BROWNIE INGREDIENTS:

4 squares BAKER'S Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) Butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup flour
1 pkg. ( 14 oz.) caramels, unwrapped
1/3 cup heavy cream
2 cups pecans or walnut halves, divided
1 pkg. (12 oz.) BAKER'S Real Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

CARAMEL FROSTING INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
2 cups powered sugar

Heat oven to 350 degrees. grease foil-lined 13x9-inch baking pan. Microwave chocolate squares and butter in microwavable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.

Stir sugar into chocolate until well blended. Mix in eggs. Stir in flour. Spread 1/2 of batter in prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes, or until batter is firm to the touch. Meanwhile, microwave caramels and cream in microwavable bowl on HIGH 3 minutes or until caramels begin to melt. Whisk until smooth. Stir in 1 cup of nuts. Gently spread caramel mixture over brownie batter in pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips, if desired. Pour remaining unbaked brownie batter evenly over caramel mixture, sprinkle with remaining nuts. (it's OK for some caramel mixture to peek through.) Bake an additional 30 minutes. Cool in pan. Run knife around the edge of pan to loosen brownies from sides. Lift from pan using foil as handles. Cut into 24 fudgy brownies or add frosting below.

CARAMEL FROSTING DIRECTIONS:

Heat margarine in 2-quart saucepan until melted. Stir in brown sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir over low heat 2 minutes; stir in milk. Heat to boiling; remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm. Gradually stir in powdered sugar. Place pan of frosting in bowl of cold water; beat until smooth and spreading consistency.

If frosting becomes too stiff, stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time. Frosts a 13x9-inch cake or fills and frosts two 8- or 9- inch cake layers.

12 whole large shrimp, shelled and deveined
4 slices bacon, cut into thirds
2 Tbs (30 ml) soy sauce

Wrap the shrimp in the bacon pieces and fasten with toothpicks. Place on a baking sheet and drizzle the soy sauce over them. Bake in a preheated 350F (180C) oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until the bacon is cooked to the degree of doneness you prefer. Makes 12, to serve 4 to 6 as an appetizer.

Makes 3-4 dozen

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
36 pecan or walnut halves
ground cinnamon
2 cups Bisquick baking mix
1/3 cup apple sauce
1/3 cup milk

Place 2 tsp. butter, 2 tsp brown sugar, and 3 pecan halves in each of  12 muffin cups (2/1/2 x 1 1/4") Sprinkle cinnamon in each cup; heat in oven until melted.

Mix baking mix, applesauce and milk until dough forms; beat 20 strokes. Spoon onto mixture in cups.

Bake 10 min. invert on heatproof serving plate.

12 biscuits

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup honey
1 cup instant dry-fat milk (powder)
1 cup raisins
1 cup graham cracker crumbs

Add raisins and mix well.

Stir in graham cracker crumbs.

Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture on waxed paper to shape into logs.

Refrigerate one hour.

Makes about 50

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
Brown Sugar Frosting (recipe follows)
pecan halves

Brown Sugar Frosting

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup half and half
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 1/2 to 1 2/3 cups sifted powdered sugar

Shape dough into 1 inch balls; place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks, and spread Brown Sugar Frosting over tops. Top each cookie with a pecan half.

Yield 5 dozen

Brown Sugar Frosting Directions

Combine brown sugar and half and half in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil; boil 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter. Add 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, and beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add remaining powdered sugar to desired spreading consistency. Yield 1 1/3 cups