July

Happy July everyone! I know I say it every month but I cannot believe how fast the summer has gone by. Just wanted to let you know I have updated the Recipe of the Month page. Due to popular demand the new recipe is the Twisted Peanut Butter cookies that were featured yesterday. They are incredibly easy to make so make them part of your 4th of July holiday weekend! I hope all you Holy Hannah's readers have a safe, happy, and very fun long weekend.

Twisted Peanut Butter Cookie

Twisted Peanut Butter Cookies

My coworker, Craig, celebrated his 40th anniversary with Graco the other day. I was in charge of bringing in the treats. I found this recipe online and decided it has the trifecta of perfect ingredients.

What doesn't say dessert better than

Chocolate,

Peanut Butter,

and Pretzels?

Using these three ingredients I made a peanut butter batter and added in crushed pretzels and chocolate chips. Nothing like the perfect combination of sweet and salty. These were a huge hit in the Duffey household, as well as at work. Look for this as our July Recipe of the Month!

Twisted Peanut Butter Cookies

Check out the pretzel chunks!

ERHS Cake Pops

Woodbury had a new high school open up last school year, East Ridge High School. This past school year, 2010 - 2011, had the first graduating class from East Ridge. We were asked to make cake pops in ERHS's colors, which are gold and black. We did a basic cake pop dipped in black candy melt and added gold drizzle.

Slew of ERHS Cake Pops

Go Raptors!

WHS Cake Balls

Our great family friend, Kayla, graduate from Woodbury High School this month. We were in charge of making cake balls for her graduation party. We stuck to true Woodbury colors, royal blue and white. These were very simple but turned out great.

Slew of WHS Cake Balls

Go Royals!

Congrats Kayla, Holy Hannah's is very proud of you! We know you will do great in whatever comes next!

Cinnamon Banana Muffins

Round three of Banana Muffins were a huge success. This recipe is very similar to the usual recipe I use from my Grandma but there was one special ingredient. Cinnamon! I am currently kicking myself because this idea is genius. Cinnamon is one of the best spices and it compliments bananas well.

Cinnamon

I ended up making a double batch of these and making 3 different types of muffins. We have very picky people in our house. Bethany only eats plain banana muffins. Mostly everyone loves chocolate chips in their banana muffins however, not everyone loves nuts (like Krista and my mother). So if you are looking for some banana muffins stop on by the Duffey house.

Cinnamon Banana Muffins with Chocolate Chips and Walnuts

Picture Perfect Cinnamon Banana Muffin

I did a rough count of the bananas in the freezer, we are down to 5! That is some serious progress in banana consumption. I have enough sour cream left to make another batch, so there might be more muffins or bread to come this week.

Nutella Banana Muffins

The second banana bread recipe I ran across was Nutella Banana Muffins. Ever since I got back from Arizona I have had an obsession with Nutella. It is delicious on a bagel, Ritz crackers, or drizzled over popcorn.

Nutella

Breanna and Krista were the first guinea pigs to try the muffins. They decided they tasted best when lathered in butter, but lets face it what doesn't taste better with a little bit of butter.

Nutella Banana Muffin

Slew of Nutella Banana Muffin

Gorgeous Chocolate Color

Banana Muffins

The other morning before I went to work I was digging in the freezer. I noticed we had an absurd amount of bananas waiting to be turned into delicious banana bread or muffins. And when I say absurd, I did a rough count and we had 20 bananas!


I did some Internet browsing and decided I would experiment with a few different recipes. The first one I gave a go had a special ingredient.

Cream Cheese

Bethany was quite skeptical about the muffins because they had a brown sugar topping but after her first bite she was in heaven. I will be adding this to the recipe rotation.

Slew of Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins with Brown Sugar Topping