Single Serving Peach Crisp

Last month in my Better Homes and Garden magazine, there was an article that had 50 ways to use peaches. The reipes were simple and quick. I tried one tonight, and it was so yummy!!!

-Remove skin from peaches

-Cut peach in half and remove core

-Mix some instant oatmeal, butter and brown sugar and sprinkle on each slice of peach

-I added some cinnamon to the top

-Bake at 375 until brown and bubbly

-If you want you can add some topping, like whip cream, ice cream, or vanilla frozen yogurt

Cheesy Chicken noodle skillet

I just love comfort foods, and Mac N'Cheese is just one of those foods. I like to try homemade mac n cheese recipes, and I think a lot of them bomb because they can just end up tasting too weird. I really liked this one, it's super quick and easy for those nights you need a quick fix, and bonus...there is a green veggie in it!

What You Need:

3 cups Egg noodles, uncooked

1 lb. Boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces

2 cups Frozen chopped broccoli

1/2 cup Fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth

4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed

1/4 cup KRAFT Real Mayo Mayonnaise

1 cup KRAFT Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese

BRING large saucepan of water to boil on high heat. Add noodles and chicken. Cook 8 min. or until chicken is cooked through and noodles are tender, adding broccoli to saucepan after 6 min. Drain noodle mixture; return to saucepan.

ADD broth, cream cheese and mayo. Heat just to simmer on medium-low heat. Simmer 2 to 3 min. or until cream cheese is melted and sauce is well blended, stirring constantly. (Note: I would have the cream cheese at room temp, that way you don't have to keep stirring the cream cheese into the noodles, eventually the noodles get a little starchy and start sticking together, so this will help to avoid that!)

ADD shredded cheese; stir 1 min. or until melted. Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley, if desired.

Wheat banana bread with Streusel-Nut Topping

Okay, so last week you may remember that I posted a banana bread recipe, and I mentioned that next time I wanted to try it with a crunch topping? Weirdly enough a few days later I was looking through my BHG magazine and there was a recipe for banana bread with a streusel topping...it was a must try....and it was a definately yummy recipe. I have been wanting to try banana bread with wheat flour and it turned out really good with this recipe, enjoy!!

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour (I used 1 cup all purpose and 1 cup whole wheat)
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 eggs, beaten
1-1/2 cups mashed banana (4-5 medium)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup cooking oil or melted butter or margarine (I used 1/4 a cup of butter which is a 1/2 cube butter and 1/4 cup applesauce instead)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts ( I ommited the walnuts in the bread and left it for the topping)
1 recipe Streusel-Nut Topping

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of one 9x5x3-inch or two 7-1/2x3-1/2x2-inch loaf pans; set aside. In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.

2. In a medium bowl combine eggs, banana, sugar, and oil. Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy). Fold in nuts. Spoon batter into prepared pan(s). If desired, sprinkle Streusel Topping over batter.

3. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes for 9x5x3-inch pan or 40 to 45 minutes for 7-1/2x3-1/2x2-inch pans or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean (if necessary, cover loosely with foil the last 15 minutes of baking to prevent overbrowning). Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before slicing.

4. Makes 1 loaf

5. Streusel-Nut Topping: In a small bowl combine 1/4 cup packed brown sugar and 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Using a pastry blender, cut in 2 tablespoons butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in 1/3 cup chopped walnuts.

Chicken Tacos

Forget going out to a a fancy Mexican resteraunt, these are killer and really easy. If you are intimidated to make Mexican food, don't be, this is a great one to try! Funny little story to go along with this recipe. Every time Chris's aunt comes to town, she begs Chris's mom to make these, and because she only gets a chance to eat these when she comes to town, she consumes like 12 of these babies, they are that good!!

1 garlic clove

1/2 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. oil, vegetable or canola

3 1/2-4 cups shredded chicken (I just boil 4 chicken breasts, and then run them through my food processor, so easy!(

12-15 corn tortillas (I just buy a big bag of corn tortillas-I will tell you what to do with them below)

Pinch of pepper

1/2 tsp. ground cumin

1 onion, chopped

2 (10 oz.) cans Rotel tomatoes (I drain one of the cans, and not the other)

grated cheese

shredded lettuce

Sour Cream

If you want, homemade guacamole, click here for recipe.

