Yum Yum Sauce

We like to eat hibachi.  It is the only time I will eat shrimp or scallops.  Something about that hot grill, garlic, sake, and lots of butter.  Although I usually get steak and chicken. 

Every now and then we make fried rice and some chicken.  I found this simple recipe for the white sauce, aka Yum Yum sauce that they use at the hibachi places.  It tastes good (not good for you though!).  Make sure you let it sit in the fridge over night. If you make it and use it right away it will just taste like mayo.  You need to let the other ingredients get soaked in.  :)

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 1/4 cups mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1/4 cup water

Mix all ingredients together and keep in fridge over night.

Peanut butter chocolate chip brownies

I love almost anything peanut butter and chocolate.  I had these brownies pinned forever.  We were going to dinner at a friends house so I finally made them.  They were delicious.

The recipe is from bakerella's site.  She makes cake pops.  They are amazing.  She makes any character.  They are so cute.  I tried to make Mickey ones for Amelia's birthday party.  They didn't look anything like bakerellas.  My brownies didn't look like hers either but they still tasted good!


Recipe:
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 Tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8 X 8 pan.
• In a medium bowl, stir the flour, baking powder and salt together with a wire whisk and set aside.
• In a mixer, cream the butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add the sugars and mix until combined.
• Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
• Add the dry ingredients and mix on low until combined.
• Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Spread in the pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until done.

Frosting
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
Milk

• Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals until smooth.
• Stir in the peanut butter until completely combined and set aside.
• In a mixer, beat the butter until smooth.
• Add the sugar and mix until combined.
• Add the chocolate and peanut butter mixture and mix until completely blended.
• You can add a teaspoon at a time of milk if you would like the frosting creamier.
• When the brownies are cool, spread the frosting on top.

http://www.bakerella.com/peanut-butter-brownies/