Chocolate Oat Bars Variation!

Just an idea....
If you make the batter and add no eggs and put little cookie shaped dough balls on a cookie sheet, and bake them until they start to bubble, they make AMAZING cookies!\

ZS

Just a Note*

Two new batches of freshly made Granola Bars! They are also amazing without the chocolate drizzle. Tip- add nuts or berries, suck as raisins, craisins, dried cranberries/apricots, with some chopped almonds or whatever youd like!

Chocolate Oat Bars (amazing)

*WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS RECIPE*

Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 1 can condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:
Cream butter and brown sugar together. beat in eggs and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the oats. Over low hear, combine the chocolate chips, condensed milk, butter, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Stir until smooth, then add nuts and vanilla. Now combine the egg and flour mixtures and pat about two-thirds of it into a 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inch cookie sheet. Pour the chocolate mixture over all, then dot with the remaining one third batter. Bake about 25 minutes.

Hard Ball Stage?

At first glance of the word, hard ball stage, we thought, WHAT IS THAT?! But then we figured out that it is when you are making candy, and you drop a tiny drop into cold water and it immediately forms a ball and stays somewhat like a ball!

Butterscotch

Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup dark corn syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup cream

Instructions:
stir all ingredients n saucepan until dissolved. cook these ingredients to just below the hard ball stage (250 degrees), then stir constantly until they almost reach the hard crack stage (300 degrees). Pour candy into a buttered pan. When cool and almost set, mark into squares or bars. When cold, cut or break apart.

Bread Kneader

Were planning on making bread! With a very old fashioned bread kneader, the one that you have to crank the handle and turn it! Were very excited

An Idea for Too Much Batter

Today we baked a white buttermilk cake with vanilla frosting. We originally got it from a cupcake recipe, and in the middle of making it we realized that it made 36 cupcakes, so we decided to make two small cakes and put them together, and make some cupcakes. We also thought that something cool to do would be put fome cupcakes ontop of the two layers of cake to add another layer of cake, but another layer of cupcake! and top and fill with icing!

ZS

A Little Helpful Hint...

Don't usually have enough time to make cookies?
Try making a double batch & store them in the freezer.
Most cookies keep for up to six months!
Just be sure they're in an air-tight container.

The Best Crumble Recipe Ever...

We've tried a few different crumble recipes, but this one if by far the best!
It actually comes out of The Children's Cookbook, so it's very simple...
and of course very scrumptious!

For an extra tasty crisp try picking berries or using fruits out of your garden!

Crumble ingredients:

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup oatmeal
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• pinch of salt

Filling:

• Your choice of seasonal fruits/ berries
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 cup white sugar

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees
2. Cut the butter & flour together in a large mixing bowl.
3. Mix in other dry ingredients (Oatmeal, brow sugar, & salt).
4. In a large mixing bowl, add your fruits/berries.
5. Mix in the lemon juice, cinnamon & white sugar.
6. Grease a pie plate or baking pan & poor in your fruits/berry mixture
7. Spread the crumble mixture on top
8. Bakes for 30-35 minutes

*Sparkly Tip*: Put a home-made or store-bought pie crust under the fruit/berries to make it a delicious crisp-pie!

Ginger Snaps

We have an amazing ginger snap recipe, but its secret! So if you want it, email us at zssprinkles@hotmail.com

Snickerdoodles

• Ingredients:
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla (this is an occasion worthy of GOOD vanilla!)
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Directions:

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. 2
   Cream together butter and sugar.
3. 3
   Add in eggs, one at a time, along with vanilla, until well-combined.
4. 4
   Mix dry ingredients (flour, salt, soda, cream of tartar) in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredient mix into the wet mix in 2-3 stages.
5. 5
   Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon together in a small bowl.
6. 6
   Use your hands to roll dough into little (ping-pong ball-sized) balls.
7. 7
   Roll dough-balls in the cinnamon/sugar mixture so they're covered all the way around. Place them on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 or 3 inches apart.
8. 8
   Bake 7 or 8 minutes, until they have spread out and have JUST started to turn brown. Remove from cookie sheets and place cookies on cooling rack to cool and set a little. If they're not completely cooked when they come out of the oven, let them cook a bit more on the cookie sheets, out of the oven. 7-8 minutes will make a nice, chewy cookie with a little crispness on the bottom.