Tis the Season!

Tis the Season to make "Peanut Butter Balls". Super easy to make and so delicious. It's a tradition in our house to make these every year. I will be making these babies on Weds. night.

PEANUT BUTTER BALLS

• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup butter; softened
• 2 cups rice krispy cereal; crushed in a ziplock bag.
• 2 (12 oz) pkgs milk chocolate or semisweet chocolate chips.

Combine sugar, peanut butter and butter in a bowl. Mix until smooth. Add cereal and gently stir until combined. Roll mixture into individual balls and put on a coo

kie sheet. Refridgereate for 20 minutes. Melt chocolate and dip each ball into chocolate. Keep in a cool area or in refrigerator.

Enjoy!
Kimm

To Die For Dessert

Okay want a dessert recipe that won't break the bank and will knock peoples socks off when they taste it? Then this is a must try. I found this recipe on http://www.pioneerwomancooks.com/ and let me tell you EVERYTIME I make this people go nuts. Definately not low fat, sorry :o)

Apple Dumplings

• 2 whole Granny Smith apples
• 2 cans (8oz cans) Crescent Rolls
• 2 sticks of butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Cinnamon: to Taste
• 1 can (12 oz) Mountain Dew Soda (I only use enough to drizzle around my pan) not the whole can.

Instructions:
Peel and core apples. Cut each apple into 8 slices each. Roll each slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9x13 buttered pan. In a saucepan, melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir and pour entire mixure over apples. Drizzle Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinke with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Serve with ice cream and spoonsome of the sweet sauce from the pan over the top.

I will apologize in advance for making you try this. It's evil evil evil....

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake - Oh My!

I admit I am not a huge fan of baking. However; I have recently gotten bit by the bug. It started with the Pioneer Woman's Chocolate sheet Cake. I made this sinfully delicious cake for one of my functions here at the house and it was a huge hit. While scrolling through some other sites I just happen upon this site who had a Peanut Butter sheet cake. Being a huge fan of peanut butter it peaked my curiosity. Let me tell you it is amazing. If you want a easy quick dessert you can throw together this is it. A definite must try.


Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
By: Nina Jones at http://http//stellasolablog.blogspot.com

Mix in pan and bring to a boil:
1/4 cup of creamy peanut butter
1 cup of water
1/2 cup of butter

Sift the following and add to above mixture:
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of brown sugar
2 cups of flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

Mix and add to above mixture:
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla

Stir well and pour into greased or parchment lined cookie sheet pan (jellyroll). Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.

While the cake is baking prepare the frosting:

Frosting -Mix in a pan:
3/4 cup of butter
6 T of buttermilk
1/2 cup peanut butter
Take off stove and add: 1 T of vanilla and 3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar. (I mix in a food processor it is way easier than mixing by hand).

As soon as cake comes out of the oven, pour frosting over hot cake and spread evenly.

Enjoy!