Pizza Dough

Pizza Dough
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1 cup Shortening
1 cup boiling water

2 eggs beaten with fork

1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp salt
1 cup warm water
2 yeast packages

about 6 cups flour

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In a small/medium sized bowl, put two yeast packages and lukewarm water.  Sprinkle some of the 1/3 cup of sugar into the yeast to help it rise.

In a large bowl, put shortening, sugar, salt, and boiling water.  Break up shortening with spoon so it melts a little easier with the boiling water.  Will not be completely melted.

Add in eggs and yeast mixture.  Add in flour one cup at a time and mix well.  Should use somewhere between 5 &1/2 and 6 cups of flour.

Peanut Butter Cheesecake

from Cooks.com

Peanut Butter Cheesecake

1 c. graham cracker crumbs (I just shoved a sleeve of graham crackers in my food processor/blender. Worked like a charm!)
1/4 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4 c. melted butter

2 c. creamy peanut butter
2 c. sugar
2 (8 oz) pkgs cream cheese, at room temperature
2 tbsp. melted butter
2 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. whipping cream

4 oz. semisweet chocolate
3 tbsp. plus 2 tsp. hot coffee (I'm trying to figure out what I can use in exchange for coffee... milk?)

Combine crumbs, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup melted butter.  Press into bottom and halfway up the sides of a 9-in springform pan.  Beat peanut butter, sugar, cream cheese, 2 tbsp. butter and vanilla in a large bowl of an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.  In a separate bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form.  Fold whipped cream into peanut butter mixture (for me, I did the opposite.  I mixed the peanut butter into the whipped cream a big spoonful at a time and mixed until it was mixed in very well.)  Spoon into crust.  Refrigerate 6 hours.

Melt chocolate and coffee in double boiler over gently simmering water.  Spread atop filling.  Refrigerate until firm.

When I made this, I didn't have chocolate to put on top, but it would've helped offset the richness of the peanut butter.  Serve this with a huge glass of milk.  Delicious!