The sun is out, so i thought i would make some lemon cake mix bars. Super easy, just a few ingredients, olus they are frosted!
Ingredients list
2 lemon cake mixes
4 eggs
1 1/3 cups mayo or miracle whip (i used a light kind)
3 tbs lemon juice
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, combine cake mixes, mayo eggs and lemon juice. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely.
I couldn’t resist and put a tiny bit of frosting on the warm bars. I find it makes treats even sweeter!
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
6 tbs lemon juice
In a bowl, using a hand mixer, blend well. Frost bars and store in covered container.
I wanted to go a little outside the box with incorporating candy into my treats, so i picked up some payday bars
And mini mr goodbars.
I mixed in some cut up paydays in a peanut butter cookie bar recipe, baked them and gently pressed in mini mr goodbars right after removing them from the oven. Perfectamundo, to paraphrase the Fonz, Arthur Fonzarelli.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Cut up payday bars
Mini mr goodbars, unwrapped
Directions – preheat oven yo 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a bowl, mix melted butter and peanut butter. Blend in sugar and brown sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Fold in dry ingredients, then cut up paydays. Evenly press into parchment lined pan. Bake 23 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Immediately after removing from oven, gently press mini mr goodbars on top.
Cool completely. Cut and store in covered container.
I wanted to make another recipe using my malted milk powder, so I opted for blondies with mini chocolate chips and topped with malted milk frosting.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount (do not pour from flour bag because that packs it in and can result in a dry blondie). Also firmly packed your brown sugar into your measuring cup. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup crisco
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup malted milk powder
1 cup mini chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×9 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter, crisco, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder and milk powder. Stir in chips. Spread evenly into prepared pan.
Bake 30 to 33 minutes, until golden on top, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
2-3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup malted milk powder
1 tsp vanilla
2-3 tbs heavy cream
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, milk powder and powdered sugar. Add vanilla and heavy cream. You may need to add more powdered sugar and /or heavy cream to get the consistency you want. Frost bars.
These are quite a concoction to honor the Sabres first playoff win in 15 years in our first playoff game in 15 years. I wondered how nervous I would be, as I would be working in studio for Sunday night baseball on espn radio. The answer – very. I was extremely antsy, much like for Bills playoff games. And for 52 minutes, I did not take a breath. We were down 2-nothing, scored 4 unanswered goals and beat Boston 4-3 in game one. What i loved seeing is all the videos of people inside Key Bank Center and at various places indoors and outdoors, watching. It was just awesome. i am not sure how far this sabres team will go, but it just feels different.
Because it was such an impressive comeback win, these treats are a doozy- chocolate chip cookie layer on the bottom, a layer of oreos, a layer of brownies, and pieces of mini hershey bars pressed into the bars immediately after taking them out of the oven.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And firmly packed brown sugar into your measuring cup. And, preheat your oven before baking.
Chocolate chip cookie layer
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 yolk
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray. Place parchment paper on top of sprayed pan. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add egg, yolk and vanilla. Blend in flour. Mix in chips. Gently press into prepared pan.
Top with a layer of oreos.
Brownie ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
Directions – in a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and chips in 45 second increments until you can stir melted. Add sugar and eggs. Blend in flour and cocoa. Drop by large spoonfuls on top of oreo layer and spread evenly.
Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
I have not made any banana flavored treat in quite some time. So today, I decided to make chocolate banana bars with milk chocolate chips and brown butter frosting.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also, preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.
Ingredients list
3 very ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup milk
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray and set aside. In a bowl, blend bananas and melted butter. Mix in sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients then milk. Fold in chips. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes (toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs). Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbs milk
Directions – in a pan, cook butter over low-medium heat until browned, like below.
In a bowl, combine browned butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Frost cooled bars.
For Championship week Friday. I present yellow cake mix sugar cookie bars with fudge swirl frosting. How did i get the frosting to swirl? I pressed chocolate chips on top of the bars immediately after taking them out of the oven and then I was in a hurry, so I frosted them with vanilla frosting while the bars were warm and the melted chocolate chips swirled in with the frosting!
