Month: September 2008

Making A Caramel Chocolate Bar

Making A Caramel Chocolate Bar

Caramel chocolate bar cookies are something of a novelty for some people especially those used to the run of the mill brownies. This recipe for caramel chocolate bar cookies is easy to follow and do not use any difficult to locate ingredients. The finished product has a shelf life of about a week to ten days, depending on the climate and temperature it is stored. The following recipe will yield about 24 pieces of caramel chocolate bar cookies. You can make this into an organic chocolate bar recipe by using organic ingredients if you wish. It only takes about 20 minutes to prepare the recipe and practically 20 ? 25 minutes to bake it.

What You Will Need For The Caramel Chocolate Bar Recipe

For the caramel chocolate bar cookies, you will need 18 ounces of any chocolate cake boxed mix, one third cup of evaporated milk, three fourth cup melted or softened butter, one cup chopped pecans or walnuts, one cup semisweet chocolate chips and around 15 ounces of caramel topping.

You will need to preheat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 9 by thirteen baking pan to accommodate the entire recipe of caramel chocolate bar cookies. The cake pan needs to be greased or lined with waxed paper. You will also need a large mixing bowl to mix the ingredients in as well as a spoon or spatula to use when mixing the ingredients.

Steps To Make Caramel Chocolate Bar Cookies

It is best to preheat the oven at the baking temperature before you prepare the ingredients and mix them. This gives your oven ample time to heat up without having any cold spots to ruin your recipe.

In your mixing bowl, combine the chocolate cake mix, milk, butter and nuts with a spoon. It should form a doughy mixture before you spread half of the chocolate mix on the baking pan. Bake this portion for around five to seven minutes. Take the pan out of the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the baked mixture. Add the caramel topping over the chocolate chips and then spread the remaining chocolate mixture over all of them.

Return the pan into the oven and bake for 18 minutes more. Let the caramel chocolate bar dough cool completely before slicing it up into bars. It is recommended to place the bars in the refrigerator to avoid having runny caramel syrup when left for a long time in room temperature.

Putting Together A New Baby Gift Basket

When preparing either a baby boy gift basket or a baby girl gift basket, you can have a ton of fun! A new baby gift basket can be as creative and original as you desire. You can stick to basics, or you can spice it up and make something truly unique for the expectant mother. If you chose to put together a new baby gift basket instead of purchasing a traditional gift for the expectant mom in your life, know that you are stepping into a creative enterprise!

Baby Basics In A New Baby Gift Basket

For your new baby gift basket, you should most definitely include the basics. A first time mother may not know exactly what the basics are while a seasoned or experienced mother may know what they are but not have all of the basics on hand. So what are the basics that you should include in a new baby gift basket? You should always include some long sleeve, long pants sleepers. Babies tend to throw up, spit up, and pee on their nightclothes. Having many different sleepers is very important. Even if the baby is born in the summer, long sleeve and long pants are great. Many people sleep in cool air conditioned rooms that are just too cool for a baby to sleep in without some insulation. In addition, one piece suits, rompers, diapers, pacifiers, rattles, gift certificates, and receiving blankets are all basics that you could put in a new baby gift basket.

Unique Ideas For A New Baby Gift Basket

If you do not want to go the basic route, instead do a unique new baby gift basket. You could choose to do a theme, like feeding. If the mother is going to bottle feed, include several different types of bottles as the baby may have a preference. You could put bottle cleaners, a dishwasher bottle holder, gift certificates for formula, and bibs in this gift basket. If the mother is going to breastfeed, you could include nipple cream, breast pads, a breast pump (this can be expensive, so check your budget first and check the registry because the mother may have a specific one picked out), bottles that are compatible with the pump, nursing bras if you know her size, nursing tank tops, and a cover up for nursing in public. If you do not want to do a feeding basket but still want a unique idea for your new baby gift basket, try making a basket filled with partially prepared foods. You could do a frozen food basket filled with frozen homemade meals, or a basket with simple ingredients and simple recipes.

Know that whatever you choose, your new baby gift basket will be a hit!