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  • Turtle Bars

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    TURTLE BARS

    This has been a favorite for years!
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: baking, bar cookies, desserts

    Ingredients

    INGREDIENTS FOR CRUST:

    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • 1/2 cup soft butter

    INGREDIENTS FOR CARAMEL LAYER:

    • 2/3 cup butter
    • 1/2 cup brown sugar
    • 1 cup pecans
    • 1 cup chocolate chips

    Instructions

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR CRUST:

    • Mix ingredients until well blended and particles are fine. Pat firmly into an ungreased 12x9x2 inch pan.

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR CARAMEL LAYER:

    • Combine in one-quart saucepan butter and brown sugar. Heat until surface begins to boil. Remove from heat.
    • Sprinkle one cup of whole pecans evenly over unbaked crust. Pour caramel layer over pecans.
    • Bake in center of 350° F oven for 18 to 22 minutes or until bubbly and crust is golden brown.
    • Immediately sprinkle with one cup chocolate chips to melt slightly.
    • Swirl chips as they melt. Leave some whole for a marbled effect. Do not spread chips.
    • Allow to completely cool before cutting.

    Notes

    Preheat oven to 350° F

  • Lemon Bars

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    LEMON BARS

    Another longtime favorite, based on a recipe of Grandma Jackie's
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: baking, bar cookies, desserts

    Ingredients

    INGREDIENTS FOR CRUST:

    • 2 cups sifted flour
    • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
    • 1 cup butter

    INGREDIENTS FOR FILLING:

    • 4 beaten eggs
    • 1/3 cup lemon juice fresh is best
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 1/4 cup flour

    Instructions

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR CRUST:

    • Sift together flour and sugar.
    • Cut in butter until mixture is lumpy.
    • Press into 9×13 oblong pan and bake 15-20 minutes (until golden brown).

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING:

    • Beat eggs, sugar and lemon juice together. After sifting flour and baking powder together, stir it into egg mixture.
    • Pour over crust and put back into oven for 25-35 minutes.
    • Sprinkle with powdered sugar (though a sieve or sifter).
    • Cool and cut into bars.

    Notes

    Makes 20 squares
    Preheat oven to 350° F

  • Farm Stand Brownies

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    Farm Stand Brownies

    From Bon Appetit.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: baking, bar cookies, desserts

    Ingredients

    • 3 1/2 cups semi-­sweet chocolate chips
    • 1 cup butter
    • 1 1/2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla
    • 1/2 cup flour plus
    • 1 tablespoon flour
    • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
    • 3 eggs
    • 1 cup sugar plus
    • 2 tablespoons sugar

    Instructions

    • Heat oven to 350°F.
    • Line a 13×9 pan with foil and butter the foil.
    • Place chocolate chips and butter in a saucepan and stir constantly over medium-­low until melted
    • and smooth. Add espresso powder and vanilla and stir. Cool 15 minutes.
    • Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Add walnuts and toss to coat.
    • Whisk eggs and sugar in a large bowl just to blend. Add chocolate mixture and stir to blend. Add
    • flour mixture and stir to just blend. Pour into pan.
    • Bake until a tester comes out with moist crumbs, about 35 minutes.
    • Cool completely. Cover and chill for 6 hours. Remove from pan to work surface. Cut into 16 pieces.

  • Rocky-Road Fudge Squares

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    Rocky-Road Fudge Squares

    Grandma Jackie gave us this recipe. We believe that your Great Uncle Mike Muth dubbed these “gotcha brownies”.
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: baking, bar cookies, desserts

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup sifted flour
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 2/3 cup soft shortening
    • 2 eggs unbeaten
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 squares unsweetened chocolate unmelted
    • ½ cup chopped walnuts
    • 24 marshmallows snipped into quarters
    • 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces

    Instructions

    • Heat oven to 350 degrees
    • Grease a 11x7x ½ inch pan
    • Sift flour, sugar, salt
    • Add shortening and eggs
    • Beat until light and fluffy
    • Blend in vanilla and chocolate pieces
    • Stir in walnuts
    • Turn into pan
    • Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until done
    • Immediately cover with marshmallows, spread
    • Cool
    • Cut into squares

  • Bake Sale Brownies

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    Bake Sale Brownies

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: bar cookies, cookies, desserts

    Ingredients

    • 2 ¼ pound sticks butter at room temperature
    • 2 cups granulated sugar
    • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
    • 2/3 cup dark corn syrup
    • 6 large eggs
    • 6 squares 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate
    • 2 cups fork-stirred all-purpose flour
    • 2 cups pecan halves or coarsely broken walnuts

    Instructions

    • In a large mixing bowl with a wooden spoon (or in a mix master) stir until the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and syrup are blended. Stir in eggs, one at a time, until blended.
    • In a small saucepan over very low heat (or over hot water), melt the chocolate; stir into the sugar mixture until blended. Add the flour and stir until smooth. Add the pecans; stir until evenly distributed. (If you like, you may reserve ½ cup of pecans and before baking the batter, top it with them.)
    • Turn into prepared pan; with a metal spatula, spread the batter evenly. Bake in preheated 350-degree oven until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean – 40 minutes. (See Grandma Jackie’s note at the top.) Place pan on a wire rack to cool. Refrigerate, uncovered, until chilled.
    • Invert on a large board and remove pan; strip off foil. Turn right side up. Cut into bars, making six evenly spaced cuts on the 15-inch side and five on the 10-inch side. Wrap each brownie individually in saran wrap; store in a container in refrigerator.

    Notes

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    Line the bottom and sides of a 15-by-10-by-one-inch jellyroll pan with a sheet of foil.
    Makes 30
    Grandma Jackie makes a note here that cooking these in a 325-degree oven for 50 – 60 minutes is better.