What do you do when you’ve changed a recipe so much that the original name no longer makes sense?
Well, naturally, if you’re the Shiputzim family, you hold a contest to come up with an appropriate alternate appellation. (Try saying that five times fast…)
For instance, when I took the almonds out of a recipe called Almond Chocolate Cookie Bars and replaced them with colored sprinkles, we all submitted our favorite suggestions and then took a vote.
The winner?
No-Name Bars.
Generic yet to the point, the name tends to elicit a few raised eyebrows from our guests, but, hey, it works for us…
Loosely adapted from the “Hershey’s Homemade” (1991) cookbook
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup oil (i.e. 200 grams margarine במקור)
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 package chocolate chips
- Colored sprinkles (or very coarsely chopped nuts)
Directions
Beat oil and sugars. Add egg and vanilla. Mix in flour. Press batter into greased or baking-paper-lined 9x13 pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool for five minutes.
Pour chocolate chips over crust. As the chocolate melts, use a spatula to spread over the entire crust. Decorate with sprinkles. Cut into bars while still warm, and then leave them to cool (and the chocolate to harden) in the pan.
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I'm sure that a favorite of your kids. With sprinkles and chocolate, how could you miss? I notice all bars use similar base ingredients, though you can play around with oil vs. margarine. But what I discovered for my usual bars I make (it's essentially the same as the blondies recipes in the latest Kosher by Design, though I had it from another cookbook that was written before I was married) is that substituting all the margarine with oil detracts from the texture. So I usually do about half and half. I applied the same principle to adapting the oatmeal chocolate chip bars I make.
ReplyDeleteyum, yum and more yum! thanks for our treat and baking activity idea for the weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteEven with no name I am sure it is a hit!
ReplyDeleteAriella - Using half margarine and half oil sounds like an excellent compromise.
ReplyDeleteGalit - Let me know how they come out if you decide to make them...
Ilana-Davita - The kids enjoy them and tend to make them fairly often, because they're quick and easy.
You're right--these are a lot like my toffee bars (but without the nuts). My son is not so fond of nuts, but he loves sprinkles. I may have to make him some no-name bars! Thanks for a great idea.
ReplyDeleteLaura - This nut-free version was originally inspired by an allergic guest, but since some of the Shiputzim kids aren't huge nut fans anyway, the sprinkles became a permanent replacement (hence the new name).
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