Banana oatmeal chocolate chip bars

A great bar recipe to use those ripe bananas sitting in your counter! Plus you can have them for breakfast or snack, instead of that protein bar that comes in a box :)

Ingredients

2 ripe bananas

2/3 cups chocolate chips

1/3 cup oil

2/3 cup light brown sugar

3/4 cup of flour

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups quick or old fashioned oats

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray non stick 8x8 or 9x9 pan.

2. Mash the banana with a fork. Then add the oil and brown sugar until no lumps are left in the mix.

3. In another smaller bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, salt, and oats.

4. Mix into wet ingredients and add chocolate chips.

5. Bake for 15 min or until edges are golden. Let cool before cutting. (I ommited this step because they looked too good :)

John's Birthday Brownies

I just have one thing to say: This brownies were AMAZING! (Thanks to Katie for the book!)

John's Birthday Brownies 

Adapted from Ultimate Turtle Brownies (Betty Crocker)

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker Ultimate Fudge brownie mix (plus egg, oil, & water called for in mix)

36 caramels unwrapped

1 cup (or more) milk chocolate chips

3 tbsp whipping cream

Directions

Heat oven to 350F. Cover bottom of 9-inch square pan with parchment or foil paper and spray bottom with non stick spray and with flour. Make brownie batter as directed. Spread half the batter in pan. Bake 13-18 minutes, depending how fudgie you want them to be.

Meanwhile melt caramels and whipping cream on low heat in the a small saucepan.

Pour caramel sauce over partially baked brownie. Spread to withing 1/4 inch of edges. Spirnkle with a uniform layer of chocolate chips. Drop remaining brownie batter by small spoonfuls onto caramel layer. Add another layer of chocolate chips.

Bake 25-30 minutes longer or until center is almost set. (Be careful here not to over bake). Cool 1 hour at room temperature. Refrigerate covered for 1 hour before serving. Cut into desired size and enjoy!

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