Tuesday, January 4, 2011

8 Layer Cookies Recipe! Chocolate Ganache Topping, too! DIY Chocolates! Pour It On Cookie Bars! How to Make 7 Layer Cookie Bars - 7 Layers of #HEAVEN!! #EasyCookies #Yum! #OnlineGroceries! #5LayersOfHeaven #Bars #Biscuits

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Dis me, Ailsa Forshaw! lol! 
I love to bake nice things for my little family and mah' friends!

If you can Pour it, you can Make it! 

Soo easy - and I use the Graham Crackers, now, so then it's down to 5 Layers - Get to Pourin'! lol! 

 8 Layer Chocolate Ganache Squares!
😍😋

#Ingredients! Super easy to make!
Graham Cracker Crumbs: 1 1/2 to 2 Cups
Butter or Margarine, 4 oz, Melted
White Chocolate Chips
Chopped Walnuts
Shredded Coconut
Drizzle the whole thing with
1 Tin of Condensed Milk
Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes

Rough-chop Chocolate 🍫
Melt Chocolate & Whipping Cream, pour over the base
Refrigerate
Cut into small squares #delicious 😋 😊

(This is the closest I could make to See's #58, I think, the Walnut Chocolates - but, omg, get those, too! Yum!!)

Now I make the 5 Layers of Heaven Cookie Bars with only 4 Layers of Heaven - the list keeps getting smaller and smaller - lol! 

Try putting the Parchment Paper over your cookie tray (should have a rim, or it might just keep spreading, and could pour right over the edge of your cookie tray), and add a couple of extra pieces of Parchment Paper at the top and bottom, so it's super easy to lift the whole thing off the tray, after it's cooled down, about 20 minutes in the fridge, after it comes out the oven...

So, lift the whole thing off the tray, cut with a big knife, 15 across, 10 down, and you'll have 150 delicious pieces of candy - Heavenly Candy - at home! Chocolates, here we come! You're gonna love them...

Pop the whole tray into the fridge, you can take it out, again, in a bit, pick the whole thing up from the Parchment Paper, cut it along the same lines, you're done - and I always keep it in the fridge, and give it away - everyone loves it! : )

And now, for the more traditional 5 Layers of Heaven Cookie Bars : ) Please to enjoy - haha! : )

Yummm!!  7 Layers of Heaven Bars ARE heavenly!!  
I know because I've been eating them all day! lol!

They're the easiest cookies on the planet to make, because you are literally just pouring one ingredient on top of another, then pop it in the oven for 10 - 30 minutes, Voila!  Perfection!!  Delicious perfection!! 

You know what??  I just took these out the oven, and we're in this new place in Victoria, BC, Canada, right now - maybe not for long... we'll see, but the oven is soo stoopid and small, the heat was greater than it is in a normal oven, so my 7 Layer Cookies were ready waay faster than I thought they would be - and, here, I just checked them at the 10 minute mark, thought they'd be good 'til 20 minutes - 

Thank Goodness I checked them before that - aaargh!  Too many ingredients in these cookies for anything to go wrong, right??  

So check these as often as you need to, after the first 10 minutes : )

Oh, and I'm a little bit of a butter girl, so I actually use some butter, too, but you can decide that for yourself... I loooove it with butter! : )   

8 Layer Cookies, 7 Layer Cookies, 6 Layer Cookies, 5 Layer Cookies - you decide how many layers - lol! 

I just made the 7 Layer Cookie Squares with 4oz of margarine
Just melt one brick of margarine - worked like a charm!

(And I use about 3/4 of each package.. whatever it takes to sprinkle the bottom of the pan with each ingredient...depends on the size of the pan you use, and today I used closer to a 1/2 cup of butter, melted and mixed in with the graham crumbs)


Ingredients, in order: Enough of each ingredient to cover the bottom of the pan : )

Graham Cracker Crumbs - 1 1/2 to 2 Cups of Graham Crumbs

Butter or Margarine, 4 oz, Melted 
(pour on the Graham Crumbs)

Butterscotch Chips (optional)

White Chocolate Chips
                                                                
Chocolate Chips
                                                                
Chopped Walnuts... about a cup
                                                                
Shredded Coconut
                                                               
Drizzle the whole thing with 1 Tin of Condensed Milk


                                                                
Pop in the oven at 350 Degrees for about 20 to 30 minutes... just have a wee look and take them out when the coconut is lightly brown, and you can't wait another minute! lol!  Wait about 10 minutes for your fancy treats to cool down, then gently cut into 1 inch squares.. these are more like chocolates than a cookie, and although you will most likely eat these in two's or three's, make it look like you are more controlled by starting out with wee tiny squares! haha! 

Put them in the fridge to set, and cool completely. (I wait 'til they're really cold before I take them out of the pan, but it's waaay easier to lift them out of the pan if they have been cut in advance, when they're still warm...)

