No-Bake Chocolate Oat Bars
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups uncooked quick oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup crunchy or creamy peanut butter
Grease 9-inch square baking pan. Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add sugar and vanilla; mix well. Stir in oats. Cook over low [...]
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23 Mar
No-Bake Chocolate Oat Bars
23 Mar
Fruit and Oat Squares
These are very similar to Pioneer Woman’s Apricot Bars, which I LOVED on Girl Trip ‘08
Fruit and Oat Squares
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup uncooked quick oats
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/3 cup margarine or butter, melted
3/4 cup apricot, cherry or other fruit flavor preserves (I [...]
23 Mar
My favorite Bake Sale cookbook
I bought this cookbook (or maybe my sister bought it, I don’t remember) at Sam’s a looooooong time ago, and it never fails when I need something sweet. It’s not even in print anymore, and I am so glad I have it! Here are some of my favorite recipes from it
Chocolate Chip Macaroons
2 [...]
30 Jun
Coconut-Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
BH&G, May 2008
Coconut-Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup finely crushed graham crackers
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup ground pecans
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
2/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 Tbsp. brandy OR milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups blueberries
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease 13×9×2-inch baking pan; set aside.
2. For crust, in [...]
4 Jun
New cookbook (not so healthy!)
I checked out a bunch of cookbooks from the library (my city has a brand new library, and it is pretty badass), if you couldn’t tell. This one that I’m reading right now is called “Cowgirl Cuisine: Rustic Recipes and Cowgirl Adventures from a Texas Ranch” – and it’s a buyer! She’s got lots of [...]
3 Jun
Easy Peach Crisp (Shout out to Jess!)
Easy Peach Crisp
6 cups sliced frozen, or canned, drained peaches (I suppose you could also use fresh!?)
1/4 cup sugar
Easy Crisp Topping (recipe follows)
1. Spoon peaches into 2-quart casserole; toss with sugar. Sprinkle Easy Crisp Topping over peaches. Bake at 350° until cobbler is browned and bubbly, 35-45 minutes.
Easy Crisp Topping
Makes about 1 1/4 cups.
1 cup [...]
20 Apr
Beer Bread!
One of my employees brought in a loaf of this bread the other night fresh out of the oven. Oh my goodness. It totally made my day.
Apparently this “recipe” has been around for a while, because I was telling my grandmother about it today and she said they used to call it “Indian Bread”. Not [...]
29 Mar
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
1/4 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup cooked or canned pumpkin
1/2 cup buttermilk
Egg substitute equivalent to 2 eggs
2 Tbsp. molasses
1 tsp. grated orange peel
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp. salt
Streusel topping:
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. cold margarine
In [...]
27 Mar
Muffins, muffins, muffins.
Blueberry Mini Muffins
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
Additional sugar, optional
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and [...]
