Chocolate Chips Bar Cookies

These took maybe 10 min to mix up and needed no mixer.  They go good with any kind of chip.

1 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar
3 cups of flour
3/4 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
2 sticks of butter
2 eggs
1 tablespoon of vanilla

Set the butter to melt on the stove and meanwhile mix together the other ingredients.  Start with mixing flour, baking powder, and salt.

Mix together sugars in a large mixing bowl

Mix melted butter into sugars

Mix in one egg at a time.  Thoroughly mixing between each one.

Mix in vanilla into batter

Mix in flour mixture a little at a time until all is mixed in thoroughly.

Mix in most of the chips into dough.  Reserve a little for topping. You can use any kind I used a mixture of peanut butter and chocolate chips.  You want about 2 cups worth.

Press dough into a large bar pan and sprinkle on remaining chips.  Bake for about 20 min at 350.

Once they have cooled cut into bars and serve.  They go great with a scoop of ice cream or on their own.

Strawberry Ice Cream

This was a simple ice cream base with pureed strawberries added in.

Ice Cream:
3 cups of cream
3 cups of milk
2 cups of sugar plus 2 tablespoons for strawberries
9 egg yolks
1 pound of strawberries
1 tablespoon of vanilla

Whisk together milk and sugar in a large heavy sauce pan over medium heat.  Heat until warm about 6ish min.

Whisk eggs vigorously eggs for about 2 min until light and fluffy.

Whisk in a little of hot milk into eggs so they don't scramble when you add them to warm milk.  Do this a couple times and then pour egg/milk mixture into remaining milk.  Heat over medium heat until it thickens about 5 min.

Whisk in vanilla and cream in off heat.

Roughly chop strawberries.  Place strawberries and sugar in food processor or blender.  Blend until a smooth puree.

Whisk in strawberry puree into ice cream base and refrigerate for several hours or over night so it thoroughly cool.

Freeze ice cream in an ice cream base.  I have the freezer bowl for my mixer but you can use any kind.

Top with sliced strawberries or chocolate or both.