Sunflowers For The Birds

 of us.

We stopped at a local farm to get corn and enjoyed the field of happy sunflowers which are being grown for bird seed. I love this time of the summer, and Dunkin Donuts will have their pumpkin coffee on August 31. LOL, it's my favorite.

Sunflower plates were blooming at Wegman's several years ago and are paired with Courtly Check placemats from the MacKenzie-Child's barn sale. 

I am a sunflower junky, and every vase in my home is filled with cheery sunflowers during August and September.

I'll leave you with this very easy summer dessert. I'm starting to crave pumpkin desserts, but this is really nice. 

Crunchy Peanut Butter

 and Vanilla Ice Cream Brownies

Start with Vanilla ice cream. Store bought is fine. I swirled the ice cream with crunchy peanut butter and spread it on thin fudgy brownies. Top it with another brownie, and then freeze. 

To make the brownies, I used a boxed fudge brownie mix and followed the instructions on the box. 

Line a cookie sheet with parchment, spray with Pam, and pour brownie mixture onto cookie sheet.

Bake for about 15 minutes and let cool. Cut into 4" squares, and remove using a spatula. Spread your ice cream mixture onto a brownie square and top with another brownie. Repeat until all sandwiches are complete and freeze. (I used freezer wrap)

This is a nice dessert to have on hand for summer visitors.

I served with whipped cream and drizzled with caramel sauce. You can sprinkle crushed peanuts on the whipped cream if desired.

I am joining Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday and Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday.

Debbie