World Famous Recipes

Potato Chip Cookie Mix in a Jar

1 cup white sugar
1 & 1/2 cups crushed potato chips
2/3 cup chopped pecans
2 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

In a small bowl, stir together the flour and baking powder. Layer ingredients in order given in a 1 quart “wide mouth” canning jar. It will be a tight fit. Press each layer firmly in place before adding next ingredient.

Decorate the jar and attach a tag with the following directions:

Empty jar of cookie mix into large mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly. Add: 2 sticks butter, softened and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix until blended completely. Shape into balls the size of walnuts. Flatten. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 14 to 18 minutes until edges are very lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes on the cookie sheets. Remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

Cookie Recipes

Christmas Cookie Recipes

Saltine Chocolate Crunch

1 sleeve (about 24) Saltines

¾ cup brown sugar

1-cup butter

12 oz. (2 cups) semi-sweet chocolate chips

¾ cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 400º F. Line a 10 X 15-inch cookie sheet with foil. Spray very lightly with cooking spray.

Cover cookie sheet with saltines, one layer. Boil sugar and butter for 3 minutes. Pour over saltines and spread evenly. Bake at 400º F. for 5 minutes. Remove from oven.

Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Let set 1 minute, then spread melted chips with spatula. Sprinkle nuts over and press down lightly. Cut on diagonal immediately or cool until firm, then break up. Pieces can be frozen.

Oatmeal Carmelitas

1 3/4 cup oatmeal (dry )
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp.salt
3/4 cup butter or oleo, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
12 oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips
14 oz. bag of vanilla caramels

Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt.
Add butter and vanilla. Mix until crumbly.
Reserve 1 cup for topping.
Press remaining mixture into bottom of a greased 9 by 13 baking pan.
Bake in pre-heated oven for 10 minutes. Let cool.
Sprinkle nuts and chocolate chips on top.
Melt caramels in sauce pan with 1/4 cup water over low heat, stirring until smooth.
Drizzle over chocolate chips and nuts to within 1/4 inch of pan edges.
Sprinkle reserved oat mixture over top.
Bake 15 to 18 minutes longer until light golden brown and set.
Chill.

Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened 1-1/4 cups powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup HERSHEY’S Dutch Processed Cocoa or HERSHEY’S Cocoa 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) HERSHEY’S Premier White Chips Directions: 1. Heat oven to 300°F. Beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add cocoa; blend well. Gradually add flour, stirring until smooth. 2. Roll or pat dough to 1/4-inch thickness on lightly floured surface or between 2 pieces of wax paper; with cookie cutters, cut in holiday shapes. Reroll dough scraps, cutting cookies until dough is used. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. 3. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or just until firm. Immediately place white chips, flat side down, in decorative design on warm cookies. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Store in airtight container. About 4-1/2 dozen (2-inch diameter) cookies. NOTE: For more even baking, place similar shapes and sizes of cookies on same cookie sheet.

Christmas In July - Christmas Recipes July 22, 2007

This Week’s Christmas in July Edition of the Carnival of the Recipes is being hosted at Christmas Recipes

This very special Christmas-themed Recipe Carnival provides some absolutely amazing Holiday Recipes.

Date-Nut Macaroons

1 - 8 ounce package pitted dates, chopped
1 1/2 cups coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk, not evaporated
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine dates, coconut, and nuts in a mixing bowl. Blend in the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto greased and floured cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Carefully remove from the cokie sheets. Cool completely on wire racks. Store in an airtight container. Yield: about 2 dozen cookies

Edible Crawlies for Kids

Halloween Recipes

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Usually ants, beetles, and other creepy crawlies are not welcome in the kitchen. But that’s not the case with these fun snacks. Grab the kids and eat some bugs!

Note: Where peanut butter is used in these recipes for “gluing” edible body parts together, frostings may be used as a substitution for those children who are sensitive to or allergic to nuts.

Ants in the Sand

graham crackers, crushed
chocolate sprinkles
snack sized resealable plastic bags

To crush graham crackers, place inside a large (gallon size) resealable plastic bag. Using a rolling pin, smash crackers through bag by rolling back and forth over them until they are all in crumb form.

Fill snack sized resealable bags halfway with graham cracker crumbs. Add a small handful of chocolate sprinkles to the bags and seal.

Bugs on a Log

celery stalks
peanut butter
raisins

Spread peanut butter onto washed and drained celery stalks. Top with raisins. For children who are allergic to peanuts, try using cream cheese or processed cheese spread in place of the peanut butter.

Cookie Spiders

black or chocolate licorice twists
fudge sandwich cookies
chocolate frosting
red cinnamon candies

Cut licorice in half. Remove the top of each sandwich cookie; press 8 licorice pieces into the fudge center to resemble spider legs. Spread a little chocolate frosting over the licorice; replace cookie tops. Frost the tops of the spider cookies with frosting. Place red cinnamon candies on top for eyes.

Muenster Beetles

crunchy chow mein noodles
muenster cheese (or other soft block cheese)

Cut cheese into 2″ x 1″ rectangular blocks. Gently insert three chow mein noodles on each side of cheese block for legs. Using two broken chow mein noodles, insert into “head” as antennae.

Note: Cheddar makes a bright and colorful beetle, but can be very frustrating for little fingers as the cheese is a bit too hard to press the noodles into without breaking. Use softer cheese such as gouda, havarti, monterey jack, or even mozerella.

Peanut Butter Caterpillars

bananas
peanut butter
grapes
chow mein noodles

Peel and slice a banana. Join the slices together by “gluing” them with peanut butter. Carefully poke two chow mein noodles (or break a pretzel stick in half to make two pieces) through the top of the grape. Use more peanut butter to attach the head (grape) to the front of the body, with antennae (chow mein noodles) pointing up.

Potato cookie stamp

Cut a small raw potato in half crosswise. Using a pen or marker, sketch out the design of your stamp. Remember — everything will be reversed, so if you’re using letters (like R.I.P., for instance) make sure you sketch them out backwards so that they’ll come out the right way.
With a very sharp knife, cut around the letters or picture — leaving the part you want to show raised, the rest cut away and discarded. You may have to practice on a couple of potatoes until you get the hang of it — fortunately potatoes are cheap. While this is a great effect for gravestone cookies, you can also do this with other holiday designs at other times of the year.

Great Ghost Pumpkin Cookies

2 c Flour
1 c Quick oats; raw
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Cinnamon
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Butter or margerine; soften
1 c Brown sugar; packed
1 c Granulated sugar
Egg; slightly beaten
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Libby’s solid-pack pumpkin
1 c Semi-sweet morsels

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, oats, baking soda,
cinnamon and salt; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugars,
beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix. Alternate
additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin, mixing well after each
addition. Stir in morsels. For each cookie, drop 1/4 cup dough onto
lightly greased cookie sheet; spread dough into a ghost shape using a
thin metal spatula. Or make a qiuck ghost pattern of heavy paper. Make 2
or three poses for realism.
Bake 20-25 minutes, til cookies are firm and lightly browned. Remove
from cookie sheets; cool on racks. Spread with white royal icing. Trim
brown face features with tube-icing. Yeilds 19-20 large cookies.