Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

~2 cups All purpose flour

~1/2 cup sugar
~1/4 cup brown sugar
~1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
~1/2 teaspoon baking soda
~1 teaspoon salt
~1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
~3/4 cup milk
~4 tablespoons butter, melted
~2 large eggs
~2 small bananas
~1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
~1/4 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375. Spray 12 muffin muffin pan with cooking spray. Combine flour, sugars, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon. In seperate bowl combine milk, butter, and eggs and lightly beat. Add bananas and p. butter and beat a little more. Add to flour mixture, mixing until just combined. Add in chocolate chips. Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups. Bake 18-20 mins. YUM!! YUM!!

Oven Baked Frito Pie

~1 lb ground beef

~1 can (16 oz) Chili beans
~1 can (8oz) tomato sauce
~1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes
~1 envelope taco seasoning
~1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
~ 3 1/2 cups Fritos
~ 1 1/4 cup sour cream

Cook beef, drain. Stir in beans, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, cheese, and taco seasoning. Sprinkle half of chips in bottom of baking dish. Top with chili. Bake at 350 for 20 mins. Spread sour cream over chili. Top w/ remaining corn chips. Bake another 5 mins.

ENJOY!! ;)

Caramel Apple Cookie Bars

~3 tablespoons melted butter

~3 cups golden graham cereal (crushed)

~1 roll pillsbury sugar cookie dough
~8 oz softened cream cheese
~1/4 cup sugar
~1 teaspoon vanilla
~21 oz can apple pie filling
~1.5 oz Oats 'N honey crunchy granola bars (2 of them)
~9.5 oz Kraft caramels
~1/2 cup Half and Half

Preheat oven to 350. Combine melted butter and crushed cereal. Press into 8 X 8 baking dish that has been covered with aluminum foil and sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 10 mins. Crumble half of the cookie dough over crust. Place cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in bowl. MIX. Pour over cookie and crust. Bake 25 mins. Top with apple filling and the top with other half of cookie dough (breaking it into little pieces). Sprinkle with crushed granola bars. Bake 30-35 mins. Cool. Then melt caramels with half and half. Pour over Bars.

YUM! YUM!! :)

Chocolate Chip Oreo Cookies

~1 stick butter, softened
~6 tablespoons sugar
~6 tablespoons brown sugar
~1 egg
~1 teaspoon vanilla
~1 1/4 cup flour
~1/2 teaspoon baking soda
~1/2 teaspoon salt
~11 broken pieces oreo cookies
~1 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter and sugars until well combined. Add egg and vanilla. Mix well. Place flour, baking soda and salt inlarge bowl. Combine. slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. then stir in oreos and chocolate chips.Scoop onto baking sheet. Bake 10 mins.

Yummy combination of two of our favorite cookies!! These will most definitely be something I make often!!

Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Pie

~24 Nutter Butter cookies, crushed
~5 tablespoons butter, melted
~1 cup hot fudge
~8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
~3/4 cup powdered sugar
~1 cup creamy peanut butter
~1 tablespoons vanilla
~8 oz cool whip

Combine cookie crumbs and butter. Press mixture into pie plate. Put hot fudge on top and spread out. Place in freezer while you prepare filling. Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar. Then mix in peanut butter and vanilla. Last mix in the cool whip. Spoon filling onto pie crust. Put back in freezer for at least 3 hours. Drizzle hot fudge on top if desired.

Very yummy!! :)

Butterfinger Blondies

~1 cup butter
~1 cup light brown sugar
~1/2 cup sugar
~2 tsp vanilla
~2 eggs
~ 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour
~1 tsp baking soda
~1 tsp salt
~2 cups chopped butterfinger bars

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars in mixing bowl. Add vanilla and eggs and mix until incorporated. Add dry ingredients. MIX. Stir in chopped butterfingers. Spread in 9X13 baking dish. Bake 25 mins. Cool Completely.

Buttercream topping:
~1/2 cup room temperature butter
~1/2 cup vegtable shortening
~2 1/2-3 cups powdered sugar
~1/2 cup butterfinger bars

Cream butter and shortening until smooth. Add in powdered sugar, mix until smooth. Spread onto cooled blondies. Sprinkle with chopped butterfingers.


I made these today to take to an early Thanksgiving celebration tonight. Butterfingers are not one of my favorite candybars but this was pretty yummy. Everyone else that tried it seemed to like it. :)

Bacon Wrapped Chicken

~12 boneless skinless chicken breasts, halves
~8 oz carton chive and onion cream cheese
~12 slices of bacon
~salt
~Butter

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread 3 tablespoons of cream cheese over chicken. Then dot with butter and season with salt. Wrap with bacon and stick toothpick through chicken to hold it together. Bake 35-40 mins *until juices run clear. Turn on broiler and broil for 5 mins until bacon is crispy.



Obviously very easy to make with very few ingredients and it was pretty good.

Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

I tried a couple of new pancake recipes this week. Both were really good!

~1 cup All purpose Flour

~2 teaspoons baking powder
~1/2 teaspoons salt
~1 cup milk
~1 tablespoon veg oil
~1 large egg, lightly beaten
Prepare Pancake Battter.

Cinnamon filling:
~1/2 cup butter, melted
~3/4 cup packed brown sugar
~1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Filling should be the consistency of toothpaste. Put filling in a ziploc bag and snip the corner. (or I used my Pampered Chef Easy Accent decorator) Pour pancake onto skillet. Squeeze a spiral of filling onto pancake. Flip when bubbles appear.

Cream Cheese Glaze:
~4 tablespoons butter
~2 ozs cream cheese
~3/4 cup powdered sugar
~1/2 teaspoon vanilla

(I didn't have cream cheese so I left that out. when I make cinnamon rolls I just use butter and powdered sugar so that's how I did it for the pancakes)

Spoon Warm glaze onto top of pancakes! ENJOY!!

These were the BEST!!!! :)

Monster Munch

~1 package Almond Bark (1 lb)
~12 cups popped popcorn
~1 cup candy corn
~1 cup dry roasted peanuts
~1/2 cup Reese's pieces

Pop popcorn then place it in LARGE bowl. Pour peanuts, candy corn and Reese's pieces on top. Chop up Almond bark and melt according to package directions. (I just broke it up and put it in microwave for a couple of mins) Pour melted almond bark over popcorn mixture. Stir until everything is well coated and then place on parchment paper or foil. Let it sit till completely dry then break into pieces.SOOO YUMMY!! I cut the recipe in half but it still made a lot of candy! So Dylan decorated these gift bags and we shared it with the grandparents! :)



Happy Halloween!!!

Crunchy Chicken Cheddar Broccoli Bake

~1 1/2 cup chopped cooked chicken

~1 can (10 3/4 oz) Condensed cheddar cheese soup
~1/2 cup milk
~2 packages (10 oz) frozen broccoli cooked and drained
~1 can (2.8 oz) French fried onions

Stir cooked chicken, soup, milk, broccoli and 2/3 of onions into 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees 20-25 mins. Stir mixture and sprinkle with remaining onions. Bake uncovered an additional 5 mins until the onions are golden.

Cream Cheese Bacon Crescents

~8oz chive and onion cream cheese
~Pieces of Bacon, chopped small

~2 cans crescent rolls

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix the cream cheese and bacon. (you might want to microwave the cream cheese a little to soften it) Unroll Crescent rolls and put cream cheese mixture on them. (However much looks good :) ) Then roll them up. Bake for 12-15 mins or until golden.

I got this recipe from my friend that is doing this new recipe challenge with me! It was her new recipe post a few weeks ago. :) I made these tonight for the Scentsy party I had and everyone loved them! There was none left! :)

Hot Chocolate Cookies

So we needed something to do this afternoon and I am REALLY getting into this finding new recipes thing! (I've spent more hours then I've needed to looking online and in magazines for recipes!) I found this one today and with the help of my 2 little helpers we thought we'd give it a try!!


Hot Chocolate Cookies

~3/4 cup butter, softened
~1/2 cup sugar
~2 eggs
~1/4 cup milk
~1 teaspoon vanilla
~1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
~1 cup instant milk chocolate hot cocoa mix
~1 teaspoon baking soda
~Marshmellows!

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter and sugar in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Add eggs, milk and vanilla. Continue beatin
g until well mixed. Add flour, cocoa mix and baking soda. Beat on low speed until well mixed. Drop dough by rounded teaspoon fulls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8-9 mins. Remove from oven and top each cookie with marshmellows. Continue baking for 1-2 mins. Cool completely. Meanwhile, place powdered sugar into medium bowl. Combine all remaining glaze ingredients in saucepan. cook over medium heat until it comes to a boil. boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 mins. Pour mixture over powdered sugar in bowl and beat on medium speed until creamy. Immediately spoon glaze over cooled cookies.
They tasted just like Hot Chocolate!! We probably should have waited till January on a cold, snowy day to make them!! ;)

Bacon Cheeseburger Pasta

~8 oz uncooked penne pasta
~a pound ground beef
~6 bacon strips, diced
~10 3/4 oz can condensed tomato soup
~1 cup shredded cheese


Cook pasta according to package directions. Cook beef and drain. Cook bacon until crisp. Drain the pasta then put beef, diced bacon, and pasta together in skillet. Stir in soup. Heat through. Sprinkle with cheese, heat until cheese melts.

