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.
These are a request from my goddaughter Sara. Blondies with chocolate chips. She has the same taste in treats that rob does – chocolate chip cookies, blondies and brownies.
Remember to scoop your flour from your bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup vegetable oil
3 tbs water
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, mix oil, brown sugar and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and water. Fold in dry ingredients. Mix in 1 cup chips. Evenly spread dough into pan. Sprinkle remaining chips on top and gently press down. Bake 18 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. Store in covered container
These were a request from one of my goddaughter, Lyndsey. A chocolate sugar cookie dough, with chocolate chips, in bar form and frosted with vanilla frosting.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup. Same goes for the powdered sugar.
Ingredients list
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 tbs water
1 tsp chocolate extract
3 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbs cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, water and extract. Mix in dry ingredients, then chips. For this next step, I moistened my hands. Evely press dough into prepared pan. Bake 18 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting list
1/2 cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Milk
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla and enough milk to get the consistency you want. Frost bars. Store in covered container.
I didn’t have time to make oatmeal cookies, so I made them in bar form. And I frosted them with a simple vanilla frosting. Perfect for Sabres game day and our ESPN Radio broadcast of the Big 12 title game tonight.
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. And preheat your oven before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
1/4 cup molasses
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups quick oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups flour
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 10×15 pan with tin foil and spray with pam. Set aside. In a bowl, mix butter and brown sugar. Add molasses and vanilla. Mix in eggs. Stir in remaining ingredients. Evenly press into prepared pan (I moistened my hands with water to do this). Bake 20 to 24 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients list
1 1/2 cups butter
3 to 4 cups powdered sugar
Heavy cream or milk (enough to get the consistency you want)
1 tsp vanilla
Directions- combine ingredients in a bowl. Frost bars.
Instead of brownies, I thought I would make chocolate sugar cookie bars with black cocoa. And topped with ganache (a fancy word for melted chocolate and heavy cream).
Remember to scoop your flour from your flour bag into your measuring cup so you get the right amount (same for the black cocoa). And preheat your oven to 350 degrees before baking.
Ingredients list
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp chocolate extract (or vanilla)
2 cups flour
1 cup black cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Directions- preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper and set aside. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and extract. Blend in dry ingredients, slowly. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 22 minutes, no longer. Cool completely.
Ganache ingredients
3/4 cup heavy cream
2 cups chocolate chips
Directions- in a microwave safe bowl, heat cream 2 minutes. Add chocolate chips. Let sit 3 minutes. Stir smooth. Let sit 10 minutes, then frost bars.
I need to use up my Reese’s hearts so I can buy the Reese’s eggs, so I decided to use a peanut butter cookie mix,
a yellow cake mix,
some eggs, melted butter and one cup peanut butter. Tossed in about 20 of these and made bars.
Ingredients list
1 peanut butter cookie mix
1 yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup peanut butter
Reese’s hearts, chopped into large pieces
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a bowl, mix cake and cookie mixes together. Add eggs and melted butter. Blend in peanut butter. Mix in Reese’s hearts. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Gently press extra Reese’s hearts on top.
Bake 19 to 24 minutes (edges will be golden). Cool completely. Cut into squares and store in covered container.
cookies by christine 