I Win!

I have developed a reputation in our Wednesday night supper group as the "dessert lady." First there was the snicker salad that everyone loved and couldn't stop talking about. Then, I made a strawberry cheesecake trifle that was delish. It's a hard reputation to live up to because even though I enjoy cooking I don't do a lot of it because my little ones consume a lot of my time.

Well, one of the guys in the group was having a birthday and had a challenge. Bring your best cobbler and the winner gets a $100 gift card to a steakhouse in Boulder. You know me, that steakhouse gift card was a must have! (not!). However, I do try to allow my husband to have a steak every once in awhile so decided to accept the challenge. I got online to find a cobbler recipe. I've never made a cobbler before but always think of fruit when I hear the word cobbler. So, I decided to go outside the norm and look for a cobbler that didn't have fruit in it. Thank you, Paula Deen. Chocolate Pecan Cobbler full of butter and whipping cream. After spending $20 on ingredients I decided it really wasn't worth a $100 GC after driving all the way to Boulder. Jeff even said that if I didn't have time to make it, we'd just return the ingredients.

It's a simple recipe and quick to make so I got it done. We took it and put it on the table with nine other cobblers (all fruit). The birthday boy went around taking a bite of each one and making notes. He then decides he has a winner and proceeds to tell us how apple cobbler is his absolute favorite....however, something else has struck his fancy and he can't get over the chocolate cobbler. Therefore, I was declared the winner and have a $100 GC to a steakhouse coming in the mail!

It's a hard reputation keeping up with, but someone has to do it!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/chocolate-pecan-cobbler-recipe/index.html