As soon as the word 'budget' is mentioned, faces fall and there is fear that saltless potatoes, and white pasta will be the mainstay of our existence for weeks and weeks. Dessert? Well, there is resignation in the fact that dessert will never be considered worthy of the grocery budget money.
To me, when we have those times of tightening our belts, that is the time to keep the cookie jar full and something sweet and surprising gracing the dinner table. With watching the sales and keeping stocked up when times are easier, you can provide this for your family.
Peanut Butter Nut Bars
1 box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup melted butter
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup coconut
1 cup chocolate chips (semisweet or milk chocolate, your choice.)
1 cup peanut butter chips
3/4 cup chopped peanuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Using a spoon, combine the cake mix, butter, vanilla, and egg. Press the resulting dough into a vegetable oil sprayed baking pan - around 9x13-inches. Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the dough in the pan. Sprinkle the coconut, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and chopped peanuts over the top.
Bake for 20-30 minutes (watch carefully as it all depends on your own oven.) or until lightly browned around the edges.
Cool completely before cutting into serving pieces.
Ideas . . .
Substitute favorite cereal flakes for the coconut and white chocolate chips for the peanut butter chips.
Use a spice cake for an entirely different bar cookie and all chocolate chips instead of peanut butter chips.
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