Neiman Marcus Bars

Neiman Marcus does clothes, shoes, accessories etc like no one does. Now they’re even taking over the bakery world?! These are Neiman Marcus bars and they. are. AMAZING. They're very rich& chewy & decadent, almost like a kicked up brownie. It has a vanilla cake bottom, and a sweet crunchy creamy cheese topping. 

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker yellow cake mix

1 stick butter, melted

3 eggs

1 block Philadelphia cream cheese

4 C powdered sugar

Instructions

Preheated oven to 325 °  

Beat 1 egg, butter, cake mix

Pat into a 9x13 dish

Mix soft cream cheese and 2 eggs

Stir in powdered sugar

Spread over cake mix

Bake for about 45 minutes until done

*It may still jiggle a little right in the middle, it will continue to cook a little after you remove it from the oven. You don't want the edges to get overdone.

You have to have a glass of milk with these. Or try them hot with a scoop of ice cream. Or if you’re like my sister & I, have one with milk, then go back & have the second with icecream! 

-N.

Love via hand pies

Well it’s that time of the quarter again…preparations for final examinations have commence. Which in the wonderful World of Me means my oven is working on overtime!

I love pies. Cupcake pies. Mason jar pies. Hand pies. I love them all! There’s something that’s so comforting about the smell of a pie baking in your oven while you frantically find a way to cram an entire quarter’s worth of information into your already fried brain. 

Today on the menu are mini cherry heart hand pies! They’re perfectly proportion and just so ooey gooey yummy! 

Ingredients:
1 pkg Pillsbury ready made pie crust
1 can cheery pie filling
1/8 tablespoon almond extract
½ T butter (melted)
1 T cinnamon sugar
Heart shaped cookie cutter (you’ll need a good sized one to be able to contain the filling)

Instructions:
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
-Unroll pie crust and cut it using a heart-shaped cookie cutter or any desired shape. (If you have extra, like I did, stamp out some smaller hearts & use it to dip into the leftover pie filling!)
-Place a bottom shape on a silicone-mat, and top it with a heaping tablespoon of the cherry pie filling, making sure to leave room around the edges for sealing.
-Lay another heart on top, and use a fork to crimp the pies shut on all sides.
-Brush each cherry hand pie with the melted butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
-Bake at 400-degrees for approximately 18 minutes or until golden brown and bubbling.

Enjoy & revel in the fact that while you’re enjoying these delicious hand pies, I’m having a meltdown, freaking out about finals! 

-N.

My favorite 3 words

The 3 most beautiful words in the English dictionary: Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars. I had these amazing little bites of heaven for the first time at an afternoon tea a few years ago. (Don't ask me how many times I've made them since.) 

I'm catching up with an old friend tonight & of course, will use any opportunity to bring any & everyone to the creamy, sugary, sweet dark side. Enjoy! 

Ingredients:

-2 cans pillsbury butter crescent rolls

-2 (8oz) packages cream cheese (softened)

-1 cup sugar

-1 teaspoon vanilla

-1/4 cup butter (melted)

-Cinnamon & sugar

Instructions:

Unroll and spread 1 can crescent rolls on bottom of un-greased pan. Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread mixture over crescent rolls. Unroll and spread remaining crescent rolls over mixture. Spread melted butter over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Cut into squares, serve, & watch people swoon!

-N.