Chocolate Highlander Cookie Bars by CK
Crust
1 cup softened butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups flour
Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter with 1/2 cup powdered sugar and salt. Add flour and mix well. Pat it out in a greased 9×13 with your fingers. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven but don’t turn it off!

Topping
4 beaten eggs
1 cup melted butter, cooled to room temp.
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup flour
2 1/2 cups chocolate chips (measure before melting)
Mix eggs with melted butter and white sugar. Add baking powder, salt and flour; mix thoroughly. Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler or in the microwave. Add the melted chips to the egg mixture; mix completely. Pour this mixture on top of the shortbread crust. Bake for another 25 minutes. Remove from pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.

Classic Meatloaf by Gena

1 carrot, coarsely chopped
1 rib celery, coarsely chopped
1/2 onion, coarsely chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
4 white mushrooms, coarsely chopped
3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
2 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp. dried Italian herbs
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 c. plain bread crumbs
1 tsp. olive oil

Glaze:
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
2 Tbsp. ketchup
2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard

Preheat oven to 325.  Place carrot, celery, onion, red bell pepper, mushrooms and garlic in a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped, almost to a puree.  Place minced vegetables into a large mixing bowl, and mix in ground beef, Worcestershire sauce and egg.  Add Italian herbs, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper.  Mix gently with a wooden spoon to incorporate vegetables and egg into meat.  Pour in bread crumbs.  With your hand, gently mix in the crumbs with your fingertips just until combined, about 1 minute.  For the meatloaf into a ball.  Pour olive oil into a baking dish and place the meat into the dish.  Shape into loaf.  Bake 15 minutes.  Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, ketchup, Dijon mustard and stir until brown sugar is dissolved.  Remove meatloaf from oven.  Smooth glaze onto top of meatloaf.  Return to oven and bake until the loaf is no longer pink – about 30-40 more minutes.