Butterfinger Blondies

I have been on a peanut butter fix lately, and these look so good.  I haven't tried them yet, but I think I will have to make them for FHE.

http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/2011/08/butterfinger-blondies.html

Chili Sauce

Ingredients

1 lug of tomatoes

1 cup white vinegar

2 cups of sugar

1 ½ Tablespoons red pepper flakes

2 cups or more of chopped onions  (We use 4 cups dried onions)

1 Tablespoon cinnamon

1 Tablespoon ginger

½ Tablespoon clove

½ cup non-iodized salt

Instructions:

Blanch tomatoes

Remove skin

Fill pot ¾ full

Boil for 2 hours

Add sugar the last 15-30 minutes, after adding sugar stir every 2 minutes

Water bath for 25-30 minutes to seal

Once batch = approximately 18 pints.

Peanut Butter Bars and Frosting Recipe

Recipe from http://sixsistersstuff.blogspot.com/2011/06/lunch-lady-peanut-butter-bars.html

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 cup butter

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 cup peanut butter

2 cups oatmeal (not quick)

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt


Cream first 3 ingredients together. Add the vanilla, eggs, and peanut butter and combine. Add the remaining ingredients and mix together. Spread dough on a greased jelly roll pan (18x13x1"). Make at 350 degrees for 15 minutes (until golden brown). While hot spread 1 1/2 cups peanut butter on top. Cool so that the peanut butter has become solid again (I usually throw them in the fridge so they set up faster and so I can eat them sooner!). Spread your favorite chocolate frosting on top and cut into bars.


My fave buttercream frosting recipe for these bars:

1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine, softened

1/4 cup milk

1-2 tsp vanilla (depending on your taste)

3 Tablespoons cocoa (I have never really exactly measured)

2-3 cups of powdered sugar

Mix all ingredients with a hand mixer until smooth and spread on top of bars

Fudge striped fruit salad

2 cups buttermilk
2 3oz pkgs of instant vanilla pudding
1 12oz cool whip
1 cup pineapple tidbits, drained
1 cup mandarin oranges, drained
2-3 bananas sliced
1 cup seedless grapes
1 pkg fudge striped cookies

Directions:  Mix buttermilk, pudding and cool whip.  Drain pineapple and oranges.  Add all fruit to mixture.  Crush cookies into bite sized pieces.  Just before serving add sliced bananas and all but 1/2cup of the cookies.  Mix together.  Put remaining cookies on top of salad for garnish.