Best 3 Gopher Bars Recipes

GOPHER STEW

Steps:

• 1. Carefully clean the gopher wash and drain.
• 2. Fry down the salt pork in a big pot add gopher meat and brown.
• 3. Take out the meat and drain on paper towels. Add onion, celery , and bell pepper to salt pork grease and saute until tender
• 4. Add tomatoes and a bit of water if needed and cook down to a pulp,On low heat 2 hours.
• 5. Add gopher meat 19 cups water and the 2 whole jalapeno peppers salt and pepper to taste
• 6. Cook another 1 1/2 hour or until the meat is tender.
• 7. Add potatoes the last 1/2 hour of cooking. Mix browned flour with water into a glass jar and shake vigorously. Bring stew back to a boil and thicken with flour mixture.
• 8. Serve over beans or rice
• 9. TIP: To brown flour add the 5 tablespoons to a iron skillet and stir until browned.

TURTLE CANDIES

Steps:

• On waxed paper-lined baking sheets, arrange pecans in small clusters of four to five pecans each. , For caramel, in a small saucepan, combine the milk, corn syrup and sugars. Cook and stir over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 238° (soft-ball stage). Remove from the heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Working quickly, spoon caramel onto pecan clusters. Let stand until set. , In a microwave, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Spoon over caramel. Chill for 10 minutes or until set. Store in an airtight container.

GRANOLA PARFAIT CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the wells of a 12-cup shallow muffin tin with nonstick spray; set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir the oats, pecans, sunflower seeds, honey, olive oil, 2 tablespoons of the maple syrup and a pinch of salt until completely combined. Press 2 heaping tablespoons in each well of the prepared muffin tin, pressing to go up the sides (if you have additional granola, use an additional muffin tin). Bake until golden and crisp, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool completely, then remove the granola cups from the muffin tin.
• In a medium bowl, whisk to combine the yogurt and remaining 2 tablespoons maple syrup. Fill each granola cup with about 2 tablespoons yogurt and top with the blueberries and a sprig of mint to serve.