Pumpkin Cookie Dough Rolo Brownies

In the last two days I have made 3 large batches of lemon curd.   I am in the middle of prepping and getting to make a wedding cake for Saturday.  Three tiered lemon cake with lemon curd, a meringue icing, covered in coconut with 8 purple star gazer flowers.   I have 3 giant bags of coconut in my cupboard and I have cleared out the fridge.  The next two days will be very busy, baking, icing, layering, covering and decorating.

I have been trying to get as much done as I can since putting together a wedding cake with a 10 month old can be a bit challenging.   Tomorrow night I am also going to see "Whose Line is it Anyway?" live with my mom and my sister.  Do you like that show?  I love it.  I don't get the new ones unfortunately but I used to love it when Drew Carey was the desk man.  I am looking forward to some good improv and some good laughs.

10 Days of Cookies - Day 10 - Jumbo Brown Butter Rolo Cookies

Finally Day 10 of my cookies..haha and this is where I end it.   I have changed 12 to 10 because 2 more days is not happening.   I need to move on from cookies.   This is a new year though and I promised my self I would be more organized and diligent to this blog.   Forgive me if for the next 365 days I am blaming by poor blog organization on my baby.  Say Not Sweet Anne has developed a blog planning template and I think this is what I need to get me organized this year.  I am going to download it and do a test run.  Wish me luck.

I am slowly in the process of taking down my Christmas decorations.  It took me practically a week to put it all up so I am sure it will take me a week to bring it all down.   I also never want to take them down.  I love my Christmas tree, LOVE it.   It sits in my front window, all 9 ft of it and it just glows.  My decorations are only red, white and silver and it is just so pretty.   Taking it down is just so sad, even my husband who has no crazy Christmas attachment like I do says he loves Christmas tree glow.  It is also a great baby distraction right now when she is a little fussy.  Can you see I don't really want to do this.  I will look at the bright side, the start of a new year means longer days and the thought that summer is on its way.

To end my 10 days of cookies, I ended with I think the best of all.  Potentially one of the best cookies I think I have ever made.   The title says it all really.  Enjoy.

10 Days of Cookies - Day 7 - Butterscotch Rolo Chex Bars

I guess offering up myself to do 12 days of cookies with a new born was a little keen of me.  At present I don't think I will get through to day 12 before the year is over.   How about 8, 9 or 10 days of cookies.

The last couple days have been a whirlwind, as I am sure it has been for many of you.   Two turkey dinners and a breakfast with our families. I am stuffed.   It was exciting though,  as it was our first Christmas with Samantha.  Although she has no understanding of anything that is going on,  it was still fun to dress her up in cute Christmas outfits and put gifts in front of her she can't open. She has been my favorite gift thus far.  As she gets older I know Christmas will only get better and she gets excited about Santa, get togethers with the family and of course, baking with her mom.

I hope everyone has enjoyed all their festivities so far.   Enjoy these bars before the new year diet starts.  You could even have these bars for breakfast, they have cereal in them.

Butterscotch Rolo Chex Bars

INGREDIENTS:

• 6 cups rice checks
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup Skor bits
• 3/4 cup butterscotch chips 
• 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup mini Rolos
• 3/4 cup chocolate (semi sweet or dark ) for on top drizzle

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Combine rice checks, skor bits and Rolo in a very large bowl. 

2) In a medium sauce pan combine corn syrup and sugar.  Bring to a boil over medium heat, boil for 1 minute.   Remove from heat and add chips.   Stir until melted and smooth. 

3) Cover chex mixture with the warm mixture.  Stir to combine and cover the chex well.   Press into a 9x3 pan.  Let cool completely. 

4) Melt chocolate in a double boiler, drizzle over the bars and let set.   Cut into squares. 

Move over rice krispies, Chex bars are very very delicious.  Maybe it was all the chocolate and caramel, either way I will be making more Chex bars in the future.