These are super easy. You can use any cake mix you want and any flavor frosting you want. I baked these for 25. I would probably go a little less next time, checking them around 20 minutes.
Cake mix, any flavor
Sugar cookie mix
1 cup butter, melted
2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
Chocolate chips (opt)
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 rectangular pan with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, combine cookie and cake mix. Blend in butter, eggs and vanilla. Press evenly into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 23 minutes. Remove from oven. Immediately, gently press chocolate chips on top, like below.
Cool completely. Or frost while warm and get fudge swirl frosting!
Frosting ingredients
6 tbs butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk
In a bowl, blend powdered sugar and butter. Add vanilla. Mix in milk, one tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want. Frost bars.
Store in covered container. Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Ok, another Chiefs playoff matchup awaits my beloved Buffalo Bills. The AFC championship game on Sunday at 630. I remember when I was in college, one conference championship game was at 1, the other at 4. I liked that a lot. Now, I have to wait all day until 630. But I am delighted to be in the afc title game for the first time in 4 years.
To celebrate the 21st football friday, I made this sugar cookie thing. Not sure whether they are sugar cookie bar cake or sugar cookie cake bars. Either way, I made them in a 15×10 cookie sheet and frosted them warm bc air started baking late and ran out of patience, so I frosted them warm
Sugar cookie bar cake ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 tbs water
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 15×10 cookie sheet with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Mix in eggs, water and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 12 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
4 tbs milk
1 tsp vanilla
In a bowl, blend all ingredients well. Frost bars. Cut and store in covered container.
Thanks for stopping by today. Life is hard for many of us, so remember to be kind.
Part of the week 8 celebratory treats for the Bills win over the Seahawks – triple chip cake bars. I used milk, semisweet and white chocolate chips and a yellow cake mix. You can use whichever flavor chips and cake mix you want. Super simple recipe.
Ingredients list
1 cake mix (i used yellow)
1/3 cup butter, melted (5 tbs plus 1 tsp)
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×14 pan with parchment paper. In a bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, melted butter and vanilla. Blend in chips. Moisten hands with water. Evenly press dough into pan. Bake 15 to 18 minutes. Cool completely. Chill bars a few hours on fridge.
I wanted to make cookies for work tomorrow morning as college football’s championship weekend wraps up, but I am also tired (because i put up one of our Christmas trees), so I make them into sugar cookie bars instead.
My Christmas tree topper!
Remember to scoop from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Preheat your oven to 35p degrees for 20 minutes before baking. And, don’t bake these longer than 10 to 12 minutes. They may seem a little doughy, but you don’t want them to dry out.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup crisco
1/2 cup butter crisco
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs water
1 egg
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes so your oven cycles to the right temp. Spray a 9×13 pan with baking spray. In a bowl cream crisco, butter crisco and sugar. Add egg, eater and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients. (If dough seems to sticky, add another 1/4 cup flour). Press evenly into prepared pan. Bake 10 to 12 minutes. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
1/2 cup butter
3 cups powdered sugar
4 to 6 tbs milk (depending on consistency you want)
1 tsp vanilla
In a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add milk and vanilla. Frost Bars. Cut and store in covered container.
These were made in obscene humidity, and frosted while they were still warm. I also doubled the following recipe. I do not recommend doing any of those 3 things if you bake them…
I almost did not bring these in bc i felt they were not presentable. However. they are a big hit at work today.
Brownies
1/2 cup butter
1 bag of white chocolate chip (10 oz)
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour (scooped from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the correct amount)
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. In a microwave safe bowl, melt white chocolate chips and butter in 45 second increments until you can stir mixture melted. Blend in sugar and vanilla. Mix in eggs one at a time. Fold in flour and salt. Stir in milk chocolate chips. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 15 to 23 minutes until a toothpick is inserted in center basically comes put clean (you will see golden patches on top). Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
4 tbs butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbs hot water
Blend together. You can add more water or powdered sugar to get the consistency you want. Frost brownies. Store in covered container.
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