I was jonesin' for something sweet yesterday and started rooting around the kitchen to see what I had on hand to whip up a yummy something-or-other. Turns out, I had everything on hand to make "Magic Cookie Bars" or "Seven Layer Cookies" as they are sometimes called. Everything except the butterscotch chips, which is just fine with me because I happen to think they detract from the chocolaty taste of an otherwise perfectly delish cookie.
Do you know the cookie I'm talking about? Crushed up graham crackers & melted butter as the crust, layered chocolate and butterscotch chips, coconut and nuts, all drizzled with sweetened condensed milk? I love these things, and haven't made them in a very very very long time, and have never really thought they needed improving (other than the sometimes too-sweetness of the butterscotch chips).
But what I was REALLY jonesin' for was something combining my favorite tastes of chocolate and peanut butter. How could I add a little PB into this, without having any PB chips on hand (again, I don't really like the waxiness of PB chips, so this wouldn't have totally solved my conundrum)?
Friends, I have come up with the perfect improvement to this tiny delight. Melted peanut butter in the crust. I used about 1/4 cup of butter and a couple of big dollops of peanut butter (at least another 1/4 cup), melted them together and used this mixture to fuse together the graham cracker crumbs for the crust.
O. M. G(oodness).
I cannot stop eating them. We had them for dessert last night. Well, I had them and I allowed each child and Jarad a tiny bit too. I sent one in Emma's lunch today and stuck the pan in the fridge so I wouldn't piece on them all day. Have I told you how good they are chilled???????
I just cut the rest of the pan and put them in the outside freezer. Perhaps I'll be able to stay away now that they aren't sitting in my high-traffic areas. Yes, the fridge is a high-traffic area, especially when you're home all day with two three-year-olds, thank you very much.
So if you're in the neighborhood and need a chocolate fix, please do stop by. You would me doing me a favor if you took a couple of these off my hands (or should I say off my thighs?).
5 comments:
ooh baby
my mouth just filled with saliva to the point of spilling out. (I believe some people call it drooling)
why do I live so far away from you? I might as well live in scotland!
Are you trying to kill my self-control! Knowing they are just across the street! I feel like I can almost smell them... hmmm...
OK, Matt would totally love those. But I don't think he would ever get a chance to try them, cause I'd probably scarf them up before he got home. They look so yummy KT!
Girl you are so not alone. I was feelin' the need for some indulgence myself for putting up with these sick people who have taken residence in my home and refuse to leave... So I made a chocolate cake w/ fudgy chocolate icing... and have been eating 3 pieces a day! What's a girl to do I tell you... As I always say, chocolate is cheaper than Prozac! LOL
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