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Elaines Southern Pralines

Source: shinytinfoil.com

Course: Desserts

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar light
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup pecans
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla

Combine brown sugar and cream in a large saucepan.  Stir until the sugar is melted hen boil to 236f (soft boil stage).

Remove from fire and stir in vanilla and pecans.   Stir until the mixture begins to thicken and becomes sugary (you can taste the sugar).  Let the mixture cool somewhat before large spoonfuls of pralines on silicon sheets (or wax paper on cookie sheets).

When completely cool, wrap each piece in a cellophane bag.  They are delicate so be careful when stacking.

Best made when no moisture in the weather.

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Chocolate Chip Crunch

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• ¹⁄₂ cup walnuts or pecans
• ¹⁄₂ cup butter
• ³⁄₄ cup brown sugar firmly packed
• 1 cup chocolate chips semi-sweet

Directions

1. Scatter nuts over bottom of a lightly buttered 9x9x2 pan.
2. Place sugar and butter in a medium saucepan.
3. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly
4. then boil for 7 minutes (or to 270)
5. Put mixture over nuts in pan.
6. Sprinkle chocolate chips over top. Cover for 2 minutes. Then spread chocolate evenly. Chill until chocolate is firm.
7. Remove from pan.
8. Break up into pieces.

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This will be new for 2015, last year we made the bars.  I am still on the fence, but will give the cookie versus a go!

Cranberry Bliss Cookies

Source: cookiesandcups.com

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• ³⁄₄ cup butter room temperature
• 2 oz cream cheese room temperature
• 1 ¹⁄₄ cup brown sugar light
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¹⁄₂ tsp salt
• 2 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• ³⁄₄ cup cranberries, coarsely chopped dried cranberries
• 6 oz cream cheese room temperature
• ¹⁄₄ cup butter room temperature
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups powdered sugar
• ¹⁄₂ cup white chocolate chips melted
• ¹⁄₂ cup cranberries, coarsely chopped dried cranberries

Directions

1. In bowl of stand mixer cream butter and cream cheese together until smooth.
2. Beat in brown sugar for 1-2 minutes until fluffy.
3. Add in eggs, vanilla, baking soda and salt and beat until evenly mixed. Turn mixer to low and add in flour.
4. Stir in white chocolate chips and chopped cranberries. Chill dough for 2 hours or overnight.
5. Preheat oven to 375°. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
6. Drop dough on baking sheet about 2 inches apart and bake for 9-11 minutes, until edges are golden and centers are just set.
7. Transfer to wire rack to cool.
8. Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar and beat until creamy. Finally mix in melted white chocolate, beating until incorporated.
9. Spread frosting on top of cookies.
10. To garnish, sprinkle remaining chopped dried cranberries on top of cookies, evenly distributing them among all the cookies. Finally, drizzle melted chocolate on top.

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Fantasy Fudge

Source: shinytinfoil.com

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• ³⁄₄ cup butter
• 3 cups sugar
• ²⁄₃ cups evaporated milk
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 jar marshmellow cream
• 1 tsp vanilla

1. Grease a 9×13-inch pan.
2. Mix sugar, margarine, and evaporated milk in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture to a full boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly (or a temp of 234).
3. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips until melted and thoroughly combined. Beat in marshmallow creme, walnuts, and vanilla extract. Transfer fudge to the prepared pan and let cool before cutting into squares

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My sister got this recipe from a co-worker.  It is now a staple on the Christmas cookie list!

Snow Balls

A christmas favorite

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 2 cups Butter
• 4 cups Flour
• Salt
• 3 ¹⁄₂ cups Powdered Sugar
• 4 teaspoons vanilla
• 6 tbls sugar
• 2 cups Pecans chopped

Directions

1. Melt butter and Vanilla.
2. Add to Flour, sugar, salt and mic together.
3. Add Pecans.
4. Shape into small bite sixe balls.
5. Bake at 325 for 12 minutes
6. Only pit 15 – 20 a sheet,
7. Remove from oven and roll each ball immediately in powdered sugar while hot (powdered sugar will soak into each cooke) Let cool. Roll again in powdered Sugar.

