Oatmeal Carmelites

We had these bar cookies as a treat in Relief Society last week. They are very good and rich!!!

Oatmeal Carmelites

2 cups flour

2 cup quick oats

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 Tsp soda and 1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups butter

Comine and press 1/2 mixture into a 12x9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Sprinkle over cooked crust, 2 cups chocolate chips, 1 cup nuts and 1 1/2 cups of carmel ice cream topping.

Sprinkle remaining crumbs over caramel. Bake at 30 for 15-20 minutes.

Pumpkin Cake

COMBINE

1/2 pkg yelllow cake mix

1/2 cup melted butter

1 egg

Put into bottom of 9x13 greased pan.

FILLING

3 cups pumpkin

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 T cinnamon

1/2 T nutmeg

pinch of salt and cloves

TOPPING

1/2 pkg cake mix

1/2 T cinnamon

1/4 cup melted butter

BAKE at 350 for 45 minutes.

Yummy banana cake recipe

BANANA CAKE

1 1/2 cups mashed bananas

2 tsp lemon juice

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 cup butter, softened

2 1/8 cups sugar

3 large eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 cups buttermilk

•Preheat Oven to 325 degrees and grease a 9x13 baking pan.

• In a small bowl, mash bananas with lemon juice

•sift flour, baking soda and salt and set aside

• Cream 3/4 cup butter, 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy.

• Beat in eggs one at a time

• Add flour alternately with buttermilk

• Stir in banana mixture.

• Pour into prepared pan and bake for at least one hour.

• Remove from oven and place directly in fridge or freezer for 45 minutes.

BROWN BUTTER FROSTING

1/3 cup melted buter

3 cups sifted powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

small amount of milk

• Brown the butter in small pan until it turns a pale tan color. Don't burn it!

• Add the powdered sugar and vanilla. If frosting is too thick to spread, add small amounts

of milk to thin it.

Antipasto on a hot day

We had an antipasto dinner when Jessica and Sadie came over the other night. Rory was at scout camp! It was a hot day so the cool food tasted good. Sadie is such a good eater. She feasted from bits of food from the plate!