Crazy good peanut butter cookies

* I have to give credit to my cute friend Marina for the base of this recipe. The peanut butter cookie recipe is hers and it is amazing on it's own. 

1 c. butter (softened)

1 c. brown sugar

1 c. white sugar  

1 c peanut butter

1 t. vanilla                      

2 eggs

2 1/2 c. flour

1 t. baking soda

1/2 t. salt

1 bag peanut butter chips

~ cream, butter, sugars, peanut butter, vanilla, until well blended. Add eggs and blend more.

add dry ingredients and peanut butter chips. 

~ take a good heaping tablespoon of cookie dough and flatten into a disk. leave plenty of space between cookies on cookie sheet. bake in a 375 degree heated oven for about 8 min. *do not overcook or your cookies will not be soft. 

frosting

make one batch of vanilla frosting

about 4 cups powdered sugar

1 cube butter (softened)

1 t. vanilla

about 1/4 cup milk.

blend all together well and until light and fluffy. 

divide frosting into two bowls. add about 1-2 T. peanut butter to one bowl and blend.

In the other bowl add about 2-3 T. coco. 

~ frost the peanut butter layer of all cookies first and let frosting set up.

~ Make sure chocolate frosting is thin enough to spread easily and then add it to the top of the peanut butter frosting layer. Enjoy!

Spring Salad

I absolutely love this salad! It has become our new family favorite and I prepared it for Prom and it seemed to be a hit. It's just a fresh spring salad with a tangy dressing.




Salad:
Spring Lettuce Mix
2 mangos - diced
1 bunch strawberries - sliced long way
1/2 c dried cranberries (if wanted, I usually leave these out)
2 kiwi
1 c toasted slivered almonds candied in skillet with 1/2 c sugar

Dressing:
1/2 c Red Raspberry vinegar (can substitute Red Wine vinegar)
1/2 c olive oil
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 c sugar