peaceful sunrise on the beautiful Sunshine Coast of British ColumbiaMy last recipe from my trip to Canada is for an ice cream dessert to die for! Again I am so thankful to my friends at the Linwood House for graciously giving their recipes to share.
I love that this recipe is from a Canadian cook book called Best of Bridge. A group of women decided to write a cook book together since a consistent highlight of their decade-old bridge group was the food they prepared and enjoyed together. This spur-of-the-moment notion was the impetus for The Best of Bridge, which went on to become one of the most successful brands in Canadian publishing.
II love that this recipe is from a recipe book called Best of Bridge. I have dreams of starting a bridge club, you know like the ones our grandparents were a part of. I recently learned the basics of the game of bridge when we were stuck in a cabin for several days in Southern Utah and loved playing it. My old-fashioned-ness loves the idea of forming a bridge club where friends get together for good food and wine and games. Maybe one day.
Linwood's Butter Brickle Dessert
from Best Of Bridge
INGREDIENTS
2 cups flour
½ cup oatmeal
½ cup brown sugar
2 sticks margarine or butter (1 cup)
1 cup chopped pecans
1 jar Kraft caramel sauce (you can also use some chocolate sauce)
1 pint vanilla ice cream (you can also use a mixture of butterscotch & chocolate)
DIRECTIONS
Melt margarine.
Add flour, oatmeal, brown sugar & pecans.
Pat thin on a large baking sheet and bake at 400F for 15 minutes.
Crumble while hot and spread half on the bottom of a 9X13” pan
Drizzle ½ of jar of caramel sauce over top of crumbs
Spread slightly softened ice cream over, then top with remaining crumbs.
Drizzle rest of caramel sauce over the top and freeze
i'm not ashamed to admit that i recognize that tip of beach from the last season of the bachelorette.
ReplyDeleteReally?!! I didn't know there was a bachelorette in British Columbia. That is crazy.
ReplyDeleteToby's grandma just taught us bridge a couple months ago. You should start a bridge club! I love that some of them really do last for decades.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness I LOVE butter brickle!!!!
ReplyDeleteNew to your blog here, and also a foodie in SLC... I, too, have wanted to start a bridge club - they are so elegant - but I have no idea how to play!! Ha!!
ReplyDeleteBy the by, in your post about Italian restaurants in Utah, there is, oddly, a fabulous Italian joint hidden away up in Logan if ever you are up there. Perhaps you could make a stop there if you find yourself hiking Logan canyon this year. It's called "Le Nonne" and the address is 129 North 100 East, in Logan.
Nicole, Thanks for the suggestion to go to Logan for Italian. Who would have thought?! I will have to check Le Nonne out. Are you in the SL valley or Logan? If you ever start a bridge club let me know!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in the Salt Lake valley... and who would have thought to mention Italian in Logan, but I saw it mentioned in Gourmet magazine once and thought that I had to check it out. (I'm also a huge fan of Caputo's... use to eat lunch there every day when I worked blocks from it)
ReplyDeleteIf Gourmet magazine recommended it then I'm sure it is good!
ReplyDeleteHave you been to Caputo's by Night yet? It's fabulous!! I will be posting about it very soon.
I haven't, although I've heard excellent things about it (we've been on short shrifts lately, so cooking at home mostly which is *like* eating at a restaurant except *with* all the cleanup). I'm a huge fan of Caputo's market too.
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