Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars/Bricks

Let's go back to the basics.  Don't worry you can still keep your cell phone and Blackberry or raspberry or whatever it's called. But let's skip all the French stuff like creme brulee, eclairs, tiramisu, and anything else that may be hard to pronounce. Today we're talking about cookies, just plain old cookies, and the most basic of all...chocolate chip cookies. No folding, bending, stretching, or hurting yourself trying to stir the dough.  We're just going to mix and plop! It's simple, even simpler than a raspberry or whatever that phone is called...oh right a Blackberry.

The MVIs
{Most valuable Ingredients}

I (finally) got my sister to help me pour stuff in so I could take pictures.
She was a good little apprentice. =)

 I made sure she used both hands and didn't drop any eggshells.

If you want to keep your hands clean and save time, you could use a jelly pan.

I almost thought about playing Jenga with this tower.

The cookies turned out really nice in the jelly roll pan....but they got a bit over baked. So my family renamed them chocolate chip bricks. They were still good, just a bit crunchy. No one chipped a tooth or anything like that. 

Here's the recipe.  It's usually on the back of the Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip bags.

GB2- God Bless. Go BAKE!!!

No-Bake Pink Lemonade Bars



The Oasis Gang trying out the pink lemonade bars while visiting
my Dad after his surgery.  They're smiling!  It must be good...
or maybe they haven't taken their first bite yet...hmmmm...

Summer, I'm sweating over the thought of it. Crazy, right? Well, like everything in this world summer has its pros and cons. Summer's pros are swimming, ice cream, no school, indulging, and lots of free time! But....sadly there are some cons, like hot weather, too much free time, heatstroke, flies, and no more baking....with an oven. But that is why we celebrate our "no-bake" recipes like this one.

The Ingredients

I'm sorry crackers, you're off to the pound.

The secret ingredient is always sugar, always.

No, it's not yogurt, it's good stuff... that doesn't exactly have a name.
Good stuff is a good enough name, right?

Shhh, don't tell anyone that this is just lemonade and I dyed it pink.
You're supposed to use pink lemonade concentrate, but our store didn't have any. =(

Who says three is a crowd?
They look very nice.

This is a perfect last minute recipe for Mother's Day (hint hint), because most mothers like pink, right?

Just click on this recipe to find the instructions.  It only took me about 10 minutes to make and I had plenty of extra pink stuff, so I put it into a little custard cup and made a mini one. I make it a priority to waste as little food as possible.

 

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful

Moms out there!!! 

We took my Mom out for lunch and I had the most amazing shrimp bisque!!! 

Maybe I'll try to make it some time.  And if I do, I'll be sure to blog about it! =)

GB2- God Bless, Go BAKE!!!

S'more Cookies

My pictures just didn't do it justice,
so I found the original one

   Do you remember last summer how fun it was to go outside on a cool summer evening, start the fire and make some s'mores? Confession...at our house we just crank up the grill to toast marshmallows, it has to be done somehow!

 Anyway, let's go back to that campfire/grill moment. You're sitting around the fire talking, laughing, and then choking because you laughed so hard or because your brother put too many logs on the fire and you're gagging from all the smoke. Well, what if we could replicate that warm, fuzzy, s'more moment in the kitchen? Yes, let's do it.  Let's make s'mores in the oven!!!   

(You could make the s'more happen in a blender too.)



The Ingredients

I know what you're thinking, "graham crackers?"
Just go with the flow.

Goodbye eggs! You're about to be proccessed, blended, cooked, and consumed.

Why, this actually looks quite good.

Everyone in my family was quite certain that this was a crazy recipe,
but me and my cookies proved them wrong.

Woo-hoo! It worked!  The cookies baked on top of the graham crackers! 

I got this recipe from The Hungry Girl Blog, it's one of my favorites.

I know this recipe is a little intimidating. The whole time I was making this I kept thinking to myself, "What am I getting myself into!!!" But I went along with the recipe, and everything turned out fine. That's the way it usually works, you just gotta keep on keeping on! Most of the time it works, and when it doesn't just laugh about it and try again. Great advice....I should listen to it. =]                                    Do you like my new smiley face?           

GB2- God Bless, Go BAKE!!!

