http://www.publicradio.org/columns/prairiehome/sundberg/2013/07/05.shtml
Well...early into the kitchen to fire up the oven before the humidity and heat affect the comfort zone of an air conditioned house. It has been wicked hot here, and never having been much of a hot weather kind of person, I figured I had better get these bars done in the cool of the morning.
I have to say, I LOVE salty and sweet. My Mister does as well, but he is off in the Pacific somewhere for 6 weeks, I know not exactly the location, but we have some contact still. He called yesterday and asked if I had made these bars yet, because he loves that combination as much as I. The Supremes are missing out as well, because I will not be going south to the office to share these. But I have two hungry boys next door, off for summer vacation, and I know they will be more than willing to step up to Supreme status and eat these.
Well...early into the kitchen to fire up the oven before the humidity and heat affect the comfort zone of an air conditioned house. It has been wicked hot here, and never having been much of a hot weather kind of person, I figured I had better get these bars done in the cool of the morning.
I have to say, I LOVE salty and sweet. My Mister does as well, but he is off in the Pacific somewhere for 6 weeks, I know not exactly the location, but we have some contact still. He called yesterday and asked if I had made these bars yet, because he loves that combination as much as I. The Supremes are missing out as well, because I will not be going south to the office to share these. But I have two hungry boys next door, off for summer vacation, and I know they will be more than willing to step up to Supreme status and eat these.
My potato masher comes in handy for lots of things, and this is one of them. I did warm the butter a bit, and after blending the flour and brown sugar, this handy kitchen utensil made short work of incorporating the butter.
I did make one substitution, using agave syrup for the corn syrup, because we stay away from corn based sweeteners. The conversion was to halve the amount of corn syrup with agave. It worked just fine, and for two boys next door, 10 and 13, they will never know!
I wondered if there was going to be enough of the topping to cover, (my more-is-better sensibilities kicking in), but there was plenty to cover the crust and peanuts, so I need to stop imposing my thoughts on what is already a great recipe. Mrs. Sundberg said any type of nuts were fine, and I think when the Mr. is back home, I will do this again, using a mix of cashews, almonds and walnuts. Mmm.
They are cooling now, and when I can cut them up, I will deliver them next door and report back on the comments from the Junior Supremes.
Thank you, Mrs. Sundberg. :-)
