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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.   

Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda; set aside. 

Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter, and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla, and milk. Add the flour mixture and mix well. 

Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan. Bake for about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball. Cool and carefully remove from pan.

Strawberry Pie

Arrange half of the strawberries in a baked pie shell. Mash the remaining berries and combine with sugar in a medium saucepan. Place saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. 

In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water. Gradually stir conrstarch mixture into boiling strawberry mixture. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over berries in pie shell. 

Chill for several hours before serving. 

In a small bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form. Serve each slice of pie with a dollop of whipped cream. 

Death By Chocolate

In a 9” x 13” pan, bake cake according to package directions. Cool and crumble. Make pudding, according to package directions, with milk. 

In a large trifle or other glass serving bowl, place half of the crumbled cake. Pour half of the coffee over the cake, and spread half of the pudding over that. Top with half of the whipped topping, and sprinkle with half the crumbled candy bars. 

Repeat layers in the same order. Refrigerate until serving. 

Nutter Butter Banana Pudding

Line the bottom of a 9” x 13” x 2” dish with cookies and layer bananas on top. 

In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. 

Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. 

Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding and stir until well blended. Pour over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Strawberry and Pretzel Dessert

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. 

Stir together pretzels, melted butter, and 3 tablespoons sugar. Press mixture into the bottom of a 9” x 13” baking dish. 

Bake 8-10 minutes, until set. Set aside to cool. 

In a large mixing bowl, cream together cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Foldin whipped topping. Spread mixture onto cooled crust. 

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in still frozen strawberries and allow to set briefly. When the mixture is about the consistency of egg whites, pour and spread over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate until set.