Pottery Update & Yummy "Hello Dolly Bars" recipe for your Christmas celebrations

Pottery Update & Yummy "Hello Dolly Bars" recipe for your Christmas celebrations 

Christmas is nearly here ....I was lucky enough to bring home some of my finished pieces from Pottery this week ....
I firstly bought home the dinner plates I made for our Christmas Dinner 

I can't wait to add them to our Christmas table this year I love how they turned out  with the Ancient Copper in the centre strip 

I have also made some napkin rings with English Robin birds on them ...yet to come out of the kiln but I should have them in a few days 

I also made this cute bowl ..that I love ....it was handbuilt and I just love it ..great to hold my Christmas chocolates this year ..I may use it as a serving dish at our Christmas meal

I save the left over glaze in each jar when it's empty and let it air dry then bang it out and make 'sprinkles' with it ..I call it my 'Pixie dust' as you never know what they will look like in the glaze ..I love how these turned out they kept in with the colors of the rest of the bowl 

I love the sweet roses I put on the back of the bowl

I also bought home my hilarious Elf Gnome ...I love the colors I chose ...it just makes me laugh so much ..I enjoyed making it and I love the bell on the end of the hat 

I thought I would do a silver Santa Gnome and I love how he turned out 

I have had a fun year with my pottery ..I do believe I have made great strides in my abilities ..I look forward to what I can achieve in Pottery in 2020
 
Today I am going to attend our Pottery Christmas Party ...I will take lots of photo's and show you them ...we will have lots to eat ....I know that we will be having a large ham, mashed potatoes, green beans and each one of us will be taking some  kind of dish or dessert

​I am going to make Hello Dolly Bars for dessert 
​Recipe below  

We are each taking along a Christmas ornament and will play Dirty Santa with them and also with pots of glaze that are a gift to each of us from our teacher ...it should be fun 

Our first party within our new Studio 

Then I will take a rest from Pottery and will go back on the 8th January ..so that I can enjoy the Christmas period with Danny ..He started his Holiday Vacation on Thursday last week he has over 3 weeks off ...how lovely to have him home 

HELLO DOLLY BARS

Ingredients

• 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
• 3 cups (about a 13 1/2 ounce box) graham cracker crumbs
• 2 cups (about 12 ounces)  semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 cups (about 8 ounces) walnuts roughly chopped
• 3 cups sweetened shredded coconut flakes
• 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

 Directions

1. 1.Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F.
   Combine melted butter and graham cracker crumbs in a bowl until thoroughly combined. Press evenly into bottom of baking dish.
   
2. 2.Top crust with chocolate chips, followed by pecans and finally the coconut. Drizzle with condensed milk. Bake until any crust visible is golden brown and coconut begins to toast, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely.
   To cut easily, let sit in refrigerator for at least one hour before serving. Cut into 12 bars.
   Bars can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, though especially if your kitchen runs hot, they are safest kept in the fridge.
   They also freeze very well ..open freeze them then put them in a suitable container for freezing 
   
   

Thanks for popping by 

I hope that you use my recipe and enjoy making them 

Above all enjoy eating them ...

​Please leave a 'comment' if you make them

Happy Days 

JANET