Recipe : To Die For Pot Roast

Another recipe that I found a zillion times on Pinterest!   I nearly followed all the directions on this one!!  Gold Star for me!

1 - 2-3 lb  beef roast, any kind
1 package brown gravy mix (1 1/4 oz)
1 package Italian salad dressing mix (1 1/4 oz)
1 package ranch dressing mix (1 1/4 oz)
3/4 - 1 c water

Place beef roast in a crockpot.  

Combine dry ingredients and sprinkle over the top of the roast.

Pour water around the side of the roast.

Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours.  

Notes :  

I leave out the vegetables as Jeff isn't a cooked carrot or celery guy.  

You may want to flip the roast over halfway through the cooking process.

Recipe : Best Bar None Bars

This was in The Burbs magazine, sometime last year.

I fondly call them Diabetic Coma Bars :)

Spray a 9x13” pan with non-stick spray.

Mix together :

1 box yellow cake mix

1/3 c vegetable oil

2 eggs

Stir until combine. 

Add:

1 – 12 oz bag semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 c white chips

¾ c toffee bits

Stir together.  This will be really hard to do. J

Divide in half.  Press ½ into the bottom of the pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 min. 

While you are baking the bottom crust, in a large saucepan combine:

½ c butter

32 caramels (unwrapped) or 6 oz Kraft Caramel bits (bits are by FAR easier!)

1 – 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk

Cook over medium heat until caramels are melted. 

Slowly pour hot caramel mixture over the top of baked crust.  Top with remaining dough mixture (I take small handfuls and press them into a 1” thick blob then place on top of caramel). 

Make for 25-30 minutes or until top is set.  Cool 20 min.  Run a knife around the edges to loosen. 

Cool 40 minutes.  Refrigerate 1 hour or until caramel layer is set.

Store in the refrigerator.

**Make sure to cut no larger than 2x2” pieces – too sweet for most people if larger than that.

Enjoy!

Recipe : HoHo Bars

Like Hostess HoHo's?  Then this recipe is just the thing for you!

My mother-in-law makes these and my husband loves these bars!

For the bottom layer, you will need:

1 stick butter, softened
2 c sugar
2 eggs
1/2 c vegetable oil
1 c water
3 tbsp cocoa
2 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c buttermilk (or you can substitute sour cream)

Cream butter, sugar and eggs (hand or stand mixer).  Add remaining ingredients and beat until combined.  

Pour into and 11 x 17" jelly roll pan.  Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees or until done.

Cool completely.

For the middle layer, you will need:

1 c sugar
1 Crisco (regular, not butter flavored)
1/2 c milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp water
1/2 tsp salt 
1 c powdered sugar

Beat together all ingredients except for powdered sugar for 5 minutes.  Add the powdered sugar then spread on cooled cake.*

(don't try to adjust your color..mine is green for St Patrick's Day!)

For final (top) layer, you will need:

1 c sugar
6 tbsp butter
6 tbsp milk 
1 - 12 oz bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Heat sugar, butter and milk together until butter is melted.  Remove from heat and add chips.  Stir until all chips are melted then spread.  You will need to work quickly so that the chocolate mixture doesn't cool before you're done spreading.

Enjoy!

Recipe : Beermosas

Another 'souvenir' from Hawaii...a wonderful breakfast drink called a Beermosa!

Completely simple.

You will need:

2 pint glasses
1 bottle Blue Moon beer
Orange juice

Pour beer equally into the two glasses.  Top with orange juice,  Enjoy!!