Nana's Homemade Peanut Buttercups

Homecroft, IN (April 13, 2025) - When Nana made these heavenly treats, they were always everyone's favorite. Growing up, we spent a lot of time at Nana's house on the Southside of Indianapolis and we always asked her to make these for us.

Several days ago, while getting stuff prepared for supper, I ran across Nana's recipe and made some for my self and it was so easy. I love this recipe and that you don’t need to bake them, all you need to do is to place them inside the fridge until set.

Nana's peanut buttercups have the same creamy, sweet peanut butter layer and melty chocolate coating you love without all the extra oils or preservatives you get in store-bought candy. Making candy with Nana always tasted so much better, plus you get to control the ingredients. 

 Ingredients: 

•  1 cup butter, melted 
•  2 cup graham crackers, crushed 
•  2 cups confectioner’s sugar 
•  1 cup peanut butter 
•  1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 
•  4 Tablespoon peanut butter 

 Directions: 

1. Apply cooking spray or line with paper liners muffin tins. 
2. In a medium mixing bowl, add 1 cup of peanut butter, confectioners’ sugar, butter, and graham crackers. Beat until well mixed and creamy. 
3. Transfer 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture into the prepared muffin tins. 
4. Press them lightly in each muffin tin. Place 4 tablespoons of peanut butter and chocolate chips in a microwavable bowl. 
5. Place the bowl inside the microwave and turn the setting to medium. Allow the mixture to melt completely. 
6. Spoon the mixture and drop them on top of each filled muffin tins. Place inside the fridge to chill and set. 
7. Serve and enjoy! 

SOURCE: Nana

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1970: Remembering Apollo 13

Cape Canaveral, Florida (April 13, 2025) - It was 55 years ago today that the world held its breath as three astronauts began a harrowing journey back to earth after an explosion aboard Apollo 13 crippled their spacecraft.

Apollo 13 lifted off on time from the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, April 11, 1970 at 2:13pm EST. The first 55 hours and 55 minutes of the mission went smoothly until, just over 3/4 of the way to the Moon, shortly after the one and only TV transmission of their journey, Apollo 13 had a problem.

A liquid oxygen tank exploded, pushing the flight off course, robbing the capsule of breathable oxygen and fuel for power generation.

An accident investigation board later found that upgrades to the tank, designed by American Rockwell, had overlooked thermostatic switches while being made to work with higher voltage test equipment at the Kennedy Space Center. These switches were likely welded shut during preflight tests allowing temperatures in the tank to rise to over 12 times the original design's limits.

Systems, including guidance, were shut down to conserve power. Over the next 6 hours, the astronauts with assistance from flight controllers on the ground, manually calculated a free return trajectory to get them back home.

The crew used the on board sextant, which required no power, to determine their position looking for two stars from a list of 37 known to the guidance computer. This a common task used many times during all Apollo missions to provide updates to the guidance, but was particularly complex for Apollo 13.



Had everything gone to plan, NASA’s third mission to land astronauts on the moon would have deployed a pallet of science instruments and brought back samples from humanity’s first visit to the lunar uplands. Instead, 55 years ago this month, Apollo 13 “had a problem.”

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