sweets

i have decided that dropping pies on the

 abandoned and soiled (dinner) table-tops

isn't going to cut it this year

so

i am having a 

sweets table

which means

i can't just serve pie

and there has to be a variety of tastes

creamy, crunchy, chewy, citrus, chocolate

warm, cold

and visual intrigue

apparently

feeding 20 people 

isn't stressful enough

as it stands now

my sweets menus is this

pecan pie

pumpkin pie

banoffee pie

pavlova with lemon curd and cream

chocolate torte

sticky toffee pudding

shortbread cookies with almond glaze

clementines

assorted nuts in shells

figs stuffed with walnuts

homemade chocolates

holy smokes

as i see it written here, i realize

i've gone overboard

yet again

i have a brother

that is the picture of health

and nary a sugar or fat

shall pass his lips

except for these

my peanut butter cups

which i have 

formed into turkeys

in a post modernist

close one eye and look at it

 in a darkened room 

kinda way

peanut butter turkeys
(printable recipe)

molded chocolate oval cups

bittersweet chocolate ganache

1 cup chunky peanut butter

1 cup graham cracker crumbs

1/2 cup +/- powdered sugar

piped chocolate "tail feathers"

fill the cups about 1/3 of the way with cooled but still runny ganache. place in refrigerator to cool completely.  mix together the peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs and powdered sugar. add more powdered sugar to taste and to get the right consistency...like a firm cookie dough.  remove the cups from the refrigerator and place an mound of peanut butter on top of the ganache--forming a rounded top. cover with a layer of ganache and pop in the tail feathers.  let cool at room temperature or in the fridge if you are pinched for time.

sweets