This is one of those dishes that the colder it gets, the better it tastes, so if you make them at night, they'll be ready for breakfast the following morning! (And lunch and dinner, too!) hahaha!

This recipe makes 52 squares. (Of Heaven!! hahaha!)


Check this out!  That is my ARM under the 7 Layer Cookie Bars - no kidding!  

I made them in my new turkey pan, because it has an amazing non-stick coating, just thought I'd try it, today, and tonight when I went to get the cookie squares out, I could barely get the knife in - these harden so quickly, it's critical that you cut them when they are still warm, or it'll be very tricky, later... so they're already scored from earlier, I slid the spatula under the cookie bars, expecting a couple of them to come up - you have to remove a couple (and maybe want to eat them! hahaha!) of the squares before you can get in with your spatula, but when I lifted them up, the entire thing came with it, so I felt I HAD to take a picture of that! lol!

I'm pretty sure I couldn't have planned that! And then I thought they might just all break apart, but they were still too cold from being in the fridge, where I keep these 7 Layer Cookie Squares, because they are soo good when they're really cold.  So I still had to use a giant knife to wedge between the rows, but the rows broke apart really easily, then I spun the giant cutting board around and cut each row into squares.  But that's so cool, right??

And I made the Shortbread today, as well, and will make the No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake (the one I call the 'marry me cheesecake', because whoever you make it for will want to marry you! hahahahaha!  I think it's the cheesecake! hahaha!  Can you tell I'm up waay too late, still getting this baking ready for Christmas, and now I'm too easily amused??), tomorrow - surely that's enough treats for Christmas, right?? hahaha!  






Okay, 'til next time!! Go haz you'self Lots of Delicious Treats! Ailsa : )



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I think this is such an amazing new service for your groceries - and anything you ever need from the grocery store - if you've ever had a time when you had a tiny baby, or you're super-busy (same thing - hahaha! All the New Moms will be laughing, now - lol!)..but if you're busy at work, or busy at home, or traffic, or you're busy binge-watching your favorite shows - hahahahaha! This might be the new wave of the future, right? Ordering your groceries online?

And I would imagine you would save a lot of money, since you would just buy what you actually need... might really work for dieting, too, since, well, if we're in the store, and be 'we', I mean 'me'...anyway, let's say I've got my grocery list, then I'm at the store, and I think, you know what, I'll just nick down the Candy Aisle, see if Chocolate is on sale (see how much I like Sale Chocolate - hahaha! Is it tastier, or just less expensive?? 

We'll never know! It's all gone, now - hahaha!)

Not that you couldn't just 'browse' for that, anyway... right? Me thinkin', now, o' course, where is the Sale Chocolate, online?? hahaha! But let's say you're you, and not me, and you have a LOT more self control than maybe ME do... so you order all the things you really wanted, and not just a whole cart full o' Wunderbars, on sale... hahahaha! Wouldn't THAT be fun - just a cartful of Sale Chocolate?? haha! Okay, clearly, me needs a treat! lol! : ) #SaleChocolate! Ha!

Okay, this is MY kind o' Luxury Reward - me always 'reward' mah'self wit' da delicious chocolates! hahaha!  

I loove Sees Candies - soo deeelish! The Walnut Squares (#43 - is it bad for me to know the number?? hahahahaha!) (I've got your number..oooh, is it #43??  I hope so! lol!) 

Ooh, and I see that Sees has a sale, right now! Yahoo! Sale Chocolate - yes, please! haha! Yum! Don't mind if ah' do...lol! : )

5 Layers of Heaven Cookie Bars

Okay, so, last night, we decided to use up the Graham Crackers I had in the cupboard, along with a can of Condensed Milk that I didn't want to go to waste... and I had picked up a bag of Coconut Flakes (yum!), and already had bags of Chocolate Chips, because they were on sale, so I got 2 bags...

And I think these cookies should be called Sprinkle Cookies, since, if you can open a bag and sprinkle it on, you can make these cookies - lol! That's just how easy they are to make! Yay! : )



 
I love Parchment Paper - never any clean up - nothing sticks - I love it! 

Just lay out the Graham Crackers on the pan, or use the Parchment Paper - both are totally okay : )


 Sprinkle on the Chocolate Chips - the whole bag : )

 
Sprinkle on the Coconut - the whole bag of coconut, too : )

 Pour on the whole can of Condensed Milk - yum! 

You don't even have to make it perfect - the heat in the oven will distribute the Condensed Milk evenly, no worries : )

 
I totally forgot about the Walnuts... so I took it back out the oven, just sprinkled the Walnuts on top - usually, the Walnuts would go on top of the Chocolate Chips, but, I like them like this, on the top - do whatever way you like! 

the Walnuts break the sugar, so you definitely want that - walnuts make the 7 Layer Cookies AMAZING - just give them a good chop, sprinkle them all over the 7 Layer Cookies!


