Peanut Butter Pie

I got this recipe from my now deceased older brother Tom who was an excellent cook and that was how he made a living.  Love you and miss you, Tom.

Peanut Butter Pie

2 Cups Vanilla Ice Cream
1 Cup Jiff Crunchy Peanut Butter
1 tsp  vanilla
1 TBS white sugar
1 nine inch graham cracker crust

Mix first four ingredients and freeze in the graham cracker crust until firm.

Caramel Apple Crumb Pie

Pie crust of your choice, either homemade or store bought

Filling:
1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
9 cups sliced peeled Granny Smith apple (about 2 3/4 pounds)
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons lemon juice

Topping:
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons chilled butter or stick margarine, cut into small pieces
2 1/2 tablespoons caramel sundae syrup

To prepare filling, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and cinnamon. Add sugar mixture and apples to skillet; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat; stir in 3 tablespoons flour and lemon juice. Spoon into prepared crust.  To prepare topping, lightly spoon 1/4 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.  Combine flour and 1/4 cup brown sugar in a bowl; cut in 2 tablespoons butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal.  Drizzle syrup over apple mixture; sprinkle topping over syrup.

Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until apples are tender.  Cool on a wire rack

Cranberry Fluff

2 cups raw cranberries, ground in a food processor or chopped very finely
1 cup white sugar
1 pint heavy whipping cream
6 cups miniature marshmallows
1 can crushed pineapple, drained

Combine the ground cranberries and sugar in a bowl. In another bowl, whip the cream and stir in the miniature marshmallows. Let both mixtures sit in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours and then fold the cranberry mixture into the whipped cream. Then gently fold in the crushed pineapple and spoon the mixture into your serving dish. Cover with plastic wrap and let set for several hours (or overnight) in the refrigerator.

Bleu Cheese Dressing

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Bob absolutely loves bleu cheese dressing.  I may try this one day soon

Ameretto

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Cherry Pound Cake

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Fun hot dogs for kids

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Hot spiced instant tea

I am a big tea drinker.  I used to drink coffee but when I began having stomach issues, I switched to tea. I received this recipe from a good friend who gave me a jar of this tea as a Christmas gift.  Thanks Laurie!

1 can of orange Kool-Aid
1/4 Cup pre-sweetened lemonade Kool-Aid
1 Cup instant tea
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cloves

Mix all together in a bowl or for a layered look in jar, do small scoops a little at a time.  To drink start with 2-3 tsp per hot cup of water.  In other words, flavor to your liking.

No bake Cherry Cheese Pie

In all fairness to Michigan I can't help but mention Traverse City, Michigan is the cherry growing hub in Michigan.  I have never been to the annual cherry festival they have in July of each year but it seems like fun.  Have any of ya'll ever been?  Anyway, here is my cherry cheese pie recipe.  I don't know why but we have always referred to it as cherry cheesecake.  Maybe because it is so similar to cheesecake.

1-9 inch graham cracker crust
1- 8 oz pkg of cream cheese
1-14oz can of sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
1/3 Cup of lemon juice
1 tsp of vanilla
1 can of cherry pie filling

Beat cream cheese in a medium bowl until light and fluffy.  Add sweetened condensed milk; blend thoroughly.  Stir in lemon juice and vanilla.  Pour into graham cracker crust.  Chill 3 hours or until set.  Top with desired amount of pie filling. Refrigerate leftovers (if there are any).  : )

Peach Enchiladas

South Carolina grows more peaches than any other state in the U.S.  We don't live to far from a HUGE peach orchard in Mcbee, SC.  It is called Mcleod Farms.  They have their own store at the local farmers market where they sell peaches, apples, strawberries, jams, jellies, pies, ice cream, etc.  Recently I picked up this recipe from their counter.  I haven't tried it yet but it sounds good.

2-8oz tubes of crescent rolls
2-sticks of butter
1 1/2 Cups of Sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
4-6  large peaches, peeled and quartered
1-12 oz can of Mountain Dew

Melt butter;add cinnamon and sugar.  Unroll crescent dough and place one quarter of a peach on each crescent.  Roll dough  around peach from large end to small end.  Place in a 12"x10"x2" pan.  Pour butter mixture over the rolls and then pour the Mountain Dew on top.  Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Yield 16 servings.

Fruit cocktail coffee cake

I can't take credit for this one.  I got this one from my older sister Jean.  It is really easy and great if you low on coffee cake ingredients.

1    Cup Flour
1/2 Cup granulated sugar
1     tsp baking soda
1/2  tsp salt
1/2  Cup Brown Sugar
1/2  Cup pecans or walnuts
1     17 oz. can of fruit cocktail
1     large egg

Mix the first four ingredients together.   Make a hole in the center.  Put the egg and the well drained can of fruit cocktail in the hole.  Mix well and put in a sprayed 8 X 8 pan.  Sprinkle withe 1/2 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of nuts.

Pecan Caramel Spiders

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