Mash garlic with salt to make a paste. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add onion and garlic paste. Cook unitl onion is tender. Add tomatoes, pepper and cumin. Stir in chicken. Cook uncovered, sitrring occasionally until liquid is obsorbed into meat. Taste and add more salt and cumin if needed.

For corn shells, get a skillet (or I use fajita skillet), and place a corn tortilla on it, cook 20 seconds on each side...this will make the corn shells sorft. Once cooked place in between 2 paper towels to keep warm and soft. Enjoy!!!

Cinnamon Banana Bread

I apologize if you want something besides bread recipes, but I have been on a bread kick lately. I don't know if it's because Fall is quickly approaching, and the smell of cinnamon and nutmeg cooking in my kitchen gets me real giddy for the fall. I don't know, either way, here's another recipe for ya!

By the way, this recipe called for 2 cubes of butter, yes, 2 cubes. But, I couldn't bring myself to cook with that much fat. So I used 1 cube of butter and 1/2 a cup of applesauce, and this cake was soooo moist! You are going to love it!

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup of butter (1 cube)

1/2 cup of applesauce (next time I am going to by the cinnamon applesauce to give it even more spice.)

2 ripe bananas

1/2 cup chopped nuts (I didn't add this, but it would be yum!)

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup flour (next time I am going to try half of it using whole wheat flour)

2 Tbsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

Cream sugars and butter. Add bananas and egg, mix well. Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake 350 for 30-35 minutes, or when toothpick is inserted and comes out clean. Cool in pan.

PS-when I dumped my batter into the pans, it looked like it wasn't going to be enough batter, don't worry, it bakes fine, it's not a HUGE fluffy bread, but it will rise a little.

EXTRA options:

-Next time I bake this, I am going to try combining some cinnamon, sugar and br. sugar and lightly sprinkling it on top of the bread, and then baking it, to kind of give it a coffee cake crunch

OR

frosting the bread with a cream cheese drizze.......either sounds like heaven

ENJOY!!

Zuchinni Chocolate Chip Bread

I LOVE trying new bread recipes. My neighbors brought me some huge Zuchinni's from their garden the other night, and the only thing I like to do with Zuchinni is make bread!! I grate it up and freeze them in ziplock's and then I can get quite a few batches of bread throughout the year. This recipe is so yummy because it has orange zest in it, and gives it an awesome flavor!!


Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 tablespoon orange zest


Directions
Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Grease (2) 9 by 5-inch loaf pans.

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, spices and baking soda.

In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, and continue beating until well blended. Stir in oil, vanilla, zucchini, pecans, chocolate chips, and orange zest. Stir in sifted ingredients. Pour into prepared loaf pans.

Note: I didn't mix the pecans in with the bread, I did a nutless loaf for my kids and then I just sprinkled some pecans on top of the adult loaf.

Bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove loaves from pans and cool.

Recipe taken from Food Network-Paula Deen

CranApple Crunch Muffins

I made these for breakfast this morning, and the kids loved them. I served it with Cran-Raspberry Juice, and it's a perfect combination.




CranApple Crunch Muffins

Ingredients
Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray

TOPPING
2 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
3 tablespoons Martha White® All-Purpose Flour
3 tablespoons old fashioned or quick-cooking oats

MUFFINS
1 (7 oz.) package Martha White® Whole Grain Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup milk

Preparation Directions
1. HEAT oven to 425°F. Lightly spray 6 medium muffin cups with no-stick cooking spray or line with paper baking cups. Combine topping ingredients in small bowl until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
2. COMBINE muffin mix, cranberries and walnuts in medium bowl. Add milk; stir just until moistened. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Sprinkle topping over batter. Bake 14 to 17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan; cool slightly. Serve warm or cool.

Prep Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Serving size: 6 muffins

Recipe taken from Martha White muffin mix

Roast with Creamy Ranch Gravy and New Potatoes

I made this for dinner last night, and I Loved how different this recipe is. The cream cheese and ranch make the potoes and gravy soooo yummy! Enjoy!


1 2-1/2- to 3-pound boneless pork shoulder roast
Nonstick cooking spray
1 pound new red-skinned potatoes, halved
1 10 3/4-ounce can condensed cream of chicken soup (I used 98% fat free)
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, cubed and softened (I used a lighter cream cheese)
1 0.4-ounce envelope ranch dry salad dressing mix
Freshly ground black pepper (optional)

Directions
1. Trim fat from meat. Lightly coat a large skillet with cooking spray; heat skillet over medium heat. In hot skillet brown roast on all sides. Remove from heat.

