Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Pie

We found this great recipe on the Jif website... and it is delicious!!! 

CRUST
No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 (7.4 oz.) package Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix
4 tablespoons butter, softened
1/3 cup salted peanuts, chopped

FILLING
1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1 (3 oz.) package cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons milk
2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed

TOPPING
2 tablespoons Smucker's® Hot Fudge Microwaveable Topping, warmed (as you can tell from our picture we left this off;)

*HEAT oven to 350º F. Coat 9-inch pie plate with no-stick cooking spray. Combine muffin mix, butter and peanuts in large bowl. Blend with fork just until crumbly. Press evenly into bottom and up sides of prepared pie plate.

*BAKE 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. If crust is slightly puffy, press down gently with back of a wooden spoon (do not press it down to much or you end up with a very thin crust like ours). Cool.

*BEAT peanut butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer at medium high speed until smooth. Beat in milk. Gently fold in whipped topping. Spoon into cooled crust. Drizzle warm fudge topping over pie. Chill 3 to 4 hours or until serving. Enjoy!!!

Mississippi Mud Pie

I found this recipe on The Cookie Jar for Mini Mississippi Mud Pies and we had to make them- especially since we have just finished studying Mississippi. Now before anyone says anything, I know they are not TRUE Mississippi Mud Pies but they were so easy to make and so YUMMY!!!



All you need is...

Chocolate Cupcakes (just decorate as many as you need- you can freeze the others;)

Can of Chocolate Icing

Mini Marshmallows

Chocolate Syrup

Ice the cupcakes... we used a decorating bag and tip to give it the swirl on top. Place marshmallows all over and drizzle in chocolate.

See what I mean... so easy (our 8 year old did them!!!) and oh so yummy!!!

Polvorones de Canele

We have entered another state... New Mexico!!! And these cookies were so delicious that we just had to share:)

1 cup butter
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup confectioners' sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or use parchment paper.

*In a medium bowl, cream together 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and butter until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Combine flour, salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture to form a stiff dough. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Mix together 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; roll balls in cinnamon mixture.
*Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in preheated oven, or until nicely browned. Cool cookies on wire racks. Yummy!!!

Apple Enchilada Dessert

Oh MY!!! This is so delicious... and yes I can thank Allie once again for allowing us to go along on her state travels;) This is another one from Arizona!!!

1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling

6 (8 inch) flour tortillas
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup margarine
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup water

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
*Spoon fruit evenly onto all tortillas, sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll up tortillas and place seam side down on lightly greased 8x8 baking pan.
*Bring margarine, sugars and water to a boil in a medium sauce pan. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly for 3 minutes. Pour sauce evenly over tortillas; sprinkle with extra cinnamon on top if desired. *Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes. (Makes 6 large tortillas; may be cut in half to serve 12... we found that it easily feed our family of 8 eaters and we even had extras but those didn't even make it til morning;)

Layered Three Cheese Nachos

These are awesome!!! Allie made them for an appetizer when we finished studying Arizona and I have a feeling they will be getting made a lot around here:)

1 large bag of tortilla chips
2 cups shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded hot pepper jack cheese
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1 cup diced onions
1 cup of yellow canned corn (drained)
1/2 cup of diced jalapenos
1 cup black beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup chopped cilantro

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put half the corn chips on an ovenproof platter and sprinkle half of each cheese on them, followed by a portion of the remaining ingredients. Top with the remaining chips and toppings, ending with a layer of the remaining cheeses. Bake until the cheeses have melted. Serve with sour cream.

***We have some that are not crazy about beans, onions or jalapenos so we left one side without these ingredients for them... sort of like a make your own nachos:)

Apple Bread

I found this recipe on allrecipe.com and it is an excellent way to use up extra apples:)

APPLE BREAD
3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 cups sugar

1/3-2/3 cup water (use only enough so that you can mix everything together well)

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups apples - peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped

1 cup broken walnuts (optional)

*In bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large mixing bowl, place oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla and apples. Stir into flour mixture. Add walnuts and mix. Divided mixture between two greased 8-in. x 4-in. bread pans or greased muffin tins. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes for loaves and 20-25 minutes for muffings or until done. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack before removing from pan. Enjoy!!!

Corn Pudding

This is one dish that I have to have for Thanksgiving. My absolute favorite dish on the day.


1 (17 oz.) can whole kernel corn
1 (17 oz.) can cream style corn
1 stick butter, melted and cooled
1 (8 oz.) pkg. sour cream
2 eggs, beaten
1 pkg. Jiffy corn muffin mix

Mix all ingredients together and spread into a greased (or sprayed) 13 x 9. Bake at 375 for one hour or until golden brown and the center is firm.