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Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie

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Ingredients

  • 1 deep dish pie shell 9-inch
  • 1 cup confectioner's sugar
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 2 cups milk
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • dash salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 eggs separated
  • 4 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup sugar for meringue

Instructions

1

Bake the empty pie shell according to directions.

2

In a small bowl, place the confectioner's sugar and peanut butter. Cut sugar into peanut butter with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Place half of the peanut butter mixture in the bottom of the baked pie shell and reserve the remainder.

3

In a large saucepot, place the egg yolks, milk, 2/3 cup sugar, vanilla, salt, and cornstarch. Cook over medium to medium-low heat until thick, stirring constantly. Pour over peanut butter in pie crust.

4

Beat egg whites until foamy and then add sugar. Continue beating until soft peaks form. Spread over the top of the pie, being careful to seal it at the edges. Sprinkle the remainder of the peanut butter crumble over the top of the pie.

5

Bake peanut butter pie at 325 for 30 minutes. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.

Notes

Source: https://www.southernplate.com/peanut-butter-pie-recipe/

Bars/ Sweets

Chocolate Revel Bars (AKA High Cholesterol Bars)

Chocolate Revel Bars (High Cholesterol Bars)

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Prep Time: 40 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups sifted flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 3 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
  • --- Chocolate Filling ---
  • 2 cups chocolate chips
  • 2 T butter
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 15 oz sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1

Cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Sift together the flour, soda, and salt; stir in oatmeal. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Set aside.

2

For the filling: Add chocolate chips, milk, butter, and salt in the top of a double boiler and melt. Add nuts and vanilla when smooth.

3

Spread two-thirds of the oatmeal mixture in the bottom of a jelly roll pan. Cover with chocolate mixture. Dot with the remaining oatmeal.

4

Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F) for 25-30 minutes.

Notes

To substitute old fashioned oats for the quick-cooking oatmeal, pulse the oats in a food processor a few times.

Cookies/ Snacks/ Sweets

Grandpa Krahn’s Favorite Oatmeal Cookies

Grandpa Krahn's Favorite Oatmeal Cookies

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Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs; well beaten
  • 1/2 c Shortening
  • 1 c sugar
  • 1/4 tsps Salt
  • 1 tsps baking soda
  • 2 c oatmeal
  • 2 c flour
  • 14 tablespoon milk
  • 1 c raisins

Instructions

1

Mix eggs, butter, and sugar.

2

Add dry ingredients and milk alternately.

3

Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

Cookies/ Sweets

Melted Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Melted Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Prep Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 c flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 c butter melted
  • 1 1/2 c brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 c chocolate chips

Instructions

1

Combine flour and baking soda. Set aside. Combine melted butter with brown sugar. Mix well. Add egg and vanilla and mix until well blended. Add flour mixture and stir just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

2

Drop by tablespoons two and a half inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 to 11 minutes.

Bread/ Sides/ Snacks/ Sweets

Cinnamon Swirl Bread

Cinnamon Swirl Bread

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By Prep Time: 1 hour, plus 1 1/2 to 2 hours rise time Cooking Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 c milk
  • 3 T unsalted butter
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 3 T brown sugar
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 c flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp yeast
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 egg yolks

Instructions

1

Heat milk and 3 T butter until butter is melted. Let it cool about 20 minutes.

2

Whisk together sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Put 3 T of this mixture into a large mixing bowl; set the remaining mixture aside.

3

Whisk flour, yeast, and salt into the 3 T cinnamon sugar mixture.

4

Add egg yolks to the cooled milk, and then mix the liquid into the dry ingredients. Knead about 8 minutes and form the dough into a smooth ball. Let rise in a greased bowl, covered with plastic wrap, for 60 to 90 minutes (until doubled).

5

Grease a loaf pan. Pat the dough into an 18-by-7-inch rectangle. Brush dough with water and sprinkle with 1/2 c of the reserved cinnamon sugar, leaving a 2-inch border along one short end. Roll up into a log, ending with the border end and pinching the seam and ends closed. Place loaf seam-side-down in the greased pan.

6

Cover loaf pan loosely with greased plastic and let the loaf rise at room temperature for 30 to 45 minutes, until the dough is level with the top edge of the pan.

7

Heat the oven to 350 degrees.

8

Melt 1 T butter and brush on top of the loaf. Sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar.

9

Bake for 45 to 55 minutes.

10

Allow bread to cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then remove and cool completely, about 2 hours.

Cookies/ Sweets

Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles

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Prep Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 5 1/2 cups flour
  • 4 tsp cream of tartar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 Tablespoons sugar
  • 4 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix butter, shortening, sugar, and eggs thoroughly.

2

Sift flour before measuring. Blend flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt together, and then stir them into the butter mixture.

3

Mix together sugar and cinnamon. Shape dough into one-inch balls and roll each ball in the cinnamon mixture. Place cookies two inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

4

Bake for eight to ten minutes.

Notes

These cookies puff up at first and flatten out when they cool.

Sweets

Terrific Truffles

Terrific Truffles

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Prep Time: 20 minutes + 1 hour to chill

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 3 c powdered sugar
  • 12 oz semisweet chocolate
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 c crushed peppermint candy, flaked coconut, or ground nuts

Instructions

1

Beat cream cheese; add powdered sugar gradually.

2

Melt chocolate and stir until smooth.

3

Add chocolate and vanilla to cream cheese. Refrigerate one hour.

4

Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in peppermint, coconut, or nuts.

Dessert/ Sweets

Apple Crisp

Apple Crisp

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Prep Time: 25 minutes Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 c chopped apples
  • 1 tsp flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 c oats
  • 1/4 c butter
  • 1/2 c flour
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1/8 tsp baking powder

Instructions

1

Mix together apples, flour, cinnamon, and baking powder. Put into baking dish.

2

Crumble together oats, butter, flour, brown sugar, and baking powder. Sprinkle on top of apples.

3

Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.

Dessert/ Sweets

Apple Pie with Crumb Topping

Apple Pie with Crumb Topping

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Prep Time: 25 minutes Cooking Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 c apples
  • 1 c sugar
  • 1/3 c butter
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 3/4 c flour
  • 1 pie crust

Instructions

1

Put apples in pie pan lined with crust.

2

Spread with 1/2 c sugar mixed with cinnamon. Sift remaining 1/2 c sugar and flour. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples.

3

Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 40 minutes.

Sweets

Terrific Truffles

Terrific Truffles

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By Prep Time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 3 c powdered sugar
  • 12 oz semisweet chocolate
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 c crushed peppermint candy, or flaked coconut, or ground nuts

Instructions

1

Beat cream cheese, and add powdered sugar gradually.

2

Melt chocolate and stir until smooth. Add chocolate and vanilla to the cream cheese. Refrigerate one hour.

3

Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in peppermint, coconut, or nuts.