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This post is linked to Tempt My Tummy Tuesday.

I am shocked!  Shocked, I say, at the lack of response to this lovely weekly linky of mine!  I have to tell you, you don’t know what you’re missing out on if you aren’t teaching a child to cook!  Sally Mae and I have the best times in the kitchen!  Even after only three weeks we’re so much closer than before!  She thinks I hung the moon and wants to be just like me!

You want some of that  from your child?  Take them into the kitchen and help ‘em learn the ropes!  Make it fun.  Let ‘em taste stuff and make messes.  Choose easy, delicious (& forgiving) recipes and you can hardly miss!

Ask Becky! She knows what I’m talkin’ about!

This week I actually had a hard time figuring out what we would cook.  I have been too busy to go to the grocery on my regular day (or any other day), so we had to make do with what was on hand.  It’s a good thing that nuts and chocolate chips are standard pantry items here at the ranch!

Learning about the mixer.

Her first shot at crackin’ eggs.  The first one got all over her hands and the counter.  She did great on the second one!

Funny girl!

The boring part.

The boring part took a little doing.

The pay off!

I’m calling this week’s recipe -

Trail Mix Cookie Bars

You’ll need:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1¼ cup flour (all purpose or unbleached)
• 1½ cups oats (we used old fashioned)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups chocolate chips (or so, depending on how many “disappear” while being measured)
• ½ – 1 cup of chopped nuts (we used honey roasted mixed nuts and ran ‘em through the handy chopper)
• You could add some cinnamon or nutmeg or ginger if ya want.  We didn’t.

Preheat your oven to 375° and spray some oil into your 9×13.

Cream the butter and sugar.  Add the eggs, beat some more.  Add the vanilla, beat some more.

Add the remaining ingredients and stir by hand.  Keep it simple.  Mix it all in just one bowl.

Spread the dough into the 9×13.  Smooth it out all the way to the edges and corners.  Take your time.  It’s fairly forgiving, just don’t try to press hard or it’ll just stick to the spoon!

Bake at 375° for 25 minutes.  Let it cool a bit before cutting into bars.  We like to use our pizza cutter for this kind of job.

Now it’s your turn!

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