Banana Boats

Submitted by: Hannah

On Monday nights in our house we have family night and we always make some sort of treat. I found this recipe in a church cookbook and since it only has 3 ingredients I thought it was a perfect dessert for my son to help with. I picked this because I thought he would love it, and he did, but I loved it too. It is simple and delicous and it takes under 10 minutes to make. Now, that is my kind of treat!

Ingredients:

bananas (they don't have to be to ripe but not green)

mini marshmallows

chocolate chips

Directions:

Leaving the banana peel on cut down the banana lengthwise but don't go through the other side. Open the cut you just made so there is room to stuff the goodies. Take a piece of tin foil that is big enough to cover your banana. Put your banana on the tin foil and put as much of the mini marshmallows and chocolate chips that you like or that you can fit inside the opening you made. When finished filling it, leave the banana standing up and bring the tinfoil up around it and make sure it is enclosed. You will bake these bananas at 400 degrees for about 8-9 minutes. You can either eat these right out of the peel or carefully remove them from the peel and put them on a plate. Yum!!

*This is also a great campfire snack, you would make them the same way but your cooking time may not be as long.

Source: Barbara Smith

Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispy Treats

Submitted by Lisa

Now I know that we are not supposed to post recipes that say: "use a handful of this or that", well, I am anyway. : )

Really, this is not a hard thing to follow and you really can't screw it up. So give it a try.

I don't think I have made a regular rice krispy treat in a while. My kids really like it this way.

Ingredients:

2 bags marshmallows

1 stick of butter

@ 6 cups crispies (this is approximate amount, add a little at a time...leave moist)

2 handfuls of semi sweet choc chips

@1/2 c peanut butter (smooth or chunky)

1. Melt the stick of butter in a large pot

2. Add the marshmallows and melt, stirring constantly

3. Once they are melted, turn off the heat and stir in the peanut butter

4. Now, pour in about 3 cups of the cereal and stir it in.

5. Add the choc chips and stir a few times

6. Add enough rice cereal to make a semi moist mixture. You don't want to add too many crispies because you will end up with a very dry undesirable treat. Just add a bit at a time until you are satisfied.

7. Put mixture into a 9x13 sprayed pan and let it set up. Enjoy!!

S'more Brownies

These look so fun! I haven't eaten one yet. Tonight for Young Womens we are planning a "High Adventure" camp out with the girls. We wanted to have some sort of "camp" inspired treat while we plan.... what is better at camp than smores? Not much. So, here it is. (if I taste it and it is not all it promises to be, then you won't see this post for long! I will remove it) I found this recipe on the Food Network Website. http://www.foodnetwork.com/

**(update...OH YUM! I had one last night and it was amazing)**

Crust:

6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

1 1/2 cups crushed graham cracker crumbs

2 tbsp sugar

pinch of salt

Brownie:

8 tbsp unsalted butter (1 stick)

4 ounces unsweeteened chocolate, chopped

1 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup white sugar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp fine salt

4 large cold eggs

1 cup all purpose flour

Topping:

4 cups large marshmallows

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line as 8 x 8 square pan with foil or parchment paper, overhanging the edges about 1 inch.

For the crust: Lightly butter the foil. Stir the butter together with the crumbs, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Press the crumb mixture evenly over the bottom of the pan. Bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the brownie. Put the butter and chocolate in a medium microwave safe bowl. Melt in microwave on 75% power for 2 minutes. Stir, and microwave again until completely melted, about 2 more minutes. Stir in the sugars, vanilla and salt into the melted chocolatge.

Add the eggs and beat vigorously to make a thick and glossy batter.

Add the flour and stir until just incorporated.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the top is crispy and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out mostly clean, with a few crumbs, about 40 to 45 min.

Remove from the oven, carefully position the rack about 6 inches from the broiler and preheat on low. Layer the marshmallows across the top and toast under the broiler until golden. (I cut the large marshmallows in half and put them on top...it was so tall already!)

Watch it closely!

Cool on rack, gently remove the brownies from the pan using the flaps of foil/parchment paper. Carefully separate any marshmallow from the foil and fold away. Cut into 12 squares.

**Tip: 1) I cooked these longer than it called for by about 15 min. It was still not done in the center. The toothpick was still wet..ish and I thought maybe it would firm up when cooled. nope. So make sure your toothpick is pretty much clean.

2) Cutting them was an experience. The marshmallows are beyond sticky. I finally sprayed my knife with cooking spray and the helped some. Make sure they are pretty cool and I think that will also help. ENJOY