s'more cookie bars...

Not too much to say here except that these are the BOMB! Everything you love about a s'more and everything you like about a really goooood cookie is present in these yummy bars. Enjoy, my friends!

2 sticks butter; room temperature 

1 1/2 cups sugar 

2 eggs 

2 tsp vanilla 

2 2/3 cups flour 

1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (1 1/2 packages)

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

6-8 Hershey bars (regular candy bar size)

6 cups mini marshmallows 

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9x13 pan with foil and spray with cooking spray*

Cream butter and sugar until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla; mix. Combine dry ingredients and add along with graham cracker crumbs.

Press half of the dough into the pan. Bake for 15 min.

Remove from oven and immediately cover cooked dough with chocolate bars-breaking the chocolate to fit, if needed. Sprinkle on the marshmallows. Scatter bits of remaining dough over the top of the marshmallows. Bake for 20-25 min or until the top and sides are lightly browned.

Cool on wire rack and serve.

*you can line the pan with foil and spray OR with parchment paper. If you skip this step the marshmallows become baked on to the pan and it is reeeeaaaalllly hard to get them out. A little bit of sticking will probably still happen in the corners, but that's ok.

blender wheat pancakes...

We are breakfast people. I don't usually make breakfast, but we do have breakfast for dinner about once a week. These pancakes are a childhood FAVORITE! They come together so easily. The whole thing is done in the blender and can be poured right on to the griddle. We have always eaten these with boysenberry syrup (store bought), but whatever strikes your fancy!

1 cup milk

3/4 cup whole wheat kernels (wheat berries)

2 eggs

1/4 cup oil

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda 

2 tsps baking powder 

1 Tbsp sugar or honey 

Put milk and wheat in blender and blend for a few minutes or until wheat is completely broken up. (In my Blendtec it took less than a minute) Add remaining ingredients. Blend well. Cook on lightly greased griddle; turning once. Keep warm in 200 degree oven until ready to serve. Makes approximately 12 pancakes. I usually double and freeze leftover pancakes.