Stir-and-Bake Bars

Things that are easy:

1. ABC (easy as 123, duh).

2. Putting on flip-flops.

3. Shopping at Staples apparently.

4. Sitting on your butt and watching TV all day (if you’re super lazy like me).

5. Making these Stir-and-Bake Bars.

(from cake mix miracles cookbook)

Ingredients:

-1 cup flaked coconut

-1/2 cup quick-cooking oats, uncooked

-1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

-1/3 cup water

-2 large eggs, lightly beaten

-1 (18.25-ounce) package chocolate or butter recipe cake mix with pudding

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-1/4 chopped pecans

-1 tablespoon sugar

-1 cup mini chocolate chips (optional

Instructions:

1.Combine first 6 ingredients; pour mixture into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch pan.

2. Combine pecans, 1 tablespoon sugar and chocolate chips and sprinkle evenly over batter.

3. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack; cut into bars. Yield: 2 dozen.

Now if you combine EATING these bars AND sitting on your butt watching TV all day, you’ve got a perfect situation going on. 😉