Applebee's Copycat Blondies

Surprisingly, blogging is quite fun! I dig out a recipe from my recipe book and get out the ingredients. Then I start pouring, measuring, and baking, along with taking pictures each step of the way. (You have no idea how dirty my camera gets while I'm baking. I clean it about every 5 minutes!) Then I put my creation in the oven and wait... then it's done! I upload the pictures to the computer and write something underneath, so you don't fall asleep. Then I  go searching for a victim to try it. Fun, right? Well even if you don't think so, I do. =)

The Ingredients.

Stir, stir, stir it up, stir! That's a Hershey's song just by some very remote chance you didn't know.

Come to my house Goldilocks, I have the perfect thing for you!
 It's not too dark or too light, but it's just right.

I really like taking pictures outside,
just as long as a bird doesn't decide to do his business I'll be fine. =)

A very ladylike portion of ice cream.
I asked my dad if he wanted it,
but he said there wasn't enough ice cream on top!

  I doubled this recipe and baked it in a 13x9 pan and it turned out fine. I got this recipe here. I really need to stop making her recipes, but they're just sooo good! I guess others agree with me because she has 7,084 members! Wow, that's a lot. Maybe I'll have that many someday...maybe. But for now I'll be perfectly content with the faithful 15 that I have. =)

GB2- God Bless, Go BAKE!!!

6 Layer Magic Cookie Bars

     Magic Cookie Bars? How can cookies be magic? Will I turn into a pumpkin if I eat this? Ok, so you're probably wondering why this is a "magic" recipe. So... I don't exactly have the answer for that, except make the recipe yourself and you'll find out. It's really good!
    
I love reading other people's cooking blogs and websites but sometime I think, "wow this looks really good, but there's no way I could ever learn to make that." Not with this recipe though, all you have to do is crush, pour, dump, and bake, and a couple other minor details. =)

The Ingredients

This ain't exactly chopped to perfection but it will work. (I love using country language, although my Mom says I don't live in the country so I should speak proper English.)  =)

  

My desert of a dessert

It snowed on my desert. =0

                                                                       

1 Corinthians 10:13 - No temptation has overtaken you, No temptation has overtaken you, No temptation has overtaken you...

I think I shall write a book, "Great Ways to Break a Diet."



I normally type out the recipe, but I decided to save time and just give you the link.  (Sometimes I'll substitute pretzels for the nuts which makes it taste 10x better!) The recipe's real name is 7 layer magic cookie bars, but I only counted 6 layers? So either I'm confused or the website didn't do their math right.  You decide.

GB2- God Bless, Go BAKE!!!

  

Chocolate Chip Blondies

      Here is the next recipe sent to me by my Grandma in PA who makes some of the best desserts.  The title of this recipe is "Chocolate Chip Blondies!" I was a little nervous to make it but it tastes amazing and lasted less than 24 hours in my house! It's a really GOOD, moist, fluffy, gooey, chocolate chip cookie bar! 

     While I have the chance I want to let all my readers know that most of the recipes on this blog are really simple, but sometimes simple is best!   

The Ingredients

MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE DRY INGREDIENTS AND THE WET INGREDIENTS SEPARATE WHEN YOU ARE INITIALLY MIXING THEM TOGETHER!
(Trust me, learn from someone who made this mistake in a previous
 recipe and it came out all wrong. =) )

Don't add the dry ingredients all at once,
 instead add it in small portions.

The more chocolate chips you put in the better!



Try not to eat all the batter.



This stuff is waaayyy better then normal chocolate chip cookies.

The finished product - it's not too light, not too dark, but just right - golden (thus the name blondie).

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

• In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla just until blended.
• In another medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; add to brown sugar mixture, in parts. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Spread into a well greased 13 x 9 in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cut into bars or just devour.
• (PS - My Mom thinks this could taste even better with some chopped walnuts added!)

This is what I found about 30 minutes after it came out of the oven!
 This recipe is definitely a keeper!

GB2
Hopefully by now you guys remember what this means. ;)
No, it's not Grace's Belly, Goggle Boggle.
Ok...I'll remind you again, it means God Bless, GO BAKE!!!


This recipe can also be found here at the Taste of Home website.


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