Game Day Bars

 

Game Day Bars

Ingredients

• 2 sticks butter brought to room temperature
• 3/4 c. brown sugar
• 3/4 c. granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 c. flour
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 c. chocolate chunks
• 1/2 c. pretzels broken into pieces
• 1/2 c. peanuts

Instructions

• Beat the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together until fluffy.  Add the vanilla and eggs and beat until combined.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.  Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture.  Add the chocolate chunks, peanuts and pretzels.
• Press the mixture into a 9” x 13” pan.  Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Cookbooks

People have expressed an interest in the ebook cookbooks that are available.  There are 2 cookbooks available on www.smashwords.com:  Gourmet Simplified Amazing Appetizers and Gourmet Simplified Delicious Desserts.  I hope you get a chance to check them out.  I love having these books available on my iPad when I travel and want to use one of the recipes that isn't on the blog.


Gourmet Simplified Delicious Desserts

  Gourmet Appetizers Simplified

Napa Cabbage Salad

Napa Cabbage Salad

Ingredients

• 1/2 c. sliced almonds

• 3 T. canola oil

• 2 T. rice vinegar

• 1 T. soy sauce

• 1/2 tsp. sugar

• 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper

• 1 pound Napa cabbage chopped

• 1 diced shallot

• 1/4 c. chopped cilantro

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Put the almonds in a pie plate. Bake for just a few minutes until lightly toasted. Let cool.

2. In a large bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and ground pepper. 

3. Add the cabbage, shallot and cilantro and toss. Add the almonds and toss again right before serving.