Secks in a Pan

Sex in a Pan. 
Ok seriously if that name is supposed to make this dish more appealing, really you could just call it creamcheeseandchocolateandpuddingandcoolwhipandpecansandbutter in a pan and that would make it sound really appealing to me. But, no. It has to be sex in a pan... ok then.

Ingredients:

* 1 cup flour
* 1/2 cup butter or margarine
* 3/4 cup chopped pecans
* 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
* 1 cup confectioners' sugar
* 1 tub whipped topping, 32 ounces
* 1 package (4oz) vanilla instant pudding
* 1 package (4oz) chocolate instant pudding
* 3 cups cold milk, divided
* 1 square semisweet chocolate, shaved, or mini semisweet chocolate chips

Preparation:
Combine flour, butter and pecans and press into a 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Cool in pan on rack.

Combine cream cheese and confectioners' sugar and spread over pecan mixture. Spread half of the whipped topping over the cream cheese layer.

Mix package of vanilla pudding using 1-1/2 cups of milk. Spoon evenly over the whipped topping; spread until layer is even. Mix package of chocolate pudding using remaining 1-1/2 cups milk. Spread on top of vanilla pudding. Spread remaining whipped topping on top and sprinkle with shaved semisweet chocolate or mini chocolate chips.

Chocolate Swirl Cookies, a drop cookie with a twist

Chocolate Swirls

1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 package (3 oz/85 grams) cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all purpose four
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted and slightly cooled

Heat oven to 350. In large mixing bowl, combine sugars, butter, cream cheese, egg and vanilla. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add four, baking powder and salt. Beat at low speed until soft dough forms. Fold melted chips into dough until lightly marbled. Do not overmix.

Drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool completely before storing.

Snickers Cheesecake

 A favorite birthday request in our house. I love cheesecake. With the exception of the long baking time, it's fast and easy to prepare.



2 cups oreo crumbs (or graham wafer crumbs)
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 bricks cream cheese
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup whipping cream
6 snickers bars, chopped up
4 ounces semi sweet chocolate
1/2 cup whipping cream

Mix oreo crumbs, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/4 cup sugar together. Press into a spring form pan and chill.
Beat together the cream cheese and 1 cup sugar until smooth. Add vanilla, eggs, and 2/3 cup whipping cream. Beat until smooth.
Spread 1/2 of the chopped up snickers bars (3) onto the chilled crust. Pour cream cheese mixture on top, and add the rest of the chopped up snickers bars on top. Bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325. It will look a bit jiggly in the middle still.
Let it cool a bit. Melt the chocolate and 1/2 cup whipping cream in the microwave and pour over the cheese cake. Let cool completely and remove spring form sides

Caramel Apple Cream Cheese and Skor bits = yummeh!!

Recently I had to improvise because I was at a cottage and didn't have a nice shallow dish to serve this in, so I spread it on an aluminum pizza pan and used a spatula to shape it into a circle in the middle and arranged the apples around the outside. It looked like a sunflower :)

I think from now on I might just arrange it like this.

Caramel Apple Dip

Fast, easy and always goes over well.

1 brick of cream cheese (a tub of spreadable cream cheese works well too) at room temperature
1 container of caramel dip (usually found in the fruit section)
Part of a bag of Skor bits (found in the baking section) or a few Skor bars crushed up.
gala or granny smith  apples

In a shallow dish, spread softened cream cheese covering the bottom of the dish. 
Now spread the caramel on top.
Sprinkle a few handfuls of the Skor Bits over top or break up the skor bars into small chunks and spread that over top.
Slice up the apples dunk then in the dip and enjoy.


If you aren't going to be serving it right away, put the sliced apples in a large ziploc bag with a few tablespoons of water and lemon juice to stop them from browning.


If you plan it right, you will run out of apples before you run out of dip and you will have to scrape the rest of the dip out of the bowl with your finger.  Take the hit for the team :)