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cherylpf
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 Posted: 06/06/05 - 14:43 Post subject: I'm pretending
that this cracklin oat bran I'm eating (dry) is cookies.
I'm not believing myself.
don't those 7 layer bars sound good right now? graham cracker crust, butter, sweetened condensed milk, choc chips, butterscotch chips, coconut and pecans? mmmmmmmmmm
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purple hayes
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 14:44 Post subject:
You have a very vivid imagination.
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 14:45 Post subject: Re: I'm pretending
| cherylpf wrote: |
don't those 7 layer bars sound good right now? graham cracker crust, butter, sweetened condensed milk, choc chips, butterscotch chips, coconut and pecans? mmmmmmmmmm |
Love ya, Pffff, but I'd rather take my chances with the smokers. 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 14:45 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | You have a very vivid imagination. |
Apparently not. I just gave up on the cracklin oat bran. 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:20 Post subject:
I still want a cookie. I really think I might go home and make these, do you think they count as dinner?
Oatmeal Carmelitas
A chewy chocolate filling rests on an oatmeal-brown sugar crust in these winning bars.
Erlyce Larson
Kennedy, MN
Pillsbury Bake-Off® 18 (Los Angeles, 1967)
Ingredients:
Crust
2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups margarine or butter, softened
Filling
1 (12.5-oz.) jar (1 cup) caramel ice cream topping
3 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
1 (6-oz.) pkg. (1 cup) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Prep Time: 30 min (Ready in 2 hr 55 min )
Preparation Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9-inch pan. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl, combine all crust ingredients; mix at low speed until crumbly. Reserve half of crumb mixture (about 3 cups) for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom of greased pan. Bake at 350°F. for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine caramel topping and 3 tablespoons flour; blend well.
3. Remove partially baked crust from oven; sprinkle with chocolate chips and nuts. Drizzle evenly with caramel mixture; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
4. Return to oven; bake an additional 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until filling is set. Cut into bars.
36 bars
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pokychick
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:21 Post subject:
yum!
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:22 Post subject:
Pre or post tossing, Pff?
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:23 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | Pre or post tossing, Pff? |
um....what?
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:24 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: |
um....what? |
the crackling oat bran being cookies. Pre or post tossing?
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:25 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: |
the crackling oat bran being cookies. Pre or post tossing? |
I gave up on the cracklin oat bran. It wasn't what I wanted.
but I don't own pants big enough for me to have a tray of that decadence in my house, so I won't get those either
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:39 Post subject: Re: I'm pretending
| cherylpf wrote: | that this cracklin oat bran I'm eating (dry) is cookies.
I'm not believing myself.
don't those 7 layer bars sound good right now? graham cracker crust, butter, sweetened condensed milk, choc chips, butterscotch chips, coconut and pecans? mmmmmmmmmm |
I luv COB but it's so $$$
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/06/05 - 16:52 Post subject: Re: I'm pretending
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I luv COB but it's so $$$ |
I agree so I never buy it. We get it at work (we're spoiled)
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mickeyvw98
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Posted: 06/07/05 - 12:31 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | I still want a cookie. I really think I might go home and make these, do you think they count as dinner? |
Dinner... hum... They have flour, oats, nuts and butter. I say, yup, dinner. 
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Library Chick
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Posted: 06/07/05 - 18:03 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | I still want a cookie. I really think I might go home and make these, do you think they count as dinner?
(IMAGE)
Oatmeal Carmelitas
A chewy chocolate filling rests on an oatmeal-brown sugar crust in these winning bars.
Erlyce Larson
Kennedy, MN
Pillsbury Bake-Off® 18 (Los Angeles, 1967)
Ingredients:
Crust
2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups margarine or butter, softened
Filling
1 (12.5-oz.) jar (1 cup) caramel ice cream topping
3 tablespoons Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose or Unbleached Flour
1 (6-oz.) pkg. (1 cup) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Prep Time: 30 min (Ready in 2 hr 55 min )
Preparation Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13x9-inch pan. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. In large bowl, combine all crust ingredients; mix at low speed until crumbly. Reserve half of crumb mixture (about 3 cups) for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom of greased pan. Bake at 350°F. for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, in small bowl, combine caramel topping and 3 tablespoons flour; blend well.
3. Remove partially baked crust from oven; sprinkle with chocolate chips and nuts. Drizzle evenly with caramel mixture; sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
4. Return to oven; bake an additional 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 hour or until completely cooled. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until filling is set. Cut into bars.
36 bars |
I have made these several times. They're truly like crack to me!
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cherylpf
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Posted: 06/07/05 - 18:12 Post subject:
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I have made these several times. They're truly like crack to me! |
I've actually never made them, but one of my sisters loves to make them and used to send them to me in college. More like Heroin to me.
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