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Rum Balls

Rum Balls

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Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers
  • 1 cup sifted icing sugar
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup rum
  • Icing sugar

Instructions
 

  • Combine wafers, sugar, cocoa and salt.
  • Mix in pecans, corn syrup and rum and stir until well-blended. Mixture is should be quite stiff.
  • Roll in icing sugar or cocoa.
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Road Trip Cookies

Road Trip Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 6 oz semisweet chocolate; chopped 1/4” pieces
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup tightly packed light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3 cups M&Ms peanuts
  • 1/4 lbs butter 1/2 cup

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
  • In a sifter combine the flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Sift onto a large piece of wax paper and set aside until needed.
  • Heat 1” of water in the bottom half of a double boiler over medium heat.
  • With the heat on, place the semisweet chocolate in the top half of the double boiler.
  • Use a rubber spatula to stir the chocolate until completely melted and smooth, about 4-5 minutes.
  • Transfer to a 1-quart bowl and set aside.
  • Place the granulated sugar, light brown sugar and butter in a 7-quart bowl.
  • Use a stiff rubber spatula (or a wooden spoon) to cream the ingredients together until smooth.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix to incorporate.
  • Add the melted chocolate and mix until combined.
  • Add the sifted dry ingredients and thoroughly combine.
  • Add the M&M’s, mixing to incorporate.
  • Using 3 heaping tablespoons of dough for each cookie (approximately 3 oz.), portion 6 cookies, evenly spaced, onto each of 3 non-stick baking sheets (this is a hefty cookie, so don’t crowd).
  • Place the baking sheets on the top and centre racks of the preheated oven and bake for 14 minutes.
  • Remove cookies from oven and cool to room temperature on the baking sheets, about 30 minutes.
  • Store the cookies in a tightly sealed plastic container

Notes

you can use salted butter just don't add the 1/2 tsp of salt
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Peanut Butter Balls

Peanut Butter Balls

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Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup margarine or butter
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 2 cups Rice Krispies
  • 1/8 bar paraffin wax
  • small package of chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Cream peanut butter and margarine or butter together
  • Add icing sugar, coconut and rice krispies
  • Form into balls
  • Melt chocolate chips in double boiler.
  • Add paraffin wax.
  • Dip balls in mixture to coat.
  • A good tip to follow is to freeze or at least chill the peanut butter balls before dipping: this firms up the cookie and speeds up the drying process of the chocolate coating.

Notes

Freeze well but can be eaten directly out of the freezer, if you’re a confirmed cookie thief!!!
Usually quadruple this recipe!!!
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Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Butter Flavour Crisco
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 extra large egg or 2 medium eggs
  • 1 tsp butter rum flavour
  • 1 cup plus 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup Quick Quaker Oats uncooked
  • 1 cup flake coconut
  • 1 cup finely chopped toasted hazelnuts
  • 1 cup Hershey’s Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Combine Crisco, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, egg and butter rum flavour in large bowl.
  • Stir with spoon until well blended and creamy.
  • Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
  • Stir into creamed mixture.
  • Stir in, one at a time, oats, coconut, nuts and chocolate chips.
  • Cover. Refrigerate 15 minutes for ease of handling.
  • Heat oven to 350°F.
  • Shape dough into 1 ½” balls.
  • Place 2 ½” apart on ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake for 9 to 10 minutes.
  • Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack.
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Nutmeg Cookie Logs

Nutmeg Cookie Logs

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Ingredients
  

COOKIES:

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup margarine or butter softened
  • 2 tsps vanilla
  • 2 tsps rum extract
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp nutmeg

FROSTING:

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsps margarine or butter softened
  • 3/4 tsp rum extract
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp to 3half and half or mil
  • Nutmeg

Instructions
 

  • Combine sugar, margarine, vanilla, rum extract and egg; beat until light and fluffy.
  • Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off.
  • Add flour and nutmeg; mix well.
  • Cover dough with plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes for easier handling.
  • Heat oven to 350ºF.
  • Divide dough into 12 pieces.
  • On floured surface, shape each piece of dough into long rope, ½” in diameter
  • and about 15” long.
  • Cut into 3” lengths; place on ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
  • Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool.
  • In small bowl, combine all frosting ingredients except nutmeg, adding enough half-and-half for desired spreading consistency.
  • Spread on top and sides of cookies. If desired, mark frosting with tines of fork to resemble tree bark.
  • Sprinkle light with nutmeg.
  • Let stand until frosting is set before storing
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No-Bake Chocolate Cookie Squares

No-Bake Chocolate Cookie Squares

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Instructions
 

  • Chop 1 pkg. (8 squares) Baker’s Semi-sweet chocolate; place in medium microwaveable bowl.
  • Add ½ cup butter.
  • Microwave on Medium 2 ½ minutes.
  • Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended.
  • Coarsely break 8 Dad’s Oatmeal Cookies or 8 Oreo Cookies. (You should have about 1 cup broken cookies).
  • Add to chocolate mixture along with ¼ cup chopped nuts; stir until well blended.
  • Spread into foil-lined 8” square plan.
  • Refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm.
  • Cut into 16 squares to serve.
  • Store in airtight container in refrigerator.
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No Bake Chocolate Macaroons

No Bake Chocolate Macaroons

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Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 6 tbsp cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Combine butter, sugar and milk in saucepan.
  • Boil for exactly 3 minutes and add remaining ingredients.
  • Blend lightly and drop by teaspoon on wax paper or aluminium foil.
  • Chill.
  • Store in a covered container in a cool place.
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Monster Cookies

Monster Cookies

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Servings 6 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • 6 eggs
  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 tbs vanilla
  • 1/2 lbs butter
  • 3 cups peanut butter
  • 1 tbs corn syrup
  • 9 cups oatmeal
  • 1 cup smarties
  • 4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients together and drop by the tbs on a cookie sheet and bake at 350°F for 10mins

Notes

Substitute the Smarties for M&M's and these cookies are Gluten Free
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Melt in Your Mouth Peanut Butter Cookies

Melt in Your Mouth Peanut Butter Cookies

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 3 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF.
  • Cream the shortening, peanut butter, and sugars together.
  • Beat in eggs and vanilla.
  • Sift the flour, soda and salt together, and add gradually to the creamed mixture.
  • Beat well.
  • Drop from a teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Flatten with a floured fork.
  • Bake at 350ºF for 12-15 minutes.
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