Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars

I think these are similar to Hello Dolly bars. I first got a taste of these in a cookie exchange at work and I am not sure where she got the recipe from, so sorry for no credit....but these are so great and very easy. No picture yet, Ill take one when I make it again!

Makes about 20

1/2 C butter
1 and 1/2 C Graham Cracker Crumbs
1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
2 C milk chocolate chips
1 C peanut butter chips

Preheat oven to 350. Melt butter over low heat. Place crumbs in a 13X9 inch pan and pour butter over them. Pour condensed milk evenly over that. Sprinkle chocolate and peanut butter chips over milk mixture and press down firmly. Bake 25-30 minutes.

Chicken Satay with Peanut sauce

I use bottled Peanut Sauce, but wanted to make a yummy marinade for the chicken. This would be even better on the grill, but I did it on the stove. I sliced the chicken breasts into strips and put them on skewers, but you can use chicken tenders also. Even without the peanut sauce they were so great!

Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce

1lb chicken breasts, cut into strips
1 bottle House of Tsang Bangkok Padang Peanut Sauce (found in Thai aisle).
1/2 C chopped dry roasted peanuts lightly salted kind.
marinade:
3 cloves of garlic, chopped or minced
2 tsp coriander
2 tsp light brown sugar
1/4 C Tamari soy sauce
1 T lime juice and zest of 1 lime
3 T olive oil
Cayenne (to your liking---we like it spicy--few shakes)

Soak wooden skewars in water at least 15 minutes (during marination time)
Combine all marinade ingredients and put chicken strips or tenders in marinade, cover and put in fridge for about 15-20 minutes. Skewar each chicken strip or tender. Cook in pan on med for about 2-3 min on each side (until no longer pink inside). Serve with peanut sauce for dipping with chopped peanuts.

yes these are my balls--PMS Peanut Butter Balls

Peanut Butter Balls that is! hahahah! I am PMSing in the worst way, and was craving peanut butter and something crunchy. I put this together because it was all of the things I was craving (besides the butter, which I just know goes in peanut butter balls). They were so good. here is my recipe, which I am mostly posting because I will never remember what I put in them.

PMS Peanut Butter Balls

1 C extra crunchy Jif

1/3 C shredded coconut

6 T butter (approx)

1 and 1/3 C powdered sugar (Confectioners sugar)

1 C graham cracker crumbs

Vanilla extract---just kept adding until it was the right consistency---maybe a tsp or so

Melt butter and then mix in KA mixer with peanut butter, coconut, sugar and graham cracker crumbs. Add vanilla and mix again (could add anything else you might be craving...chocolate chips, toffee bits, potato chips?!). Shape into balls and put in fridge (after you eat lots of the batter). Then eat up!