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We have made these for years and years.  It is not Christmas if we do not make peanut blossoms.

Peanut Blossoms

Source: www.pillsbury.com

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 1 ³⁄₄ cups flour
• ¹⁄₂ cup sugar
• ¹⁄₂ cup brown sugar firmly packed
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
• ¹⁄₂ cup shortening
• ¹⁄₂ cup peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• Sugar
• 48 Hershey’s® Kisses® Brand milk chocolates unwrapped

Directions

1. 1 ) Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, combine flour, 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, shortening, peanut butter, milk, vanilla and egg; mix with electric mixer on low speed until stiff dough forms.
2. 2) Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3. 3) Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately top each cookie with 1 milk chocolate candy, pressing down firmly so cookie cracks around edge; remove from cookie sheets.

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This so remind me of my Mom!  I miss her!

Mom’s Meringue Kisses

Lovely fluffy meringues with chocolate chips.

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 4 egg room temperature whites
• 1 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar
• ¹⁄₄ teaspoons salt
• ¹⁄₂ teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions

1. Heat oven to 325
2. Beat egg whites until fluffy.
3. Gradually beat in sugar.
4. Continue beating with rotary beater or mixer until very stiff and glossy
5. Stir in salt, vanilla and chips.
6. Drop heaping teaspoonful of dough 2 inches apart on ungreased brown wrapping paper
7. Bake for 20 minutes or until set and delicately browned.
8. Remove paper with baked kisses and place on wet towel. The steam will loosen the cookies. Let stand one minute and remove. Slip off with spatula

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These are sooooo good… and sooooo easy.   Use sea salt to get a great taste.

Microwave Caramels

Source: www.food.com

Course: Desserts

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• ¹⁄₄ cup butter
• ¹⁄₂ cup sugar
• ¹⁄₂ cup brown sugar
• ¹⁄₂ cup light Karo syrup
• ¹⁄₂ cup sweetened condensed milk
• sea salt

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients.
2. Cook 6 minutes, stirring every two minutes.
3. Stir and pour into lightly greased dish. 8×8 size works best.  If you grease waxed paper it just pops out.
4. Let cool.  Cool in fridge to get best cutting experience.
5. Cut, wrap in wax paper & store in air tight container.

Amount Per Serving
Calories: 182.1
Fat: 5
Cholesterol: 14.5
Sodium: 61.4
Sugar: 28
Carbohydrate: 35.2
Fiber: 0
Protein: 1.1

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Not sure where I got this recipe, but it is a favorite every year!

Easy Peanut Clusters

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 2 cups Butterscotch Chips
• 2 cups Chocolate Chips
• 1 can Spanish Peanuts

Directions

1. melt together chips, add nuts. Drop on wax paper to harden.

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This is a new recipe we are trying this year.   My mom use to make molasses cookie but we lost the recipe.   Maybe this will be close.

12 Days of Christmas Recipe Contest Winner: Molasses Cookies

Source: www.sixsistersstuff.com

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Serves: 48

Ingredients

• 4 ¹⁄₂ cups Flour
• 4 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground cloves
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups butter flavor shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• ¹⁄₂ cup molasses
• sugar to roll the dough balls in

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl stir together flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl beat shortening for 30 seconds. Add the 2 cups granulated sugar; beat until combined. Beat in eggs and molasses until combined. Beat in half of flour mixture. Stir in remaining flour mixture. Shape dough into about 1-1/2 to 2 inch balls. Roll in sugar. Place balls 2-1/2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until cookies are light brown and puffed. (Do not overbake or cookies will not be chewy.) Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire racks; cool. Makes about 50 (2-inch) cookies.

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