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Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

  Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos.  Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying.  My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again.  For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to  Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...
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Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Hearts

I hope you're having a fun day filled with love and that you're hanging out with your favorite people.  To me, Valentine's Day has never been about receiving fancy gifts but who I'm spending the day with.  If I can eat some chocolate, that's even better.  Today I baked some peanut butter cookies with heart shaped Dove chocolates and my husband was the taste taster.  We both loved the melted chocolate on top of the gooey, soft cookie. 

I found the recipe from The Hungry Housewife. 

                                            Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Hearts

Ingredients

  • 1¾ cup Brown Sugar, packed
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ¾ cup Smooth Peanut Butter
  • 3 tablespoons Milk
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Egg
  • 1¾ cup Flour
  • ¾ teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ¾ teaspoon Salt
  • 2 8.87oz. packages Dove Milk Chocolate Silky Smooth Heart Promises, unwrapped
  • Granulated Sugar, for rolling cookies

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    Directions
     
    Preheat oven to 350.
    Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or non stick foil.
    In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, cream together the brown sugar and butter together.
    Mix in the peanut butter,milk and vanilla extract.
    Add the egg and beat until combined.
    In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour,baking soda and salt.
    Mix in the dry ingredients into the peanut butter mixture and beat until thoroughly incorporated.
    Form into 1½ tablespoon balls and roll in granulated sugar.
    Place on baking sheet about 1″ apart and bake for 10 minutes.
    Remove from oven and gently press one Dove Heart into the middle of each cookie and place back into the oven and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
    Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookies sheet for 2 minutes.
    Remove from cookie sheet and allow to cool on a cooling rack completely.
     
    The original recipe says it makes 49 cookies but I only got 30.  I must have made mine too big.  I bought only one bag of Dove Chocolates so it worked out fine. 
     
     

     
     
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