Mixing Bowl: Recipes! Grand Prize Winners, Crumbs & Fake Noodles!

"When we preach Jesus Christ, oh!

Then we are not putting out the plates,

and the knives and the forks for the feast,

but we are handing out the Bread Himself."

Charles Spurgeon

Vacuum Cleaner Bars

I shared my Grand Prize title with Uncle Dave (there's always an Uncle Dave in the family!) who won with his Blueberry Zebra Yum Yum, I have to admit it was really good! So for all your summer celebrations I have included both recipes here for you to enjoy!

Linda's Vacuum Cleaner Bars

Ingredients for Bottom Layer:

• 1/2 cup butter, melted

• 1 pkg. yellow cake mix

  (sugar free if desired)

• 1 egg

Ingredients for Top Layer:

• 2 eggs

• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened

• 1 lb. powdered sugar

  (or 4 oz. monk fruit sweetener if desired)

• 1/2 cup flaked coconut

• 1/2 cup chopped nuts of choice

• Zest from 1 orange

Topping:

• Cool Whip (sugar free if desired)

• mint leaves

• 1 orange zested

• sugar free vanilla wafers (Vortman's) broken into pieces.

Directions for Bottom Layer:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9" x 13" pan with cooking spray.

2. Combine the butter, cake mix and one egg in a bowl, stirring until the dry ingredients are moistened.

3. Pat the mixture into the bottom of your pan.

4. Bake for 10 minutes.



Directions for Top Layer:

1. Beat remaining 2 eggs lightly

2. Beat in the cream cheese and the powdered sugar.

3. Stir in the coconut and nuts and orange zest.

4. Pour over mixture in pan.

5. Bake 40-50 minutes or until lightly brown.

6. Cool to room temperature before cutting into squares.

Topping:

1. Spoon a dollop of whipped cream (or frosting or ice cream!) on each bar.

2. Place a mint leaf on each.

3. Sprinkle orange zest on and then place your wafer pieces.

Evidence!

Uncle Dave's Blueberry Zebra Yum Yum

Ingredients:

• 12 graham cracker sheets

• 1 - 3.5 oz. 90% Cocoa Chocolate Bar

• 1 box of Chocolate Jell-O Sugar free instant pudding mix

• 1 box of White Chocolate Jell-O Sugar free instant pudding mix

• 1 cup of blueberries (fresh or frozen)

Directions:

1. Breakdown the graham cracker sheets into large crumbs and place them down as the first layer in a 9" x 13"casserole pan.

2. Melt all but one cube of the 90% Cocoa Chocolate bar and drizzle over the graham crackers.

3. Heat the blueberries until they burst and make a "gravy", pour over the first layer of graham cracker and chocolate layer. Refrigerate for 60 minutes.

4. Make the chocolate pudding and pour over the graham cracker and chocolate layer.

5. Make the white chocolate pudding and pour it over the chocolate pudding layer. Refrigerate for 60 minutes.

6. Shave the last cube of the Cocoa Chocolate Bar over the top.