••••HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAD PITT🎁🎉🎂🍰🎈!!••••

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****HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

****BRAD PITT!!

****YOU ARE 53 TODAY!!

 

••••CHEESECAKE BROWNIES🍰🧀🎂🍫🍳!!••••

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****CHEESECAKE BROWNIES!!

Ingredients
For the brownies
250 grams plain flour
150 grams brown sugar
250 ml boiling water
4 levelled tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder 
1 large egg
100 ml oil 
2 tablespoons dark rum
For the cheesecake swirl
100 grams cream cheese
50 grams icing sugar
1 small egg
1 tablespoon plain flour 
1 teaspoon vanilla

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Preparation

Sift the cocoa into a small bowl, pour the boiling water over it and mix until the cocoa dissolves and the mixture becomes smooth. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar and baking powder, then pour in the cocoa mixture, rum, beaten egg and oil, and continue whisking until well blended. Take out about 1/4 of the brownie batter and set it aside, then line a baking pan (23x30 cm; 9x12 inch) with baking paper, pour in the batter and smooth the top.

In another bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla, then add the egg and flour and blend really well. Put the cheesecake batter in a decorating bag fitted with a small tip (or a disposable bag with the corner cut off) and evenly pipe the cream cheese mixture on the brownie batter. Evenly spread the reserved brownie batter over the cheesecake part, then take a long skewer or a butter knife and make swirls in the batter to distribute the cheesecake batter evenly. 

Bake the cheesecake brownies in a preheated oven, at 180˚C (350˚F) for 20-22 minutes (do the toothpick test around 20 minutes, to make sure your brownies do not get overbaked and dry). Let it cool completely, cut in into 16 squares and serve with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

 

••••GRANT'S TWO INGREDIENT COCONUT MACAROONS🍶🍚!!••••

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****GRANT'S TWO INGREDIENT 

****COCONUT MACAROONS!!

****MY MOM USED TO MAKE THESE

****COOKIES!! 😋 YUMMY!!

http://rachaelrayshow.com/recipes

Serves 6 macaroons

Ingredients

1 14-ounce can dulce de leche *see note
1 14-ounce bag sweetened shredded coconut
 

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°F. 

In a small bowl, mix together dulce de leche and sweetened shredded coconut. Using a spoon, scoop mounds of coconut evenly into a 6-cup muffin tin.

Place the tin into the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. 

*Note: If you can’t find dulce de leche, place an unopened can of sweetened condensed milk in the bottom of a slow cooker. Pour in enough water to cover the can with at least 1/2 inch of water. Cook for 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low. Once cooked, remove the can from the water and cool completely before opening it.

 

- See more at: http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/recipes/22321_grant_s_two_ingredient_coconut_macaroons/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_927627#sthash.TNjgcJVj.dpuf

 

••••COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS🎄🎁🎉⛄️!!••••

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****COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS!!

 

••••BIG EASY GUMBO🍤🌶🍗🌰!!••••

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****BIG EASY GUMBO!!

Ingredients

Prep Time

50 MIN

Total Time

50 MIN

8 Servings 

1/2 cup peanut oil

1/2

cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

1

cup chopped sweet onion

1

cup chopped green bell pepper

1

cup chopped celery 

2

teaspoons Creole seasoning

2

teaspoons finely chopped garlic

5 1/4

cups Progresso™ reduced sodium chicken broth (from two 32-oz cartons)

4

cups shredded cooked chicken 

1/2

lb andouille sausage, cut into 1/4-inch slices

1 1/2

cups frozen black-eyed peas, thawed

1

lb uncooked extra-large (16 to 20 count) shrimp, peeled (tail shells removed), deveined

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Directions 

• 1 In 4- to 6-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Gradually stir in flour with whisk; cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly, until flour is chocolate colored. (Do not burn mixture.)
• 2 Reduce heat to medium. Stir in onion, bell pepper, celery, Creole seasoning and garlic. Cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in broth. Add chicken, sausage and black-eyed peas. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low. Simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 3 Stir in shrimp; cook 5 minutes or just until shrimp are pink.
  
  
  

••••MORE CHRISTMAS TO COME🎄⛄️🎁!!••••

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****MORE CHRISTMAS TO COME!!

••••BLACK GARLIC BENEFITS🌰!!••••

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****BLACK GARLIC BENEFITS!!