Betty's Prayer Bars

This is my Mom's signature bar - it is loved by all (even those who claim they don't like coconut).

Hope you enjoy as much as we do.

1st Layer

½ Cup Butter melted

4 Tablespoons Cocoa

¼ Cup Egg Beaters

1 Teaspoon Vanilla

2 Cups Crushed Graham Crackers

1 Cup Flaked Coconut

Combine Ingredients

Press Into 9x13 Cake Pan (spray hands with cooking spray before pressing into pan)

Allow To Cool

2nd Layer (People often double this layer)

1 Cup Softened Butter

3 Teaspoons of whipping cream

1 Teaspoon of Vanilla

2 Tablespoons Instant Vanilla Pudding

Blend, Then Add

2 Cups Powdered Sugar and Blend Well

Spread Over First Layer

3rd Layer

27 Ounces of Nestle Brand Chocolate Chips (1.5 Bags)
Melt and Spread Quickly Over 2nd Layer

Chill, cut & serve.

Soft Ginger Snaps

INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup margarine
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar for decoration
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine and 1 cup white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and molasses until well blended. Combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda and salt; stir into the molasses mixture to form a dough. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll the balls in the remaining sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

ENJOY!

Healthy Fudgsicles

Found this recipe for Healthy Fudgsicles made from bananas & Nutella - YUM!

Thought I would share with you - I can't wait to make these on a hot summer day.

Rhubarb pie with easy no rollout pie crust

No Roll Pie Crust
mix 2 cups flour
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup oil
3 Tblsp milk

Mix well.  Pat into bottom & sides of pie plate. 
Add favorite pie filling and bake according to directions
OR Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees & add cream filling

Rhubarb Pie Filling
4 cups rhubarb diced
2 eggs
3 Tblsp flour
1/2 cup milk
1 cup sugar
 Mix well add to pie crust

Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

 Delicious!

Peanut Butter Fingers

This recipe is from Sherrie - It is one of my wife's family favorites. 
They practically lived on them as kids :)

CRUST:
1 stick butter (room temp)
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. Brown sugar--cream all this together well with mixer.


Add: 1 egg
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
vanilla
1 c. flour
1 c. oatmeal
Mixture will be stiff. Spread in 9x13 pan. bake 20 min. @ 350. It should be nice and brown, but don't over bake or they get hard.

CHOCOLATE LAYER:
Immediately sprinkle with 1 1/2 c. choc. chips and let melt. Spread like frosting to the edges of the pan. Let cool.  It is OK to snitch a few chocolate chips as the crust is baking.

FROSTING:
1/4c. peanut butter
1/2 c. powdered sugar
2-4 T. milk
Note: We like to double the peanut butter frosting for an extra thick layer.
Mix well and spread over the top of the melted chips.

 Lick frosting off of knife.

 Enjoy!

Easy Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

Here is a traditional Christmas cookie recipe, but with only 3 ingredients!
Well, 4 ingredients if you count the kisses.

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup white sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 egg
20 chocolate kisses

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Mix the sugar, peanut butter & eggs
Roll in to 1” balls & place on ungreased cookie sheet
Bake for 10-12 minutes
Remove from oven & press kiss into the center of each cookie
Enjoy!

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Oreo Cupcakes

This recipe works great for cupcakes too. I just skipped the chocolate glaze.


Great for Kids.

Rainbow Cake & Cowboy Cavier

For Memorial Day celebration we were over at Debbie & Denny's. We also took this opportunity to celebrate Jorgen's B-day (I won't mention how old he is.)

We were requested to bring Cowboy Caviar. I first made this for his family for one of the niece's shower at least 2 years ago. I was relatively new to his family & everyone looked at my dishes to pass & said "Who brought that???". By the end of the party, they were all asking for the recipe.

1 can black beans rinsed & drained
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
4-5 Roma tomatoes diced
1 large avocado diced (add last, just before serving)
1/2 red onion chopped
1/4 C fresh cilantro (we used the kind that comes in a tube in the refrigerator section of your grocery store)
Dressing:
3 T red wine vinegar
2 tsp lime juice (can use lemon juice in a pinch)
1 tsp Tabasco sauce (more is you want it spicier)
1 tsp kosher salt

Mix all together, serve with Scoops.

And from this Blog Post, I attempted to make this beautiful Rainbow cake as Jorgen's Birthday Cake. My version, not quite as vibrant of colors. I used the basic 4 pack of food coloring from the grocery store. I only did 4 layers & it was still very time consuming. The results were beautiful, everyone loved it & said it was delicious (both cake mix & frosting were bought.) Happy Birthday Sweetie!

I love you, Karla

Pear Bread

What do you do when you have bananas that are about to spoil? Make banana bread.
The same goes for pears.

Ingredients:
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups pears - peeled, cored and chopped
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
In large mixing bowl combine oil, sugar and eggs, beat well. Stir in pears, pecans and vanilla.

In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

Stir dry ingredients into the pear mixture; mix well.

Pour batter into loaf pans and bake for 60 minutes.

Allow loaves to cool in pans for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

This freezes well too.

Really? Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies...

Check out this link.

We love bacon on everything, But I'm just not sure about this.

Appetizer & Holiday Treat

HOT ARTICHOKE SPINACH DIP

1 10oz box frozen spinach - thawed, drained & chopped
1 14oz can artichoke hearts - drained & roughly chopped
1 C shredded parmesean cheese
1/2 C mozzarella cheese
10 oz Alfredo sauce (I suggest using a "better" brand of alfredo sauce)
1 t minced garlic
4 oz soft cream cheese

Pre-heat over to 350.
Combine ingredients in bowl & spread into 8x8 baking dish.
Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese in bubbling.
Served with bread of chips.

>>>Can also be made in a crock pot - please allow 2 hours to heat thru.

PRETZEL TURTLES

1 bag mini pretzels knots
1 16 oz bag of pecan halves
3 bags chocolate covered caramels (I use Rolos)

Preheat oven to 300.
Arrange pretzels in a single layer on cookie sheet.
Place on piece of candy on each pretzel.
Bake for 4 minutes.
While candy is still warm, press a pecan half onto each piece of candy.
Let cool, store in an airtight container.

Father's Day cake

Delicious Oreo Cake
Prep Time: 20 min Total Time: 1 hr 20 min
Makes: 16 servings

What You Need:
1 pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food chocolate cake mix
4 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
12 OREO Cookies, coarsely crushed

Make It:
HEAT oven to 350ºF.
PREPARE cake batter and bake in 2 (9-inch) round pans as directed on package. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Invert cakes onto wire racks; gently remove pans. Cool cakes completely.
MICROWAVE chocolate and butter in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Cool 5 min.
MEANWHILE, beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in COOL WHIP and crushed cookies. Stack cake layers on plate, spreading cream cheese mixture between layers. Spread top with chocolate glaze; let stand until firm. Keep refrigerated.