Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Cocoa and White Chocolate Chip Cookies




2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup Baking Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks)butter or margarine
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup packed brown Sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) White Chocolate Chip Morsels

INSTRUCTIONS

PREHEAT oven to 350°

COMBINE`~ flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in morsels. Drop by well-rounded teaspoon onto ungreased baking sheets.


BAKE ~ for 9 to 11 minutes or until centers are set. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
 
12/15/2014 Merry Christmas 2014
 
 
 
 
til next time.
 
 

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Peanut butter~Chocolate kiss cookies



 

Peanut Blossoms Cookies

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

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 Choclate Kisses~milk chocolates, unwrapped

What you do;

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. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

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.

 

 
Merry Christmas
2014
 
 
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Buckeyes~the kind you eat


 
 
 

My Mom made the best Buckeyes EVER but her recipe is unavailable to me.

Buckeye are a a good luck charm to many, As a child I carried a buckeye from my Great~grandparents farm, south of the city, on Mt. Zion-Elwin blacktop

Why a "Buckeye" is a good luck charm.
       A buckeye is a kind of a nut, which has markings resembling an iris in an eyeball, which gives it it's name. Such amulets invoke the eye of God to watch over you, also other amulets in the shape of an eye, natural or manmade. It is also to turn away the evil eye from others...
The buckeye is a relative of the Chestnut and Horse Chestnut.

Recipe you say, well this is about as close as I could find to the one I like.

BUCKEYES
 
2 cups smooth peanut butter
1 cup (2sticks) butter, softened
1 1/2 lb confectioners sugar
1~12 oz pkg chocolate chips
 
  1. In a large bowl, combine peanut butter and butter; mix until smooth. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Form mixture into 1-inch balls, place on a waxed paper-lined rimmed baking sheet, and chill for 1 hour.
  2. In a saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate chips, stirring until smooth. Stick a toothpick in the center of each peanut butter ball and dip each three-quarters of the way into the chocolate mixture, coating all sides except the top quarter. Place on the prepared baking sheet and remove toothpick. Using your finger, fill in the hole left by the toothpick.
  3. After dipping all the peanut butter balls, cover, and chill, or freeze until ready to serve.
Makes about 5 dozen treats. If they are small, lol

There you have it.
 
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