2. Place potatoes in a 3-1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker. Place meat over potatoes. In a medium bowl whisk together soup, cream cheese, and salad dressing mix. Spoon over meat and potatoes in cooker.

3. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 9 to 10 hours or on high-heat setting for 4-1/2 to 5 hours. Serve with freshly ground black pepper, if desired. Makes 6 servings.


Alternative Recipe:
Creamy Ranch Potatoes: Prepare as above, except omit pork roast, use 2-1/2 pounds potatoes, and substitute one 8-ounce carton dairy sour cream for cream cheese. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 7 to 8 hours or on high-heat setting for 3-1/2 to 4 hours. Stir before serving. Makes about 6 (1 cup) servings

Recipe taken from Better Homes and Garden Cookbook

No Fail Bread/Cinnamon Chip Bread/Cinnamon Rolls

Tuesday night we taught the girls how to make this for our YW's activity. This recipe was given to me by my friend Sharisse. This recipe can make 3 different recipes, and I will include all of them. If you are local and like Great Harvest bread, you have to try this recipe, it's a lot like theirs.






1st Recipe (The no Fail French Bread)



2 1/2 cups WARM water

2 Tbsp. yeast

3 Tbsp. sugar (add a little more for cinnamon rolls)

1 Tbsp. salt

1/3 cup oil

6 cups flour (if you want you can divide this into 5 cups white+1 cup wheat)



Add ingredients in order and mix well. Let stand for 10 min's and mix again. Do this 5 times. Form dough into 2 big loaves, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon chip bread, or 4 small circle loaves (and these are still pretty big). We took these around to our bishopric members, and they make cute gifts!!!



****When I make this bread at home, I am going to frost it with Cream Cheese frosting, yum!



****To make this into the cinnamon chip bread, just add 1/2 a bag of cinnamon chips with the last mixing. You can find cinnamon chips at the grocery store next to chocolate chips, or you can go to Kitchen Kneads or any specialty store and buy them.



****For the cinnamon rolls (after you follow the above items, except for adding the cinnamon chips)....

-Roll into rectangle

-Melt some butter and pour on top of dough

-ADD LOTS of cinnamon and sugar

-Add Dark Brown Sugar

-roll up lenthwise

-cut into cinnamon rolls

-let rise 20-30 min's

Bake 12-15 mins', and then frost with your favorite frosting recipe.

Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies

I am on a baking kick lately, maybe it's because we don't have a yard to play in this summer, we are stuck inside, and I can't let my kids watch TV hour after hour, so we have been baking a lot. I LOVE oatmeal cookies, but I hate raisins in cookies, so I found this recipe on the back of a Hershey's chips bag, and I LOVE this recipe! Enjoy!



Ingredients:1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2-1/2 cups quick-cooking oats
1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) HERSHEY'S Cinnamon Chips
3/4 cup raisins (optional, and I totally opted out!!)

Directions:1. Heat oven to 350°F.

2. Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in oats, cinnamon chips and raisins (batter will be stiff). Drop by heaping teaspoons unto ungreased cookie sheet.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes on until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. About 4 dozen.

BAR VARIATION: Spread batter into lightly greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350°F. for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool; cut into bars. About 3 dozen bars.

Recipe taken from Hershey's

Lemon Lime Bars

Tonight I made a batch of these. This is a good summer recipe. We had grilled salmon at Chris's parents and I wanted to make something that would go good with it. This is a keeper recipe for sure. Enjoy!

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons grated lime peel
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

FILLING:
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
Confectioners' sugar
Directions
In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in lime peel. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 13-15 minutes or just until edges are lightly browned.
Meanwhile, in another large bowl, beat eggs and sugar. Combine the flour and baking powder. Gradually add to egg mixture. Stir in lemon juice and peel; beat until frothy. Pour over hot crust.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Cut into squares. Store in the refrigerator.

Recipe taken from: Taste of Home

Grilled Bruschetta Chicken

2 new posts below!

I wish I would have taken a picture of this meal, because KRAFT food and family didn't have a printable picture, it's such a pretty meal when it's all cooked!!!

4 small Boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)
1/4 cup KRAFT Sun-Dried Tomato Dressing, divided
1 Tomato, finely chopped
1/2 cup KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp. dried basil

HEAT grill to medium heat.

