Recipe – Brownie Goodie Bars

Awesome Brownie Goody Bars Recipe:

by Hoosier Homemade

Do these look awesome or what?  Liz from Hoosier Homemade has graciously offered to let me borrow some of her fantastic recipes to share with all of you.  I was browsing her site and saw these.  I had to stop! OMG… these look awesome.

I’m hoping to have actually made these before this post, so I can show you some pictures of my own.

Recipe:

1 box brownie mix.
1 cup vanilla frosting (You can use premade or homemade)
1/2 cups salted peanuts  (optional)
2 cups Rice Krispies (or store brand is fine)
2/3 cup creamy Peanut Butter
1 1/3 semi sweet or milk chocolate chocolate chips

Preparation:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and bake brownies as instructed on box.
Let Brownies cool completely

Frost brownies
Sprinkle peanuts on top and put in the refrigerator

Microwave:
Heat slowly the chocolate chips and peanut butter. (heat about 1 min at a time, stir and heat longer if needed. Takes approximately 2 minutes)
Add the chocolate/peanut butter mixture to the Rice Krispies and stir until all are combined.

Take brownies out of refrigerator and spread on top.

Refrigerate 1 hour more until set.

Cut into pieces and enjoy!

This recipe was originally found on the Betty Crocker site and adapted by Hooiser Homemade where I found it.  Be sure to stop by her blog and see more great recipes.

 

 

 

Recipe – Easy Kids Snack

Shake ‘n Go Snack Mix Recipe

We all want quick and easy snacks for our kids don’t we?  I found this easy and fun recipe on Betty’s site!   This would be really cute for a kids party or a late night movie snack.  If the kids wanted to have a camp out in the backyard or it would also be awesome for camping or a beach day. I also think the kids would love to make it.

It is called a recipe, but when there is no flour, sugar, oil or anything to mix up, I have a hard time thinking of it as a recipe.   It is an easy variation on the chex mix that we always think of … you know, the one where you have to mix in the Worcestershire sauce, bake it, pull it out and turn it – bake some more.  (But that is awesome too!)

It is so super simple.  .. well, stir it up, no shake it up I guess.

Here is What You’ll Need:

* 5 cups of Chex cereal (I bet Crispex would also be good)
* 1 cup of Teddy Grahams snacks
* 1/2 cup honey-roasted peanuts
* 1/2 cup raisins
* 1/4 cup jelly beans or M&M’s.(Bring on the M&M’s for me!)

Put everything in a big baggie, seal and shake!

You can pour it into fun cones like this, or ice cream cones.  Doesn’t that sound fun?

You can also take the safer route and put it in a no spill travel cup for the kids to snack out of when you are in the car.  Have you seen those other little travel bowls that never spill?  Those would be perfect to put something like this in for the car.

You can see the whole recipe on the  Better Crocker post along with oodles of others of course.  The picture is from the Better Crocker site (it is not my own picture)

 

 

Recipe

Home Made Lemonade

Lemonade is a symbol of summer I think.  When I think of lemonade, I think of hot days outside, the glass of cold lemonade sweating.

I was working on  the kids lemonade stand post when I did a google search. I found this recipe for home made lemonade and the picture looked so good.

Don’t you love the lemon shake ups you get at the fairs in the summer? Water, Ice, Lemon and sugar. Shake it up and your good to go.  Bees are always buzzing all over those trailers  with the lemon shake ups aren’t they? Can you tell I’m getting the visual?

As easy as this is, if I make “real” lemonade, it is from the frozen concentrate can like mom used to buy, instead of the powder mix.  This would also be a good activity for the kids to do during the summer.  Make home made lemonade.  Wonder if they advertised it that way, if they would make any more money. (giggles)

I am getting all these great ideas on easy things to make this summer. I’m all for the easy folks. Especially when it comes to preparing food.

Onion’s anyone?

I love onions used in recipes but I hate to cut them ..{tears}.  When I do cut up an onion or part of an onion I like to cut up several at once.  Then I divide them into 1/2 cup servings and place them in individual sealed baggies.  I take several of those baggies and place them in one large one (date it) and place it in my freezer.  I don’t have any problems with the smell coming through with the double bagging (and I also keep a baking soda box in my freezer for odors.

Next time I have a casserole or want to use some onion in a recipe…I just pop out a bag and its ready. No tears involved this time.

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