Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bars

Yield: 36 bars
Prep: 25 mins Bake: 350°F 20 mins to 22 mins




Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 egg

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 tea spoon salt

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 (12) ounce package semisweet chocolate pieces

3 table spoons butter

1/4 cup hot strong coffee

1/4 cup peanut butter

1 cup powdered sugar




Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 15x10x1-inch baking pan or line the pan with foil or parchment; set aside. For cookie base, in large mixing bowl beat the 3/4 cup butter on medium to high for 30 seconds. Add brown sugar; beat until combined, occasionally scraping sides of bowl. Beat in egg, vanilla, and salt until combined. Beat in as much flour as you can with mixer. Stir in any remaining flour. Evenly spread dough in prepared pan.

2. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes until edges are golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack. Makes 36 bars.

3. For frosting, in small saucepan combine chocolate and 3 tablespoons butter. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Transfer chocolate mixture to a medium bowl. Whisk in coffee and peanut butter until combined. Whisk in powdered sugar until smooth. Spread on cookie base. Let stand until frosting is set.



Nutrition Facts (Chocolate-Peanut Butter Bars) Calories 164,
Protein (gm) 1,
Carbohydrate (gm) 18,
Fat, total (gm) 9,
Cholesterol (mg) 19,
Saturated fat (gm) 5,
Monosaturated fat (gm) 2,
Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 2,
Sugar, total (gm) 9,
Vitamin A (IU) 146,
Thiamin (mg) 0,
Riboflavin (mg) 0,
Niacin (mg) 1,
Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0,
Folate (µg) 16,
Sodium (mg) 78,
Potassium (mg) 32,
Calcium (DV %) 10,
Iron (DV %) 0,
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

The Journey through the Countryside

2,000 some odd years ago a man and his wife started a journey.
This journey placed our hope onto another platform. I say this because
The only hope of the minute in time was laws of so many.
The laws were only to be for one kind of people to experience.
The new hope was in the womb of a woman on the back of a donkey.
The man put his pride aside and guided this wonderful bundle of hope to Bethlehem.
The world at this wonderful time did not understand the balance of the love of God was getting ready to change. That one child in three more days was going to be born. Yes a new king. Nothing was going to change our destiny with this wonderful love of the Lord. The mother was on the back of an animal in a desert being guided by a man that was not the father of this child. There was not much to eat on this journey. God protected these two, on this great journey through a land of uncertainty. Courage; through a land of people that will see a major star in the sky starting to burn bright in the nightly sky.
The Lord our God; was getting ready to experience more of the pain of love our ancestors. A jealous king was just visited by three wise men from the east on this day. This jealous king starts a plot to try to insure his family dynasty. This king was so nervous of this new child to come he plans the most unbelievable pain of young children in that area but just does not even know where to start. This jealous king asks the wise men to please inform him of this great new child’s whereabouts so he can bare gifts as well. Our hope was going to Bethlehem to be born in three more days from that minute in time. Love was on its way for us all to endure forever.

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Dollar General’s Plan to Open 40 New DG Markets Smart Plan, Experts Say

Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based Dollar General Corp’s announcement earlier this week that it plans to open 40 new Dollar General Markets in 2012 is a smart move, experts agree.

“I think it’s a really smart move”, says Jim Hertel, managing partner at Barrington, Ill.-based consulting firm Willard Bishop. “Food in dollar stores helps those retailers drive trip frequency and basket size, and it turns much faster than general merchandise and HBC which tend to dominate in most dollar store merchandising plans. I think any hesitancy in the dollar channel to be more aggressive with food traces to margins: food margins tend to be lower than their current mix and that doesn’t sit well with analysts even if gross profit dollars go up. PL food in the channel would be on strategy with their extreme value positioning and could help build loyalty too.”

Agrees Paula Rosenblum, managing partner at Miami-based Retail Systems Research (RSR Research), “One thing I’ll say is it’s an interesting blocking move against the Walmart neighborhood market. I actually don’t see them doing a lot of private label because the short-term goal is to catch the customer’s eye. Later, I expect they’ll fold in more private label just like everyone else does.”

The company operates a total of 62 Dollar General Markets.