COVER half the grill with sheet of heavy-duty foil. Place chicken in large resealable plastic bag. Add 2 Tbsp. dressing; seal bag. Turn bag over several times to evenly coat chicken with dressing. Refrigerate 10 min. Remove chicken from bag; discard bag and dressing.

PLACE chicken on uncovered side of grill; cover with lid. Grill 6 min. Meanwhile, combine remaining dressing, tomatoes, cheese and basil.

TURN chicken over; place on foil. Top with tomato mixture. Grill, covered
grill 8 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF)

Note: I used my George Foreman to cook this mean, let's be honest...my hubby is the one who runs the grill and he wasn't home from work yet. It still turned out yummy, but this would be KILLER on the grill. If you are looking to make something fancy for a cookout with friends or family, this one looks super impresive but is rediculously easy. ENJOY!

Recipe taken from KRAFT Food and Family Magazine

Chicken Bow-Tie Pasta Salad

This was such a yummy recipe for summer time! My husband usually hates pasta, but he loved this recipe, this one's a keeper!

2 cups Farfalle (bow-tie pasta), uncooked

2 cups fresh broccoli florets

1 pkg. (6 oz.) Grilled Chicken Breast Strips (find this in the frozen section or you can grill your own chicken and slice it up.

1 cup halved cherry tomatoes or 1 large tomato, cut into chunks

1/2 cup KRAFT Light Zesty Italian Dressing

1/2 cup KRAFT Natural 2% Milk Colby & Monterey Jack Cheese Crumbles

1/4 cup sliced black olives

1/4 cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

Make It
COOK pasta as directed on package, adding broccoli to the cooking water for the last 2 min. of the pasta cooking time; drain.

TOSS chicken, tomatoes, dressing, cheese crumbles and olives in large bowl. Add pasta mixture; mix lightly.

SPRINKLE with Parmesan cheese.

Recipe taken from Kraft Food and Family Magazine

Grilled Chicken Wraps

This is a new recipe I tried, and my family loved it! It's a great summer recipe!
Prep: 25 minutes Total: 34 minutes

1 Lb. Boneless Chicken Breasts
2 tsp. oil
1 cup Mexican Style Shredded Four Cheese (But, I used my favorite cheese for this. If you are local, I went to Gossners and picked up a bag of their nacho cheese. It has a kick!)
1 tomato, chopped
3 Tbsp. Zesty Italian Dressing
2 tsp. chili powder
4 flour tortillas (8 inch)

PREHEAT grill to medium heat. Brush chicken with oil. Grill 6 to 8 minutes on each side or until cooked through. Remove from grill, let stand 5 minutes before cutting into strips. Place in medium bowl.

NOTE: I used an indoor grill, you could also use a george foreman, if you didn't want to grill outside.

ADD cheese, tomatoes, dressing and chilli powder, mix lightly. Spoon evenly down centers of tortillas. Fold like a burrito.

GRILL wraps, seem side down, until grill marks are charred on tortilla on both sides.

Recipe taken from Kraft Food and Family Magazine

Homemade oreo cookies

For Father's Day I wanted to make something extra special, these are it! If you have never made homemade Oreo's before, this recipe is a must, beware, if you have a hard time with self control.... DO NOT MAKE THESE!! LOL!!



Cookie:
2 boxes Devil's Food Cake Mix
2 squares margarine
4 eggs

Stir above ingredients together. Roll into 1" balls and bake 350 for 10-12 minutes, long enough that the center is baked. After they cool, spread frosting on top of one of the cookies and top it off with another cookie.

Recipe for Frosting:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
splash of vanilla (about a tsp.)
one stick of butter-melted
powdered sugar, about 3/4 a bag

Enjoy!
These are better a day later, when they have time to sit and get super soft....yum!

Strawberry Shortcake waffles

These are the killer waffles that we ate on Easter morning....it put's Bisquick to shame!!!



2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
2 cups Gold Medal Flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. shortening

Heat waffle iron. Beat eggs; beat in remaining ingredients with beater until smooth.

Pour batter into waffle iron and cook until golden brown.

For the strawberry shortcake, we just cut up strawberries and pour sugar over the top and let them sit all night in a tupperware bowl. Then stir really well the next morning, top off the waffles with the strawberries and light cool whip. Enjoy!

