Farmers, a Chicken and some Scotcheroos

I'm baaaaaaa-ck! Well, mostly! Part of me is still wishing I had another week I could take off. I did A LOT of cleaning and organizing this week, but I am not nearly where I want to be. The whole main floor is done (this includes taking everything out of every cupboard, drawer, closet, buffet, bakers rack, and armoire, wiping down, cleaning, sorting, throwing away, etc.). WOO HOO! The upstairs is about half way done. The basement has not even been started...we won't even mention the garage. BUT, the good news is that I made progress! YIPEEE! I hope to take another week sometime in November (maybe the week of Thanksgiving) and another in December. How good would it feel to have a perfectly clean and organized home?

Anyway, I thought I'd share a couple of things from this week that didn't involve 4-O9, windex, comet or large trash bags.

1. We won our first round state 5A football playoff game against West Jordan High School 27-6. Tannon did great. He was 18-27 for about 300 yards and 3 TD (and 1 int. Darn!). We play Hunter High School in the quarterfinals this coming Friday. Go LONE PEAK KNIGHTS!

2. Our daughter, Kori, her hubby, Rick and their little one, Daci came over the trick or treat. Daci was dressed like a little chicken. Kori and Rick came as farmers. TOO CUTE!

3. I also made some of my family's favorite treats yesterday afternoon. I made a big pot of chicken, broccoli and wild rice soup and a batch of Scotcheroos. Does your family love these too? They are a peanut butter rice krispie treat with chocolate and butterscotch on top. I always make a big batch (the recipe I am sharing here is a double recipe. I put it in my biggest jelly roll pan). Enjoy!

Scotcheroos
from Karen Pedersen (makes a large jelly roll pan full)

Bring to a boil for about 30 seconds:
2 C. white corn syrup
2 C. sugar

Remove from heat and stir in:
2 C. peanut butter

Then stir in:
12 C. Rice Krispies

Press this into a large buttered jelly roll pan. I find it easiest to put a sandwich baggie on my hand with a little butter on it to press this into the pan. That way I don't burn my little fingers!

Melt (you can do this in the microwave or in a double boiler on the stove)
1 large bag of milk chocolate chips
2/3 of a bag of butterscotch chips

Spread over the top.

I always cut mine now because once they harden up they are harder to cut. Let set until chocolate/butterscotch layer is firm (I put mine in the fridge for about 30 minutes because we can't stand to wait any longer than that!). Cut and EAT!

I hope you all had a Happy Halloween and a very productive week too!