Thursday, December 9, 2010

Rocky Mountain Bars

Crust:
1/2 cup butter
1oz unsweetened chocolate
1 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Filling:
6 oz cream cheese
4 tbl soft butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbl flour
1/4 cup chopped nuts
6 oz chocolate chips
2 cups mini marshmellows

Frosting:
4 tbl butter
2 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar

Crust:
Melt butter and chocolate. Cool. Sift together dry ingredients. In medium bowl, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture to eggs. Beat well. Add flour mixture and nuts. Spread in buttered 9x13 pan. Set aside.

Filling:

Beat together cream cheese, butter, and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla and flour. Beat well. Stir in nuts and spread batter over unbaked crust. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with marshmallows. Return to oven for 2 minutes.

Frosting:

Melt together butter and chocolate. Cool. Add cream cheese, milk, vanilla and powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Spread over marshmallow layer. Cool and cut into bars.

Chocolate Crinkles

1/2 cup oil
4 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Powdered Sugar

Mix oil, chocolate, and sugar. Blend in one egg at a time until well mixed. Add vanilla. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Then add to oil mixture. Chill several hours. Heat oven to 350. Drop teaspoonfulls of odough into powdered sugar. Roll in sugar. Shape into balls. Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes.

Brownies

1/2 cup butter
2 squares baking chocolate
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 chopped nuts
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Melt butter over low heat. Remove from heat and add the sugar. Add one egg, mix well. Then add another and mix. Add vanilla and chopped nuts. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture and mix thoroughly. Pour into lightly greased 8x8 pan and bake at 350 for dark pan and 325 for light/glass pan for 25-30 minutes.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Caramel Bars

3/4 cup melted butter
1 cup flour
1 cup oatmeal
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
32 caramels
3 tbl butter
3 tbl cream
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Combine the butter, flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, and baking soda. Mix well. Put 3/4 of the mixture in a 9x13 pan, pressing evenly over the bottom of the pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in saucepan, combine caramels, butter, and cream and heat, stirring until caramels are melted. Pour the caramel mixture over the crust and sprinkle with chocolate chips and nuts. Top with remaining butter- oatmeal mixture. Bake for 15 minutes. Cool and cut int bars.

Vieennese Brownies

1 8oz soft cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 egg
2 (1oz) squares unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt

Grease 8x8 inch pan. Combine cream cheese, sugar, and I egg. Set aside. Melt chocolate and butter. Beat 2 eggs until fluffy, add1 cup sugar and chocolate mixture. Add dry ingredients. Stir until blended.

Pour half of chocolate mixture in greased pan. Spread with cream cheese mixture. Top with remaining batter. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Frost if desired, but really rich without.

Lemon Finger Cheese Bars

2/3 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped nuts
2 (8oz) pgk cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp lemon peel
4 tsp lemon juice
2 eggs

Bat together butter and brown sugar. Blend in flour and nuts. Reserve 2 cups of this. Press the rest in a 9x13 pan. Bake at 325 for 15 minutes.

Beat cream cheese and sugar. Add milk, lemon peel, juice and eggs. Beat until smooth. Pour over crusts. Sprinkle remaining crumbs on top. Bake at 325 for 35 minutes. Cool. Cut into small bars.

Marshmallow Sandwhich Cookies

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup marshmallow creme

Grease cookie sheets. Set aside. In a large mixer bowl, combine flour, soda, salt, coca, and sugar. Make a well in center of mixture. Add egg, oil, vanilla and milk. Beat until smooth. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake 10 minutes at 350. Cool on wire rack. In a small mixer bill, combine. Utter, powdered sugar, and marshmallow creme. Beat until smooth. Spread the cream filling on half the cooled cookies. Top with remaining cookies.

Butterscotch Bars

11/3 cups flour
1/2 cups brown sugar
2/3 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup butterscotch pieces
1 1/2 cups peanut. Utter
3 cups cornflakes
Creamy chocolate frosting

In a small mixer bowl, blend flour, brown sugar, and butter with electric mixer on low speed. Mixture will be crumbly. Pat in bottom of ungreased 13x9 baking pan. Bake 15-20 minutes. While baking , bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat. Add butterscotch pieces and peanut butter. Stir until melted. Stir in cornflakes. Spread over baked crust. Cool. Frost bars with frosting,

Frosting
1/2 cup. Semisweet chocolate pieces
2tbl butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
1tbl milk
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Add all together except powdered sugar. Stir over heat until melted. Add sugar and mix well.

