Allison's Grandma's Cheeseball Recipe

1/4 cup bell pepper

2 8 ounce cream cheese

1 small can of drained pineapple, crushed

2 Tablespoons chopped onion

1 teaspoon seasoned salt

2 cups chopped pecans

Mix all ingredients, except pecans. Chill. 

Shape into two balls. Chill again.

Roll balls in pecans.

From Allison's mom, Beth Carraway Crumpton: This is a (cheeseball) recipe that I got from my mother several years ago. It is a favorite for special get-togethers.

Carmen's Peanut Butter Bars

Carmen says these Peanut Butter Bars don't double well, just make multiple batches if you need a bunch.

2 cups graham cracker crumbs (about 14 full crackers)

2 cups confectioners' sugar*

1 cup butter, melted**

1 cup peanut butter*** (226 g)

1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

4 Tablespoons peanut butter (63 g)

Mix together graham cracker crumbs, confectioners´ sugar, butter or margarine, and 1 cup peanut butter in a medium bowl until well blended.

Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13-inch pan.

Place chocolate chips and 4 Tablespoons peanut butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high, stirring every 15 seconds, until smooth.

Spread mixture over crust.

Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before cutting into 12 (or 32) squares.

*Sift to avoid having to break up lumps

**Melt in a 2-cup glass measuring cup and then use it to melt the chocolate chip/pb mixture

***Carmen uses Winco peanut butter

Things to try:

-using natural peanut butter

-sprinkling with finishing salt

-using dark chocolate

Cinnamon Pie Crust Sticks (Cimmi Cakes)

Cinnamon Pie Crust Sticks (Cimmi Cakes)

For the pie crust:

1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), from the refrigerator, grated and placed in the freezer

1/2 cup full-fat sour cream, measured and kept in the fridge until ready to use

2 cups flour (260 g)

1 teaspoon salt

After grating the butter and measuring the sour cream, whisk together flour and salt.

Using hands, work the butter into the flour mixture. 

Add sour cream and work in with a fork. Once it starts to clump, knead with hands until the dough comes together. 

Divide in two, form disks, and wrap in plastic wrap. 

Chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

To make Cinnamon Pie Crust Sticks with one disk of dough:

Cinnamon Sugar (1:4 ratio):

1 Tablespoon cinnamon

4 Tablespoons (1/4 cup) sugar

Melt 1/2 stick of salted butter.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

On a floured surface, roll out pie crust to 1/8th of an inch.  

Cut into strips or shapes.

On cookie sheets lined with parchment paper, place the strips and shapes about an inch apart.

Paint with melted butter.

Generously sprinkle with Cinnamon Sugar.

Bake for about 8-10 minutes until puffed and golden around the edges.

Remove from the oven an let cool slightly on the pan, then move to cooling racks.