I want more Smores!!

What a fun summer treat. Reminds me of when I went camping with Girl Scouts. I make mine for my kids indoors. Not too big a fan of starting a fire in the backyard :)

Preheat oven to 325. Line a pan w/ foil to avoid having your house smell of burned marshmallows (ask me how I know!)

Place 1 half of a graham cracker on the pan and top w/ 3 rectangles of Hershey's chocolate. Place 1 jumbo marshmallow on the chocolate and bake in the oven for about 6 minutes. Take another half of cracker and gently smoosh the marshmallow down.

Enjoy the ooey, gooey, goodness!!

Baked Bananas

Looking to use up those nasty blackend bananas? Here is a super easy recipe!

1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pinch salt (optional)
7 ripe bananas


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a saucepan over medium-high heat, mix together cornstarch and sugar. Gradually stir in water. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in butter, lemon juice, nutmeg, and salt.
Peel bananas, and place in a casserole dish. Drizzle sauce over bananas.
Bake in a preheated oven for 12 minutes. Serve warm.

Chocolate Chip Cake Bars

This is soooo easy and my kids loved it. I always have these ingredients on hand, so I decided to do something with them!

1 pkg yellow cake mix (I suppose chocolate would do as well)
2 eggs
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup water
2 cups (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips, divided
1 tbsp shortening

In a bowl, combine the 1st 5 ingredients. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in 1 1/2 cups chips. Spread into a greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes until lightly browned and a toothpick comes out from the center clean. Cool on a wire rack. Melt the shortening w/ the reamining chips and drizzle over the top. Cut into bars. Makes about 3 dozen.

**Note**
You can also add in 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Strawberry Banana Trifle!

This trifle is sure to please anyone! I tend to make this for Easter. It looks so yummy and pretty piled up nicely in a trifle bowl!

1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
3 cups cold milk
1 (9 inch) angel food cake, cut in cubes
4 bananas, sliced
1 (16 ounce) package frozen strawberries, thawed
1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Prepare pudding with milk according to package directions. In a trifle bowl or other glass serving dish, layer half the cake pieces, half the pudding, half the bananas, half the strawberries and half the whipped topping. Repeat layers. Cover and chill in refrigerator 4 hours before serving.