These cookies are called Jim Bars in honor of the friend who got me hooked.  The children love them. My partner doesn’t agree they are a cookie and tends to call them candy or fudge.

No Bake Peanut Butter Bars

2 c. powdered sugar
2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 c. peanut butter
3/4 cup butter, melted
2 c. (12 oz.) milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted.

Spray 9 x 9 in pan with Pam. Mix confectioners’ sugar, graham crackers, peanut butter and butter in medium bowl until well blended. Scrape into ungreased baking pan and press into even layer. Spread melted chocolate over top. Let sit 20 min and then slice into bars. Refrigerate until firm. Then cut again in the places you cut earlier.

Ok this recipe is really called Kathy’s Delicious Whole Slow Cooker Chicken.

It is called explosively good because well, we have a little microwave. It doesn’t defrost very well and the chicken was frozen this morning. I ran it through the defrost, but it wasn’t quite defrosted enough to stick in the slow cooker. If I was oven cooking it, I would have shrugged and stuck it in the oven, but I wasn’t. I hit the button to defrost some more, but I think perhaps I forgot to hit defrost. 10 min later I had a mess in the microwave-thus the explosive. You can skip that part.

We had it for dinner tonight. The kids LOVED it. They want it again. I doubled the broth part because I was worried it wouldn’t be enough in my big crockpot-things often aren’t. I didn’t need to worry. I also skipped the skinning the chicken part. I put it breast side down in the crockpot for most of the cooking, then turned it over about an hour before I served it. It wasn’t necessary but shrug. I did.

I served it with rice on the side and ladled a bit of the juice/sauce over the top of that and vegetables. In any case, the family loved it. It made for a delicious chicken-y scent in the house too. We walked in from a busy day and dinner smelled yummy.

It made a nice busy day dinner and a nice change of pace from our usual roasted chicken.

Thanks to KathyP100 for a fab recipe for my family.

This one is easy, light and delicious. Give them a try.

I have a confession to make. I hate making cookies. I hate the 10 minutes, pull the tray out, make another tray hoopla. I also am not a big cookie fan. Of course, that doesn’t matter to the rest of my family, so cookies I bake. My kids can sometimes be conned into mostly bar cookies though.

That is where this recipe comes in. Quick, easy, bar cookies.

Beat until foamy 2 eggs

Beat in 1/2 cup sugar

Sift together and stir in 1/2 cup sifted flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix in 1 cup cut up walnuts, 2 cups finely cut up dates.

Spread in a well greased 8″ square pan. Bake until top has dull crust. Cut into squares while warm. Cool. Remove from pan. If desired, dip in confectioners sugar.

350 F. 25-30 minutes