Buckeye Bars

DS decided he wanted to contribute to our dinner party and what better way to contribute than by creating a luscious, rich dessert? He selected a recipe for Buckeye Bars, from the latest issue of Kraft Food & Family Magazine. The recipe was simple to put together and required no baking so it was a perfect kid-friendly recipe. Oh yeah. They tasted great too!





Buckeye Bars
Recipe from Kraft Food & Family Magazine

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened

3/4 cup crunchy peanut butter

22 NILLA Wafers, crushed

2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 of 8-oz. tub COOL WHIP Whipped Topping (Do not thaw.)

3 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Line 8-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Beat butter and peanut butter with mixer until blended. Mix in wafer crumbs. Gradually add sugar, mixing well after each addition. Press onto bottom of pan.

Microwave COOL WHIP and chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min.; stir. Microwave 15 to 30 sec. or until chocolate is melted; stir until blended. Spread over peanut butter layer.

Refrigerate 2 hours. Use foil handles to lift dessert from pan before cutting to serve.

Kids Cook: Jake's Pizza

It took me awhile to warm up to this cooking thing. A lot of years went by before I really embraced the concept. When my oldest was young, I'm afraid every night we drove through a drive-thru or ate some super processed something from the freezer section of the grocery store. I was young. I was busy. I couldn't be bothered.


Then we moved to the country. So far out that even the pizza delivery guys wouldn't go that far. :-( At that point, I didn't have a choice. I started cooking. At first it was purely functional. Then it grew to be fun and eventually and obsession.


All that hard work is starting to pay off.

Last week, dd had to write a paper about her family. My paragraph was about how I was a great cook. (And this from picky dd who doesn't eat anything!)


And ds ... ds of the dirt bikes and all things testosterone-laden and manly, has stated that he wants to be a doctor (just like House, no less!) and to be on Iron Chef. ;-) Since it's a little early to be practicing medicine, he started working toward those Iron Chef dreams by making dinner for us the other night.