Wanna know something??

I’m kinda jealous of the Mom’s who have kids in school now. You’re back to a schedule. Back into a routine. As much as you hate it, I know you secretly love it!

I sooooo desperately need to get back into a “routine”.

I’ve already got my day routine for when my daughter starts school on SEPTEMBER 6th!

7:30 wake up

8:30 leave house

9:00 drop off kid and head over to Park

Walk / Run / Bike for an hour

Home to garden, shower, shop, (bake?)

3:00 head back out to pick up kid

5:30 make dinner

7:30 get kid ready for bed

9:00 lights out for kid

BLOG TIME!!

11:00 lights out for me

Here’s hoping I can stick to it!

This past summer it’s been more like:

9- ish… maybe later, wake up

Maybe brush my teeth and put on bra at some point…

Surf Internet, Pintrest, Blogs, games, etc…

Oh, is it lunch time already?

Do “Stuff”

Crap, where did the day go? Dinner time??

Whew, it was a long day! Time to chill out with the laptop.

Wait a second, it’s 10 pm? Why is the kid still up?

Crap, tomorrow, you’r going to bed at 8!

Darn it! Another day lost.

At least it wasn’t a complete loss the day I made these Turtle Bars!

Turtle Shortbread Bars – Adapted from BH&G Cookie Classics

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.

For the Shortbread Crust
1 C flour
1/2 C packed brown sugar
1/2 C butter

Mix together to form a crumble mixture. Press into 13 x 9 inch pan. Bake for 15 minutes

For the Turtle Filling
1 14-oz can sweetened condensed mild
2 tea vanilla
1 C chopped pecans
1 C coconut
1 C chopped pretzels

Combine Condensed Milk and vanilla. Once crust is done, add pecans, coconut, and pretzels on top. Drizzle milk mixture over fulling and bake for 25 – 30 minutes until filling is set.
Cool 10 minutes.

For the Topping
20 vanilla caramels
2 Tbls milk
1 C chocolate chips

In a small saucepan combine caramels and milk and cook over med-low heat until caramels are melted. Sprinkle 1/2 of the chips in the pan then drizzle caramels over the bars. Add remainder of chips. Cool completely and then cut into 48 (36) bars.

These little bars were sweet and salty with the added pretzels. (The original recipe called for 2 cups of pecans.) Also, I used three different sized chocolate chips – mini and regular chocolate chips and mini Hershey Kisses.

And with these buggers around, it’s no wonder why I don’t get anything done.

Turtle Shortbread Bars

by Karyn Granrud

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Keywords: bake coconut caramel shortbread bars

Ingredients (24 bars)

For the Shortbread Crust

1 C flour
1/2 C packed brown sugar
1/2 C butter

For the Turtle Filling

1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp vanilla
1 C chopped pecans
1 C coconut
1 C chopped pretzels

For the Topping

20 vanilla caramels
2 Tbls milk
1 C chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.

For the Shortbread Crust

Mix together to form a crumble mixture. Press into 13 x 9 inch pan. Bake for 15 minutes

For the Turtle Filling

Combine Condensed Milk and vanilla. Once crust is done, add pecans, coconut, and pretzels on top. Drizzle milk mixture over filling and bake for 25 – 30 minutes until filling is set.

Cool 10 minutes.

For the Topping

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Aimee - ItsOverflowing.com

Thursday 6th of September 2012

These look SO GOOD! Thanks for sharing at It's Overflowing!

XO, Aimeehttp://www.itsoverflowing.com

Trish

Wednesday 5th of September 2012

I can't wait to try these out! They look divine! Pinning and featuring tonight :) Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!

Paula

I'm pretty sure you should come to my house and make these for me! :-) We'd love for you to link these up at our party! http://housewivesofriverton.blogspot.com/2012/09/riverton-housewives-round-up-31.html

The Mandatory Mooch

These look like a terrific treat. Thanks for linking up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. I hope you will link up again this week. The party will be live tomorrow night. www.mandatorymooch.blogspot.com I would also love it if you could add my party to your Linky Parties list.

Thanks, Nichi

Marlys-thisandthat

Monday 3rd of September 2012

Although I have no kids, I can't wait for my husband to be back in school (he going to University) as then we can get back into a routine of such...We have been sleeping in... not getting anything accomplished.... etc.etc. these bars looks spectacular. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday and hope you will join us next week with more great recipes. http://marlys-thisandthat.blogspot.com