Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to our amazing fans and followers!

JLB Creatives Publishing's CEO loves this holiday. Being she is of Irish decent she is always ready to serve up a good meal on this festive day. Here's a sampling of her favorite recipes to fix for her St. Patrick's Day feast...

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Start with:

Warm Reuben Spead ~
directly from Kraft.com

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Dive into the main course:

Slow-Cooked Corned Beef Recipe ~

directly from Taste of Home

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Cap off the meal with this sweet delight:

The Best Darn Peppermint Brownies
...EVER! ~ 

directly from: 
Author Janet Beasley's Hidden Earth Series cookbook
 "More Than Grilled Cheese 
and Tomato Soup" 

     Ingredients:

In a small mixing bowl create DRY MIX by whisking together:

1½ c all-purpose flour

1/3 c Hershey's Special Dark® cocoa powder

1 tsp salt

Using an electric mixer, cream together on LOW speed:

2 squares (1 oz each) white chocolate, melted

1 c sugar

1 c packed brown sugar

1 c sweet cream unsalted butter, softened

2 T light corn syrup

2 tsp vanilla extract

4 eggs—one at a time

Add DRY MIX (a little at a time) and fold in:

½ c York Peppermint Pattie® baking pieces

Preheat oven to 375º.

Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan. 

Spread brownie batter into pan and bake for 35-40 minutes. 

DO NOT OVER BAKE!

Optional: Ice with Pillsbury vanilla icing. Add a few drops of green food coloring if 
so desired for St. Patrick's Day feasts