Peanut Bars
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Today’s cookie was inspired by a candy bar introduced in the 1920s called Oh Henry! Made with peanuts, caramel and fudge, some say Oh Henry! was named for a boy who frequented the Williams Candy factory in Chicago, where the bar was invented. Nobody really knows, but claims that it was named …
Published on June 16, 2011
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These are called Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Bars and the recipe is actually very, very simple. You bake a thin layer of brownie, pour on a mixture of condensed milk and peanut butter (the condensed milk flavor is not strong), top it with milk chocolate and peanut butter chips, bake, cool, then drizzle on more of the melted chips. The recipe is very streamlined
Published on December 2, 2010
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So I’ve learned a few things this week — mostly about bar cookies with meringue and brown sugar on top. First I re-discovered an old recipe called Halfway Cookies where you spread dough across a pan, press in some chocolate chips, then spread the top with a mixture of egg white and brown sugar. …
Published on August 17, 2010
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This week I’ve been cooking out of an old magazine full of prize winners from Allrecipes.com. I was hoping every recipe would be on-line, but I had a hard time finding yesterday’s meatloaf (It had “Elvis” in the title) and couldn’t find this recipe either, which was called Sweet & Salty Peanut Bars but …
Published on July 20, 2010
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Today’s cookie, another recipe from the old Bake-Off book, was “Chocodile Bars”. It’s a cookie with a firm peanut butter base and a topping made with melted chocolate, peanut butter, and a cereal called Corn Soya which I’d never heard of and had to look up on Mr. Breakfast. It sounds kind of good, but [...]
Published on April 23, 2010
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Finding new cookies I actually want to eat every day can be a real challenge, especially since I’d be happy with chocolate chip seven days of the week. But there are other recipes that get my attention and this was one of them. It’s from a site called All Things Frugal and it …
Published on November 16, 2009
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Today’s recipe came from Louise, who emailed me a photo and note saying how great it was. This happened about a month ago, and I’m kicking myself for not making these sooner. They’re dense, moist, packed with peanut butter flavor, and not overly rich or sweet even though they’re topped with a chocolate …
Published on August 18, 2009
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I was flipping through channels the other day and stopped for a few minutes to watch Ina Garten. She was making these cookies and talking about taking them to the beach to share with a friend. I was kind of jealous of the friend even though she was probably imaginary, but the scenario drew me [...]
Published on June 19, 2009