Um... YUM!

I made these tonight and they are de-lish. I promise to have something witty and poignant for the next post. I figure, though, that every once in a while I'll post a tasty recipe and maybe if I do it often enough, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams will make a movie about me. So, here's the first:

S'Mores Cookie Bars

1 stick (or 1/2 cup) of butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (I actually probably used a little over a cup)
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
4 HERSHEY's Milk Chocolate bars
1 thingy of Marshmallow creme

Directions:
1. Beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla, beat savagely. In another bowl, stir the flour, graham cracker crumbs, salt and baking soda. Add to the flour mixture and beat it until it begs for mercy. Press half of the dough into a greased/buttered 8x8 baking dish.

2. Arrange the Hershey bars on top of the dough (you'll need to break some of 'em to make 'em fit). Spread the marshmallow creme on top of the chocolate bars. This is the hard part because the candy bars want to stick to the spoon or whatever you're using to spread the seemingly un-spreadable marshmallow creme. Also, the marshmallow creme will somehow find it's way to things and objects you never knew it ever even made contact with. As I type this, it's on my wrist and on the recipe itself. I'm sure next time I use the computer, it'll be stuck all over the monitor...but I digress. Spread the remaining dough on top of the marshmallow creme and press it to form a layer of sticky, doughy goodness.

3. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until lightly browned. The dough itself is kind of a light brown color, so you may not notice when it is lightly browned. Just leave it in until you get scared that you may be burning it. If it is really brown, you've ruined it. Nice going.

4. Let it cool and then cut it into bars. It may be so enticing that you eat it straight out of the dish. It's up to you. Just remember that if you put your entire face into the dish, you're going to get marshmallow creme all over your face and in your hair and then onto your brush and your pillow and so on.

5. Act coy when people tell you how wonderful they are. Hide your face in your hands and blush as though you are embarrassed by the praise being heaped upon you even though you are secretly relishing it. Tell them that it's really nothing and it took you no time at all. Tell them you just threw a bunch of items from your pantry together and voila! Tell them they are so easy to make that even they can do it. But, if they suck, for God's sake don't tell them I gave you the recipe.

Enjoy!