Thursday, February 9, 2012

Rolo Cake Mix Bars

Cookies and Cups
Ingredients:
1 box (18.25 oz.)yellow, vanilla or white cake mix, dry
5 oz. evaporated milk
1/4 cup butter, melted
40 Rolo candies, unwrapped & cut in half

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.

With your mixer, beat cake mix, evaporated milk and butter until combined. Mixture will be thick and sticky.

Divide batter in half and press one half into the bottom of the pan.

Bake until just set, approximately 8-9 minutes.

Remove base from oven and place Rolos caramel-side down on top.

Drop remaining batter on top of Rolos in teaspoon sized amounts.

Bake for 20-24 minutes longer until top begins to golden.

Cool completely before cutting into squares.

(Recipe found on cookiesandcups.com which was adapted from an original Taste of Home recipe)

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Strawberry Pretzel Squares

Kraft Foods
2 cups finely crushed pretzels
1/2 cup sugar, divided
2/3 cup butter or margarine, melted
1-1/2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
2 Tbsp. milk
1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
2 cups boiling water
1 pkg. (6 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
1-1/2 cups cold water
4 cups fresh strawberries, sliced

HEAT oven to 350°F.

MIX pretzel crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Bake 10 min. Cool.

BEAT cream cheese, remaining sugar and milk until blended. Stir in COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Refrigerate.

ADD boiling water to gelatin mix in large bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in cold water. Refrigerate 1-1/2 hours or until thickened.

STIR berries into gelatin; spoon over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.