Goodies

1. Everyone wanted a dessert tonight, but I didn't want to put much effort into it, so I decided to make some kind of bar cookie. We now have peanut butter bars with peanut butter-chocolate marble frosting. They are tasty. Please help yourself.

2. I'm sure you were all anxiously waiting to hear what kind of donut I got for free the other day. I decided on the caramel-filled, chocolate dip kind. It's pretty much a Boston Creme with caramel filling. It was quite good. I think it would have been better if the caramel stuff was thicker. It was a bit runny, but I wouldn't turn down another one.

3. My favourite Tim Horton's treat is still the maple-pecan danish. I just love those things. Oh, so good.

ETA:

Peanut Butter Squares

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/3 cup peanut butter

1 cup flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Heat oven to 350. Grease 13 x 9 x 2 pan. Mix sugars, egg, margarine and peanut butter in large bowl. Stir in flour, oats, soda and salt. Spread in pan. Bake 17 to 22 minutes until golden, cool.


Frosting

1.5 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup peanut butter
approx 3 tablespoons milk

Mix powdered sugar, peanut butter and 2 tablespoon of the milk. Add remaining milk 1/2 teaspoon at a time until spreading consistency. Reserve 1/3 cup. To remaining frosting, add 3 tablespoons cocoa powder and 1 more tablespoon of milk.

Frost squares with cocoa mixture. Drop peanut butter frosting by teaspoonfuls onto cocoa frosting. Swirl for a marbled effect.

Notes:

- I don't know if you could use the organic peanuts-only type peanut butter.
- Next time I will put the oats in the blender for a while. I like the recipe like this, but I'd like to see how it turns out the other way.
- Don't overbake them. I think I may have left them in a bit long.
- If you make the frosting with milk, you have to refrigerate them.