Happy weekend y'all!

So, I haven't blogged all week, and there is a reason behind it.... Since started the blog, I've gained 4 lbs!!!!!! All from eating my own goodies. I noticed I had been feeling a bit chunkier than usual, but I figured it was because i hadn't been to the gym! But I stepped on the scale and there it was.... SO I need to stop eating all of my goodies and continue baking AND exercising. I wonder why all pastry chefs are not obese?!?!?

So I am researching (going on pinterest) healthy goodies to make and I'll be posting about those.
I did find this recipe that looks AMaze balls..... Using pretzel m&ms. Healthier right? Well, not really but it's a start! I think I'm going to try this next week!


CARAMEL SWIRLED PRETZEL M&M BLONDIES
Ingredients

1 cup butter (2 sticks) room temp
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup light brown sugar packed
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp coarse Sea salt
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups Pretzel M&Ms
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 (14oz) bag caramels unwrapped
1/4 cup milk
How to Make

Preheat oven to 350°
Spray a 9x13 with baking spray. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugars together in a large mixing bowl.
Add vanilla and eggs and mix well.
On low add baking soda, salt and flour stirring until combined.
Fold in your pretzel M&Ms and chocolate chips.
In your prepared pan press 2/3 of your batter into the bottom of the pan.
Bake for 8-10 minutes until just beginning to set, but not golden brown.
While the bottom is baking put your unwrapped caramels into a microwave safe bowl along with your 1/4 cup milk. Microwave for 2-3 minutes, stirring every minute until melted.
When the bottom is done pour the melted caramel on top.
Drop in spoonfuls the remaining batter and spread over the caramel as well as you can.
Continue baking for 15 minutes until golden brown and the caramel is bubbling.
Set oven to 350°
Let cool completely before cutting into squares

Yellow cake with Rolos...don't knock it til you've tried it!

This is a recipe I've seen floating around Pintrest for a while now, and it is so darn easy!

-1 box cake mix dry (I used Betty Crocker yellow cake)
-5 oz can of condensed milk
-40 Rolos, cut in half
-1/2 cup butter, melted

So it is important to remember that we are just using the cake mix dry... No extra ingredients! We (my friends Sierra and Liv) ended up substituting half water half milk to lessen the calories (and we kind of goofed) but it's up to you. Just add the cake mix, condensed milk, and butter into a bowl and combine for about 2 minutes.
Then, pour HALF the mix into a 9x12 pan and pop that sucker in the oven (350 deg) for about 7 minutes. During this time, chop up those Rolos because it takes a while to get the foil wrapper off! And let me tell you, it takes self control not to eat them all!!!

Once the 7 minutes is up, take the pan out of the oven and carefully place the Rolos on top of the cake. I put them caramel side down so it would be extra gooey! Then pour the remaining batter on top of the Rolos.
Now bake for about 20-25 minutes or until done!
The other important thing to do is let it cool for about 30-40 min....something we did not have the will power to do. The cake was a bit crumbly but let me tell you.... It was amazing!!!!!! Yellow cake and Rolos are meant for each other!