Butterfinger Bars

These bars do not have butterfinger candy bars in them. However they have a peanut butter/ chocolate topping and are crunchy so you could say they are reminiscent of them.

They are pretty quick to make.


Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Grease a 9"x13" baking pan.

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
4 cups oatmeal
1 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup peanut butter

Cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar. Mix in the oatmeal.
Spread in the baking pan.

Bake 20-25 minutes til set but not dark.
Cool.

Melt the chocolate chips and peanut butter in the microwave.
Heat them for 30 seconds and stir. Heat another 30 seconds and stir until smooth.
Spread over the cooled bars and refrigerate until the topping is firm.
Cut into bars.

Yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies are always good. And these are no ordinary chocolate chip cookies.
They are soft and seem to have more semi-sweet chocolate flavor than in most cookies.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Grease, or line with parchment, some cookie sheets.


Ingredients:

3/4 cup(1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
2/3 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons light corn syrup
1 Tablespoon cider or white vinegar
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2-1/4 cups flour
3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, sugars, corn syrup, and vinegar.
Beat in the eggs.
Mix in the vanilla extract, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
Stir in the flour, than the chocolate chips.
With a tablespoon or medium cookie scoop, drop cookies on the cookie sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes, just til set. The centers may look soft.
Take them out of the oven and remove to racks to cool.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate-chocolate chip cookies are for the serious chocolate lover. When you want some chocolate, this cookie always satisfies.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
You will need a couple of ungreased cookie sheets.

Ingredients:

2-1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup(2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups chocolate chips

Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder in a bowl and set aside.
Beat the butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla extract in another bowl until the mixture is creamy.
Add the eggs one at a time.
Blend in flour mixture.
Add the chocolate chips.
Drop by Tablespoon or medium size cookie scoop onto cookie sheets.
Bake for 9-11 minutes. They may be a bit soft in the middle and that is OK. They will finish cooking after they come out of the oven.
Remove to wire rack to cool.
You will get 4-5 dozen cookies.

Nutty For Oats Cookies

Nutty for Oats Cookies are gluten free. The only flour like ingredient is ground rolled oats.

Oats do not contain gluten. At one time it was thought that they did, but they do not.

These are wonderful cookies. They are made with peanut butter,rolled oats, and chocolate chips.

They are nice and soft too.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Grease cookie sheets.

Ingredients:

2/3 cup smooth peanut butter

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs

1 cup rolled oats, ground to a powder in a food processor or blender

1-1/2 cups rolled oats

2 cups chocolate chips

In a bowl, cream the peanut butter, butter,vanilla extract, salt, and baking soda.

Add the eggs.

Stir in the ground oats, rolled oats, and chocolate chips.

Using a medium cookie scoop or a spoon drop tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheets.

Bake for 11-13 minutes until they are just barely set and starting to brown around the edges.

Let the cookies cool on the sheets before removing them to a rack.

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Soft Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are not the oatmeal cookies you are probably used to.

They are soft and not flat.

You can make these without chocolate chips, but they are a nice addition.

Preheat your oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit oven.

Grease some cookie sheets.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup(1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

2 Tablespoons(1/8 cup) vegetable oil

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

6 Tablespoons(3/8 cup) sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 cups rolled oats

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1-1/2 cups flour

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup chopped nuts-optional

In a small bowl whisk the flour, salt, cinnamon,and baking soda.

Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream, the sugar, butter, and oil.

Add the egg and beat well.

Stir in the sour cream and vanilla extract.

Stir in the oats.

Add the flour mixture. Mix well.

Add the chocolate chips.

Let the dough rest for 15-30 minutes. Letting it rest is important. The oats will absorb moisture from the rest of the dough.

Use a tablespoon or large cookie scoop to put cookies on the sheets.

Bake the cookies for 12 minutes or until they are light brown.

Remove to a cooling rack.

Makes 3-4 dozen cookies.

Peanut Butter Smoothies

 These are bars. Very yummy, peanut buttery bars.

They are very addictive and you can have them done in less than an hour.

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees

Lightly grease a 9x9 square pan

Baking time is approximately 30 minutes

Ingredients:

6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup peanut butter- you can use either creamy or chunky

1 cup white sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, or lightly salted peanuts (picture shows them with chocolate chips)

In a small bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.

In a medium bowl cream the butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add the sugars and beat well. Beat in the eggs one at a time, making sure the first one is well incorporated before adding the next one. Stir in the vanilla extract.

Stir in the flour mixture until smooth. Add chips or peanuts.

Put in the oven and bake for 30 minutes or until bars start to come away from the edges of the pan.

Cool completely in the pan.

Cut in the size you want.

Happy snacking!