This was obviously very easy to make! I figured it would be pretty good but I actually liked it a lot more than I expected to. It was very tasty and I will be making it again really soon!

Cake Batter Rice Crispy Treats

~3 tbsp butter
~1 (10 oz) bag mini marshmellows
~1/4 cup (or more) yellow cake mix (I used about 1/2 cup)
~6 cups crispy rice cereal
~1 (7.5oz) container of sprinkles




Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmellows. stir until they begin to melt. Add in cake mix one spoonful at a time so it's combined. stir in cereal so it's coated with marshmellow mixture. sprinkle in half of sprinkles and mix. (I didn't do half of them. I just went ahead and did all of them!) Press into baking dish and top with remaining sprinkles. Let sit about 30 mins before cutting!



Very yummy!! and so colorful! I loved them!

Ice Cream Cake

~12 Ice cream sandwiches, unwrapped
~Whipped Cream
~Hot fudge topping (1/2 a jar)
~Caramel topping (1/2 jar)
~Heath bars (to crumble on top) I used 2 King size bars
Layer sandwiches on bottom of baking dish. You'll have to cut some to make them fit! Spread a layer of hot fudge and a layer of Caramel on top of sandwiches. Top w/ a layer of whip cream. Then repeat the process! (another layer of sandwiches, both toppings, and whip cream) Last crumble up the candybars for the top!

This is something you must make! It was soooo good!!

Cornbread Hamburger Pie

~pound ground beef

~med. onion, chopped

~med. green pepper, chopped

~package 8 1/2 oz cornbread mix

~Can 10 3/4 oz condensed tomato soup

~2 tablespoons ketchup

~1/4 cup Salsa

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cook hamburger meat with onion and green pepper. in skillet until no longer pink. Drain and place mixture into 9 inch pie plate. Prepare cornbread according to package directions. Stir other 3 ingredients into beef mixture. Spoon cornbread batter over beef mixture. Bake uncovered for 15 mins. It took longer than 15 mins for the cornbread to get done so it got pretty brown on top. It was really very tasty and easy to make.

Stuffed Peppers

~6 Large bell peppers
~pound of ground beef
~small onion
~package shredded cheese
~2 small cans tomato sauce
~boil-in-bag of rice

First clean the peppers. Take tops off and clean out the seeds. Then put them in boiling water about 10-15 mins. Chop onion and cook it w/ the ground beef. Take out your peppers and put the bag of rice in boiling water. Cook rice as directed. When rice is finished mix it w/ hamburger, 2/3 of the cheese and 1 can of tomato sauce. Prep your baking dish w/ 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil and other can of tomato sauce. Fill up peppers with the meat/rice mixture. Cover dish with foil and bake about 35 mins. Top with remaining cheese.

Taco Crescent Bake

~1 8 oz Crescent Rolls
~2 cups crushed corn chips (I used Fritos)
~1 1/2 lb ground beef
~1 envelope taco seasoning
~1 (15 oz) can tomato sauce
~1 (8oz) can sour cream
~1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Unroll Crescent roll into rectangle, press into bottom and up sides of baking dish. Sprinkle w/ 1 cup of chips. Cook beef, then drain. Stir tomato sauce and taco seasoning into beef. Pour over crescent roll/chips. Top w/ sour cream and cheese then remaining chips. Bake uncovered at 350 for 25-30 mins.



It was pretty good. Something I would make again. I forgot to take a picture so I borrowed this one from Taste of Home.

Knock you Naked Brownies

~1 box German Chocolate cake mix
~1 cup finely chopped pecans (i didn't put these in-pecans i do not like!)
~1/3 cup and 1/2 cup evaporated milk
~1/2 cup melted butter
~50 whole caramels unwrapped
~1/3 cup chocolate chips
~Powdered Sugar

preheat oven to 350.

Mix together cake mix, pecans, 1/3 cup evaporated milk and melted butter. Mixture will be very thick. Press half of mixture in greased 9X9 baking pan. Bake 10 mins. Remove from oven. set aside. Melt Caramels w/ 1/2 cup evaporated milk in saucepan on med. heat. When melted pour over brownie in baking pan. Top w/ chocolate chips. use remaining brownie to make large square a little smaller than pan. set it on top of chocolate chips. Bake 20-25 mins. Once cooled sprinkle with powdered sugar.





They kind of fall apart when you put them on the plate, so this picture was the best i could get, but they were so YUM!! BEST brownies I've ever had!!

One New Recipe a Week Challenge

Making the same old things for dinner every week gets a little boring. I'm always looking for new recipes. One of my friends suggested doing a one new recipe a week challenge. So at least one night a week my family will get a new and hopefully tasty dinner (or dessert!) This is my blog to keep up with my cooking creations!