Vintage Baking Recipes: Hip Padders

I love the name of these Chocolate Bars found in one of my many spiral bound vintage cook books.

 Aunt Pat's Bars or HIP PADDERS

I found that there are many variations of this bar recipe - just look up Hip Padders

1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
1 1/2 to 2 cups oatmeal


Filling:
6 oz chocolate chips
6 oz butterscotch chips
1 T butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup walnuts

Cream butter, brown sugar, and vanilla.  Add egg and beat until fluffy.  Add sifted flour, salt, and soda.  Then add oatmeal.  Reserve 1 cup dough for topping.  Press rest into 9x13 inch pan.

For Filling:  Blend Chips, butter, sweetened condensed milk, and salt in heavy saucepan until melted.  Remove from heat and add vanilla and nuts.  Pour over dough.  Drop reserve dough by dabs onto filling.   Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

Chocolate-Sour-Cream Raisin Cake

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From an old Church Cookbook


1 pkg chocolate cake mix

3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cups sour cream
2 eggs
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp vanilla

Bake cake mix as directed on box and bake in a rectangular jellyroll pan and cool. Bake at 350 degrees.

Mix sugars and cornstarch in a 2 quart saucepan; stir in sour cream and eggs. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir one minute. Remove from heat, stir in raisins and spread chocolate glaze evenly over all. Store in refrigerator.

Chocolate Glaze

3 Tablespoons butter
1 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 to 2 T hot water

heat butter and chocolate in saucepan over low heat until melted. Remove from heat; stir in sugar and vanilla. Stir in water, one Tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.