 

We baked it for 10 minutes, then kept checking every so often - ended up taking it out 28 minutes in, according to my son - I totally thought about timing it, then forgot... someone was a'Tweeting - lol! (You got me - it was me! lol!) 

@AilsaForshaw Follow Me, Baby! : ) #Twitter! 


 

Score or cut the tiny squares as soon as it's cool enough, so it's not too hard to cut - this batch seems waaay easier to cut than the traditional, 7 or 8 Layers of Heaven Cookie Bars, though, soo... you might not have to race in to cut them, so quickly - but I did! lol! Jus' in case - plus, me wanted to try one - and now I've tried at least 5 - you know, just to make sure they're okay, and super delicious - haha! ; ) 

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Monday, January 3, 2011

#BridalPlasty: Janessa Gets a New Nose! : o ) (Yes, that's exactly what it looks like! lol!) #PlasticSurgery #Weddings


Janessa, you sly dog, you, and now with that new snout, man oh man, watch out, girls in da Bridal Plasty House!!  Janessa's out to be Number ONE!! lol!  Remember that Debbie Harry song, "I'm Gonna Be Your Number 1"?? haha! I used to always sing that, and for some bizarre reason or another, I really thought it affected the man I was with!! Made me his Number ONE!! hahahaha! (Okay, I'm just amusing myself, right now, thinking of that, and that I should totally try that again, see if it still works! hahahaha!  And maybe I'll get 'something done', too... it's hard not to think of that after you've just watched Bridal Plasty, then you go look in the mirror, think, 'Hmmm, what would I look like with the tiniest nose, ever? haha!  I think I'll let that thought pass me by, and I'll need to move away from L.A. as soon as possible, too, since you feel phenomenal pressure here to look perfect -- or fit someone else's idea of what is 'perfect'.. but you know what's really funny about actually living in Los Angeles, California?  I really don't come across very many truly beautiful people, here.  Nice people, normally attractive people, more than my share of sheer monsters (but enough about my workplace... buh-dum-bum! hahaha!  Oh, I kill me! haha! No one else, yet (yes, I'm afraid of going to jail, so I never do anything illegal.... enough to go to jail, God Forbid! lol! )...

Okay, sorry about that digression.. that has never happened to me, before... that I am willing to recall ; )

So Janessa has her new nose.  Could she breath after she got home in the Recovery Room?  And is Allyson on some wild and crazy painkillers that are making her pretend to fly in bed with her 'new arms'?? And are her arms still hideous, or is that just me??  Yick!  Why not just lift a few weights, Allyson?  I know you're not weighed down by a pesky job, or nuffin'.... or perhaps more weight lifting, less cake lifting??  Oh, I'm jam packed full of practical advice like that... I wonder why da fatties don't seek my counsel, no more, eh?? hahahahaha!  You know, I used to want to open a women's gym, but let's face it, I looove to work out with big muscley men... yum!  They're fun to watch, and they're waaay more willing to help me place the weights for my favourite 'Get Rid of Cellulite' exercises... (even happy to help! lol!)... but here's the thing about what happens when I'm saying to a woman who might like to get rid of her cellulite, or just to slim down, in general... almost invariably, the 'lady' (and I use that term fairly loosely... haha!) says she does not want to end up looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger, when I say the best possible way to lose weight and get nice arms and legs is to lift weights... any weights, just get to lifting them, the sooner, da better.. men never assume they will immediately be pumped up from a little weight training, but women do... funny, right?  How can I convince women to save their time and money, do some simple weight lifting tricks? I dinny know the answer to that... so no Women's Gym for me... maybe I'll open a Bar, instead!!  Would be waaay more fun, anyway, right?? Maybe I could combine them, so you're going around the weight machines, with a cocktail in one hand, a beer in the other, getting chattier and chattier the further you get into youse workout (what workout?? haha!)... Hmmm.  I'm looking for a new line of work, maybe that's what I should look into.... maybe I could serve desserts, too, since I loove to bake fancy treats... here's what I could do... I could bring in da customers with the offer of a Free Drink, show them around the weight machines, but make sure all the hotties were walking around, all hot, as hotties like to be.... then feed them full of Cheesecake and cookies, so they would leave happy, would gain back any weight they'd lost at the gym, and would be back for more the next day... see, now that's how to get repeat customers.... and all that from me wincing when I looked at poor Allyson's arms on Bridal Plasty, tongiht!! hahaha! 