Southwest Sandwiches

My husband claims that "This is the best sandwich EVER." These sandwiches definately have a KICK, but you can mellow them out for the kiddos. This recipe is great for leftover Roast. Don't worry if you cook your Roast with Lipton Onion soup, it will still work, in fact it's heavenly with the seasoning. So, buy a huge roast enjoy it while it's hot, stick it in the fridge and enjoy the leftovers the next day. Note: you actually want a leftover roast, or a roast that has been cooled in the fridge and is easy to slice.

Sourdough bread
Roast Beef
Whole Green Chillies (these are the large, long green chillies) about 1 chilli per sandwich.
Montery Jack Cheese

First take whole chillies and put them under a broiler. Check them every 2-3 minutes. Once they start getting dark and blistering, you will want to turn them and let all the sides of the chillies blister. (Note: Chris's family always grows chillies and jalepenos in a garden, and they always grow in a huge ABUNDANCE. You can put these in a ziplock bag and freeze them and use them all winter...they are great!!!)

Once your chillies are blistered, put them in a ziplock bag and let them sweat and cool down. Then (and you may want to use gloves), peel the skin off and then slice down the center of the chilli and open it up.


To assemble: butter 2 pieces of sourdough bread, then layer on thin slices of roast beef, then the chillies, then salt them pretty well, then add the cheese. (Note: We use I can't believe it's not butter spray, it's a pretty healthy sandwich!)

Here's what it will look like assembled (and yes we leave the seeds in, they are yummy, but if your a wuss, you can remove the seeds!!!)



Toast the sandwich on a skillet until both sides are brown and cheese is starting to melt.

**For the kids version, omit the chilli. Montery Jack isn't too hot, Isabella loves this sandwich!!! Enjoy!

Pretzel Salad

This is one of my favorite salads. Let's be honest, it really should be catogorized as a dessert. It's to die for, it hits the spot when you are having a salty/sweet craving. Enjoy!

crust:

2 cups crushed pretzels

2 Tbsp. sugar

3/4 cup melted butter

-mix together and press into 9x13 pan. Bake in 400 degree oven for 5 minutes. Completely cool.

Mix together:

1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened

1 cup sugar

1 15oz. can crushed pineapple, drained

Fold in 8 oz. container of Cool Whip and put on top of crust.

Pour over crust

Dissolve 2 small pkg. raspberry jello into 2 cups boiling water. Add 2 10 oz. pkgs. frozen raspberries and let set until syrupy. Pour GENTLY (and I mean gently, so it doesn't mix with cream cheese mixture) over cream cheese mixture. Set in refrigerator.

NOTE: pretzel sticks are easier to crush

Cafe Rio's Tomatillo Ranch Dressing

This ranch dressing tastes exactly the same as Cafe Rio's, I LOVE it!

1 Hidden Valley Ranch buttermilk ranch dressing mix (prepare as per package)
2 tomatillos
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 clove garlic
juice of 1 lime
1 jalepeno (with seeds if you want it spicy)
Blend all ingredients in a food processor. Add ranch that you prepared and blend 15 more seconds.

Enjoy!

Gooey Turtle Bars

What is it about this cold crappy weather that makes you want to stay inside and eat an entire pan of something covered in chocolate, is it just me?? Well, if you like chocolate (and caramel) here's a recipe for you!!

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 1/2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs ( I did a little more than 1 1/2 cups I was closer to 1 3/4 maybe even 2-I really like my graham crust thick!!!)

2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate morsels (I used the mini chocolate chips, they are just so cute!)

1 cup pecans (I bought the pecans that are already cut up really small)

1-12 oz. jar caramel topping (I prefer Mrs. Richardson brand, either butterscotch caramel or just plain caramel-it's really rich!) They come in 16 oz. bottles, and for those of you that know me, know that I think if 12 oz. of caramel is good, 16 oz. has got to be better, so I used ALMOST an entire jar.

COMBINE butter and wafer crumbs together and press firmly into a 13x9 pan. Sprinkle with chocolate morsels and pecans.

REMOVE lid from caramel topping, microwave at high for 1 minute. Stir and microwave another 30 seconds. Drizzle over pecans.

BAKE 350 for 12-15 minutes or until morsels are almost completely melted ( I like the look of the mini chocolate chips, so I let mine semi melt)

COOL in pan. Chill at least 30 minutes. Cut into squares.