"Ooh Ooh Aah Aah" Monkey Bread

Ingredients:
3 cans buttermilk biscuits (7.5oz each)
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions:
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease one 9 or 10 inch tube pan
2.Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits into quarters. Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange 1/2 of the pieces on the bottom of the prepared pan.
3.Melt 1/4 cup of butter and pour over the biscuit pieces. Add remaining pieces onto and pour the remaining 1/4 cup of butter on top.
4.Sprinkle the left over sugar mixture on the top
5..Bake for 40 minutes and then let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. no need to cut, the bread just pulls apart.

Rating:
Because I used a bundt pan that is in 2 parts some of the butter leaked out causing the sides of my monkey bread to have a more buttery edge-if you make this as directed with a closed pan this will not happen and your bread should be perfect ;) it turns out my family likes the buttery edge monkey bread better...so it turned out for the best. This bread is easy to make, and kids especially love it because they get to just pull off the little pieces. enjoy!

No-Oven Peanut Butter Squares

Ingredients:
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups powdered sugar
12 squares semi-sweet Baker's chocolate (melted)
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

Directions:
1. Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides of pan. Set aside.
2. Combine butter, sugar, peanut butter and crumbs. Spread into prepared pan
3. Microwave chocolate in a small bowl on high for a 1-2 minutes or until melted, stirring after each 30 seconds. Cool slightly; pour over peanut butter mixture in pan. Cool. Cut partially through dessert to mark squares. Refrigerate 1 hour or until set. Lift from pan, using foil handles. Cut all the way through dessert into squares

Rating:
Super easy! If you like peanut butter cups you will love these. They are definitely rich and indulgent-so one square should satisfy. And don't forget to serve some ice cold milk along side these. enjoy! :)

Chewy Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

Ingredients:
2 & 2 tbsp cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
12 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1 cup brown sugar (light or dark)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts

Directions:
1. pre-heat oven to 325 degrees, cover 2 large cookie sheets with parchment paper
2.mix together flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside
3.mix together butter and sugars until smooth. add in the egg and egg yolk as well as the vanilla
4.Add dry ingredients a little at a time, mix until combined
5.Stir in chips and walnuts
6.drop 2" cookie dough balls onto sheet (gently push down because they do not spread very much) evenly space 9 on each cookie sheet
7.Bake for 15-18 minutes, cool on sheet to maintain chewy texture

Rating:
One of the best cookies I have EVER made, no joke. They are perfectly chewy with a slight crunch on the outside(once completly cooled). The chocolate and walnut compliment each other wonderfully. I baked mine for 15 minutes (I have an electric oven) and they came out just right, so I don't suggest going over that time unless you want them to be more crunchy instead of chewy. My family has already devoured my first batch and it has become their new favorite.