A NO games post today, strictly food, more emptying of the archives, not too many left. This daily posting is too hard for me. cOck. OK couldn't resist just one word. I'm jumping right on in today. This will be short and sweet, no clandestine talk today.To begin I have Strawberry Walnut Bars. These delicious cookies have adorned my Christmas cookie trays for 15 years straight. Enough said. Something so simple, IS so delicious. Begin by getting some walnuts
grind them a bit
Cream your butter gradually, then add sugar creaming till light. Add egg yolks
blend well. Now add flour and nuts. Mix all together
Spoon half of your batter into a 9" greased square pan. Spread, pat with fingers, evenly. Top with strawberry jam
Spread evenly. Cover with remaining dough
That's all. Bake for an hour or until lightly golden brown like so
Cool completely. Cut into 2 inch bars
Look how yummy. These are truly wonderful. This is one of those ask for recipes
You know the recipes
that people
always ask for
Next up are Choco-Cherry Cookies. Lisaloo, this one's for you. You wanted a choc/cherry dessert for hubby, try this one. They are fantastic. No detail, here are some shots. Key Ingredient card below has all the info, aren't they looking lovely so far?
Save the cherry juice for the frosting
Ready to bake
Out of the oven
. Delicious. Bite into one
an explosion
of yumminess. 
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walNUTS you said NUTS ha ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteYou have been blogging nonstop lately! I just can't keep up with you. It's all that stamina that you've built up from the hours of coCKing. I mean cooking. Maybe.
ReplyDeleteI love these strawberry walnut bars. I am going through a bar phase. They just seem so appealing.
Those strawberry bars are my all time favorite. I am that person that asks for them...love them.
ReplyDeleteKind of miss your cheekiness here, although I bet it will bounce right back in no time at all. The bars and cookies are perfect for tea time.
ReplyDeleteMamma mia Donna ! You made the best bars !!! I want to try them soon !!!
ReplyDeletemmmm...I want both! I think I'll try both for my holiday baking this year, because I can't choose. Really...yum.
ReplyDeleteThe strawberry nut bars look terrific!
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wow—i’m super-impressed by the precision with which those bars were able to be cut! when imake similar treats, they’re usually so crumbly and messy, and i like how yours are holding up! great cookies, too, especially for the black forest cake lover in me. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Donna! Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteI have an absolute weakness for sweets, so I think it goes without saying how I already LOVE your blog. I don't know how I didn't discover it earlier.
You should check out these bars to die for: http://veryculinary.com/_blog/2009/07/22/praline-crunch-bars/
Anyway, my mouth is watering and I'm not quite sure looking through your posts at 7am was a good thing.
Will follow, for sure. Cheers!
Yummy yummy treats Donna,wish to hav some of those strawberrry walnut bars right from ur picture..
ReplyDeleteWe'll be making Christmas cookie trays again before we know it! This year is just flying by! Thanks for the great new recipes.
ReplyDeleteThese both look so good! You always know how to pick great foods to post. I want to cook all your recipes :)
ReplyDeleteI've got to make an apple crisp for my son's birthday.... You look like you do your best work when creating sweet treats!
ReplyDeleteI made the chocolate-covered cherry cookies for Christmas last year, and they were a huge hit with everyone who tried them! They're amazing. I am definitely making them again this year. YUM!
ReplyDeleteOh WOW -- both cookies look so fabulous!!! I love that you use the cherry juice in the frosting for the chocolate cookies. And strawberry-walnut -- what a yummy combo!
ReplyDeleteHow do you stay so thin when you constantly bake treats? Oh never mind...I know how. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThey both look terrific!
Yum!! Those strawberry walnut bars look so good!!
ReplyDeleteMmm, the frosting on the chocolate one is going to do it for me - looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks fantastic as always. Love those bars, I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.
ReplyDeleteSo many awesome treats going on here lately! It's a wonder you aren't as big as a house..
ReplyDeleteSo, do you think I can get one of your famous cookie trays? Just box it up and ship. Pleeeeeeeeese?
ReplyDelete~ingrid
I vote bar cookies over cookie cookies any day, I burn less that way (I forget I have them in the oven if I make more than 1 batch)
ReplyDeleteYummy! Especially the cookies - wow!
ReplyDeleteSo...are you going to tell us what your tore, or what?
Oh, I would definitely go for those choco-cherry cookies! Love, love, love the chocolate & cherries together!
ReplyDeleteHubby would LOVE those cookies! Cherries in the middle, hmmm, I might have to make these and sneak them into his lunch. Boy would he love me then! Thanks Donna :)
ReplyDeleteSo many good sweets here today. Lots of baking and you have time to return tomorrow? Are you taking vitamins - if so please send me some. Need energy to keep up with you.
ReplyDeleteSam
Your prolific posting is beyond impressive, but it is a little weird to not have any dirty talk.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I should supply some kind of innuendo about how as I type this, I'm looking at the link to my blog and I'm seeing a big sausage!
Those strawberry cookies look amazing. Ever sub out a different nut or jam? I'd have to sub out a different nut if I made them because I'm a tad allergic to walnuts (just a tingle in the mouth - no anaphalaxys).
I love the cherry ones too though. It's a nice surprise in the middle.
Pass me some of both, will ya? Looks delicious. A late morning snack or pre-lunch treat. Yum!!
ReplyDeleteI really want to start making more cookie bars! This one looks like a winner! :0)
ReplyDeletestop the cookie madness! I'm going to bake my family some extra pounds! haha
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try the choco cherry cookies!
ReplyDeleteThese both look mouthwatering. For the strawberry walnut bars, do you think almonds would work in place of the walnuts?
