The Leftover Queen’s Carmel Fjord Brownies

These look amazing.   I seriously don’t know what else to do but gaze at the picture glassy eyed while I rack up inches on my hips just looking at them…I can hear the sound in my head like a gas pump..ding..1 lb..ding..two lbs…

   In a couple of weeks the kids are going to be at Vacation Bible School for 5 days, coming home only in the late afternoon. I was wondering what to do with my time but I think I have found what I will be doing one day at least. I am going to grab a Jan Karon book from my shelf, plop down on the couch with a full pan of these and, like Templeton the rat at the fair in Charlotte’s Web, become an immoveable object.

 Jenn has created this for the Brownie Babes Contest and totally blown my submission out of the water. Which is o.k…

   Because that means I have more time to sit on the couch and become immoveable.

INGREDIENTS:

1 store bought German Chocolate Cake Mix –
(you can probably use any Chocolate Cake mix you like)
2/3 cup evaporated milk
½ stick of butter
1 cup chocolate chips ( I would recommend Ghiradelli)
1 14 oz. package of caramels
1 cup chopped nuts (optional – take the option, unless you are allergic!)

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Mix cake mix, melted butter and 1/3 cup of evaporated milk in a mixing bowl. Fold in nuts. Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish. Spread 1/3 of the mixture on the bottom of the pan with your hands. Bake for 6 minutes.

The full blog entry with pictures and how to’s can be found here