Pumpkin Pecan Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Hello all and Happy Thursday.  Prayers to those that need them.  Sorry I'm so late today, just not back in the swing of things.  Today is another cookie, lots of goodies over the holidays lol.  It is from Betty Crocker, totally simple and tasty.  It called for pumpkin spice cookies and I'm totally sure they would have been delicious but I wasn't able to find them so I used peanut butter cookies.  Enjoy!

Pumpkin Pecan Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

1 pouch Betty Crocker pumpkin spice cookie mix

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 egg

36 unwrapped miniature chocolate-covered peanut butter cup candies

36 pecan halves

Heat oven to 350°.

In medium bowl, beat cookie mix, butter and egg with spoon or electric mixer on medium speed until blended.  Shape level tablespoons of dough into balls to make 36 balls.  Place a dough ball in each of 36 ungreased mini muffin cups.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown around edges.  Immediately place 1 candy in center of each cookie.  Cool 10 minutes; remove to cooling rack.  Press pecan half onto top of each candy. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

Well, we always gotta eat.....

Ok, so life......................rough.  But we all gotta eat.  This recipe is from my mom.  It's one of the family favorites.  Mostly made during the holidays but we had it this weekend so we could reminisce.  We all really enjoyed it as always.  I hope your family enjoys it too! Straighten out those jackets, trust me crazy is on the loose! Oh and FYI I have no earthly idea where this recipe came from.  I am 98% positive mom found it somewhere and has passed it down to us, but not created it.  We lovingly refer to it as Green Stuff.

Cottage Cheese Salad

Large tub of Cool Whip

1 small box lime jello

12 oz small curd cottage cheese

1/2 cup coconut

1/2 cup pecans, chopped

1/2 cup marachino cherries, quartered

16 oz crushed pineapple, drained

Mix jello and cottage cheese till well combined.  Then add the pecans, coconut, pineapple and cherries; mix well.  Fold in whipped cream until completely mixed.  Refrigerate at least an hour. (You can switch up the jello that is used, say strawberry for red stuff at christmas also)