Netty, poor Netty, was voted out of the Bridal Plasty house, tonight... but how poor is Netty?  Did you happen to see the rock on her finger?  And what, exactly, did she want to have done?  She was slim, pretty, lovely hair when she put it back... just a bad attitude, is all, and I'm pretty sure they canny correct for that at the Newport Beach Plastic Surgery Center, no matter how hard they try! lol!  These poor girls!  Too bad they can't pull a Heidi Montag, and get everything done while they're under the knife!  How handy would that be??  Just get a complete make-over in one fell swoop.  Would be easy... well, would be painful... and may or may not work out just like you wanted... and then you'd have to have that awkward conversation with your Mom about why you didn't like your genetic background, anymore -- just not marketable, Mom.... don't worry, your Mom will understand... maybe she can go in, too, have a few ribs removed, or something simple like that... how's the dog look? A little fat??  Ugh.  Nothing worse than an unattractive dog (or not fit for the Hollywood cameras, anyway) ... plastic surgery for pooches... sounds like a great idea, no?? hahaha!  Poor wee dogs!  If only we could love ourselves as much as we love our little dogs!!  Wouldn't that be a nice world?  Reminds me, I need a new dog!!  Must build a new house for new little doggie!! I'll get on that, right away! :)  (That's me, by the way... I had my smile fixed -- can you tell?  Now I look like every other smiley face in the world!! haha!  I draw a happy face on the board at school, all the time, for my students, who are hilariously funny, and who appreciate my sense of humour... I draw the two dots for eyes and the bracket smile, and stand beside it, say to them, 'Looks just like me, right?  Two eyes?  I've got two eyes... a smile... just like me -- and we all laugh and laugh... it's fun wee jokes like that that make your day a wee bit brighter, no?? haha!)

Who is this digressing all the time??  Is it still me??  Ugh.  This is not like me, at all.  Not at all.  That is the last time I have a wee drink during Bridal Plasty!! hahahaha! I laugh because that's clearly not the last time.... there are a few more episodes, so why would I even mislead you like that?  Makes no sense... I so sorry.  Sowwwy. Did you like the picture of Heidi Montag??  Good.  She did all that work for you, so I'm glad you like it.  Her, I mean.  It/her, whatever. Semantics, really.

You know one of my favourite moments on Bridal Plasty, tonight??  When Allyson, Eeyore-Allyson, says to Lisa Marie, THE most boring person I think I have ever seen on TV, and thus the very best possible competition for the truly motivated Janessa.... anyway, when down-in-the-dumps-Allyson tells Lisa Marie to 'snap out of it, pick yourself up, man'!! hahahaha!  Do you know how low you'd have to be for an Eeyore type to even begin to notice you needed to pick yourself up, cheer up a little?? hahaha!  Oh, man, this is seriously good TV!

I gotta tell ya', I thought those bouquets they made were hilarious!  Really, who doesn't know how to make a bouquet?  They're not being asked how to solve World Hunger, or how to build a simple rocket ship... nope, just put some pretty flowers together in the shape of a bouquet, tie them together in some fancy way, done.  Lisa Marie's sad attempt was soo hilarious, and Dominique's utter disgust for her flailing friend was fantastic.  I love that. 

Poor Kristen.  Are those new big boobs makin' her look stooopid, or was she like that when she got there?? haha!  Does she look like she's about to topple over?  Wouldn't it be hilarious if the plastic surgeon had to increase your foot size for every 'D Cup' you went up, so you wouldn't just topple right over?  Oh, I would laugh soo hard! Now that's the sort of thing that really appeals to my sense of humour! haha!  These girls... why don't they just have a baby, and they'll have huuge breasts before they know it?  They're about to get married, so just get to baby-makin', and save your money for a downpayment on a house, and you won't need to have your new giant bras custom made, either.... and why is Kristen always covering up her brand new breasts??  Always with the high neck tops and dresses, now, and how come the camera never really lets us have a good look at her?  You know waht I think is really funny?  Remember last week, when they kept showing Kristen with her top off, and just blurred her new boobs versus the 'old boobs'?  Did anyone else happen to notice that the new boobs are pointing outward, like one said to the other, "I'll meet you 'round back", and the other boob says, 'I'm already halfway there..." haha!  Really, she needs that gigantic bra just to make them stay in the middle! hahahaha!

We keep looking at Cheyenne's face to see how different her face looks with the new nose, but she's such a pretty girl, it's hard to tell. Maybe that's the mark of an excellent surgeon... you can hardly tell the difference, but you know the person looks really, really good... hmmm.  Or they topple right over... one or the other! lol!  Until next time, Love Thyself!  To Thine Ownself Be True, and all that (yes, well, I might have made some of that up...! lol!)  Oh, and Happy New Year!!!  Ailsa xox! :) (See, there I am, again.. two eyes, a smile, that's me, all right... :) lol!)I hope you're having THE best week, ever! Ailsa : )

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