Baked Peaches and Plums

I love peaches, plums, and baking, so this recipe is just about my all time favorite! It's a healthy, yet delicious breakfast option!  The plums and peaches are so warm and gooey and just melt in your mouth.

This recipe calls for butter, but it can be omitted for an even healthier version.

You will need:
2 peaches
2 plums (red or black)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2-3 tbsp. melted butter
Cinnamon- OPTIONAL

To start:
1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 F.
2. Half your peaches and plums and scrape out the pits. Halving them can be tricky business.  Starting at the top of the fruit, make a cut that goes as deep as the pit and wraps all the way around the fruit.  Twist the two sides in opposite direction of one another. Be careful when doing this with the plums because their skins are more sensitive than the peaches'.
3. Place all the halves in a baking dish big enough to fit all the fruits. Lay them so the cut side is facing up.
4.  Sprinkle the brown sugar over all the fruit, paying special attention to the plums. They tend to be more tart than peaches. OPTIONAL- Sprinkle a little cinnamon over the entire dish.
5. Drizzle the melted butter over and in between the fruits.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

I loved this dish with some heart shaped egg on toast and good company! It's a simple, but tasty recipe that will impress your friends and family; not to mention beautiful! I love making baked peaches and plums and hope you find that you do as well! I hope you found this recipe helpful!

Happy cooking!

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Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cookies

I've discovered the secret to chocolate chip cookies that never get hard... cream cheese! These little cookies are so perfect and delicious!! You'll amaze any and every one who tries these cookies. They literally do melt in your mouth.

You will need:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 tbsp. imitation vanilla
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tbsp. cornstarch
2/3 cup all purpose flour
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 large egg

To start:
1.  Let the butter and cream cheese set out for about 30 minutes to get soft.  If the cream cheese is not soft enough, it will ruin the consistency of the cookies.
2. In a large bowl cream together the butter, cream cheese, sugars, egg, and vanilla.
3. In a separate bowl mix together all the dry ingredients, including the chocolate chips.
4.  Fold the dry mixture into the wet mixture 1/3 at a time.
5.  Heat oven to 325 F.  Line a 9x13 cookie sheet with parchment paper and drop cookies onto it.  This batter is runny, so don't try to to roll into balls unless you want sticky hands! Drop them 1 1/2 inch apart because they will spread.
6.  Bake for 20-23 minutes or until cookies don't jiggle when the pan is shaken.
7.  Allow the cookies to cool down completely before removing them from the sheet, otherwise the bottoms will fall out.

Yields: 3 dozen small cookies

I absolutely adore these cookies. Bake with caution: they are extremely rich and highly addictive.

Happy Baking!!