Behold the Slutty Brownie

This past weekend I was in South Carolina for the Super Bowl. I had to jet up to Myrtle Beach pretty quickly on Thursday, because my Grandfather had a stroke...he's doing great and is even leaving the rehab center today! This is amazing considering he doesn't even remember us being at the hospital. But, I'm just glad he's doing great.

Anyways, back to Super Bowl Sunday! My brother is a chef...and is an AMAZING chef. He works at the Glass Onion in Charleston, and it's safe to say that cooking for him and around him, leaves you feeling nervous. So while he was experimenting with Buffalo Cupcakes with bluecheese buttercream frosting (I have to admit I was not a fan of that flavor pallet...though it was interesting, and other's loved it). I decided to go the opposite of fancy foods. I went with a recipe I found on Pinterest and decided to make slutty brownies....this is the turducken of deserts. A layer of chocolate chip cookie, a layer of oreos and a layer of brownies all baked together into one mouth-watering dessert.

I suggest you go out and try it. I'm even on WeightWatchers (still lost this week even with the brownie) and managed to splurge! Go make these. Do not walk, do not hem and haw...RUN out and make these. I know I am not the only person jumping on the slutty brownie bandwagon, in fact I ran into a girl in the grocery store and we were BOTH making them! So jump on the slutty brownie bandwagon and do it...you will not regret it.

 In a 13x9 pan make a layer of cookie dough (I did homemade..but if you do store bought you two of the tubes) Then one layer of double stuffed oreo's that cover the entire pan. I used regular double-stuffed but I may try peanutbutter next time!.



Pour double-fudge brownie batter over top. I noticed it was hard to make sure you covered everything so be careful when pouring into the holes, you don't want to leave the oreo's exposed!

Fresh out of the oven...based for 30 minutes at 350.

Behold the delicious slutty brownie.

We're Classy....Kissimmee Classy.

The best ideas usually come together over wine...with good friends. Last, Tuesday a goup of us were sitting at the local Wine Bar and came up with the idea of getting together to eat delicious food....and then Kelly added that Christmas attire was a must (this we did not do so well with).

However, despite a power outtage, and copious amounts of wine....we put together quite a delicious meal. It's nice when you know that you can get together with a group of people and everyone will contribute. The boys (Gabe and Nestor) did a fantastic job with the Beef Bougion, and add to that a caprese salad and stuffed mushrooms (Lindsey), Ham Ball (Kelly), Banana Pudding (Austin), Potato Cassorole (Reid), Smores (Kevin), Sugar Cookies (Bob), Red Velvet Cake (Ashley), and my trio of goat cheese crostinis. It was such a great time!

Did I add that this idea not only spawned from our wine night but also came from the fact that a ton of us our leaving for Europe? Three of the boys involved in the dinner are leaving for Europe on Wednesday and will be gone a little under three weeks! While us girls will not see them on our trip we wish them the best!

Bowser begging!

Bowser's mommy making spinach & parmesan stuffed mushrooms.




Two of the goat cheese crostinis!





The food!









Kevin!

Cooking was a success!!!!

I'm wayy to exhausted from my trip to the grocery store and cooking....(okay so that shouldn't wear me out...but seriously I'm only just over 2 weeks out from brain surgery....) so I'm going to post the photos for now and share later. Day one of Giada Challenge = Success!

Tomato Strata

Vegeterian Stuffed Mushrooms

Whole Wheat Linguine w/greenbeans, ricotta and lemonhomemade whipped cream!

Berry Strata! Yum!

The Dessert put all together