Lillian's Cupboard

No-Bake Club Cookie Squares

quilt32 — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:02:04 +0000

This recipe is adapted from one on Delightful Country Cookin’. It’s easy to mix and heat in just one pan and requires no baking – just 30 minutes of chilling time. The squares are delicious – crispy with a sweet, creamy peanut butter topping.

NO-BAKE CLUB COOKIE SQUARES

24 Club crackers
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs (3 graham strips)
2 Tblsp. undiluted evaporated milk
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
¼ cup milk chocolate chips (Ghirardelli)
1/4 cup peanut butter chips

Butter an 8×8 inch pan

Line the bottom of a buttered 8x 8 inch baking pan with a single layer of 12 crackers; set aside.

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat; add sugars, graham cracker crumbs and milk. Heat over medium-high heat until sugars dissolve, stirring often – about 1 minute. Spread over mixture crackers in pan. Arrange another single layer of 12 crackers on top; set aside.

In the same medium saucepan combine peanut butter, chocolate chips and peanut butter chips and heat over low heat until melted, stirring until smooth and creamy. Spread over crackers and chill about 30 minutes until firm.

Cut into 16 squares to serve.

Can be stored without refrigeration at temperatures under 75 degrees.

Goodbye, Darlene – RIP

quilt32 — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:09:00 +0000

Two years ago, Darlene and I were commenting on each other’s posts when she surprised me by asking if she could telephone me some time. We were fellow Ohioans (she was transplanted from Indiana), separated by about 100 miles. I agreed and that began two years of 45-minute phone conversations every Tuesday at 5 PM. It was like having an over-the-back-fence conversation with a friendly neighbor. We talked about everything – quilting, sewing, crocheting, cooking, family, our past, TV shows, favorite bloggers – there was never an awkward pause trying to think of something to say. Darlene’s blog posts were full of LOLs and so were her phone calls – she was both interesting and interested and 45 minutes passed quickly.

A year ago, she told me about a lump she had developed on her jaw which she didn’t consider serious but the doctor insisted on further tests. She was diagnosed with lung cancer. She never stopped being fun, interesting, cheerful and optimistic.

We had talked about meeting at a halfway point somewhere but time went by and she became too sick to travel. A month ago, Darlene said, “I guess we’ll never meet, but I’ll see you in heaven.” I asked my daughter to drive me to Columbus from our home near Cincinnati and we spent a pleasant afternoon with Darlene, her husband, her dog Maggie, and her cat Pancho.

From that time, Darlene’s condition worsened and on our last phone call, even though her husband had to bring the phone to her bedside, she said she was doing “pretty good”.

Darlene’s husband called yesterday to tell me that she had passed away at 8 PM on Saturday night.

Tuesdays at 5 PM will never be the same.

Darlene’s blog:

http://darlenesquiltsandstuff.blogspot.com/

100th Birthday Mini-Quilts

quilt32 — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:47:00 +0000

Yesterday, I posted a tribute to my father on what would have been his 100th birthday. To commemorate the occasion, I also made three mini-quilts to fit on a tri-stand that I got for Mother’s Day.

The pictures represent his childhood, his family and his beloved horses.

I had the perfect backing using scraps from a previous quilt for my horse-loving grandson.

My daughter bought the stand at the April Cincinnati quilt show and it is the 4×9 Scroll Tri-Stand available through www.ackfeldwire.com.