Tried a new recipe the other night and it was soooo good I just had to share it with you.
Every now and then I get this overwhelming urge to try some new recipes and test them out on the family.
Most of the time I do pretty good, sometimes I make a dud.
This one was definitely a WINNER!
If you click the name of the recipe below it will take you to it.
This recipe is so delicious!
Okay so I made a couple of omissions...I didn't want to slice and add in hot peppers...I know, I know...
I just didn't want to overload on heat and make it so we couldn't eat it.
So I added in red chili flakes and a few shakes of ground Cayenne pepper.
Of course I forgot the lime at the end...which stinks cause I had the lime...I just forgot it.
Next time I make it I am going to make it a little hotter and double the recipe..there was just enough for us to eat..it was that good!
Last night we had
It turned out really well and was also a big hit.
Yesterday I also made a favorite dessert of our whole family..Ice Box Pie.
I was trying to find the recipe and I couldn't find it anywhere, so what did I do?
I tried to find it online...but I couldn't find the recipe that my Mom makes anywhere...so what did I do then?
I called Mom of course!
She told me the ingredients/amounts etc..over the phone and I proceeded to make it.
I've made it before, but it's been awhile.
So I tried a few "new" things to it and I think I finally mastered the secret of excellent Ice Box Pie!!!
Here's what it looked like before it got devoured:
<<<<<<<<<<<< Here's the recipe and what I did >>>>>>>>>>
Ingredients
1 stick of butter (softened)
1 C flour
1/2 or more of chopped pecans, walnuts..etc (optional)
2 boxes of cream cheese (softened)
1 1/2 C powdered sugar
1 large tub cool-whip
1 large box of instant chocolate pudding (or whatever flavor you want)
2 1/2 C cold milk
Chocolate Chips and Caramel Sauce for the top (optional)
Directions
1. Heat oven to 350F
2. Spray a 9 X 10 size glass casserole dish with non-stick spray.
3. Put flour and butter in a a mixing bowl and using your hands work the flour and butter together until you get a fine grain texture, if adding nuts do so now....pour flour/butter crust into casserole dish and press evenly into pan.
4. Place casserole dish in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, just until it starts to golden brown, don't let it get dark.
Take out and let cool completely.
5. In an electric mixer put the cream cheese and powdered sugar. Beat on medium until a creamy and slightly fluffy consistency, no lumps!
Pour the cream cheese layer onto the cooled crust. Be careful in spreading it over the crust, as it can come apart on you...it just takes patience.
6. In the same mixer bowl put the dry instant pudding mix and the cold milk, whisk until thickens.
Carefully fold in 1/2 of the tub of cool whip.
Pour pudding mixture over the cream cheese layer and spread evenly.
7. Cover casserole with foil and place in freezer for 30 minutes up to an hour.
When you are ready to serve the ice box pie, remove the foil and "frost" with the remaining cool whip.
You can now top the cool whip with chocolate chips and caramel or whatever you want to add to the top.
It turned out wonderful!
Before when I've made it the layers would slide off each other when you cut it, so this time I decided to put it in the freezer to see if that would help...and sure thang baby!!
GROOVYNESS!
Letting it sit in the freezer really firmed everything up and made it even more of a "Ice Box" dessert.
It was so nice and cool and wonderful to enjoy when we have been having so much heat here!
It cut beautifully and really stayed together this time.
I didn't add nuts this time 'cause I didn't have any in the house (other than us! LOL!) and I really wanted to make it, so I just went with it.
Either way it's really good.
You can use whatever pudding flavor you want, next time I am going to try banana cream or something like that.
Lemon would be good too!
Anyway, that's it...been working on my cross stitching too as I have time.
TTFN!
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