3.1415... oh wait, wrong Pie!

I know what you are thinking. "Another dessert recipe, Kels? When are you going to make some food that isn't terribly bad for you??" WELL, to answer your question, probably NEVER, because as I have mentioned way too damn many times before, I LOVE SWEETS. The featured dessert of this post is pie. Pie has a stigma of being super American and awesome, and it's easy to see why. Who couldn't love a bunch of sugary fruit tucked away in a lard-filled, flaky crust?? The superior grocery store in town happened to have blueberries on sale last week,  thus Mom and I decided that a blueberry pie was necessary. (Side note: When I say the superior grocery store, I am obviously referring to Fareway. I'm not sure if this is Midwestern thing or not, but people generally tend to show strong loyalty to either Fareway or HyVee. I have to be honest and admit that we do shop at HyVee, but only on Sundays or after 9:00 PM because Fareway is closed at those times. But seriously though, FAREWAY FOREVER!) Back to the main topic. The making of the delicious blueberry pie was a three man effort. My wonderfully awesome Mama Struck made the filling, which will be linked below.

 I made the "Dutch" topping, which is your basic combination of flour, brown sugar, white sugar, and butter. You can probably find it on the internet somewhere but I just used one from an apple pie recipe in a cookbook. It's literally my favorite part of the pie besides the crust.

 The crust was made by our wonderful friend Mr. Pillsbury, because let's be honest, making pie crust is hard work, and.....

So yeah I guess most of the credit goes to Mom because she took the Pillsbury pie crust out of the box and made it look all fancy like.

Then you pretty much make it like a normal pie. I have no idea how long it baked, but I would be willing to assume that it was somewhere in the 20 minute range. Then you let the delicious concoction cool and eat it with Vanilla Ice Cream. That detail is very important, and must NOT be skipped.

So yes, that was our Friday night adventure in making a blueberry pie. Here is your before-promised link for the pie filling:

http://pies.tastycookingrecipes.com/perfect-blueberry-pie-filling/

Gee, making this pie and blogging about it was such a ..... thrill!! Hahahaha, I love lame joke references. And since I made the lame joke reference, I have no choice but to link a video of the wonderful "Blueberry Hill" by Fats Domino. Stay classy! 

I have seen the Promised Land!

I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again right now. I love sweets. I'm only somewhat picky when it comes to what kind of sweets I like, but anything containing chocolate and peanut butter are going to rank above pretty much anything else. Therefore, when Mom decided to make these bars on the evening of the 4th of July after a full day of park food, concerts, and parade-ing, I was game for it. When I tasted these bars, I was pretty sure I had died and gone to Heaven. They were fuh-reaking AMAZING. Every element of these bars is good, and when you put all of those elements together, they work together in perfect harmony (kind of like Ebony and Ivory; heh!) to make something super delicious and fantastic. Before I do a nice little "picture and description" type thing of the baking process, here is the link to the recipe. You are going to want this because after seeing the pictures, you are going to have to make these bars. Not want to, have to!
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chocolate-peanut-butter-bars-224957/
Now for the fun "picture and description!"
The crust is a simple brown sugar oatmeal crust. This stuff in and of itself is delicious, and I kept sneaking little bites from the mixing bowl when Mom wasn't looking. But my real favorite stuff was the peanut butter concoction.

Anything with sweetened condensed milk is bound to be good, because I am convinced that sweetened condensed milk is indeed the nectar of the Gods. But mix it with peanut butter, which is one of my favorite foods, and it turns into liquid Jesus himself.

Then you layer this delicious liquid Jesus on top of your amazing crust, and top it with CHOCOLATE! You didn't think it could get any better, did you??? Well it did, because then you chop up a flipping REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP and add that on top of the amazing also! These things are just too good to be true.

Top these suckers off with some reserved brown sugar crust topping, and you literally have bars that will make you think you have died and gone to Heaven.

These things are the bomb, and I will definitely be making them again in the future
I will be doing several posts this week, as I have been baking a lot recently, and getting some items crossed off my summer bucket list, so be looking for those posts. Stay classy!