ReplyDeletewow these are explosive ! they look so good. Yeah I missed the naughty part :(
ReplyDeletechoco cherry cookies look soo pretty :D i shud give a try some time :) my kids vud adore this!
ReplyDeleteSweets overdose! Loving it though =)
ReplyDeleteI love the Choco Cherry Cookies!!! Cant wait to make em!
ReplyDeleteDonna..I seriously dont know how you keep up with the daily posting?????!!!! You are like super woman(or Super SEX Woman)!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the bars and cookies, as always your goodies are fabu!!!
As usual Donna, looks awesome! And you know i would totally send you a jar of jam in exchange for a plate of cookies! ;)
ReplyDeleteTwo very awesome treats!
ReplyDeletehi
ReplyDeletei like the bars , look good
thanks donna
Copying and saving both of these, Donna!! Oh yes, I can see why they are such favorites!!
ReplyDeleteOh yum, I love those strawberry walnut bars, we could finish the whole pan :)
ReplyDeleteI've never seen those strawberry bars before! They're awesome Donna!! The chocolate cherry cookies will be made cause my hubby loves cherries!!
ReplyDeleteps...I left an award for you over at my place today :)
ReplyDeleteOMG Yum! I don't know which one to eat first.
ReplyDeleteI have to try these very soon. They really look spectacular.
ReplyDeleteI doubt you want to hear what is on my mind today. I am angry with you. I am tired and I want to go to sleep but these cookies are calling me to go into the kitchen and make them. That is simply unfair.
ReplyDeleteIf that is not bad enough, there is your brownie cake, I want to make and the oreo cake and pear cake and the one with the peanut butter icing. I refuse to look anywhere else on this blog.
You are one dangerous lady in more ways than one.
You don't hold a grudge do you? I'll let you know how they go over. I have company coming and they will do the taste test. On that note, thanks for so much good stuff.
I want some of those choco-cherries!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness...those look good!!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I am totally making the Choco-Cherry Cookies!!! I love the cherries on each of them!
ReplyDeletedonna, i've missed you! i had fun catching up on your stuff, you never fail to make my day.
ReplyDeletethese cookies are perfect for my hubs. every year i get him chocolate covered cherries for christmas, but i think this is better!
I've missed out so many things! Has been stuck in the middle of the net and unable to log in to other blogger's site. Finally....I love those lasagna and the chicken, the cakes mania...Oooo...I love the one with blueberries and peaches; and the cookies...yum!!!! Great recipe.
ReplyDeleteOk, Donna, I do not do strawberry jam! Ever! But these bars would be super great with cherry jam! Yeah! And the choco-cherry cookies? Divine!
ReplyDeleteI really like the phot with egg....it's so cookbooky...cool! And of course, I would so eat those choo cherry cookies.
ReplyDeleteI can't beleive you didn't at least pop a cherry or two joke!
ReplyDeleteThese look A.M.A.Z.I.N.G Donna! I love them!
ReplyDeleteI don't which cookies I want to make more! They both look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so yummy...I want to make them both!
ReplyDeleteAll of the food looks so tasty!! How to choose?
ReplyDeleteMMMMMMMMMMM,...Donna!
M Drooling over these gorgeous treat! pls pls pass few over here...
ReplyDeleteI want one of those cookies...
ReplyDeleteOMG! those look good. I just need a good cup of coffee and a few of those tasty treats and I will be in a happy place!
ReplyDeleteDonna, both look so yummie...don't know which one I want more :-)
ReplyDeleteyum!! man...with all these awesome desserts, how am I ever suppose to think about going on a diet? HHAHAHA ya right!
ReplyDeleteDonna I don't think I've hit the print button so fast in my life. Twice!! Thank-you for posting these awesome recipes!!!
ReplyDeleteLaura
Hey Donna, I'm back from vacation and your blog is the first one I checked in on! You have posted a ton of great recipes since last week. Wow! Makes me think I had better get more organized myself....Love the Hershey's chocolate cake and the strawberry walnut bars look like something I know I will have to maek!
ReplyDeleteMaking the strawberry bars today. Just cause. And I have the ingredients and you made me hungry! Thanks, Donna!
ReplyDeleteBoth desserts look tasty! I think I am going to have to make the bars. I feel a lot of time the simple recipes become the "ask for recipes". This one looks like it fits the bill :)
ReplyDeleteboth those look like winners!! I want to make both!! I feel like taking those to a party would definitely make you the "it" girl for the evening :)
ReplyDeleteDonna, I love your bar recipes because you make them look so easy! Actually, you make everything look so easy all the time.
ReplyDeleteThe cookies are so my type! :) will do
ReplyDeleteLove those bars, and you can switch for any jam you'd like!
ReplyDeleteYummy stuff--my favorite!
And I'm proud of your for keeping it short and sweet, you even twin of Donna. Now, please give us back our beloved Donna. haha, kidding.
I am so behind in reading posts. OMG, I'm having a foodgasm! Both of these are screaming for me to do...er, make.
ReplyDeleteYou are really posting some tempting things. Go, girl! I've missed your recipes.
Oh why are you trying to sabotage my summer diet with these delicious bars??? Sooooo tempted! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the bombardment of decadent sweets all over your site. Can't resist it!
ReplyDeleteBoth of these look so yummy! You've got to stop posting two amazing recipes at a time because then I can't decide which to make first. ;)
ReplyDeleteI have actually made the chocolate cherry cookies before, and they are from experience delicious! Enjoy your well deserved break.
ReplyDeleteTasty looking bar cookies - I just made a chocolate chip cherry cookie bar that reminds me a little of your choco-cherry cookies!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was an excellent blog, that information has been very helpful in my life, I am a strawberries lover, so I really enjoyed this reading, the strawberries taste is so delicious! Thanks for this great moment!
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