Gooey Carmel Bars.

My family LOVED this one.

For the bar:
2 cups of Flour
12 Tbs of butter. ( no, you didn't read that wrong.)
1 Cup of butter.
1/4tsp. Salt
Mix until it looks like course crumbs
Press into a 13x9 pan
( line with Foil first.)
bake at 350
18-20 min

LET COOL COMPLETELY
then start step 2

CARMEL:
2 sticks of butter.( seriously your eyes are fine.)
1 cup of Brown sugar.
1/3 C. of Caro syrup
Bring to a boil
Stir frequently till it comes to a boil.
let boil for 2 min.
Immediately pour on top of of cooled crust. spread it around so it hits all corners.

Let Cool Completely. before starting step 3
( I put mine in the freezer to speed it along.)

Chocolate Spread:

1C. chocolate chips
2 Tbs of butter.
Melt down choco. chips in microwave. or double broiler.
( takes about 2 min in my microwave, I stop and stir them alot.)
just when they are about melted and in for the last round of heat add the butter. Mix in well
And immediately spread across the top of cooled Carmel.
Let it cool completely before cutting.

Make sure you have LOTS people to share this one with.. It is about 4 cubes of butter after all!!

Snow Peaks

( okay mine were NOT this fantsy nor were they mini cups..But you get the idea.. I will post my pic.. when I charge my camera battery.)

4 egg whites @ room temp.

Whip egg whites till very frothy,

ADD:

1-1/4 C. Sugar

1 tsp of crm o' tartar

1 tsp of Vanilla

Continue to Whip mixture for about 5-10 min. until stiff peak form.

Put into a frosing bag with the wide tube tip.

on Parchment Paper do circle to point .( think how they portray ice cream) they will be about 1/2 dollar size.

Bake @225 degrees. for about and hour.

cool on rack.

Extra Options:

Melt 5-6 squared of baker's chocolate. tip bottom half of Snow peak in choco. and cool on parchment or wax paper.

Credit goes to: Food net work.

Crush Pepperming sticks and dip in after chocolate.

Chex chewy mix

I can promise this is a guaranteed hit. Everyone who has tried this has begged for this recipe. I should warn it's addicting. You will not be able to tear yourself away from the bowl.
I usually only make it around Christmas. ( probably because my mom who I got this from usually only made it around Christmas..) So if you are on my Christmas list. plan on getting this as a gift! ( you'll thank me for it.)

Chex chewy mix

3/4 cube butter

1 cup Sugar

1 cup Karo syrup

Mix & boil 11/2 -2 min

( DO Not over boil or you will make it too hard.)

in a VERY large bowl mix

1/2 box of Rice Chex

1/2 box of golden grams

1 cup coconut

1 cup slivered almonds( or chopped or whatever)

Pour sauce over cereal mixture and mix until well coated.

Oh and try to pace yourself.

* Again I must give credit to this recipe to my mom, a Christmas favorite!