These are a few of my favorite things

Hot chocolate and artisan bread with honey and butter....mmmm....

Peanut butter jelly roll ups

I know your all probably thinking I hit a peanut butter truck or something with all of these peanut butter posts!! Truth is I do buy it in bulk at Costco! My kids love it so I buy a lot of it!! I saw these on a blog and thought they were so cute. You just roll out a piece of bread, cut the crust off and spread one side with peanut butter and the other side with jelly, some I did with peanut butter, jelly and a strip of cream cheese. Then roll up and cut into little rolls. I put a bunch in the freezer for school lunches, way cheeper then those uncrustibles!!

Homemade cheese crackers

Whole Wheat Cheese Crackers

1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, room temperature
2 cups whole wheat flour (I used King Arthur White Whole Wheat)
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons cold water

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

In a large bowl, beat butter and salt until creamy. Add cheese and mix well. Gradually add flour, baking powder and water, mixing until dough begins to form a ball. Remove the dough from the bowl, divide in half and pat into two balls with your hands. Cover with plastic wrap.

Using one ball of dough at a time, roll the dough into 1/8 inch thickness between two pieces of parchment paper. Cut the rolled out dough in shapes with cutters or simply cut into 1 ½ inch squares. Place on parchment or silicon baking mat lined baking sheets.

Bake 15-17 minutes or until lightly browned. Allow to cool on pan for 5 minutes before removing.

I loved these, the kids did a little bit, I told them they were just like goldfish, but because they were not as orange as the goldfish they didn't eat them up like they do goldfish. I made some chocolate crackers and they loved those, didn't get a picture of either so I took a picture of my friends batch of crackers! I'll have to make the chocolate ones again. I've been bad about taking pictures, I find it hard to touch my camera when my hands are dirty!! I don't don't how those other bloggers do the step my step pictures while cooking, maybe I'm just a messy cook!!

The peanut butter chocolate madness continues

Chocolate peanut butter pie! Never go to the store on the weekend when they have samples and your hungry!!! This was one of the samples. So I left with all the ingredients to make this creamy delectable dessert!!

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie

1 nine-inch chocolate crumb pie crust
1/2 cup chocolate or hot fudge sauce, divided
1 package (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 large or 8 small peanut better cups, frozen

1. Drizzle 1/4 cup of fudge topping over bottom of pie crust and set aside.
2. Beat cream cheese, sugar and peanut butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well blended. Add whipped topping and whisk to blend.
3. Spoon mixture into pie crust. Chill 4 hours or until firm.
4. Before serving, chop candy into small pieces and sprinkle over pie. Drizzle remaining chocolate over top. Cut into slices and serve!!

Poppy mix

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Sorry

Sorry for all the misspellings and periods here and there, my ipad has a mind of it's own when it comes to spelling, and if I try to change the post it will delete the picture, so until I figure out to blog successfully from this thing just know that I really am not that bad at grammar!! Though my mom would probably say otherwise! Oh! And I know it loads the picture really big, sorry about that too! Unless its a food pic and then you want it big and all yummy in your face looking!!!

Poppy mix

Not be confused with poopy mix, got to make sure your spelling is right on this one!! This is like the chex buddies mix, or some people call it dog chow, anyhow yu use pop corn instead of the chex, quite yummy if I do say so. I'm on a peanut butter and chocolate kick.

Poppy mix
9 cups popped pop corn( I made 2 bags of microwave, it's all I had and it added some more butter flavor)
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 T. Butter
Put everything but the pop corn in a bowl and put in the microwave for about 2 to 3 minutes, until the chocolate and butter are melted. Pour over the pop corn and stir until it is all coated. Next sprinkle 1 1/2 cups of powdered auger over the pop corn mixture and stir until coated, pour out onto a cookie sheet or some parchment paper until it sets up.

Because everything is better with butter

I Give you honey butter and cranberry butter.
The honey butter I have been making and. Wondering why it never comes out like at the restaurants, well my friends, there is a secret and since I like y'all I'll share it!!
Honey butter
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup honey
1 egg yolk, yup that's it! And you would have never known that!! But it helps the texture to come out like the smooth fluffy stuff you would get at a restaraunts.
Just blend all together, I used my hand held blender thing so it would be real smooth. That's it! And it is Devine!!

Cranberry butter
1/2 cup cranberry sauce(I used my homemade stuff)
1/2 cup butter
1 small jar of orange marmalade
Blend together real well until smooth.

Now go make some bread to put that butter on!

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate

Why am I just now learning about peanut butter hot chocolate!!! Its soooo good!!! They are meant to be together, peanut butter and chocolate, so its no surprise that they would be awesome heated and poured in a mug. Try it you'll see! Unless you don't like chocolate(Justin) or peanut butter(Justin!) then don't try it, I wouldn't want you to barf on my account!!

Creamy Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
If you want it salted, add a pinch of flaky sea salt at the end.
1/4 cup sugar or honey
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup water
3 cups 2% or whole milk
2-4 tbsp. creamy peanut butter
3 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (Lindt 70% cocoa is great)
In a saucepan, stir together the sugar and cocoa to get rid of lumps; stir in the water until smooth, then whisk in the milk over medium-high heat. Heat until steaming. Remove the pan from the heat and add the peanut butter and chocolate. Let it sit for a few seconds, then blend it with a hand-held immersion blender. Or for individual cups, divide the chocolate among the cups and pour the warm milk over top. Whiz with one of those little frothers to make it very smooth and foamy.

P.s. I'll post a picture when I make it again!!!

Dora's Cranberry pudding Recipe

Cranberry Pudding with Hot Butter Sauce
This is the perfect dessert for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or anytime during the holidays! The hot butter sauce is really what makes this great.
Prep Time: approx. 30 Minutes. Cook Time: approx. 1 Hour. Ready in: approx. 1 Hour Minutes. Makes 1 - 10 inch Bundt pan (12 servings).

Cake:
6 tablespoons butter
2 cups white sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups evaporated milk
1 (12 ounce) package cranberries

Hot Butter Sauce
1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
2 In a large bowl, cream together the 6 tablespoons butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the evaporated milk. Stir in the cranberries. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3 Bake in the preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
4 To make the Hot Butter Sauce: In a saucepan, combine 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, and cream. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat and let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Serve slices of cake generously covered with hot butter sauce.

This week

Made 100 gingerbread men and a huge football grooms cake for a wedding. The boys played transformers while I worked.
Making some cute little things that I cant blog yet cause my family read this blog. Baked some more cookies. Went shopping a couple times. Stocked up on baking supplies to do more baking next week!