14 Southern Recipes for Pie and a Free e-Cookbook

I have been having a bit of catch up time with Steve here in Colorado, and enjoying every moment of being with him… as well as cooking up a storm for him.  I had felt his deprivation of some lovingly made home cooked meals, over the last few months and have been working away to fill  that gap.  He has finally cried "Mercy", so now I am refocusing from the cooking of comfort foods, to the cooking of some leaner meals…. we don't have the metabolism we once had haha.  I haven't quite gotten my blogging inspiration going, so I have been away from blogland longer than I had intended.  Hope to remedy that soon.

I did have some fun news that arrived in my e-mail today so I thought I would share it with you;  I was asked to be a part of an E- Cookbook recently called 14 Southern Recipes for Pie. I was notified today, that it was completed and published. It is put together by FaveSouthernRecipes.  They have featured two of my recipes on their site in the past, (Texas Sheet Cake  and Strawberry Hand Pies), which I have greatly appreciated, and they have just finished this e-Cookbook on Pies, which has my recipe for those Little Strawberry Pies in it.  If you click the link, and scroll down to the Hand Pie Section, you will see my little pies featured there; It is the first picture on the left.  You can also down load the e-Cookbook, it is free.  If you are a "pie junky"  like I am, I'm sure you will love it.

Have a lovely week end Everyone;

Peanut Butter Muffins

Peanut butter muffins remind me of when I was in High School.  Whenever we stayed the night at my friend Cindy T's  house, her Mom would cook the most wonderful food for us.  We all loved to stay over there.  I think to this very day, each of us remembers all the things she cooked for us…. just thinking of it now is making me hungry for homemade rolls stuffed with ground beef, cabbage and onion…mmmm that was so good.  I think Mrs. T's cooking and hospitality probably imprinted many things in my life, including a love to cook, and a love to enjoy the comings and goings of my kids. It is a good reminder that hospitality and good cooking served with love, creates a safe haven for young hearts and makes wonderful, cozy memories for our children, perhaps even touching their lives forever. (Thanks Mrs. T. and thanks  for sharing your Mom with us Cindy and Jami).

As you might have guessed, Peanut butter muffins are a memory from those days as well. Mrs. T made them for us. They were delicious, comforting and satisfying.  These are not "those" muffins, because I never got any of her recipes, but they are a wholesome Peanut Butter Muffin made with… yes you guessed it: "Peanut butter" and  whole wheat flour and…. most importantly; love. They are lightly sweet and are delicious especially when served up warm with butter and honey.  They make a wholesome and satisfying after school snack for the kids, and teenagers will gobble them up.

Peanut Butter Muffins

Ingredients:

2 cups Whole Wheat Flour (I use White Wheat, which is a light whole wheat, and creates a nice almost white flour texture).

1 Tablespoon Baking Powder

1 tsp Sea Salt or Himilayan Salt (increase by 1/2 tsp if you are using unsalted peanut butter)

1 cup Coconut Sugar or Sucanat

1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter

1/4 cup butter softened

1 1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

Optional additions: 1 cup chocolate chips, nuts, raisins or banana chunks or shredded coconut.

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
2. In a medium sized bowl, combine dry ingredients and mix together well.
3. In a separate bowl combine remaining ingredients.
4. Mix well with an electric mixer or by hand with a whisk. 
5. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, and stir until thoroughly blended.
6. At this point, you can add chocolate chips or any of the additions you may like. 
7. Divide into prepared muffin tins.
8. Bake 15 to 20 minutes.
9. Serve warm with butter and drizzled with honey.
10. Enjoy!

Delicious served hot, with butter and honey!

Enjoy!