Cookies, Brownies, etc

[zeboo]

I might make them for something different zeboo do you know how many pieces it makes in one pan

it makes 9 but I cut smaller because they are very rich

[nightperson]

I might make them for something different zeboo do you know how many pieces it makes in one pan

it makes 9 but I cut smaller because they are very rich

ok ty will give it a try O0

[CindyLouWho]

I seen these on the food channel & they looked so good & easy to make so I had to get the recipe.  I haven't made em yet but hope to sometime.  Maybe someone here can try em & let us know how they are. 

See this recipe on air Sunday Nov. 19 at 7:00 AM ET/PT.

Show:  Paula's Home Cooking
Episode:  Southern Thanksgiving Leftovers 

Pumpkin Bars

Bars:
4 eggs
1 2/3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
15-ounce can pumpkin
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Icing:
8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Spread the batter into a greased 13 by 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Cut into bars.

To make the icing: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars.

[CindyLouWho]

Eskimo Snowballs

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
4 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 cups oatmeal
powdered sugar
flaked coconut
chopped nuts


Cream butter with water and vanilla.
Add sugar, cocoa, and oatmeal, mix
well. Roll into 1" balls. Add more
water if necessary to make the dough
stick together. Divide the balls
in half. Roll half the balls in
confectioners sugar and coconut,
then roll the other half in the chopped nuts.

[CindyLouWho]

Graham Cracker Peanut Butter Bars 


Ingredients
1    18 oz jar peanut butter 
3/4  c  Butter 
1  lb  Powdered sugar 
1  lb  Graham crackers, crushed 
12  oz  Milk chocolate morsels 

Graham crackers are to be coarsely crushed. Using an electric mixer, cream together peanut butter and butter until soft and smooth. Beat in powdered sugar until smooth, then beat in graham crackers. Beat until well blended and moist. Spread mixture in a 13x9x2 inch pan. Melt the chocolate morsels and pour over mixture. Refrigerate 3 or 4 hours. Cut into bars. 
Yield: about 36 servings

[CindyLouWho]

Peanut Butter Smore Tarts

1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate pieces
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups tiny marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped peanuts
1 (4-ounce) package graham cracker tart shells (6)

In small saucepan, melt chocolate pieces over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter until smooth. Stir in marshmallows and peanuts. Spoon into tart shells. Cover; chill at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

Servings: Serves 6.

[CindyLouWho]

Lemon-Go-Lightly Cookies

2 cups flour
2 cups mashed potato flakes
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine flour, potato flakes, sugar, brown sugar, butter, nuts, eggs, baking soda and lemon peel. Dough will be crumbly. Press into balls and place 2-inches apart, onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute and remove from cookie sheet.
Servings: Makes about 70.

[sierra]

those all sound yummy, my family is going to roll out of the house !!!!

thanks!!

[CindyLouWho]

YW Sierra!  Hope you & your family enjoy some of em. <o>

[CindyLouWho]

Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

Ingredients

2 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted 
4 cups packed shredded coconut 
1 can (14 ounce) sweetened condensed milk 
1 teaspoon vanilla 

Mix melted unsweetened chocolate with sweetened condensed milk; add shredded coconut and mix thoroughly. Stir in vanilla.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto well greased baking sheet, one inch apart. Bake in Moderate oven (350° F), 8 to 10 minutes.
Cool slightly before removing from pan. 

Yield: approximately 3 1/2 dozen, depending on size.

[sierra]

Santa's Surprises recipe

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 bag SNICKERS Miniatures
1 bag DOVE Milk or Dark Chocolate Gifts

Combine the butter, peanut butter, and sugars using a mixer on a medium to low speed until light and fluffy.

Slowly add eggs and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined. Then mix in flour, salt and baking soda. Cover and chill dough for 2 to 3 hours.

Unwrap all SNICKERS Miniatures. Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into 1 tablespoon pieces and flatten. Place a SNICKERS Miniatures in the center of each piece of dough. Form the dough into a ball around each SNICKER  Miniatures. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 300 degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking rack or wax paper. (Holiday Hint: Spruce up Santa's surprise by drizzling melted DOVE Milk or Dark Chocolate Chocolate Gifts over the top of each cookie!)

