts the first day, then the next day I made a vanilla glaze.

recipe:browneyedbaker