Family Around the Table

Gathering Family Around The Table for Good Food and Good Conversation

Cinnamon Pecan Bars #BackToSchool

by 4 Comments

Click to share!

Cinnamon pecan bars are a yummy lunch box treat or snack.

I’ve always been more of a traditional cookie fan than a bar cookie person. However, recently, I’ve been making more and more bar recipes, including this one for cinnamon pecan bars. I didn’t get to do all of the holiday baking I had wanted to last holiday season. Both my son and I were sick with pneumonia. He spent a night in the hospital before Christmas  I spent a week in the hospital after Christmas. Let me tell you, that was not fun. So, need less to say, I have quite the collection of nuts, a variety of chips and caramels on hand.

This recipe, from Taste of Home, had been in my “to try” file so I thought it would be perfect for this back to school event. It’s perfect for a lunch box, with your coffee or tea for dessert, or when your kids get home from school. Doesn’t everyone like to find a treat in their lunch or come home to one for dessert?

Cinnamon chips may be difficult to find outside of the holiday season. They are Hershey’s brand and may be available on line. A baking supply site might be the best place to look. So with that said, this would also be a nice addition to a holiday goodie tray.

Print
Cinnamon Pecan Bars

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Yield: About 2 dozen bars.

Ingredients

  • 1 package butter pecan cake mix
  • 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup cinnamon baking chips
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease an 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and brown sugar.
  3. Add eggs, vanilla and melted butter and mix well. Stir in pecans and milk chocolate and cinnamon baking chips.
  4. Spread into prepared pan.
  5. Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by Yummly Rich Recipes
https://familyaroundthetable.com/2017/07/21/cinnamon-pecan-bars/

Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.

Check out these back to school recipes perfect for snack, lunch and more! Thank you to Cynthia from Feeding Big for hosting this week long event. Check back each day for new recipes!

Banh Mi by Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Cinnamon Pecan Bars by Family Around the Table

Gingered Shrimp and Veggie Bowl by A Day In The Life on The Farm

Ham and Cheese Rolls by Cooking With Carlee

Whole Wheat Olive Oil Crackers by Caroline’s Cooking

 

Don’t forget to Pin!

Cinnamon pecan bars are a yummy lunch box treat or snack.

Easy Cake Mix Bars – Perfect for After School

by 2 Comments

Click to share!
Easy Cake Mix Bars
Easy Cake Mix Bars

I was given a complimentary copy of the Simple & Delicious cookbook to review, with no obligation. All opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links meaning I will receive a small commission if you purchase through the link.

I really love the new Simple & Delicious Cookbook from Taste of Home. This recipe for Easy Cake Mix Bars is on page 332 but they are so easy and my kids loved them, I thought I would share them with you. This recipe is doing triple duty this week. My blogger friend, Maureen, at Red Cottage Chronicles does a feature on her blog called Taste of Home Tuesdays. Today is the first time I am participating but it won’t be the last. Taste of Home is one of the regular websites I visit when I’m looking for a particular recipe. I know I can trust the recipes because they are submitted by people like you and me who like to cook. I know their test kitchen tries all the recipes they publish giving me even more confidence that they will not only work, but be good, too.

Second, I’m trying to reinstate my 52 Week New Recipe Challenge so this is week 9’s recipe. Not sure I can catch up by the end of the year but I’ll try.

Cake Mix Bar
Cake Mix Bar

So, after my kids went back to school, I wanted to make a new treat for them when they came home “starving”. I was looking for really easy and also did not want to go to the store for any ingredients. I know, a tough bill to fill. So, I took to my preview copy of the Simple & Delicious Cookbook. This recipe spoke to me…easy, cake mix, white chocolate chips, jimmies. So I set off to make it. When my kids arrived home from school, “starving”, they were pleasantly surprised with their festive treat. These cake mix bars are also perfect for a birthday or holiday. They are so festive with the addition of jimmies. Mix up the jimmies (you may call them sprinkles), using red, green and white for Christmas or pastels for spring. I also think they would make a great base for an ice cream sundae.

If you’d like your own copy, you can purchase through this affiliate link. Or in my shop on my Facebook page.

Print
Easy Cake Mix Bars

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Total Time: 23 minutes

Yield: About 3 dozen

Serving Size: 1 bar

Easy Cake Mix Bars

Ingredients

  • 1 yellow cake mix (I used Duncan Hines)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup 2% milk
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup white baking chips
  • 1/2 cup jimmies (sprinkles)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine the yellow cake mix, egg, milk and oil. Stir in white baking chips and jimmies. Spread into a greased 15x10x1 - inch baking sheet.
  2. Bake 18 - 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes our clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.
  3. To freeze the bars: Freeze in freezer containers. Thaw in covered containers before serving.

Notes

The number of bars you get will depend on the size you cut them.

Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by Yummly Rich Recipes
https://familyaroundthetable.com/2016/09/13/easy-cake-mix-bars/

Recipe source: Taste of Home

apple-desserts

Joining me this week is fellow blogger and TOH Volunteer Food Editor Maureen from Red Cottage Chronicles who is sharing her review of an easy TOH recipe for Apple Roly-Poly!

 

cakemixpin

 

Copyright Notice 2010 – 2017

Ellen Folkman and Family Around The Table 2010-2017. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of material contained within this blog, either photographs or written copy, without express and written permission from this blog's author (Ellen Folkman) and/or owner (Ellen Folkman) is strictly PROHIBITED. Excerpts and links may be used, provided full and clear credit is given to Ellen Folkman and Family Around The Table with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. If unauthorized content is found on the world wide web, owner of copyrights (Ellen Folkman and Family Around The Table) will take appropriate action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Google+