It's

Cozy Food Friday!

That means it's time to share a recipe from 

another great cozy mystery!

Today I'm featuring a recipe from

Granny Hermiony Vidalia Criony Fiddlestadt

of the Fuchsia Minnesota Mystery series

by

Julie Seedorf

Book 4

GRANNY FORKS A FUGITIVE 

now available!

Granny has a new weapon––a pink pitchfork! And just in time! A trip to her old farm ends in Granny forking a dead body in her silo. When the body turns out to be Granny’s long lost love Robert Blackford, Granny is flabbergasted. When her devious twin sister, Amelia, the very person who stole Robert from Granny many years ago, shows up searching for her long lost son, Granny reluctantly agrees to help her find him. Of course, Granny’s fiancé, Franklin Gatsby, is concerned for Granny’s welfare and doesn’t like it when she goes out sleuthing––one of Granny’s favorite activities. So, Franklin starts to follow Granny everywhere she goes to protect her. But Granny is determined to find out who killed her former boyfriend, so along with her gal pals and her menagerie of pets, she sets a trap and soon––GRANNY FORKS A FUGITIVE

I was speaking to author Julie Seedorf about recipes and Cozy Food Friday. She said that her Fuchsia books don't have recipes in them. While were talking about what to do, Granny butted in.....I mean, spoke up and said something along the lines of..."Fiddlesticks! Don't need no recipe in the book to put on on that blog thing!" And then Granny handed me a scrap of paper stained with oil, chocolate, egg yolk, and other unidentifiable spots. 

So  today's recipe is from   

Granny Hermiony Vidalia Criony Fiddlestadt

as she has adapted from

The Taste Of Home 160 Rich and 

Creamy Favorites Cheesecake and More  

Candy Bar Mishmash  Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake

On a side note: Julie and Granny couldn't decide on when to bake the cheesecake, if they wanted to use all the toppings or just some. When I left them, it was too late for me to wait for photos of the finished product. 

So, all photos were borrowed from Google Images and will give you idea of how your cheesecake can look.

Crust

1 ¼ Cups Graham Cracker Crumbs

¼ Cup Sugar

¼ Cup crushed cream filled chocolate sandwich cookies

6 Tblp melted butter

¾ C Creamy Peanut Butter

Filling

3 packages (8 ounces each) Cream Cheese Softened

1 Cup Sugar

1 Cup Sour Cream

1 ½ tsp vanilla extract

3 eggs lightly beaten

1 cup hot fudge ice cream topping divided

3 Peanut Butter cups, cut into small wedges

2 heath bars chopped

1 grated Snickers Bar

M & M Mini Chocolate Baking Bits – Use the amount you think looks cute

Caramel Ice Cream Topping -optional

Directions

      In a large bowl combine the cracker crumbs, sugar, cookie crumbs and butter.

     

      Press onto the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a greased 9-inch springform pan. Place on a baking sheet.

      Bake at 350 degrees for 7-9 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.

      In a microwave-safe bowl, heat peanut butter on high for 30 seconds or until softened. Spread over crust to within 1 inch of edges.

      In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined.

      Pour 1 cup into a bowl; set aside. Pour remaining filling over peanut butter layer.

   

      In a microwave, heat ¼ cup fudge topping on high for 30 seconds or until thin; fold into reserved cream cheese mixture.

      Carefully pour over filling; cut through with knife to swirl.

      Return pan to baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 55-65 minutes or until center is almost set.

      Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer.

      Microwave remaining fudge topping for 30 seconds or until warmed; spread over cheesecake.

      Garnish with peanut butter cups. Chop Heath Bars and spread over top of cheesecake. Grate the Snickers Bar, you can do more than one according to your taste and spread over top. Add M& M Mini’s according to your liking.

      If you like it a little more gooey microwave some caramel topping and drizzle over chocolate on top of cheesecake.

      Use your imagination when creating your cheesecake.

      Refrigerate overnight.

Oh my goodness. I don't care which version I get. I just want a big piece of it!

Julie and Granny finally compromised and went with a Heath Bar topping with fudge drizzle. 

This is their photo...

Now I'm even hungrier! 

Learn more about author Julie Seedorf

www.julieseedorf.com

Please keep reading and check out my 

installments of 

Book Beginnings on Fridays

and

The Friday 56

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My Book Beginnings and Friday 56

 for this week are also from 

GRANNY FORKS A FUGITIVE

Book Beginnings on Fridays is a meme hosted by Rose City Reader

Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading

My Book Beginnings...

The burlap bag, tied to a branch on the oak tree, bulky in size and swaying in the wind, was begging to be hit or punctured, so its contents would spill to the ground like confetti showering a celebration on those who stood below. 

Hermiony raised the bat high over her head and took a swing, connecting with the unsightly, uneven bag. The bag moved but didn't break. She hit it again, harder. Still the bag refused to give up its contents.    

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice

Rules: *Grab a book, any book. *Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's okay.) *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you. *Post it.

My Friday 56...from 56% on Kindle

The back door slammed. "Granny! Ditty Belle!" Silas's voice could be heard from their perch.

Granny grabbed Ditty Belle's arm and put her finger to her lips, motioning Ditty Belle to be quiet. She motioned they should both lay flat on the loft so Silas couldn't see them from down below. 

Ditty Belle mouthed the word, "Why?" to Granny, but Granny just shook her head. 

Also available in the 

Fuchsia Minnesota Mystery series 

Books 1, 2, and 3

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