s'more mugs

"Please sir, can I have s'more?" See what I did there? Whitty, I know. I found this little recipe a couple days ago and immediately knew this would be the next posting. When it comes to s'mores...I just can't resist. Fat kid? Yes. This little treat has long since been a favorite of mine, ever since I was a youngin'. Even now I still love the graham cracker-chocolate-marshmallow combination and the best parts about this recipe: under 5 minutes of cooking in the microwave. That's right, I said it. No oven this time, this one's super easy!

The recipe makes about 3 mugs comfortably and when I first made my friends try it they were a little hesitant until they took the first bite. Every time, each one's eyes grew wide and they couldn't believe it could tast so good. I can't help but agree...this is crazy delicious and super easy.

chocolate cream whoopie pies

Just the name sounds fun...though if you are from the NE United States, Whoopie Pies are nothing new for you. Finally making their way down here to Texas these little treats look pretty darn delectable. The other day when searching for ideas for this week I stumbled upon a recipe for easy Whoopie Pies. The reason they are easy is because they come from a cake box! (The trick is making the cake as the box directions dictate but leave out the water...I used a Duncan Hines) The whole recipe (frosting included) was way too easy, seeing how even I was able to make them.

The biggest trick honestly through this process was finding a good recipe for frosting. Since the cake part was so easy I wanted to try and challenge myself. The best recipe I found out is called "butter-cream frosting" and finally after searching for what seemed like hours I ended up finding a great (and easy) one from Martha Stewart oddly enough, that I slightly altered. After a few tries I think I finally have us a winner:

simple sweet limeade pie

This week was incredibly busy for me; but sometimes that just happens!

That being said, I thought this would be the perfect week for a tart but awesome Limeade Pie my dad showed me about a year ago.

As mentioned, this pie is definitely tart but oh man does it hit that sweet spot everyone has...as long as you like pies that is.

The Task

Here we go! I have always appreciated and even enjoyed making things in the kitchen, though when it comes to full-fledged cooking, well, let's just say I envy those on Food Network. I've never been able to taste the spaghetti sauce and think "Oh, it just needs more oregano" or if oregano even belongs in Italian food; it's sad. That could be why I've always had a sweet spot (no pun intended) for baking. While that term definitely seems to take all forms of  masculinity and kick it out to the curb, it is so much more of an analytic process...at least to me it is. Everything is listed out for you...