Monday, March 1, 2010

No Oven Required Desserts

I found an awesome set of recipes in the paper tonight. The author of this article is Sara Noel from www.frugalvillage.com

Granola Bars
2 1/2 c rice cereal or honey nut cheerios
2 c uncooked oats
1/2 c raisins
1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c light corn syrup
1/2 c peanut butter
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 c milk chocolate chips
Mix first 3 in bowl and set aside. Bring brown sugar and syrup to a boil in small saucepan stirring constantly remove from heat Stir in peanut butter and vanilla til blended Pour peanut butter mix over cereal stir to coat stand 10 minutes Stir in chocolate chips Press in 13x9 pan cool cut in bars
Pink Fluff
2 (3oz) boxes strawberry jello
3 c water
2 c graham cracker crumbs
8 oz whip topping
1 pint strawberries
Make jello by mixing first 2 Set in fridge to set. Layer 1 1/2 c graham cracker crumbs into a 9x13 inch pan. Mix jello with electric mixer to when itlooks like chunky applesauce Add the whip topping and mix Fold in berries Dump on top of cracker crumbs Chill

4 comments:

  1. The granola bar recipe looks fabulous! I will have to try it with the kids tomorrow :) YUM

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  2. You must have been reading my mind! I was thinking about making granola bars. They sound really good. How long will they keep?

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  3. Oh, I want to try the Pink Fluff. It looks delicious!

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  4. Oh the pink fluffy sound like something my son would love to try.
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