Pot Roast and Magic Cookie Bars
An easy crockpot dinner and a quick treat for your sweet-tooth
You can start this meal at anytime of day, but my personal favorite way to make this meal is starting it right before work. That is the beauty of the crockpot, you can set it and forget about it! Before we dive in to this recipe let's gather the ingredients.
🥩 Components for The Ultimate Yum 🥩 :
- 1 1/2 Lbs of cubed stew meat (or 1 1/2 Lbs of pork roast, uncut)
- 1/2 Lbs of baby carrots
- 1 Lbs of petite golden potatoes
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 medium onion
- 1 package of McCormick Brown Gravy mix (or gravy of your choice)
- season to taste of each: salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and SeasonAll
- 1 cup of water
Yum loading (The Process):
- Line your crock-pot with a slow cooker bag, then turn on the crockpot on low heat. If you aren't cooking this in the morning, put it on medium heat. Season the meat thoroughly 🧂 with the garlic and onion powder, salt, pepper and SeasonAll, then place in the crockpot and cover with the lid 🥘
- Wash the carrots 🥕 and potatoes 🥔 and then roughly chop them into bite sized pieces, however, not too small that they turn into mush once done cooking.
- Dice celery and onion into small, even slices, as these vegetables are only there to provide additional hints of flavor, not to stand out in the dish. 🧅 🥒
- Toss in all of the chopped veggies with the meat. Mix the cup of water with the packaged gravy mix and pour evenly over the meat and veggies, recover with the lid.
Once everything is in your crockpot you can let the dish cook while you are out at work or whatever your day
leads you
to. Only let the dish cook a maximum of 8 hours, to avoid overcooking the vegetables. If you are cooking
this a
couple
hours before dinner time and decide to put it on medium heat, 5 hours is the maximum time.
Once the dish is cooked I like to pair the dish with a nice glass of red wine 🍷 and await my magic cookie
bars
in
the oven 😋
🍪 Magic Cookie Bars! 🍪
The magic cookie bars are an easy delicious way to satisfy your sweet-tooth after this savory dinner. One pan and virtually no clean up, this is a tried and true favorite! Let’s get into the magic of these bars shall we?
✨ Ingredients For The Magic ✨:
- 1 cup of coconut flakes (unsweetened)
- 1 cup of butterscotch chips
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
- 1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cups of graham cracker crumbs
- 1/2 cup of butter
- 1/2 cup of chopped nuts (optional)
🪄 The Transformation Process 🪄 :
- Put the butter into a 13 X 9 inch baking pan and place into cold oven, once in the oven, heat it to 350 degrees (fahrenheit), and once the oven has reached optimal temperature remove the pan, the butter should be well melted, place pan on a heat safe surface ♨️
- Coat the bottom of the pan with the graham cracker crumbs and mix well with the butter to make a ‘crust’.
- Pack down the crumbs into a nice even layer, then cover with the sweetened condensed milk. (For a fall touch, mix the sweetened condensed milk with pumpkin pie filling 🥧)
- Spread the coconut flakes, chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and optional nuts on to the top of the cookies. (For a 🎄christmas 🎄 touch use crushed peppermint and white chocolate chips in place of the butterscotch chips and chocolate chips)
- Cover with aluminum foil and then place back into the oven for 30 minutes ⏲
Remove from the oven and let cool, cut, serve and enjoy! These bars are always a hit at potlucks and gatherings. This recipe is extremely customizable and can accommodate many substitutions to account for food allergies.
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