Outrageous Pretzel Bars

  Now that the football season is finally over with a SUPERBOWL WIN for the SEATTLE SEAHAWKS!! #12TH MAN......I have extra time to BAKE!
    Now with only 2 of us at home, #1 I need to find somebody else to eat my baking, and #2 we don't eat as much food in this house as we use to. I had a bag of pretzels that just weren't disappear as fast I wanted them to. I thought, Perfect...I have a recipe for those!
  I'm not sure when I found this recipe, but I had saved it away to 'someday' make it. It was actually from GMA. The only thing I added to the recipe was after they were cooked, I thought they needed a little caramel, so I drizzled some on top of them.
  I took these out to our small group tonight - they are my "testers" Everyone enjoyed them and one person said they were their new favorites!  ENJOY ♥

Cookie Dough Base

1 cup butter

3/4 c dark brown sugar (can use light)

3/4 c white sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 1/4 c flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Cream butter, sugars for about 1 minute on medium. Add eggs, beat. Add all dry ingredients, just 

until combined. Fold in 2 c chocolate chips.

Press into a foil lined 9 x 13 pan

Chocolate Fudgy Middle

1 can sweetened condensed milk

2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

In microwave, melt. (in my microwave - it only took 1 minute) Don't over heat!

Stir until smooth and add 1 tsp vanilla extract - cool

Add to top of cookie dough layer

Pretzel Topping

2 c chopped pretzels

1 T sugar

3 T melted butter

Toss together and add to top of bars. I lightly pushed them in.

Bake @350 for 40 minutes. Let cool in pan. Lift out foil and cut into bars! 

Hope you enjoy these - Leave a comment and let me know and don't forget to SHARE!

Coconut Slice

These are one of MY favorites and my MOM's!  She loved coconut and I do as well.  This month is 11 years since she went home to be with our Lord - I miss having a Mom. . . . but for me when I bake, I have a lot of memories of my growing up years. 

This was a recipe from one of the DORCAS cookbooks.  There were a group of ladies from the lower mainland Vancouver Bretheren Churches that published 2 cookbooks.  One of them has the year 1960 on it and the other one. . . .  I have used so much - the cover is missing!

I wasn't planning to post this recipe today, but I took 2 plates of "treats" to share last night with a group of women and it was a favorite, and once again was asked if I give out the recipe ♥ 

Base

1 1/2  c graham cracker crumbs

1/2 c brown sugar

1 T flour

1/2 c melted butter 

Mix all together and press into a 8x8 or 9x9 LINED pan. (you must line this or it is very difficult to cut the bars out of the pan)

Bake 350 for 10 minutes

 TOP

2 c. coconut

1 can sweetend condensed milk

1/2 tsp almond extract

Mix all together and spoon evenly over base.  (You want to be careful and put small "piles" over the base and then spread.  If you put all on at once it will be too hard to spread over the base)

Bake 350 for 20 minutes or until a light golden brown and set.

Once cooled,I frost it with pale pink frosting (or icing as it's called in Canada)

2 T softened butter

2 c powdered sugar

1 tsp almond extract

milk - 2 T or so

To be honest, I don't ever measure when I make frosting! So if you need to add more milk or powdered sugar-add just a litle at a time.

ENJOY and you MUST share or you will NOT feel good! :)

Canadian NANAIMO BARS

These were ONE of my favorite bars growing up in Canada.

We would often have food at church and these were one of those items someone always would bring, and they were very popular. 

You will see why!

1st layer

1/2 c butter                                                            2 c graham cracker crumbs

1/4 c brown sugar                                                  1 c coconut

3 T cocoa                                                               (1/2 c chopped nuts - optional)

1 beaten egg

combine, put into lined 9" pan & chill 1/2 hr.   *I line the pan so once firm I can lift out and cut it neatly.

2nd layer

2 c icing sugar                                                         1/4 c cream or milk

1/4 c butter                                                              2 T custard powder

combine, beating til smooth & fluffy. Spread over 1st layer & chill

3rd layer

3 semi sweet chocolate squares                                1/4 c butter, melted

spread over top & chill.

Once chilled firm, remove from pan and cut into squares. Store in airtight container in fridge.

 ENJOY! and don't forget to share ♥