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 really had to step up these Sabres victory treats, we came back from a 3-1 deficit in Montreal, in a must win last night and won 8-3. Yowsa. It was awesome! So i thought what can I do here? I decided to make melted ice cream brownies and stuff them inside melted ice cream cookies. Boom!
Brownies ingredients lost
1 cup chocolate ice cream, melted
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Directions – line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients then ice cream. Evenly spread into pan. Bake 22 to 27 minues, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Then cut in small squares.
For the chocolate chip cookies, I used a mix of vanilla and chocolate ice cream. I also used a combo of all purpose and bread flour, but you can just use all purpose flour. I used milk chocolate chips, but again, whatever chip is fine.
Chocolate chip cookie dough ingredients
1 cup ice cream, melted
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup bread flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup crisco
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk chocolate chips
In a bowl, cream crisco and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend in dry ingredients, then ice cream. Fold in chips. Scoop out 1/4 cups of dough and divide in half. Flatten each half. On one half, place a brownie square.
Top with another half.
Seal edges.
I recommend chilling these for a few hours. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and stagger cookies on sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, no longer. Cool completely. Store in covered container
I picked up some malted milk powder recently, after seeing it is a nice addition to cookies, brownies and cakes, especially when using brown butter I know Rob loves brownies so I thought I would try adding malted milk powder to a brownie recipe.
Remember to scoop your flour, baking cocoa and milk powder from you containers into your measuring cup so you get the right amount. Also preheat your oven to 325 degrees before baking.
Ingredients list
1/2 cup butter
2 cups powdered sugar
2 eggs and 1 yolk
1 tsp chocolate extract (or vanilla)
1/2 cup flour
2/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
1/3 cup malted milk powder
2 tbs cornstarch
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions – preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line an 8×8 pan with parchment paper and spray with baking spray. Set aside. in a pan, over low-medium heat, brown butter. you heat it until you start to see some brown specs lile below. Remove from heat.
Pour into bowl and stir in powdered sugar. Mix in eggs, yolk and extract. Fold in dry ingredients, then chips. Evenly press into prepared pan. Bake 28 to 33 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Immediately sprinkle powdered sugar on top.
Cool completely. Cut and store in covered container.
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.
Directions- preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8×8 pan with pam and line with parchment paper, set aside. In a bowl, combine water, oil and cocoa. Microwave 45 seconds. Let sit 2 minutes. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flourand salt. Mix in chips. Spread into pan. Bake 18 to 19 minutes, no longer.
Celebrating the Sabres first division title in a looooong time. Next level cookie dough brownies, featuring a brownie mix.
Ice cream and hot fudge
Mini m&ms
And melted hershey bars
Ingredients list
1 brownie mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup ice cream (not melted)
1/4 cup hot fudge
1 cup mini m&ms
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper. Set aside. In a bowl, combine brownie mix, eggs and oil. Blend in ice cream and hot fudge. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes (toothpick inserted on center comes out with a few moist crumbs) cool completely
Cookie dough topping ingredients
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 tbs heavy cream
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup flour (scooped from flour bag into measuring cup)
1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions – in a bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and sugar 2 to 3 minutes. Add cream and vanilla. Blend in flour then chips.
Grab a spoon!
Evenly spread over cooled brownies.
Top with melted milk chocolate.
Cut and store in covered container.
Thanks for stopping by. Can’t wait for the playoffs!
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.
In addition to making lemon cookies with crushed lemon oreos and lemon frosting for Sabres game night and MLB opening night, I also made these lemon brownies with crushed lemon oreos and lemon frosting. (Confession – i wanted to finish using the lemon oreos).
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
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup white chocolate chips
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
15 to 20 finely crushed lemon oreos
Directions – line an 8×8 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a microwave safe bowl, heat chips and butter for 1 minutes. Stir until melted. (You may need to do another 30 seconds to ensure chips are melted). Add sugar, eggs and lemon juice. Mix in dry ingredients, then crushed oreos. Evenly spread into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few crumbs. Cool completely.
Frosting ingredients
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice.
Directions – combine powdered sugar and juice in a bowl. You may need to add more powdered sugar to get the thickness you want. Frost cookies and 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.
Rob asked for brownies today, with some crushed oreos on top. So I made those, cut out a few for him and wantes to make the rest a little fancy, so I topped them with caramel frosting, melted milk chocolate chips and crushed oreos.
My caramel layer got a little thicker and harder to than I wanted, because I went to let Gracie in and the cold air hit it and really made it too thick to spread, so I microwaved it for 30 seconds and was able to spread it.
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.
Brownies ingredients
1 cup butter
1 3/4 cups dark chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cup
5 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tbs special dark cocoa
1 cup chocolate chips
Crushed oreos
Directions – preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray with baking spray. Set aside. In a microwave safe bowl, melt butter and dark chocolate chips. Mix in brown sugar and sugar. One at a time, beat in eggs, then vanilla. Do not overnight. Blend in dry ingredients. Mix in chips. Evenly spread into pan. Sprinkle crushed oreos on top. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Cool completely. Using the bottom of a wooden spoon, poke holes, about halfway down, in brownies.
Caramel frosting ingredients
6 tbs butter
1 3/4 cups brown sugar, firmly packed into measuring cups
1/4 cup plus 3 tbs heavy cream
Pinch of salt
2 tsp vanilla
Directions – in a saucepan, heat butter, brown sugar, heavy cream and salt over medium heat to a boil, stirring occasionally. Once boiling, contstantly stir until thick (from 5 to 10 minutes). Remove from heat and add vanilla. Wait a minute or two, then pour over brownies. Let set about 5 minutes.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt 1 cups milk chocolate chips in 45 seconds until you can stir melted. Pour over caramel layer. Top with more crushed oreos.
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