Mom2Mom Recipe Chat. Sweet Week! Everyone welcome! Please join us!

Good Morning everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend! We were on the road and had a nice weekend.

I was gorgeous here and all of the snow melted! A week or 2 and I will be in the garden!

So this week I thought we would have some sweet treats, cakes, cookies, desserts, jams, anything sweet that strikes your fancy!

Have a great week everyone!

Redawna

 Morning Redawna- I posted late on last weeks thread.  I'll see if I can copy that here.

Belinda 

 Here it is:

Hi to all my girl friends!  And to the people I haven't met yet, a big California hello!  I just scanned the posts, so I can't comment on everyone.  But Patty- holy smokes, have your girls been in college a year???  Wow.  Time really flies.  I forget that they are about the same age as my oldest.

Redawna- I'll put this new link in my "go to" bar, so maybe I can visit more often!

Belinda

I have been saving this recipe for a long time.  I need to make it for DH soon.

Sue 

Decadent Peanut Butter Pie

1 prepared chocolate cookie pie crust
1 cup Jif creamy peanut butter
8 oz. cream cheese - room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
12 oz. container Cool Whip
1 jar (11.75 0z.) Smuckers hot fudge topping

Drizzle
2 Tbsp hot fudge
2 Tbsp peanut butter

In a medium bowl, beat together the peanut butter, cream cheese and sugar.Gently fold in 3 cups of the Cool Whip. Spoon mixture into pie crust. Using a spatula, smooth mixture to edges of pie.

Reserving 2 Tbsp of hot fudge , place remainder into microwave safe bowl or glass measuring cup. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir and spread over pie to cover the peanut butter layer. Refrigerate until serving time.

Just before serving, spread the remaining Cool Whip over hot fudge layer being careful not to mix the two layers.

Place the 2 tbsp hot fudge in a small baggie and knead for a few seconds. Cut a tiny hole in the corner and drizzle over pie. Do the same thing with the 2 tbsp peanut butter going in the opposite direction of hot fudge.

Sour Cream Cheesecake with Vanilla Bean

• 18 Nabisco chocolate wafers - finely crushed
• 1/4 ts. cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter - melted
• 1 pound cream cheese - room temp.
• 2 eggs at room temp - lightly beaten
• 2/3 cup + 3 tbsp sugar - divided use
• 1 vanilla bean - split in half lengthwise and seeds scraped
• 1-1/2 cups sour cream

Directions:

Heat oven to 350º with baking sheet on center rack. In a a bowl stir together crushed wafers and cinnamon with a fork. Drizzle in butter, and stir until mixture is moist. Press mixture into a 9-inch springform pan, forming a crust just over 1 inch high around the sides. You might think you need more wafers, but you don't. Pres patiently until a tight, thin layer forms. Chill until needed.
   In an electric mixer, whisk cream cheese until creamy and fluffy. Add eggs, 2/3 cup sugar and seeds from vanilla bean, and whisk until very smooth. Scrape bowl with a spatula to break up lumps.
   
   Pour filling into chilled crust, and place on baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven 25 minutes.
   
   Meanwhile, blend sour cream with 3 tbsp sugar. After 25 minutes, remove cake from oven, and let sit 5 minutes. Increase oven heat to 450º. Gently spoon sour cream mixture on top, and spread evenly. Return cake to oven, and bake 7 minutes. cool on a wire rack.
   
   Serve cool or chilled. Cover lightly and store in refrigerator.
   
   326 calories per serving, 24 grams fat, 67 calories from fat.

~~This one was in our paper awhile ago.~~

Just popping in to say!  Yes, the girls finished their 1st year at college!  It went so fast!  They really had a great year!  And the best part, they passed all their classes!  Happy dance!    We spent 2 days cleaning and packing!  But now they are home and we are unpacking getting ready for their B-days! 

Yummy recipes, thanks for sharing!  Much to do, can't stay on!  Have a great week!  Waving to everyone! 

Hugs and prayers!

