Today is Michael's birthday, my best friend and new husband! I was lucky enough to get the day off but he was not :( This morning I made him breakfast in bed, made his lunch, AND gave him his first birthday present before work - I am such an awesome wife! But seriously, I had a great time today surprising him by cleaning out the storage closet like he has wanted and cooking him an awesome meal of imitation Chick-Fil-A nuggets (and sauce!) and homemade potato chips! The chips were from Paula Dean and were super simple and A-mazing, check out this two step recipe, here. The nuggets were also great but I had a little too much breading to chicken ratio because I forgot to cut down the recipe for just two chicken breasts, whoops! I found this recipe over on Table for Two. The only thing I changed was that I marinated the chicken in pickle juice beforehand, something I had read somewhere else and it really did make them taste more authentic! For the big finale, aka dessert, I made chocolate peanut butter Reeses cupcakes. I actually made these yesterday because Michael wanted to bring them in to work, and they were a big hit! The recipe was adapted from Chef in Training - I just love her recipe index!
The big thing I did differently was that I crushed up some Reeses cups and put them in the cupcake batter before baking - mmm :)
Check out the deliciousness in action!
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| Only put a little bit of batter in the bottom. |
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| Smash up some Reeses |
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| Add the Reeses to the batter and pour more batter on top. |
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| Now on to my most favorite kitchen gadget! |
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| Homemade PB frosting = awesomeness. |
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| I don't have a frosting piper so I improvised with some advice from my Mom. |
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| Messy but it worked! |
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| Perfect birthday cupcake! |
Enjoy!!
