Week 1 - s'more bars

Last Monday I made the first recipe in the "Use all the cook books" challenge.  It comes from the EAGLE BRAND holiday magic cookbook.  ©1999 Meredith Corporation and Eagle Family Foods, Inc. Page 17.

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 1 (14 oz) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 1 cup milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts, optional
• 1 cup miniature marshmallows

Prehat over to 350°.  In 13x9 inch baking pan, melt butter in oven.

Sprinkle crumbs over butter; pour Eagle Brand evenly over crumbs.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips and if desired nuts; press down gently with fork.

Bake 25 minutes.  Remove from oven; sprinkle with marshmallows.  Return to oven.  Bake 2 minutes more.  Cool.  Chill if desired.  Cut into bars.  Store at room temperature.  Makes 2-3 dozen bars.

It was tasty enough, but I don't think I would make it again. If I did, I would use the same amount of ingredients, but use an 8x8 square pan instead. The bars were too thin and didn't get covered with the chocolate chips and marshmallows.

Tom decided to pick from the next recipe book. Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce. I'm planning that one for tomorrow.

The Plan

The other day, I started unpacking boxes in the new house, ( Follow that blog by clicking here) and came across two boxes of cookbooks.  I decided to store them on an open shelf in the hutch in the kitchen.  Although I discussed it with Tom first, he doesn't like "messy" things, and a row of mismatched books fall into that category.    He said I can keep them there, as long as each week I make a recipe from one of the cookbooks.  Not a problem!  I like to cook, and we need to stop eating out for both health and monetary reasons.

There are a lot of cookbooks, so I have months - maybe years - of random recipes ahead of me.  This blog will be dedicated to the cookbooks I use and recipes that I make.

To start things out right, the first cookbook is for deserts, made with Eagle Brand products.  Sweetened Condensed Milk.  Yum, one of my favorite foods of all time.  I can't wait to make the first recipe.