Bake: Triple Treat Bars
This recipe started with my attempt to make fudge and peanut butter fudge without a recipe. The result was delicious, but not quite fudge (which requires the heating, then slow cooling, then stirring of corn syrup, water, sugar, chocolate, butter, and milk/cream). Everyone agreed that the two non-fudge products should be combined to make a delicious chocolate-peanut butter treat. I added a crust of chocolate sandwich cookies (known to most as Oreos, though I actually used Newman-Os in this recipe) and the Triple-Treat was born. This can be served in slices like a pie (as shown above), or in smaller bar-like squares (see below).
Cook: Bacon-Wrapped Rosemary Pork
I like pork. I do. Really. I like bacon, and prosciutto, and bacon... but pork loin never really appealed to me because it always seemed dry and lifeless. I decided to conquer my fears and try to cook a tasty pork loin. Not wanting to stand in the kitchen with a baster for an hour, I decided to use a delicious self-basting wrapper - bacon! The pork loin was flavorful and juicy, and required minimal effort. Recipe after the jump...