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Carmelitas

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 7 November, 2014 None comments

 Carmelitas

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Oh my, simply heavenly. This is heaven in a bar, well as close to heaven in a bar as one could possibly imagine. I mean this with utmost respect to our Heavenly Father as well. :) I love these precious little puppies more than you know. This will FOREVER remind me of high school volleyball team dinners. Our entire team LOVED my mom’s cooking and always requested Chicken Alfredo with my moms homemade sauce and these delicious dessert cups.

The memories are fond but the bars are even better than that. I turned my non-loving oatmeal man into a oatmeal lover with this simple dessert. Michael hates oatmeal in any cookie as it “ruins” the cookie entirely. Well, to his great surprise, he became a oat-lover within one single bite of this heaven in a bar.

See for yourself.

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 jar caramel sauce
  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips

Grease a 9×13 bake dish and set aside. Meanwhile, mix together flour, oats, salt, baking soda and brown sugar together in a stand mixer.

Add in melted butter and mix until combined.

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Take half the mixture and press into the baking dish reserving the other half.

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Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

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Remove from oven and top with chocolate chips

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And drizzle the caramel sauce one top of the chocolate chips.

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Drop the remaining mixture onto the top of the chips and caramel sauce. 
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Return to the oven and bake an additional 15-18 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool before cutting. 
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Enjoy with a delicious glass of milk or cup of water for those who are like me and despise milk. :)

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Twix Bars

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 12 May, 2014 None comments

Homemade Twix bar? Yup! And they ARE delicious!

I found a recipe and improvised it ALOT to make it what I wanted. This is a quick go to recipe if you have a family who loves caramel such as myself, or even a good cookie base with a thick layer of chocolate on top. I love a good cookie that melts in your mouth and something about the sugar and butter in this cookie keeps you begging for more.

Ingredients:

Crust:

  • 3 cups flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter (1 stick)

Filling:

  • ½ cup butter
  • 3 tbsp corn syrup (OR pure maple syrup)
  • ¼ cup canned coconut milk
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sweetened condensed milk

Top Layer:

  • 1 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp butter

For the crust, mix together all ingredients until mixture is crumbly.

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In an 8×8 greased pan, press crust mixture into pan until evenly distributed.

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 15-20 minutes or until light/golden brown.

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Prebaked

 

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Crust after baked-Golden Brown

Meanwhile, while the crust is baking begin the filling. In a small sauce pan, compile all ingredients and being to boil. Stir constantly.

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Use canned Coconut milk for this recipe. It’s thicker and helps add consistency to the filling. If you do not have canned coconut milk, substitute this portion with more sweetened condensed milk. (Equal parts for substituting)

Once boiling, reduce heat to medium and stir constantly for 5 minutes. Set the timer, you must stir for a solid five minutes.

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Once your five minutes is up and crust is warm out of the oven, pour filling on top. Refrigerate until solid.

Once cooled down, heat chocolate chips and butter together until melted. Pour on top!

Let chocolate harden and than cut and ENJOY!!!!!

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I’m a BIG Caramel gal along with a great cookie! This is fabulous and is beyond description!

Be careful not to eat half the pan in your first sitting! :)

Store in the refrigerator to keep firm!

Easy cake pops

Posted by Delightfully Doable on 14 March, 2014 1 comments

Cake pops can take a lot of work and a lot of your precious time to compile them. After all the time spent into making delicious cake pops the family devours them leaving you with nothing but crumbs and begging for more.

Do you ever think about the amount of time you spend in the kitchen slaving over breakfast, lunch, dinners, and tasty desserts? I don’t think about it as I know the hours are beyond what I can count. Although my husband is an accountant I still refrain from asking him as I still like to believe ignorance is bliss. :)

These are pretty good and I freeze them and pull one out at a time to enjoy throughout the month. (Okay maybe I take a few out at a time)

Here’s what you do…

Ingredients:

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • ¼ cup oil
  • 2 eggs
  • Water (as per the box of cake mix)
  • 8 oz Sweet cream frosting
  • 2- 16oz bag of chocolate (I used semi-sweet and white chocolate for a variety)

Bake the cake according to package instructions.

Let cool fully! Once cooled take a butter knife and slice through every which way to crumble to cake easily and into small pieces.

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For easy use, in a stand mixer combine the cake crumbs with the frosting.

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Roll into small balls and place in muffins cups or line up in a 9×13 pan.

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Place in the fridge for 2 hours.

Once cold, melt chocolate and 1 tbsp of butter (optional) together until fully melted.

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Dip each individual ball into chocolate and place back in the pan. Keep in the fridge.

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Once chocolate is hardened you can drop them into a plastic bag and keep in the freezer if so desired.

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