Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Blog With Friends: Spring, Please

Today’s post is the next in our series of Blog With Friends theme collaborations. Each month a group of bloggers get together and each publish a project based on a theme. What I love about this partnership is that it’s not bloggers with similar interests or strengths, but a diverse group coming up with a variety of posts. In a given month we may have a recipe, sewing tutorial, crocheting, crafts project, book review, and/or a technology post, all related to the theme of the month.

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There will be individual project pictures and links to what everyone else has to offer at the end of my post. There’s also the opportunity for you to link up any of your Spring themed posts.

Here’s a peek at what we all came up with:

Blog With Friends: March Spring Fever | www.BakingInATornado.com |


This month our theme is Spring. And let me tell you, it can’t come fast enough for me. My contribution is the recipe for my White Brownie Parfait. I chose this recipe because I use white cocoa, a sort of nod to winter but I also use fresh berries. Nothing says spring is here and summer’s coming like fresh fruits. I chose strawberries and blueberries because that’s what looked best to me, but you can really use whatever berries you find. This recipe is versatile. The white brownie adds sweetness but the flavor won’t overpower any fruit you choose.

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 White brownie Parfait

 The first step is to make the white brownies. They’re easy to make, microwave, mix and bake. They’re ready when they start to brown.

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 White Brownies

Of course you know that my boys ate some of the white brownies before I even made the parfaits.

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 White Brownies

I cut the brownies into very small squares for the parfait, and layered them with fresh fruit and whipped cream. I thought about marinating the fruit and I thought about flavoring the whipped cream, but in the end I did neither, letting the fresh flavors shine through. Good choice.

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White Brownie Parfait

Be sure to visit all of this month’s other Blog With Friends projects:

Robin of Someone Else’s Genius shares a tutorial for Faux Terrarium Earrings:


Stacy of Stacy Sews and Schools shows us how to make this Splish Splash Rain Cape:


Eileen of Eileen’s Perpetually Busy made an Easy Spring Baby Blanket:



Melissa of Home on Deranged tells us how to get gardening help from our phones with her post on Five Apps to Help Your Garden Grow:
 
Christy of Uplifting Families shares some Non-Candy Easter Basket Ideas.


Lydia of Cluttered Genius tells us about Spring Cleaning With Essential Oils:



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White Brownie Parfait
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Printable Recipe
 
Ingredients:
¾ cup white chocolate chips
1 stick margarine
½ stick butter
1 packet (1¼ oz) Arctic White Hot Cocoa Mix
¾ tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup flour
 
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 cup blueberries
whipped cream
 
Directions:
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 X 13 pan.
*Melt together the white chocolate, margarine and butter in microwave. Once it’s completely smooth stir in the white cocoa mix.
*Stir in the vanilla. Once incorporated, stir in the sugar, then the eggs and last the flour.
*Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the edges are browned, the top has started browning and the center is completely set. Remove from oven and cool completely before slicing.
*In a glass, layer brownie pieces, blueberries, whipped cream, brownie pieces, strawberries, whipped cream.

22 comments:

  1. Oh, yum!! My daughter loves strawberries, so I may have to try this one.

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    1. If she loves strawberries this is a great idea to try for her.

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  2. YUM YUM YUM!!!! Yeah, definitely going to have to try this. Everyone will love it!!!!! <3

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    1. Yes, the only hard part was hiding away some white brownies so I could actually make these.

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  3. Oh! As usual, you have the best resipes! Going to try this one for dessert tonight. I'll let you know . . .

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  4. Oh my this looks so delicious! I even think I can handle this one!

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  5. You know, I would have never thought to use white cocoa in a homemade mix. You are a genius!

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    1. I don't know about genius, but every now and then my ideas do work out.

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  6. I'd never even heard of white brownies, but I'm going to try them now! Pinned :)

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    1. Never heard of White Brownies? You poor thing. Let me know what you think.

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  7. oh I wish I could bake half as good as you! Though I prefer my brownies loaded with chips, mint, and peanut butter...crazy combo right?

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    1. No, not crazy at all, that's the beauty of it, everything goes with brownies!

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  8. That looks so yum! I might have to try that.

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    1. You MUST try them. And don't forget the fresh berries.

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  10. Yummy, this looks delicious. I haven't tried making white brownies. I bet my kids would enjoy them.

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    1. If you try them, make sure you let me know what they think.

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  11. ...so I've never heard of white brownies until today! Well thank you for teaching me something new ❤

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