Makes 2 dozen cookies.

[sierra]

Kahlua Filled Cookie Cups recipe
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon almond extract
1 egg yolk
1 cup all-purpose flour
Dash of salt

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 24 miniature muffin cups.

Beat sugar and butter until fluffy. Add vanilla extract, almond extract and egg yolk. Blend well. Stir in flour and salt. Mix well. Chill one hour.

Place 2 teaspoons dough into each muffin cup and press up sides to form shell. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.

Filling
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons Kahlua (coffee liqueur)
Grated chocolate

Carefully remove cookie cups from muffin tin; let cool.

In small bowl, beat cocoa and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and liqueur. Blend well. Spoon filling into pastry bag or a zip-type bag with the corner snipped off) and squeeze into cookie cups. Sprinkle with grated chocolate.

[sierra]

Irish Coffee Crunch

8 cups popped corn
3/4 cup light corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon instant coffee
1 tablespoon non-dairy creamer
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon rum or brandy extract

Place popcorn in large greased bowl.

Combine remaining ingredients in 1-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Continue without stirring to hard ball stage. Pour over popcorn. Stir to coat evenly. Cool and serve.

Microwave method: Combine corn syrup, butter, coffee, creamer and extracts in 2-quart glass casserole. Microwave on HIGH for 2 to 3 minutes until mixture reaches hard ball stage. Stir every minute. Continue as above

[sierra]

Reindeer Toffee
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup brown sugar
5 tablespoons corn syrup
1/2 pound butter or margarine

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. Put in microwave on HIGH until it bubbles - about 5 minutes.

Stir, then boil for 12 minutes, stirring three times, every three minutes.

Grease a cookie sheet and pour in center. Cool and cut into pieces.

[CindyLouWho]

These all look good!!  thanks for sharing em Sierra!!  I have a big family get together in a couple weeks so hoping I can try couple these.   !@!

[nightperson]

I will fix one of them for christmas cooking

[sierra]

cool enjoy!!!

[CindyLouWho]

 Ginger Cookies


1 1/2 cups butter
2 cups sugar, plus some for rolling
1/2 cup molasses
2 eggs
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cloves


In a large saucepan, melt butter (or melt in a large glass bowl in the microwave). Remove from heat and beat in sugar, molasses and eggs.

In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and cloves; stir into butter mixture until thoroughly mixed. Refrigerate several hours or overnight.

When ready, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scoop out dough and shape into 1/2-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Arrange at least 3 inches apart on a baking sheet. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until firm and brown. Cool on wire racks. Baking less time will give you a chewy cookie; baking more will make them crisp.

[CindyLouWho]

Holiday Cheesecake Presents
Makes 2 dozen bars 
 
  Ingredients 
1-1/2  cups HONEY MAID® Graham Cracker Crumbs 
1/3  cup butter or margarine, melted 
3  tablespoons sugar 
3  packages (8 ounces each) PHILADELPHIA® Cream Cheese, softened 
3/4  cup sugar 
1  teaspoon vanilla 
3  eggs 
   Decorations, such as decorating gels, colored sprinkles, nonpareils and small FARLEY'S Candies 
     
MIX crumbs, butter and 3 tablespoons sugar; press onto bottom of 13×9-inch baking pan.*

BEAT cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing just until blended after each addition. Pour over crust.

BAKE at 350°F for 30 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Cut into bars. Decorate with remaining ingredients as desired to resemble presents. Store leftover bars in refrigerator.

*Line pan with foil before pressing crumb mixture onto bottom of pan for easy removal of bars. 

[CindyLouWho]

 Double Chip Cookies

 
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup peanut butter chips
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

In a mixing bowl, cream peanut butter, shortening and brown sugar. Add egg; mix well.
Stir in milk and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the
creamed mixture. Stir in the chips. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking
sheets. Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until golden brown.

Yield: about 10 dozen.