Reese's Bits Blondies

Reese's Bits Blondies

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup Reese's Creamy or Reese's Crunchy Peanut
Butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/3 cups ( 10-ounce package) Reesee's Bits for baking, divided
Chocolate Brownie Frosting...recipe follows

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 13 x 9x2-inch baking pan. In large bowl, beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and peanut butter until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Gradually beat in milk.
Gradually beat in flour and baking powder, beating thoroughly. Stir in 1 cup baking bits. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake 40-45 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Meanwhile, prepare chocolate brownie frosting; spread over top of blondies. Sprinkle remaining 1/3 cup bits on top. Cut nto bars. Makes about 36 bars.

Chocolate Brownie Frosting

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine softened
1/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

In medium bowl, beat butter, cocoa, corn syrup, milk and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until spreading consistency. Makes about 1 1/4 cups frosting.

Apple Crumb Bars

1 cup quick or old-fashioned (rolled) oats
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 large egg, beaten
4 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Crumb Topping
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup quick rolled oats
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
Heat oven to 350° F. Lightly grease a 15- by 10- by 1-inch baking pan. Prepare Crumb Topping; set aside.

In medium bowl, combine flour, oats, and sugar. With pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. In medium bowl, combine oats, 1 cup flour, the brown sugar, baking powder, and salt; cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in beaten egg. Spread mixture evenly in pan.Toss apples with sugar, remaining 1/4 cup flour, and the nutmeg. Spread apples over oatmeal layer. Sprinkle Crumb Topping in a diagonal pattern over apples. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until apples are tender. To yield 40 bars, divide the 15-inch-long side into 8 sections. Divide the perpendicular 10-inch-long side into 5 sections.

Frosted Banana Bars

1/2 c. butter softened
2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
3 med. mashed bananas
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups of flour
1 tsp soda
pinch of salt

Spread in greased 9x13" cookie sheet w/ 1" sides or jelly roll pan. Bake at 350' for 20 minutes.

Frosting

2c. butter
1 pckg cream cheese
4 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla.

Beat all together and spread on cooled cake. Cut into bars.

Snicker Doodles

1/2 cup white sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. shortening
2 eggs
3 c. flour
1 tsp soda
2 tsp cream of tarter
1/4 tsp salt

Cream shortening, sugars, and eggs. Add remaining ingredients. Add flour until you get a soft dough. Roll dough in balls the size of walnuts. Roll balls in 2 parts sugar to 1 part cinnamon. Place on baking sheet and bake at 350' for about 10 minutes.

makes approximately 3 dozen

Darlings Chocolate Chip Cookies

2 1/2 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 c. butter softened
3/4 c. granulated sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar firmly packed
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 12oz pkg of chocolate chips

Combine butter, sugars and vanilla extract; beat until creamy. Beat eggs. Gradually add remaining ingredients. Beat. Stir in chocolate chips.

Bake at 375' for 10 minutes
Makes about 3 dozen