Day 4 Mistletoe Make & Bake Blog Hop

Wow it's already day four...where did the time go?  Up today is...

Lissa Alexander – Moda Lissa

Julie Stewart – Quilts4Julie

Have y'all noticed a theme in our post?  Each day we have a different subject to chat about, today we're suppose to talk about a "go to" book, it could be cooking, crafting, or just general reading.  I can honestly say I don't have a "go to" book, all of my recipes are either in my little pattern box or I make things up as I go along.  

When I was growing up my mother had a cookbook and all I can remember is it had Charleston in it's name.   I've always played in the kitchen and nothing is better then making a cake or cookies from scratch, I can still remember pulling this book out of it's safe keeping drawer and going through it to make something special for my parents, well, more like my Dad, Mom doesn't really care for sweets, but this little girl knew back then that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.  So, it had to be between 1972 & 1974 that I started my adventure into baking from scratch, if I followed the recipe to a "T" the cookies would come out perfect but adding or deleting something...well...not so good...my father loves to tell the story about some cookies that the dog wouldn't even eat, I find that hard to believe but he swears it's true to this day.  

I will promise you something...this recipe will not be refused by the dog, husband, kids...you mark by word this will make you the most popular chef on the block...

Peanut Bar Cookies

1 Box  Yellow Cake Mix

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 stick butter, melted

2 eggs

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces

1 can condense milk

2 tablespoons butter

1 1/2 cup coconut flakes

3 tablespoons brown sugar

1/2  cup chopped pecans

With mixer combine cake mix, peanut butter, melted butter and 2 eggs; place half of mixture in a greased 9x13 cake pan;  Prepare filling by heating remaining ingredients, chocolate through pecans; pour filling over cake mix; with remaining cake mixture crumble on top of filling; bake at 350 for 20 to 25 minutes, cut to size that’s perfect for your home.

**Click on the name to download pdf file**

Two more days...make sure you don't miss one single day of this hop, lots of goodies to eat and lots of fun things to make...a perfect combo of food and fun.

Until Next Time...

Kelly Ann