Cookie Bars... NOM.

Pretty much everything that I bake is for my boyfriend or work. Whatever. Boyfriend has a sweet tooth that constantly needs to be satisfied, and I constantly feel the need to bake. It's perfect. Pretty much for every holiday, I make him and his roommate a plethora of baked goods. (Wife me up, Mister. Seriously.) This is another recipe that I found that I like because you can tweak it for any holiday. I love themed baked goods, too. I'm slightly neurotic. Oh well.

If that doesn't look good, then I don't know what does.

I like simple ingredients, also...

To go along with simple recipes...

Because I like to make my life simple...

And I love white chocolate...

NOM NOM NOM...

I really wish I liked sweets more.

You'd think a girl who bakes even half as much as I do would have a sweet tooth.

Nope. Not at all. Unless it's peanut butter... Then we'll talk.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 box of white cake mix
• 1 egg
• 1 stick of softened butter
• 1 bag of M&M's (Again, Valentine's Day Cherry used here)
• 1 cup of white chocolate chips
• 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
2. Mix cake mix, butter, and egg.
3. Pat into a foil lined 13x9" pan. (Seriously. Foil line EVERYTHING. It will make your life 874294857245 times easier.)
4. Pour entire bag of M&M's.
5. Then add 1 cup of white chocolate chips.
6. Drizzle sweetened condensed milk on top.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the edges turn slightly golden brown. (***This will look as though it's not done. It should look like this. The sweetened condensed milk will caramelize. I also like to pull these out right at 25 minutes, if not a minute or so sooner. I like anything cookie related to be super gooey in the middle, but to each their own.)

Let these cool before cutting if you can. Stick it in the fridge for an hour, whatever. When they are ready to cut, pull the foil lining out of the pan and cut on the counter. (This is why I say line EVERYTHING. It makes it so much easier than trying to cut it out of a pan.)

- KJ