Homemade Snickers Bars

Homemade Snickers Bars

Ingredients

• bottom chocolate layer
• 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
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• nougat layer
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cup salted peanuts chopped, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• caramel layer
• 1 14-ounce bag of caramels
• 1/4 cup whipping cream

• Top chocolate layer
• 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup peanut butter


Directions

For 9x13 pan.

Thoroughly grease your baking pan.  Melt chocolate
Chips and peanut butter then pour into the baking dish, evenly. Let cool and harden completely.

Melt butter in saucepan over med. heat.  Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved and bring to a boil.  Let cook for 5 min. Stirring occasionally.  Add in fluff, PB, and vanilla, stirring until smooth.  Turn off heat and fold in peanuts, then pour over chocolate layer.  Let cool completely.

Combine caramels and whipping cream over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth- this takes about 10 min.  Pour over nougat layer and let cool completely.

Repeat chocolate layer and refrigerate at least one hour.

Crispy Apricot Pork Chops

Crispy Apricot Pork Chops

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus more for baking sheet
• 2 slices multigrain sandwich bread
• 4 bone-in pork loin chops (about 8 ounces each, 3/4 to 1 inch thick), patted dry
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
• 4 teaspoons apricot jam


Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Lightly brush a rimmed baking sheet with oil; set aside.
Tear bread into large pieces; place in food processor. Pulse until large crumbs form. Drizzle with oil; pulse once or twice, just until crumbs are moistened (you should have about 1 1/2 cups crumbs).
Season pork chops generously with salt and pepper; spread one side of each chop with 1 teaspoon jam. Dividing evenly, sprinkle breadcrumbs over jam, and pat them on gently.
Transfer pork, coated side up, to prepared baking sheet. Bake until crust is golden and pork is opaque throughout (meat should register 150 degrees.on an instant-read thermometer), 14 to 16 minutes. Serve immediately.

A mom, seriously.

So, I guess that I am officially a mom.  Like a serious mom.  Like a mini-van driving, tennis shoe wearing, wet wipe toting mom that has come to the conclusion that it might be easiest to store her recipes online, in a blog.  No fancy pics, just the recipes that I actually like to use so I don't waste all my time staring at thawing meat, wondering "What in heaven's name am I supposed to do with this?".