Salted Nut Bars

From Keree A.

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups salted mixed nuts or peanuts
1 cup butterscotch-flavored chips
1/2 cup light corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1. Heat oven to 350 F. In medium bowl mix flour, brown sugar and salt. Cut in 1/2 cup butter using pastry blender (or puling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until evenly mixed.
2. In bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch pan, press dough evenly. Bake 15 minutes; cool slightly.
3. Cut up any large nuts. Sprinkle nuts evenly over crust. In 1-quart saucepan heat remaining ingredients over low heat, stirring occasionally, just until chips are melted. Drizzle butterscotch mixture evenly over nuts. Bake 5 minutes. For bars cut into 8 rows by 4 rows while warm for easiest cutting.

Rocky Road Squares

From Janice W


2 cups milk chocolate chips
1 can sweet and condensed milk
2 tbls. butter
Melt in microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir. Cook
an additional 30 seconds or until melted. Stir in:
1 tsp. vanilla

Pour over: 10 oz. bag mini marshmallows
                12 oz. salted peanuts

Mix, then put into 8x8 pan.
Refrigerate and cut into squares.

Easy Caramel Corn

From Lauren B.

1 bag of Microwave Popcorn
1 stick of Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup Mini Marshmallows

Pop popcorn according to package directions. Pour into bowl and remove all the unpopped kernels you can find.
Meanwhile, place remaining ingredients in a bowl and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Stir mixture vigorously. Microwave for 1 minute. Remove from microwave, stir to combine. Pour mixture over popcorn and stir to coat.

Mrs. Fields/Neiman Marcus Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mrs. Fields/Neiman Marcus
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lisa H.

1c. butter (softened)

1c. white sugar

1c. brown sugar

2 eggs

1t. vanilla

½ t. salt

1t. baking powder

1t. baking soda

2c. flour (I use 1c. white, 1c. whole wheat)

2 ½ c. blended oatmeal

2c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 ½ cup toasted chopped walnuts (toasted makes a difference to the taste and texture)

* Preheat oven 375. Mix butter and sugars. Add vanilla add eggs. add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. stir in chocolate and nuts. make golf sized balls and bake 2 inches apart. Bake 11-12 minutes. Pull out of oven when slightly browned; don’t over bake. Cookies will continue to bake after they are removed from oven.

Mint Chocolate Brownies

Mint Chocolate Brownies
No name, care to claim?

2 sticks real butter melted

2 c. sugar

2t. vanilla

4 eggs

1c. flour

½ t. baking powder

*spread in greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 30-32 minutes and let cool completely

Prepare minty cream center:

2 ⅔ c. powdered sugar

1 stick butter, melted

1T. & 1t. water

1t. mint extract

4 drops green food coloring

*this will be very thick, spread on cooled brownies & refrigerate until chilled.

Top with glaze:

1c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

6T. butter

*microwave high 1 min. stir until completely smooth. cool then spread on top.

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookies

Whole Wheat Oatmeal Cookies
Camille P.

Bake up a whole batch of these cookies and then separate them by 2s or 3s into little sandwich bags and toss in your freezer. These little cookie bags go directly from your freezer to a lunchbox and are perfectly thawed by lunchtime.

1 ¼ cups brown sugar

1 ¼ cups sugar

1 ¼ cups butter

3 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 ¼ tsp. baking soda

1 ¼ tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

2 ½ cups whole wheat flour

2 ½ cups oats

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips or raisins

Cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients and then chocolate chips. Scoop rounded teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350* for 10 minutes. Makes 4-5 dozen.

Pumpkin Bars

Pumpkin Bars
Cassidy K.

You'll recognize these pumpkin bars as the dessert from our super saturday activity.

1 can pumpkin(15 oz)
4 eggs
1 cup oil
1 3/4 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder

Mix together pumpkin, eggs, oil and sugar, then add the rest of the ingredients. Bake at 350* for 20 minutes; cool and frost.

Frosting:
1 cube butter
3 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar