Peanut Butter Fudge Pie

We love anything chocolate with peanut butter! It is really the ultimate combination of sweet and salty. I had a recipe pinned for a Peanut Butter Fudge Pie with Peanut Butter Salted Caramel that sounded amazing. I adapted slightly out of laziness. I did not have any caramel topping and did not feel like making my own. 

The pie turned out really delicious even despite one little mishap with my ingredients. When buying roasted peanuts, I just grabbed a container that said "Golden Roast" on the label. AFTER making the pie, my husband told me that he noticed the back of the label included ingredients like paprika, garlic, onion powder... Ugh! We ate the pie for dessert and I honestly could not tell, but I would definitely double check next time I purchase peanuts for any purpose. 

Beer Nut Bread

For our second loaf of bread we chose Beer Nut Bread. The recipe came from a Betty Crocker Bread Machine cookbook that I borrowed from the library. I don't remember the last time I borrowed a book from the library. It came out really well and did not collapse like our first loaf! Here is how you can make it!

Ingredients:
For 1 1/2 lb
3/4 cup beer (it says you can use nonalcoholic beer)
1/3 cup water
3 Tablespoons packed brown sugar
1/2 cup shredded smoked cheddar cheese (we used regular cheddar cheese)
1 Tablespoon butter, softened
3 cups bread flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons quick active dry yeast
1/2 cup salted peanuts

For 2 lb 
1 cup beer
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup cheddar cheese
2 Tablespoons butter
4 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 teaspoons yeast
2/3 cup peanuts

Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except peanuts in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Add peanuts at the Raisin/Nut signal. Betty Crocker recommends that if you do not have this signal, to add the nuts 5-10 minutes before the last kneading cycle ends. Your manual should be a guide on this.

Select Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Do not use delay cycles. Remove baked bread from pan, and cool on wire rack.