PBS~American Experience~The Amish

Photo Courtesy~PBS

 I love to watch PBS and have been waiting for weeks to see this program aired. Finally, last Tuesday I got to watch it.  I have been fascinated with the Amish religion and way of life since I was a young girl.  I know that for most of you, you can understand why.  It was tastefully put together and very informative. It is quite lengthy, but you can sit down and watch it in segments over the Internet. Just follow this link if you are interested.  It will take you right to the program.
   American Experience "The Amish"
And while you are watching, you can eat these!!!
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To Die For Peanut Butter Treats
I have been looking for so long for the perfect recipe for these.  We had them in our school lunches as a kid and I would try to get as many people as I could to give me theirs.  The consistency and taste is very similar to Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.  Plus, they are so easy to make.

1 c. Butter
1 c. Creamy Peanut Butter
2 c. Graham Cracker Crumbs, very finely crushed
2 c. Powdered Sugar

11/2 c. Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
4 TBS. Powdered Sugar

Melt your butter and 1 c. peanut butter in microwave.  Stir together and add your graham cracker crumbs and powdered sugar.  (If the mixture is still to wet to press into pan add more graham cracker crumbs until the consistency is right).  Press into an ungreased 9"x 13" pan.
Melt chocolate and peanut butter in microwave.  Spread over the peanut butter mixture.  Chill for 1 hour.
Store in the fridge.
*Try not to eat the whole pan in one night~it will be hard not too*

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The other morning there was an exceptional amount of giggling and laughter coming from the kitchen.  I came in to find all three girls squished together on a stool taking funny photos of themselves with the computer.  We have a program that will have the computer take a photo and then distort it in all sorts of funny ways.  This is a "comic book" photo of all of us.  

We spent way too much time laughing and playing that morning that we were nearly late for school:)

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  We are having a "StayCation" this weekend. We are going out to dinner and then we have rented a Jacuzzi Suite in a hotel in our town for tonight. The kids love to have the continental breakfasts and then we are going shopping afterwards.  It saves a bunch of money not to travel and the kids still get to have as much fun.  Hopefully my husband and I can slip away for an hour or so to go to the antique store.  I want to go look at some crocks:)