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People’s Porter Shepherd’s Pie + Giveaway

March 15, 2016 by rachelle 20 Comments

People’s Porter (Foothills Brewing) Shepherd’s Pie

I’m feeling frisky this week, y’all! It’s my birthday month and we’re giving stuff away! Woot! So, I’m coming at you with an additional post to remind you to ~~wish me a happy birthday~~ enjoy your St. Patrick’s Day holiday and to enter the giveaway for some free food from HelloFresh! If you’re not familiar with these fine folks, you can find them here.

We (and again, I mean me and IDK why????) have stepped things up a bit and in the spirit of my birthday and the upcoming holiday, I took the traditional Shepherd’s Pie and, well….. duh! I added beer! Because why not? If you want a family friendly version either substitute the beer for beef stock or go with this recipe where I made Shepherd’s Pie and lamented about how the only thing I wished I did different was to add beer. So I put it in a glass. What can you do? I went with the People’s Porter from North Carolina’s own Foothills Brewing because if it’s a beer you want to drink in a glass, it’s a beer you want to cook with. And I do love their beer any way I can get it!

BTW – this is not a sponsored post and I have not received any compensation from Foothills or anyone else. I just love good craft beer.

Anyways, I’m having a birthday and I hope you win a gift! I’ve teamed up with a bunch of super cool bloggers who know what it’s like to need a break and have someone else put together a meal for you. Who doesn’t need a break now and then? Scroll down to see the widget to enter and be sure to check out some of the other websites! Good luck!

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Peanut Butter, White Chocolate, and Cranberry Cookies

December 7, 2015 by rachelle 28 Comments

I received free product from Imperial Sugar, Dixie Crystals and Bob’s Red Mill as part of The Sweetest Season Cookie Exchange. As always, all opinions and recipe are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Beer Girl Cooks!

I’m glad we go that out of the way. I know y’all are not used to seeing a sponsored post disclosure on this here website. All these fine folks sent me their wonderful products to bake up a bunch of holiday cookies and the federal government requires that I tell you about that.

Moving on! We totally kicked off the Sweetest Season Cookie Exchange on Saturday and here is my first contribution!

We’re starting out with some peanut butter, white chocolate, cranberry cookies for this cookie exchange! I know this is almost the exact cookie as the white chocolate peanut butter hazelnut, white chocolate chip cookie from October, but cranberries are just so wintery-y. I swapped out the hazelnuts for cranberries to make things more festive!

I have more coming. The rest have more of a retro feel to them. I pulled a bunch of recipe cards from my gram’s recipe box and I’m going to be sharing some of my family’s recipes that have been part of our holiday celebration history.

Happy Holidays!

P.S. Don’t forget to enter the Sweetest Season Sweetest Cookie Giveaway

Peanut Butter, White Chocolate, and Cranberry Cookies

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
1 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
1 large egg at room temperature
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup dried cranberries

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350
Combine flour and baking powder with a whisk or sift together
Beat together peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar
Add egg, then gradually beat in flour - I usually do this in thirds
Stir in white chocolate chips and dried cranberries
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour
Using a scoop (I used one that is about 1 tablespoon size), scoop out dough and roll into balls with your hands
Flatten to about 1/2 inch with a fork
Bake 10 - 12 minutes, cool a couple of minutes on the pan then transfer to a rack to cool completely

Adapted from Martha Stewart

Note: Using this size scoop resulted in 2 dozen cookies.

The Sweetest Season Sweetest Cookie Giveaway

December 5, 2015 by rachelle 9 Comments

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Happy Holidays, Y’all! It’s a special Saturday post!

I’ve teamed up with 50 other bloggers to bring you The Sweetest Season’s Sweetest Cookie Giveaway! We’ve put together an incredible cookie baking prize package, and we can’t wait to tell you more about it.

Be sure to check out our blogs to see all of our cookie recipes throughout the week! We’re using the hashtag #sweetestseasoncookies on social media this week, and we’re joining even more bloggers baking cookies, so it’s going to be a grand time!

Now, on to the giveaway!

A whopping 51 bloggers teamed up to bring you an awesome cookie-centric giveaway! We picked out a stand mixer and other goodies to make baking this season go smoothly. And, a big thank you goes out to the generous sponsors who helped with The Sweetest Season by organizing, as well as providing products to the participating bloggers and donating some incredible prizes for our giveaway! Be sure to check out Imperial Sugar, Dixie Crystals, Bob’s Red Mill, Cabot Creamery and The Crumby Cupcake for lots of great recipe ideas. And check out Garnishing Co., who designed our graphics.

