I only made three different treats yesterday... Top to Bottom: Cranberry Nut Drop Cookies, Magic Cookie Bars, and what my old recipe card calls Toffee Bars.
First, those Toffee Bars aren't really toffee, but they do taste like it. The base is flour, butter, egg yolk, salt and vanilla. Once that's baked for 25 minutes, it's taken out of the oven and milk chocolate is allowed to melt on the hot cookie-like base. Once it's melted, spread and top with nuts. Cut into small squares while still warm. They're really tasty. Click HERE to go to Mom on Time Out's blog and get the same recipe I used. I suspect her mom made them when she was a kid, too, like my mom did.
The Magic Cookie Bars are a recipe I've had for a long time. You've probably made them. It's a recipe from Eagle Brand, and it uses sweetened condensed milk. Click HERE for the link to this recipe.
Finally, the top photograph is the Cranberry Nut Drop Cookies. They're really delicious to me because they're a bit tart and a bit sweet. Click HERE for a recipe very close to mine. The difference is that my recipe calls for orange juice instead of lemon juice, and I used hickory nuts instead of walnuts. Oh, and I don't have any milk less than whole milk in our house.
None of these recipes are difficult. Otherwise, I dare say I wouldn't have made all three batches today. Of course, the bar recipes are almost like cheating because they go into one pan all at once, and then are just cut apart. Even so, I managed to get all of them done and put away, with a sweet treat for an after dinner dessert last night.
My plan is to rest today, and just sit and stitch. I haven't decided what my project will be quite yet, so I'll just follow my muse...after a cuppa, of course. Goodness, how can it be the weekend again already?!
