Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

These Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are the Nestly Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe spread in a baking dish and baked like brownies.

2 ¼ c flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

1 c shortening
¾ c sugar
¾ c brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
6 oz. chocolate chips (the original recipe calls for 12 oz, but our family prefers more cookie)

Mix flour, salt and soda.
In a separate bowl cream together sugars and shortening.
Add eggs and vanilla andstir.
Add flour mixture to the sugar mixture and mix well.
Stir in chocolate chips
Spread in a round or square cake pan
Bake 20 – 30 minutes or until golden brown in a 350 oven.
Let cool 10 minutes
Cut into squares and serve with a glass of milk.

Note: We use chocolate with natural vanilla flavor, not vanillin. Ghiradelli is not much more expensive than Nestle and does not have artificial additives.

Turkey Burger Nachos – Super Easy

1 lb ground turkey
¼ c. chunky salsa
Half bag corn tortilla chips
Shredded cheese
Sour cream

Fry turkey burger until fully cooked.
Add salsa and continue to heat for several minutest
Lightly crunch tortilla chips in each bowl
Top with meat, salsa, cheese and sour cream.
Toss to mix ingredients and lightly coat chips with sauces.
Enjoy!

Note:
The ground turkey we used was injected with natural flavors and water, and was cleaned so there was no bones or any gross stuff.
The rest of the items are store brands and have no artificial additives.