We’re giving away The Sweetest Cookie Prize Pack, and it is worth $690! See the Rafflecopter below to enter to win this amazing set of cookie baking goodies. The prize pack includes:

One KitchenAid 5-Qt. Artisan Design Series Stand Mixer with Glass Bowl in Sugar Pearl Silver // $315 value
One $50 Bob’s Red Mill gift card and one exclusive set of Bob’s Red Mill products: One 5-lb. bag Organic All Purpose Flour, one 5-lb. bag Organic Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, one 40-oz. bag Almond Meal, one 28-oz. bag Sparkling Sugar, one 28-oz. bag Cane Sugar // $95 value
Two 4-lb. bags of Imperial Sugar/Dixie Crystals granulated sugar, one My First Cookbook and a silicone baking mat // $50 value
Coupons for $40 worth of Cabot Creamery products, including butter and yogurt // $40 value
One OXO Good Grips 5-Quart Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl // $35 value
One Jenaluca Stainless Steel Medium Cookie Scoop // $33 value
One 2-piece Calphalon Nonstick Baking Sheet Set // $30 value
One 10” x 15” Stainless Steel Metal Cooling Rack // $25 value
One 7-piece OXO Good Grips Multi-colored Nesting Measuring Beaker Set // $20 value
One GIR: Get It Right Ultimate Spatula in Gray // $19 value
One 5-piece R & M Snowflake Cookie Cutter Set // $10 value
One OXO Good Grips 11” Balloon Whisk // $10 value
One OXO Good Grips Silicone Cookie Spatula // $8 value

Giveaway rules:

Enter the giveaway through the Rafflecopter widget below. Everyone gets a free entry! You can enter multiple times, up to 65 total entries by following the giveaway sponsors on social media. (If you’ve followed in the past, that counts! Just enter the information as prompted.) All entries will be verified. No purchase is necessary to win.
The giveaway is open until Saturday, December 19, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. CST. One winner will be chosen at random and e-mailed within 48 hours. Winners must claim prize within 48 hours of initial contact. The retail value of the prize is $690. Prizes listed above are the only ones available.
Open to U.S. residents with a valid shipping address only. Must be 18 years of age as of December 5, 2015.
To read all giveaway terms and conditions, visit the giveaway terms and conditions page or click the option in the Rafflecopter below to review them.

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Giveaway and Peach Ale Cherries with Chocolate Stout Whipped Mascarpone on Chocolate Pound Cake

June 17, 2015 by rachelle 33 Comments

It’s Wednesday! Let’s party!

Happy Wednesday, y’all! What a better way to start your hump day than with a boozy dessert and a giveaway?!?!

Let’s put beer in everything! We’ve got cherries reduced in R. J. Rockers Son of a Peach and some Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout whipped into the mascarpone. I confess – Sara Lee helped out with the chocolate pound cake.

Do I know how to party or what? Well, me and Sara Lee. Or is that me and my Bobby McGee?

Anyway, it wouldn’t be a party without some swag, right?

There is no special occasion for this giveaway, except who doesn’t like getting free stuff and I love y’all! So when a great group of blogger friends invited me to participate in a Williams-Sonoma gift card giveaway, I said a big “heck yeah!” Enter below and best of luck!

Note: This post is not sponsored by R.J. Rockers, Sam Smith, Sara Lee, or Williams-Sonoma – these are just a few of my favorite things. Not sponsored by Julie Andrews either.

Peach Ale Cherries on Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate Stout Whipped Mascapone

Ingredients

4 pounds fresh cherries pitted and stems removed
1 12 ounce bottle peach ale I used R.J. Rockers Son of a Peach
2 tablespoons corn starch
1 8.8 ounce container mascarpone cheese
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons confectioner sugar
6 tablespoons chocolate stout I used Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout
Prepared chocolate pound cake slices I used Sara Lee

Instructions

Combine peach ale, cherries, and corn starch in a Dutch oven over high heat, bring to a boil, reduce to a heavy simmer
Cook until thick and syrupy - I let them go for about 1 hour
Set aside to cool
In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, combine mascarpone, honey, heavy cream, and sugar.
Beat on medium high until combined and smooth - 1-2 minutes
Add chocolate stout and whip until combined, scraping down sides when necessary
Arrange chocolate pound cake on a plate, top with cheese mixture, then cherries

Recipe note: You do not need 4 pounds of cherries (although they cook down significantly). I like to cook a big pot of fruit compote and freeze it to use in the winter. Obviously there was a lot of cherry mixture left over, but the rest was enough for 4 servings.

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