Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Chex Delight ( Donna)


















Boil for 5 minutes:
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup margarine
Then add:
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pour over and stir to coat:
17 oz Rice Chex (or 1/2 Corn Chex & 1/2 Rice Chex)
4 oz. slivered almonds
7 oz. coconut

Reese's Chewy Chocolate Cookies (Reba)



















1 1/4 cup margarine softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups unsifted flour (2 1/4 - 2 1/2 flour)
3/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups peanut butter chips (or flavor of your choice)

Cream margarine and sugar until fluffy. In a large mixing bowl add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; blend into creamed mixture. Stir in peanut butter chips. Drop by teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8 to 9 minutes. (Do not over bake---Cookies will be soft. They will puff during baking and flatten upon cooling) Cool on cookie sheet until set about 1 minute Remove to wire rack to cool completely. Makes about 4 1/2 dozen.

Coconut Candy (Joycelyn)


















1 lb powdered sugar
1 lb fine coconut
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup butter (melted)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Optional... 1 cup finely ground nuts of you choice

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
Shape into small balls and place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Refrigerate over night.
Melt 1 large bag semi-sweet chocolate chips and 3 tablespoons shortening in a double boiler. Dip candy and set on wax paper. Spoon some of the melted chocolate into a zip lock bag. Cut the bottom corner of the bag with scissors then squeeze and drizzle chocolate stripes over coconut candy.
Best if stored in refrigerator

English Toffee (Peggy)




































2 c butter
2 c sugar
2 Tbsp corn syrup
6 Tbsp water
1 tsp vanilla
1 c almonds slivered, opt.
1 c almonds ground, opt
1/2 t salt
1 lb dipping chocolate
Melt butter and grease sides of heavey kettle. Add syrup, salt and water. Add sugar
and cook to dissolve. Add slivered almonds and cook to 290* or hard crack stage,
stirring constantly. Add vanilla and pour to 3/8 inch thickness onto buttered cookie sheet.
If desired, mark into small squares and dip in chocolate after cooling thoroughly.
Otherwise spread with melted chocolate and sprinkle with ground almonds.

Fudge (Gail)


















3 cup sugar
/34 cup butter
1 can (5oz) evaporated milk
1 pkg milk chocolate chips
1 jar marshmallow creme
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp. vanilla
Bring sugar, butter and milk to full rolling boil in large saucepan on medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 4 minutes or to 234 degrees. Stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and creme; stir until melted. stir in nuts and vanilla.
Pour into greased pan, cool.

Caramels (Gail)



















1 cup butter
1 pound (2 1/4 cup) brown sugar
dash salt
1 cup light corn syrup
1 15 oz can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla

Melt butter in heavy 3 quart saucepan.
Add sugar and salt; stir thoroughly. Stir in corn syrup.
Mix well. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly. Cook and stir
over medium heat to firm ball stage (245)
12 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
Pour into buttered 9x9x2 inch pan. Cook and cut into squares.