Dessert of course!

What would be the first recipe I post? A dessert recipe of course. This is a recipe for peanut butter chocolate cheesecake, I made it for the husband for Valentines day.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake
Crust: 1 c. chocolate graham cracker crumbs
3 T. sugar
3 T. butter - melted

Cheesecake: 2 - 8 oz. pkgs. cream cheese (set out to get to room temp.)
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
3 T. flour
4 eggs
1/2 c. milk

Ganache: cream & semi-sweet chocolate (I used chocolate chips)

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. To make the crust mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. Press that into the bottom of a springform pan. Bake the crust for 10 minutes, set aside to cool.

In a bowl beat the cream cheese until soft, add in the sugar, peanut butter and flour. Mix this all until it's smooth, then add the eggs. Gradually blend in the milk, pour the filling into the crust. Bake the cheesecake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes. Check up on it, the cheesecake is done when the center is still slightly jiggly, every oven is different. Let the cheesecake rest, it's had a hard day.

While the cheesecake is doing it's thang in the oven, make the ganache. Ganache is a good thing and it's easy to make! Just heat up some cream over medium heat, don't let it burn. I put about 1/2 c.- 3/4 c. in a small sauce pan, don't shoot me, I didn't measure. Add in chocolate chips, I put in about 1 c. and whisk it. The chocolate will slow melt in with the cream, stir constantly. You should end up with a nice, glossy chocolate sauce. It should be thick enough to spread and thin enough to pour. When the cheesecake is cooling, pour the ganache on top so it's a thin layer of chocolately goodness.

Loosen the sides of the springform pan and put the cheesecake in the fridge overnight. Cut and enjoy the next day, or don't bother with the cutting. Ha! It's cheesecake afterall.

We started this blog and I figure that I need to put something on it. Now that it's started, I don't know what to write! It's daunting, a blank canvas. I have two of those sitting at home because I don't know what I want to do with them yet either. I realize no one else is reading this right now, so who cares! I could write rubbish and no one would notice. I will use this space to put up random thoughts, food stuff and whatever my little self feels like.

Today is the deadline that husband and I made for God to receive some sort of direction for our future. Do you think God works with deadlines? He does have perfect timing, it was worth a shot. I do feel a bit more at peace. If all else fails we can put out the fleece, even if it's from Old Navy.

In the begininng...there was light!

In the beginning...

Our first post! I don't know what I'm doing so bear with me. More fun to come...

Okay I am adding on to this post three days later.

Why SoulSistasThree you ask? There are 3 of us soul sistas of course, me and two of my best friends from college. We are at different places in our lives regarding location, career, and relationships, but we balance each other out. This blog will reflect just a little part of us.