Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

Oh man - DELICIOUS! I had to cut the loaf for the picture, so of course I ate that piece immediately afterward.

1 c all purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c granulated sugar
1/4 c packed brown sugar
1/4 c canola oil
1/4 c peanut butter
1 egg
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray loaf pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients until well-mixed. Create a well in the center and pour in remaining ingredients - oil, peanut butter, mashed bananas, egg, and extract. Stir until just mixed, then stir in chocolate chips. Pour into loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour. Let cool in pan for about 10 min after.

Slow-Cooked Carolina Beef Brisket

This was so good! We loved the flavor. I remembered to take my own picture too. :)

1 beef brisket (about 3 lbs)
1 jar Pace Picante Sauce
1/2 c molasses
1/4 c apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp red-sodium Worcestershire sauce
1 large onion, sliced (about 1 c)

Stir the molasses, picante sauce, vinegar, Worcestershire, and onion together in a bowl. Place beef in crock pot and add sauce, turning meat to coat. Cover and cook on Low 8-9 hours or until the beef is fork-tender.

Sticky Buns

I made these Christmas morning and they were perfect. The whole thing came out looking so nice. It was absolutely delicious. We basically finished off the whole thing ourselves.

I found this idea on Pinterest, and the recipe on this website. It has nice step-by-step pictures. So easy and so good!

2 tubes of biscuits
3 tbsp butter, melted
1/2 c pancake syrup
1/3 c packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a flute pan with cooking spray. Combine syrup and melted butter in a small bowl and set aside. In another bowl combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Pour about half the syrup mixture in the bottom of the pan, then sprinkle half the brown sugar mixture over the syrup.

Now, lay the biscuits in the bottom of the pan, overlapping the edges closely to form a ring (see picture below). Top with the rest of the syrup and brown sugar mixtures. Bake for 25-30 min or until golden brown. Cool for 1 min in the pan, then invert onto a serving plate.

Homemade Calzone

This was the funnest thing EVER to make! And so good too. A must try! I saw this on Pinterest and found the recipe here. There are great step-by-step pictures at the site to help.

So... this is what is looks like on the website:

And here is ours:

We put a little cheese on top of the loaf so it looks a little different.

Ok, so here's what you will need, and what we did:

pizza dough
pizza sauce
cheese
can of mushrooms
olives
pepperoni

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. I had two things of refrigerated pizza crust (thin crust). So, I put those together on parchment paper, and rolled it out into one big rectangle. Then, put pizza sauce down the middle, followed by pepperoni, olives, mushrooms, cheese, etc. Cut the dough on the sides at about 3/4 inch intervals. After all the cuts are made, start folding them over like the pictures on the website show. If you have used parchment paper, you can easily just pick up the loaf and move it to a baking sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for about 25 min. So fun and easy!!!

Triple Chocolate Cookie Balls

I found this recipe on  kraft.com and it looked pretty easy so I had to give it a try. I've never made anything like these before and they are really, really good!

1 pkg instant chocolate pudding (3.9 oz size)
1/2 c cold milk
1 pkg Oreo cookies (36 cookies), finely crushed
1 1/2 pkgs Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate (12 squares), melted
2 squares Baker's White Chocolate, melted

Beat pudding mix and milk in a medium bowl with whisk for 2 min. Add cookie crumbs and mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls and put on wax paper on a cookie sheet. Freeze for 15 minutes. Melt chocolate and dip balls in chocolate. I melted the chocolate in a shallow bowl and rolled the cookie balls around in it. Put pack on wax paper on cookie sheet and refrigerate 20 minutes. Melt the white chocolate and drizzle it over the cookie balls. Refrigerate 10 minutes or until firm.