Recipe - Peanut Butter Cookies

I don't think I've made peanut butter cookies since the kids were little, but last night I got me a real hankerin' for some, so I made a batch and boy! Were they ever good! Thought I'd share the recipe with you here today! Enjoy! 

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup shortening (I used canola oil)

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 egg

1 1/4 cup flour (I used Prairie Gold whole wheat)

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

Mix ingredients together and chill dough for at least 3 hours. 

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Shape into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place 3 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in flour. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

Cool slightly before removing from cookie sheet; cool completely. 

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Until next time...

~Rebecca

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National Chocolate Cake Day

It's a cold, wintery afternoon here in southwest Missouri. In fact, we woke up to snow this morning.

My husband and I are still a bit under the weather so we're just staying in and taking it easy. I made a pot of taco soup and a pan of cornbread this morning for us to enjoy as we felt like it throughout the day and I started a jigsaw puzzle...Great Painters...The Impressionists.

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While scrolling through Facebook I discovered that today is National Chocolate Cake Day! To celebrate I made our favorite chocolate cake with a new-to-us, but very old-fashioned frosting recipe. Here are the recipes for both...

COCOA FUDGE CAKE

1 2/3 cup flour

1 1/2 cup sugar

2/3 cup cocoa

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup oil

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour (or spray with pan spray) a 13x9x2-inch pan. Mix all ingredients together well and pour into cake pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until done. Ice with Broiled Butterscotch Frosting.

   Broiled Butterscotch Frosting

2/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup margarine or butter, softened

1 cup chopped nuts

2 tablespoons milk

Mix ingredients together (I omitted the nuts) and spread over warm cake. Set oven control to broil or 550 degrees. Broil cake about 5 inches from heat until frosting bubbles and browns slightly...about 3 minutes. (Watch carefully as frosting burns easily.) Frosts one 13x9x2-inch cake.

I wasn't sure about this frosting at first, but my husband and I both really like it and I will definitely make it again.

How about you? How's your Wednesday going and what's the weather like where you're at?

Until next time...

~Rebecca

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Recipe For Chocolate Covered Pretzels

 

CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS

Soft, crunchy, sweet, and salty all in one delicious bite!

3/4 pound pretzel twists

24 oz. chocolate or vanilla almond bark

red, white, and green candy sprinkles

1 tablespoon shortening

In double-boiler (or microwave) melt shortening and almond bark and stir together until smooth and velvety. Working with a few at a time, dip pretzel twists in melted chocolate. Remove one at time with a fork, tapping the fork against the side of the pan to remove excess chocolate. Slide chocolate covered twist off of fork onto parchment or waxed paper, then top with candy sprinkles. Let set until dry. Serve or store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Until next time,

~Rebecca

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Easter Story Snack Bags, Passover, Sedar, Matzah, and More

Good evening, Ladies! 💗 How is everyone doing this fine Wednesday evening??? 

I was hoping to get this post out earlier today, but, ended up being gone most of the day, so am just now getting around to working on it. As I write this, it is 89 degrees and HOT! 😰 BUT winter is returning tonight, so I won't be hot for long! 😆

Today has been a busy day here! Papa and I put Easter Story Snack Bags together for the grandlittles last night and delivered them to each household today.

Easter Story Snack Bags

It was wonderful seeing all of our grandchildren but one! I'll be so glad when all of this is over and we can get together as a family and celebrate all the things that we've missed by being apart!

Easter Story Snack Bags

While we were out (and close by) we ran on in to Pittsburg to get crickets for Clementine. We haven't been able to find a single one in the wild around the place yet this spring and I know that she had to be getting hungry. It's been a while since we've been able to make our way to the pet store and the closest one is 20 miles away.

Our Darlin' Clementine

While we were out and about today we saw our first monarch butterfly of the season...

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...and while we were in Lamar we stopped by Walmart .

I bought pink tulips and my oldest daughter gave me pink Easter lillies today. What a beautiful treat!

Sedar Meal

This was our sedar table tonight. I wasn't thinking about Passover when I planned the week's menus on Monday. I changed things up at the last minute and grabbed a few things at the store today to round out a sedar meal tonight. We will save tonight's scheduled meal for another night.

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As soon as we got home I made some homemade matzah bread. To view the recipe for it click HERE.

Do any of you here celebrate Passover? If so, what are some of the things that you do (or have done in the past) to celebrate?

Well, Ladies, I'm going to end this post here and call it a day. I had more that I wanted to share with you, but it's getting late and I'm beat. I will try to be with you all again tomorrow. G'night! 💗

Until next time,
~Rebecca

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Recipe: Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon Rolls

SWEET ROLL DOUGH

1 package yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup lukewarm milk (scalded then cooled)
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter (softened)
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
3 1/2 to 4 cups flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl. Stir in milk, sugar, butter, salt, egg, and 2 cups of the flour. Beat until smooth. Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.

Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up. Cover; let rise in a warm place until double, about 1 1/2 hours. (Dough is ready if an indentation remains when touched.)

Punch down dough. Shape, let rise and bake as directed.

(Note: After kneading, dough can be covered and refrigerated in greased bowl no longer than 4 days.)

CINNAMON ROLLS

1/2 Sweet Roll Dough (above)
3 tablespoons butter, softened
slightly rounded 1/4 cup sugar
2 slightly rounded teaspoons ground cinnamon
   Glaze (below)

Roll dough into rectangle, 15 x 9 inches, on lightly floured surface; spread with melted butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over rectangle. Roll up tightly, beginning at 15-inch side. Pinch edge of dough into roll to seal well. Stretch roll to make even. Cut into nine 1 1/2-inch slices. Place slightly apart in greased square pan, 9 x 9 x 2 inches. Let rise until double, about 40 minutes.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Spread rolls with glaze while warm.

   Glaze

Mix 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and 1/2 tsp vanilla until glaze is smooth and of desired consistency. 

Until next time...
~Rebecca

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Recipe: Fresh Fruit and Yogurt Ice Pops

As a child I loved it when my mom made, what we called, popsicles. She bought this exact set of popsicle molds when I was a little girl and kept different kinds of pops going in the freezer for me all summer long. 

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That, of course, was back in the days before home air conditioning was common and the long, hot days of summer seemed never-ending. Anything to help keep cool was always welcomed, but something cold that tasted yummy was a real treat! 😋

Fast forward...2018...

My husband and I were shopping at Walmart when I ran across these cute little ice pop molds. I asked my husband if he might enjoy some frozen yogurt pops and he said, "Yes! That sound like fun!"...so...we bought them. The cost per four-pack was under $1.00.

Fruit and Yogurt Ice Pops

Here is the recipe that I came up with. It was enough to make a dozen ice pops...

FRUIT AND YOGURT ICE POPS

2 cups mixed fresh or frozen fruit (I used 3/4 cup frozen blueberries, 1 cup frozen strawberries and one fresh banana

2 cups plain yogurt 

1/4 cup sugar 

Put fruit, yogurt, and sugar into blender and blend until as smooth or as chunky as you like. Then, pour mixture into ice pop molds and freeze until frozen solid. Enjoy!

Until next time...

~Rebecca

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