Last weekend, after begging him for four years, my brother finally made a trip out to Forth Worth to visit me for the first time since I left for college. It wasn’t that he was trying to avoid me, but it was so difficult for us to figure out a good time where our schedules aligned. He will be back again for graduation in May 2014, but I wanted the weekend to be great, and show him everything in Fort Worth.It was a cold and rainy Friday and I needed to kill some time before picking him up from his late flight at 8 p.m. The cold and gloom always brings out the “baking-sweets-and-comfort-food-chef” in me, so I decided to roll with it and bake him a tasty treat upon his arrival. I plopped on my bed and logged on to Pinterest, out of habit, the only place I find recipes. I scrolled and scrolled until I stumbled upon something delicious that caught my eye…chocolate caramel oatmeal bars.
As the cliché saying goes, a way to any man’s heart is through food. So that has to apply to a brother too doesn’t it! I decided to make him a treat so he would fall in love with Fort Worth as well. (Wishful thinking)
I begun on my baking escapades and followed the instructions step by step. I laid down the oat and sugar mixture first and baked it until crispy. Then I proceeded to pour the caramel and milk concoction and sprinkled in the semi sweet chocolate chips. Finally I added the rest of the oat mixture and put it in the oven for the final ten minutes.
When it was finally done and all cooled down, we had arrived back from the airport. My brother immediately wanted to try a bar, and I warned him that they could be awful, as I had not even tried them yet. To my surprise they were divine. He brought my treats back to San Francisco where he shared them with his office who also raved about them.
Needless to say we had a great weekend, and it all began with the delicious bars, which by request, I made over Thanksgiving as well.
--Tori Bernatz
That made me really hungry for some chocolate caramel bars. YUM! Definitely sounds like something I would like.
ReplyDeleteI like how your post was a mix of telling a story and sharing a recipe. It made the recipe have more meaning behind it when you told us who you made it for. Sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shelly--always more interesting to tell a story about a recipe.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great weekend. Your post definitely made me hungry for something sweet- I'm gonna go look up with recipe now!
ReplyDelete-Gillian MacInerney
I can relate to always pinning things on pinterest and then trying to cook the recipes. I love how you shared a story and made this your own cooking experience.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, the pictures you included are completely mouth-watering!!! This is the kind of food post that actually makes me want to try out the recipe. I really enjoyed the personal story you included with the bars rather than simply stating the recipe. It made the whole piece seem more genuine and one-of-a-kind. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! I really liked how you mixed in a narrative with your recipe, great post!
ReplyDeletewhat a sweet story tori! Even though you were talking about the oatmeal bars, you allowed me to discover more about you and your brother's relationship. Your writing is filled with excitement and really makes the story warm and happy :)
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