Peanut Butter Caramel Bars

Peanut Butter Caramel Bars

This bar recipe has an odd assortment of ingredients and I wasn’t sure how they would work together.  But I never pass up an interesting recipe so I decided to give it a try.  You know it’s a winner since I’m sharing it with you.  Yum! Peanut Butter Caramel Bars Printable Ingredients: Base: 1 package (18-1/4 ounce) yellow cake mix ½ cup butter or margarine, softened 1 … [Read more...]

Chocolate Caramel Cracker Bars

Chocolate Caramel Cracker Bars 2

Awesome.  Amazing.  Delicious.  This Chocolate Caramel Cracker Bar recipe was out of this world!  I’ll admit I was skeptical.  Soda crackers as the base?  That just didn’t sound like it would be good.  But this dessert was amazing.  You might want to think about making it for Christmas.  It’s easy and awesome.  The only problem is that you can’t just eat one.  I can usually take … [Read more...]

Chocolate Toffee Cake

toffee cake single slice

I found this recipe in an old Taste of Home magazine and thought it sounded good.  It was! Ingredients: Filling: 1 package (8 oz.) milk chocolate English toffee bits 1 cup (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons brown sugar Cake: 1 cup butter, softened (margarine is fine, too) 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups all-purpose … [Read more...]

French Apple Cake

French Apple Cake

I’ll tell you right up front that this cake was a pain to make.  But now that I know what I’m doing, it won’t be that hard next time.  And you can learn from my mistakes and then it won’t be that hard for you either. The main problem I had was carmelizing the sugar.  It took me THREE tries to get it right.  The first time I did it according to the recipe instructions.  The sugar … [Read more...]

Caramel Cream Sandwich Cookies

caramel cream cookie edit

 This is one of my favorite cookies – they are SO good! COOKIES: ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 cup butter, softened 1 egg yolk 2 cups flour FROSTING:* 2 tablespoons butter 1-1/4 cups powdered sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla 4 to 5 teaspoons milk DIRECTIONS: In a large bowl, beat brown sugar and 1 cup butter until light and fluffy.  Add egg yolk; blend well.  … [Read more...]

Chewy Caramel Bars

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When I served these to my family, they said “Wow” and then proceeded to nearly finish off the pan of bars.  After lunch the next day, I went to the kitchen to get one and the  container was EMPTY!  I don’t know who or when they finished them off, but they ate them all in record time! In a large bowl, combine: 1 yellow cake mix 5 oz. evap milk ½ c. chopped nuts (I omitted) ¼ … [Read more...]