Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Desserts. Show all posts

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Gran's Key Lime Pie

1 Graham cracker crust
(Sprinkle 2 tbsp sugar in crust, then drizzle 1 tbsp butter and bake 10 minutes at 325 degrees and cool).

Filling:

3 eggs seperated

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup fresh lime juice

1 tsp. grated lemon rind


Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat egg yolks, condensed milk, juice and zest. Pour into crust and bake 20 minutes. Cool and chill then cover with cool whip

Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

3 cups Sugar

2/3 cup Cocoa

Pinch of salt

3/4 cup of canned evaporated milk combined with 3/4 cup of water

1 1/2 cup peanut butter

4 tbsp. butter

1 tsp. vanilla


Combine sugar, cocoa, salt and milk in large pot. Stir and cook on medium heat until candy themometer reaches 234 degrees (do not stir too often while cooking or it will be sugary). Remove from heat. Add remaining ingredients. Beat until it starts to thicken. Pour into greased pan. Cool and cut.

Note: Once removed from heat and remainder of ingredients are added it will thicken almost immediatley, pour up quick.