For the last couple weeks, possibly even months, I can't seem to get enough sugar/chocolate into my system. I could eat sweets non-stop!
The other day I asked Jesse to bring me home a Twix candy bar. I couldn't take it anymore - I just needed it! He brought me home a whole box of them!!! I was so excited and then thought... wait, this could be dangerous! I should set a rule that I can't eat all of these in one day! Well... they lasted a week! I felt good about that! : )
Now I am back to no more sweets in the house and going crazy again. I go to the grocery store and avoid the sweet isle (which is really hard with Valentines candy galore) because I am afraid my cart would heap with sugar and no real food. So I bought - fruit and yogurt instead. Ha! That lasted 2 days of fulfilling my sugar/sweet need. Although I did find this yogurt that was vanilla flavored and I got to mix in a crushed up Heath candy bar! Yum! You gotta try those!
I came up with this brainy idea to take a club cracker, smear creamy peanut butter on top of it, and then top it off with Hershey chocolate syrup. Oh my! That really worked!
Then I was reading this blog/website and came across these and just had to have them immediately!!! Problem!! I don't have brown sugar and I am at home without a vehicle! You want to know what I did... I made my own!! Yup! I did!! I took white sugar and a little molasses and mixed and wa-la brown sugar!!!!! I'm not even kidding! I was desperate!!! I swear that is all that brown sugar is... right?
Oh!! Then I was softening my margarine in the microwave... with the wrapper on it. All of sudden I hear a big zap and see a big light flash in the microwave. What the heck!?! I opened up the door and saw sizzle marks on the wrapper. Apparently it never crossed my mind that... um... the wrapper was aluminum!!! Sheesh! This is why I leave the baking to my mom and sister!!! It is a whole other language that apparently I don't speak!
These were the easiest bars to make and it is just like a chocolate chip cookie without all the work! And my homemade brown sugar... you can't even tell! At first I'll admit I tasted the batter and went, WOW that tastes a little too much like molasses. I tossed it into the oven anyways and said a little prayer that they would magically taste different when they were done. They did!!! Now I have a batch of bars/cookies to hold me over for a few days! So worth it!
If you want to see the recipe with lots of picture you can go here. Otherwise here is the basic breakdown...
Pioneer Woman's Spreads
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup margarine
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 to 8 ounces chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
First mix together your brown sugar and margarine. Next, add egg and mix together. Now add flour, salt, and vanilla, and mix together well.
Spread the dough onto a cookie sheet to a thickness of 1/4 to 1/2-inch.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until slightly brown.
Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top. Return to oven for 1 minute. Remove from the oven and spread the melted chips evenly over the top.
Finally, cut into squares.
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I saw these on PW. I wanted to make them but I haven't, fearing I would eat the whole pan! They look delish.
Oh my goodness they sound so yummy that I just had to see PW's pictures! WOW do they look good! I'm going to have to try these sometime very soon. We're going to a friend's house Friday night to hang out and let our girls play together. Maybe I'll surprise them by bringing a yummy dessert :)
Ok so I just made these...HOLY COW Delicious! I'm sitting here watching Christmas movies and needed something sweet real bad and I had all the ingredients for this. It turned out perfect and it was totally quick. Thanks for sharing:)
can i make it with butter instead? i dont have margarine in the house.wonder if they will come out as good.
I just made them with butter; butter makes for a very sticky dough that's tough to spread with a spatula. I ended up dipping my fingers in Crisco and spreading the dough with my hands. I'm sure it's still yummy, though! Waiting on cooling right now!
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