peanut butter chocolate bars

Ingredients:

1 (18.25) package plain yellow cake mix

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 cup creamy peanut butter

2 eggs

1 (12 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 Tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup coconut (optional...my sister did not like the texture of it in there)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Combine cake mix, melted butter, peanut butter, and eggs in a large bowl using a mixer or spoon. Press this into a 9X13 pan reserving 1 1/2 cup of the mixture to crumble on top.  In a small pot, melt chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and coconut.  Spread chocolate mixture over the mixture pressed in the pan and then crumble the 1 1/2 cups of reserved cake mixture on top evenly.  Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

crockpot honey sauced chicken

Ingredients:

3/4 pound chicken (of your choice)

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 cup honey

1/4 cup soy sauce

1/8 cup chopped onion (or 1/16 cup onion flakes)

1/8 cup ketchup

1 Tbs. vegetable oil

1 clove garlic, minced

1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes

Directions:

Season both sides of chicken with salt and pepper, put into crock pot. In a small bowl, combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, garlic and pepper flakes. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 3 hours or on high 1 1/2 hours. Chicken into bite size pieces, then return to pot and toss with sauce. Serve over rice or noodles.

To bake chicken as a 30 minute meal:

Dice chicken and season both sides with salt and pepper, place in 8x8 pan. Pour sauce over chicken and bake at 350 for 20 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes.

I found this on Pinterest and I've made it a few times now.  Addi loves the Honey Seared Chicken from Pei Wei and this is similar...not the same, but pretty close.  I haven't made mine in the crockpot yet but it's good baked in the oven.

s'mores

Addi has never made s'mores with me before and I decided it was about time!!  This was during an OU game...can't you tell?

She could not keep her hands out of the marshmallows!

Next she nibbled on a graham cracker... 

Ready to eat!!  

 

Shockingly, she didn't really like them!  She just went back to eating all the ingredients separately. 

Then she just got goofy... 

hot apple cider

Addi loves taking sips of my coffee so I knew she'd love apple cider this winter. On one of our first really cold nights we gave it a try. She wanted a white mug like mine, but settled for her Minnie Mouse one, thankfully.

 

I'd say it was a hit!  She loved it and has asked for it several times.  Yummy!

new orleans shrimp toss

Ingredients:

1 lb. large shrimp, shelled and deveined

2 T. vegetable oil

2 T. lemon juice

1 T. Worcestershire sauce

1 t. Cajun seasoning

½ c. chopped onion

2 cloves garlic, chopped

½ can cream of shrimp

½ c. milk

1 t. paprika

cornbread

Directions:

Mix shrimp, 1 T. oil, lemon juice, Worcestershire and Cajun seasoning.  Heat remaining oil in skillet.  Add onion and garlic and cook until tender.  Add soup, milk and paprika.  Heat to a boil.  Add shrimp mixture.  Cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes or until shrimp is done.  Serve over cornbread.