Old Soul, Young Heart

Fruity Crispix Crunch Recipe from: Sis Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon baking soda ½ cup butter or oleo 1 jar marshmallow creme (7½ oz) 1 small package any flavor Jello 6 cups Crispix Directions: Melt butter in large bowl Stir in marshmallow creme and Jello powder Microwave for 2 minutes or until it boils; stir after 1 minute Stir in baking soda Microwave for 2 more minutes; stir after 1 minute Pour over Crispix and gently toss Spread onto waxed paper lined container Another recipe from Sis Piss!  Man, I love this stuff. It's hard to describe its taste and what the appeal is. I might like it so much because it's just nostalgic. But also delish! It's hard to stop eating it once you start. Strawberry is my favorite flavor and go-to, but orange is also delightful... or raspberry!

  Puppy Chow Ingredients: 6 ounces milk chocolate chips ¾ cup peanut butter 1 tablespoon butter 8 cups Crispix 2 cups powdered sugar Directions: Melt chocolate chips, peanut butter, and butter in the microwave in a large bowl Add Crispix and stir to cover all Put powdered sugar in a large paper sack and pour in the cereal mixture Shake well Pour onto waxed paper to cool Classic! I have made puppy chow many thousands of times over the years. Alright, maybe not thousands. Hundreds. It's a crowd-pleaser! I used to follow the recipe above, but now what I do goes a little something like this: Melt together a shit ton of chocolate chips (milk and semi-sweet) and a shit ton of peanut butter, however much butter seems good, and a splash or two of vanilla Pour over the entire family size box of Crispix to cover all  Follow remaining steps above Now, I did always use a paper sack from the grocery store for the shaking part, but I realized I have a huge popcorn bowl situation with a lid,...

Pecan Pie Squares Ingredients for crust: 3 cups flour ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar ¾ cup softened butter ¾ teaspoon salt Ingredients for filling: 4 eggs (slightly beaten) 1½ cups sugar 1½ cups light Karo syrup 1½ teaspoons vanilla 2½ cups chopped pecans 3 tablespoons melted butter Directions: Grease 13x9 pan Beat crust ingredients in a large bowl on medium until crumbly Press firmly into pan Bake until light golden, about 20 minutes Mix filling ingredients, minus pecans, until well-blended Stir in pecans Pour over baked layer and spread evenly Bake until filling is set, about 25 minutes Cool and cut into squares I wasn't going to make these until November which is much more of a pecan pie type of season, but the recipe I was originally going to do calls for milk and I didn't get any milk at the store. Whoopsie poopsie. Change of plans! I am a huge pecan pie fan and I figured that out from my mom making these bars! These were more of a Christmastime treat. I think my mom made ...

Tollhouse Pan Cookies Ingredients 2¼ cups flour 1 cup soft butter ¾ cup brown sugar ¾ cup white sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs 6 ounces chocolate chips optional: nuts Directions Mix above and spread into a greased and floured jelly roll pan Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes Cool and cut into squares I decided on a whim to make these tonight since it's National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. So here is a whole pan of chocolate chip cookies. Can't go wrong! Very easy to throw this together! Use a stand mixer if you can.

  Seven Layer Bars Ingredients: ½ cup melted butter 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 cup shredded coconut (plus a little more) 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips 6 oz butterscotch chips 1 cup chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts) 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk Directions: Pour butter into a 13x9 pan Sprinkle crumbs over the butter, then coconut, then chocolate chips, then butterscotch chips, then nuts Pour the sweetened condensed milk over it and spread evenly Bake at 350° for 30 minutes Cut into squares while warm They ain't pretty, but boy, are they tasty! Another recipe that is hardly a recipe at all. This took like five minutes to throw together! You must like coconut for this one. I feel like coconut is one of those things that you either really like or really do not like and don't want to eat it at all in anything. I am someone who really likes coconut. Gimme all the Mounds bars, coconut pie/cake, etc. These bars remind me of my mom's goodie trays at Christmas because th...

 Caramel Fudge Chocolate Cake  "Better Than Sex Cake" Recipe from: Quick Cooking May/June 1999 Ingredients: 1 chocolate cake mix 1 cup miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 jar caramel ice cream topping (warmed) 1 jar hot fudge ice cream topping (warmed) 1 container Cool Whip (thawed, 8 ounces) 3 chopped Skor or Heath candy bars Directions Prepare cake according to package Stir in 3/4 cup of chocolate chips Pour into a greased 13 x 9 pan Bake at 350° for 35 minutes Immediately poke holes in the cake with a meat fork Spread caramel and fudge toppings over cake Cool on a wire rack Frost with Cool Whip and store in refrigerator Sprinkle with candy bar pieces and remaining chocolate chips before serving I'm not even sure if you can call this a recipe since it's so easy haha. This is my favorite cake that is not Janet's. I used to request it at my birthday. It's very rich and moist and usually I don't like Cool Whip as a topping (too boring), but it goes perfe...

Monkey Bread Ingredients: 2 large tubes refrigerator biscuits (I used Pillsbury Grands Buttermilk) 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 1 stick butter Directions: Cut each biscuit into four pieces Mix white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon Shake pieces in a plastic bag with mixture Grease a bundt cake pan and drop pieces into pan Pour leftover cinnamon/sugar over pieces Mix butter, brown sugar, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon Pour over pieces Bake at 325° for 45 minutes Remove from pan immediately Another recipe I had never made! And, actually, I don't know if I've ever even had monkey bread. Mmm pull-apart cinnamon roll in a bundt pan. I think this would be a good recipe to make with kids because it was fun to cut up the biscuits into pieces and toss them around in the cinnamon sugar and then violently throw them into the pan. Be sure to put aluminum foil under the pan because I almost had another smoke-filled kitchen situation with sugary overflow! This didn't tu...