Quick and Easy Golden Goodness recipe....

Find you some Golden Eagle and make these this weekend. Full of protein and oh so yummy.

I'm telling you the truth, you can't go wrong with a recipe that has this duo:

Yummy--Yummy!! 

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup Golden Eagle Syrup
• 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 6 cups corn flakes (could even make half of this bran flakes for more whole grain)
• just a little chocolate melted (chips or bark, whatever you have on hand)

~In a saucepan, heat sugar and Golden Eagle syrup over medium-high heat until it begins to boil, stirring constantly.  Once it boils a minute or so, remove from heat and immediately add in the peanut butter.  Stir until all is mixed well and it's creamy.  Next, put the cornflakes in a large bowl.  Now, pour over the peanut butter mixture and stir until all the cornflakes are coated.  You can use a cookie scoop or your hands to make little mounds and place on wax paper.  For chocolate and peanut butter lovers, we melt the chocolate in the microwave, 30 seconds-1 minute, until it's smooth and then I put it in a ziploc bag, snip off the corner slightly and squirt it over the top just a little.  Enjoy!

Golden Eagle Chewies

So, I've been eating Golden Eagle all my life.  Most commonly mixed with butter and then sopped up with a hot biscuit or in a pecan pie--the best pecan pie, by the way. 

 But now, when you are here at the plant running the syrup machines daily, you learn to eat it a whole lot more!  You find all sorts of uses, new ways to cook with it in recipes and marinades and sweet confections galore.

Which brings me to this post for Golden Eagle Chewies....that's my name for them, the name on the recipe I found in a drawer here in our office is called "Golden Eagle Party Brownines".  But don't think chocolate brownie, they are kind of like a blonde brownie. And they aren't as cakelike as a brownie but instead, they are the perfect chewy consisitency that I love!

Now, I do have some variations, you may notice in my photo, that differ from the recipe.  For example, the recipe is from the 60's or so and I don't even think mini-chocolate chips had been invented then! :) 

My spin on the above recipe is this: 

•  I always use Almond flavoring instead of vanilla....it's just our family's preference.  We love it. 
• I also add in a 1/2 cup or more mini chocolate chips....because who doesn't like a little chocolate? 
• I also use whatever nuts I have on hand....most days that is pecans, but pictured in the mixing bowl above is chopped almonds. 
• I also tend to cook mine for more than 30 minutes....I leave it in there for 35 or so.  They will be kind of ooey gooey when you go to turn them out and pull the wax paper off, so don't be alarmed, they will set up and be just fine to eat! That's what makes them so chewy and delicious!!
• I didn't take a picture of it, but after you sprinkle with powdered sugar, I just cut mine up into bite size squares...easy to pop in your mouth when you need one!

Try them! They are YUM-O!  Let me hear from you if you do try them out----or if you have a favorite recipe using Golden Eagle Syrup.