So now that the title has you intrigued let me tell you about my Monday.
It was a usually Monday morning except for Aaron’s all over, in pain, itching, oozing, gross, disgusting poison oak. (do I have you in the mood for peanut butter bars yet?) As he walked out of his room like a Penguin with his pant’s just about passed his butt I said “you can stay home from school today if you want”. His response was “no I hate to miss school I’ll be okay”. What the hell I thought to myself if my mom said I didn’t have to go to school I would have jumped back in my bed so fast you’d thought I was on fire. Nope not my kid….HE HATED TO MISS SCHOOL? (head shake, eye roll) Anyway I told him if he needed me to pick him up early I would. Well right at around 10:30 he sent me a text message and asked me to pick him up at lunch time. After we got home he striped down to his underwear, ate lunch and started playing video games. (Now that’s more like it) In the mean time since it was raining and I didn’t have anything else to do other than clean the house or go back to work and who want’s to waste a good rainy day on that? (don’t answer that Jennifer you’re just weird) I started flipping through my cookbooks to find something that I had all the ingredients for when I happened upon these very yummy Peanut Butter bars! I know what you’re thinking, WHAT no chocolate? Peanut butter doesn’t go many places in my house without its side kick chocolate but this recipe was different it called for another one of my all time favorites...... Sweetened Condensed Milk.
Golden Peanut Butter Bars
2 Cups flour
¾ cup light brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
½ cup (1 stick) cold butter
1 (14oz) Sweetened Condensed Milk
½ cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour, sugar and eggs in a large bowl; cut in cold butter until crumbly. Reserving 2 cups crumb mixture, press remaining mixture on bottom of 13x9-inch banking pan.
Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Meanwhile, beat Sweetened Condensed Milk, peanut butter (heat the peanut butter and it will mix easier) and vanilla in a large bowl. Spread over prepared crust; top with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake an additional 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
Note: Everyone should keep a few cans of sweetened condensed milk in their earthquake disaster kit. One 14oz can contains 1300 calories, 30 grams of fat and 220 carbs. You can live a long time, be happy and it says milk right their on the can. You know… milk it does a body good…
It was a usually Monday morning except for Aaron’s all over, in pain, itching, oozing, gross, disgusting poison oak. (do I have you in the mood for peanut butter bars yet?) As he walked out of his room like a Penguin with his pant’s just about passed his butt I said “you can stay home from school today if you want”. His response was “no I hate to miss school I’ll be okay”. What the hell I thought to myself if my mom said I didn’t have to go to school I would have jumped back in my bed so fast you’d thought I was on fire. Nope not my kid….HE HATED TO MISS SCHOOL? (head shake, eye roll) Anyway I told him if he needed me to pick him up early I would. Well right at around 10:30 he sent me a text message and asked me to pick him up at lunch time. After we got home he striped down to his underwear, ate lunch and started playing video games. (Now that’s more like it) In the mean time since it was raining and I didn’t have anything else to do other than clean the house or go back to work and who want’s to waste a good rainy day on that? (don’t answer that Jennifer you’re just weird) I started flipping through my cookbooks to find something that I had all the ingredients for when I happened upon these very yummy Peanut Butter bars! I know what you’re thinking, WHAT no chocolate? Peanut butter doesn’t go many places in my house without its side kick chocolate but this recipe was different it called for another one of my all time favorites...... Sweetened Condensed Milk.
Golden Peanut Butter Bars
2 Cups flour
¾ cup light brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
½ cup (1 stick) cold butter
1 (14oz) Sweetened Condensed Milk
½ cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour, sugar and eggs in a large bowl; cut in cold butter until crumbly. Reserving 2 cups crumb mixture, press remaining mixture on bottom of 13x9-inch banking pan.
Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
Meanwhile, beat Sweetened Condensed Milk, peanut butter (heat the peanut butter and it will mix easier) and vanilla in a large bowl. Spread over prepared crust; top with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake an additional 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
Note: Everyone should keep a few cans of sweetened condensed milk in their earthquake disaster kit. One 14oz can contains 1300 calories, 30 grams of fat and 220 carbs. You can live a long time, be happy and it says milk right their on the can. You know… milk it does a body good…
LOL - and sweetened condensed milk is so thick you can eat it with a spoon too, so it's like a food AND a beverage! (and don't knock my hobbies - there's nothing wrong with enjoying some good cleaning!)
ReplyDeleteHey Jennifer, come over to my house.......LOL.
ReplyDeletePoor Aaron, I hope his poison oak is gone by now.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you Laurel! Fer head over to my house too!
Lori- Girl...can I just say...mmmm....mmmmm....GOOD!! I love your idea of a rainy Monday :) especially if it includes a great recipe with peanut butter in it!