Lemon frosted Nut Bars

1/2 cup butter
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 tspvanilla
3 t/l flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups coconut

In small bowl, add 1 cup flour and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Blend well. Spread in greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes at 350 until lightly brown. Remove from oven.

In medium bowl, bet together eggs, 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, and vanilla. Add sifted dry ingredients, then coconut, and 3/4 cup nuts. Stir thoroughly. Spoon over crust.. Lower temperature to 325, bake 20-25 minutes or until firm. Frost while warm with lemon icing.

Lemon Icing
13/4 cups powdered sugar add enough lemon juice to make thin icing. Spread carefully over warm cake.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Oatmeal Carmelitas

25 light candy caramels
5 tbl light cream or evaporated milk
1 cup flour
1 cup oats
3.4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup melted butter
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Melt caramels in cream in top of double broiler. Cool slightly. Set aside.

In large bowl, combine remaining ingredients except cholcoate and pecans. Press half of crumbs in bottom of ungreased 11x7 or 9 inch square pan. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

Remove from oven. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and pecans. Spread carefully with caramel mixture. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Bake at 15-20 minutes longer or until golden brown. Chill for 1-2 hours. Cut into bars.

Snickerdoodles

2 3/4 cup flour
1 tbl baking powder
1 cup butter
1 3/4 cup sugar, divided
2 eggs
1 tbl cinnamon

Stir together flour and baking powder. Set aside. Melt butter and stir in 1 1/2 cups sugar and eggs until smooth. Gradually add flour mixture until smooth, soft dough forms. Cover tightly and refridgerate at least for 1 hour or up to three days before baking.

In small bowl, mix remaining sugar with the cinnamon. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough on sugar mixture. Turn to coat well. Place 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 for 8-12 minute. Cool and enjoy!

Peanut Butter Cookies

3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar

Stir together flour and baking soda. Set aside. Melt butter and peanut butter over low heat. Remove from heat and stir in sugars and eggs until smooth. Gradually stir in flour mixture until smooth, soft dough forms. Cover tight. Put in fridge for at least an 1 hour or up to three days before baking.

Drop rounded teaspoon fulls 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in flour. Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes. Cool on sheet for 1 minutes. Remove and cool completely.

Makes 8 dozen

Mrs. Fields Cookies

2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 cups flour
5 cups oatmeal
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda

Cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix together flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Mix together all indredients and add 24 oz bag of chocolate chips, one 8oz hershey bar (grated) and 3 cups chopped nuts. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet. Make golf ball size cookies and bake at 375 for 6 minutes.

Makes 9 dozen

Caramel Oatmeal Brownies

Butterscotch Base:
1/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup oatmeal
1/3 cup melted butter

Chocolate Brownies:
2/3 cup flour
1/4 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 oz unsweetened chocolate
1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tbl milk
1 tsp vanilla

Butterscotch Base:
Sift together flour, soda, and salt into a mixing bowl. Add brown sugar and oatmeal. Stir until blended. Blend in melted butter until mixture is crumbly. Press firmly into ungreased 8x8 inch pan. Back at 350 for 10 minutes.

Brownie Layer:
Sift together flour, soda, and salt. Melt chocolate and butter in top of double broiler over hot water. Remove from heat. Blend in sugar slowly, beating well. Add egg and mix thoroughly. Add the dry ingredients. Blend well. Blend in milk and vanilla. Spread over butterscotch layer and bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Cool and cut into squares.

Macaroon Fudgies

4 squares (1oz each) unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts, if desired

Filling:
2-3 cups coconut
14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla

Grease 13x9 baking pan. In large saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and margarine. Remove from heat. Add sugar, flour, salt, 1 tsp vanilla, and eggs. Mix well. Spread half of chocolate batter in greased pan.

In bowl, combine all filling ingredients. Mix well. Spoon over batter evenly. Spread remaining batter on top. Back at 350 for 35-40 minutes. Immediately sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let stand for 1 minute. Spread evenly over bars. Add nuts (if desired). Cool completely and then cut into bars. Store in refrigerator.

Makes 2-3 dozen bars