Sunday, October 17, 2010

Buffalo Chicken Dip

Buffalo Chicken Dip


2 large cans chicken, drained
2 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 sm. bottle hot sauce
1 – 8 oz. pkg. cheddar cheese

Heat oven to 350. Drain chicken. Add hot sauce and simmer over low heat. Add cream cheese and heat until melted. Put in 8 x 8 pan or glass dish. Top with cheddar cheese. Bake for 30 minutes. Serve with triscuits or similar cracker.

Peanut Butter Banana Bread


Peanut Butter Banana Bread


Bread:

1 ½ c. ripe bananas
1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup peanut butter
3 T. butter, melted
2 lg eggs
½ c. sugar
½ c. packed brown sugar
1 ½ c. flour
¾ tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp.cinnamon
1/8 tsp. allspice
2 T. chopped dry roasted peanuts

Glaze:
1/3 c. powdered sugar
1 T. milk
1 T. creamy peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350. Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl, beat at medium speed. Add sugars, beat until well blended.

Combine flour and next four ingredients in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to banana mixture, beat until just blended. Stir in nuts. Pour batter into 9 x 5 loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350 for one hour and 5 minutes. Remove from oven cool 20 minutes on wire rack. Remove bread from pan, cool.

To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar, milk and one tablespoon peanut butter in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over bread. Yield: 16 servings.