Rain, Mud, Chocolate?

From too much snow, to too much rain, this has been a long winter! I know that the time change just made things a little bit more challenging. What is the antidote to the blues? Why chocolate of course! While some might give it up for lent, this writer chose to give up over-eating, and you can't eat too much chocolate right? Here is one of my favorite bar cookies, so easy, so rich! I still have the original magazine article it came from, tucked into my mom's recipe notebooks. There is a funny pic of a young 50's mom, beaming with pride as this recipe won a Better Homes and Garden award.



Crisp Toffee Bars almost like old fashioned toffee candy – rich, crunchy and delicious!

1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
1 6ounce pkg (1cup) semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup walnuts optional

Thoroughly cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add flour, mix well. Stir in half of the chocolate chips and all of the walnuts. Press mixture into ungreased 15 ½ x 10 ½ inch jelly roll pan. Bake in moderate oven, (350 degrees), 25 minutes or until browned. While still warm, sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on top, let melt, and spread across, then cut into bars or squares. Cool before removing from pan. Makes about 5 dozen.

1st appeared in Sept 1959 Better Homes & Gardens Magazine. Mrs. David Murray Syracuse NY

How about you, what do you reach for when the going gets tough, or too wet as it has been in Cleveland? Post your favorite easy chocolate recipe, or post a link! I would love to share and try a few new ones...