**This is so good!  I took this to the girls dorm and the kids ate them all!  LOL! Rave reviews!   

mama_lerusso  4/16/2008

Better Than A Snickers Bar
Just received this from one of my GF's. Hope it wasn't posted before, wouldn't want to step on anyone's toes. Made them yesterday. Everyone raved about them.

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1/4 cups butterscotch chips
1/4 cup peanut butter

Melt all ingredients together in microwave for 1 1/2 minutes and stir until smooth. Spread in a greased 9"x13" pan; chill while making the 2nd layer

1 cup sugar
4 T. butter
1/4 cup evaporated milk
7 oz. jar marshmallow creme
1/4 cup peanut butter

Combine and cook sugar, butter and evaporated milk for 10 minutes in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add marshmallow creme and peanut butter. Pour evenly over chilled layer, quickly it melts the chocolate.

1 1/2 cups cocktail peanuts

Sprinkle nuts evenly on top of nougat layer, kinda' pressing down. Chill.

14 oz. bag caramels, unwrapped
2 T. evaporated milk

Melt caramels and milk in microwave for 2 to 3 minutes and stir together until smooth. Pour evenly over the peanuts. Chill.

1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
1/4 cup butterscotch chips
1/4 cup peanut butter

Melt the chips and peanut butter together in the microwave for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes and stir together until smooth. Pour over caramel layer. Chill in fridge for several hrs. Set out 10 minutes before serving.
Enjoy~ceeare

Good Morning!

Well it is already a gorgeous day out there!!!! I have moved the Habanero plants into the kitchen for a good soaking and then they will go out into the greenhouse! I will just cover it with blankets if the forecast calls for cold night time temps.

We had a nice time this weekend, but of course there are never enough hours to do everything.

Stayed at a friends place, that was nice, have not been there in 2 years.

Definately BBQing tonight, and get a touch of yard clean up done. The snow is melted but it is still wet out.

Belinda, it is so good seeing you! Hope you can come again and stay!

It is so nice to have most of everyone popping in for a Hello!!! You have all been missed!

Hi Sue, that is a tastly looking picture! lol I have never had any type of "peanut butter" dessert, this might get a try!

Hi Patty! Glad to hear the girls did so well at school! Enjoy them!!!!!!

Hi to everyone else popping in today!

I hope you are having a great day!

Redawna

Hi Friends,

 Thanks for starting us off Redawana.

It's pouring rain here today and I believe it will be the same tomorrow.

Patty, Great to see you posting again. I can't believe a year has gone by already for the girls! Sending hugs their way.

We are adjusting quite well to our beautiful addition, Emily. What a beautiful little baby! But boy when she wants her bottle look out! DD#1 use to patiently wait w/ her pacifier until the bottle was ready but #2 wants it when she wants it!

 Sue, that peanut butter pie looks scrumptious!

Redawana, Glad the weather is starting to look nice for you.

Hugs,

Nancy

Thanks for the rossette recipe, Redawna.  My Norwegian grandmother (who was a fantastic cook/baker) always made rossettes (and krumkaka, spritz, fatimagn sp?, etc.) every Christmas.  When she died, I carried on the tradition and provided those treats for the family.  When I moved to England a few years ago that left no one in the family who felt confident enough to do the baking so the tradition was in danger of dying out.  But, two years ago, when I went back to the States for a visit, I dug out my rossette and krumkaka irons and my lefse griddle from the crawl space under my brother's house and my DS and I  spent many hours in the kitchen while he got the hang of using the irons and rolling out the lefse.  Not only was the time spent with my DS priceless, the family is tickled to have those fond memories brought alive every Christmas.  Now, hopefully, he will pass the recipes on to his girls.

Thanks again, Redawna.  Your recipe is a little different than my grandmother's, but it still looks good.  It makes me want to see if I can find a rossette iron here.

Diana

Helo Diana!

So glad you stopped in!

I love Rosettes, I will occasionally use Anise Seed extract for flavoring, it is wonderful! My DD loves to help in the kitchen. She decorates cakes and cookies and loves trying new things. I hope my DS will do the same when he gets older.

I will have to email you soon, I have a confirmation number for the box I sent. Just some things to spice up your life! lol