Oreo Cream Cheese Balls

This recipe was shared by Barbara Gugel.

Ingredients:
1 package Oreo cookies
1 package cream cheese
1 package Almond Bark (or any melted chocolate)

Directions:
Crush entire box of Oreo cookies. A food processor
works well for this or you can place them in a plastic
ziplock bag and use a hammer. Mix Oreos with cream
cheese then roll into balls.

Melt chocolate. Dip balls into chocolate and place on
wax paper to cool. Store in refrigerator.

You can make these with any variation of Oreos. The
vanilla Oreos are delicious with white chocolate!

Chinese Chews

This recipe was shared by Patty Perrin.

Ingredients:
5 eggs slightly beaten
1 box brown sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup pecans
14 candy orange slices
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:
Cut candy using scissors – dip them in flour first. Drop
candy and pecans in flour. Beat eggs, vanilla and sugar
together. Combine all ingredients together. Spread on
greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until golden
brown for about 25 minutes. Cut into squares when
cooled.

Cornflake Christmas Wreaths

This recipe was shared by Tanya Lock.

Ingredients:
½ C margarine
1 pkg (10 oz) regular marshmallows
1 tsp Green food coloring
6 C Corn Flakes cereal
Red cinnamon candies (Red Hots)

Directions:
In a large saucepan, melt margarine over low heat. Add
marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove
from heat. Stir in food coloring. Add corn flakes
cereal. Stir gently until well coated. Drop large spoonfuls
(about ¼ cup) onto waxed paper and quickly shape
into wreaths. Dot with cinnamon candies.
Makes about 1 ½ dozen …. I think.

Marshmallow Creme Fudge

This recipe was contributed by Reta Adams.

Ingredients:
2 1/2 C Sugar
¼ C Margarine
1 small can (3/4 cup) evaporated milk
¾ jar marshmallow fluff
¾ t. salt
¾ t. vanilla
12 oz. semi sweet choc chips

Directions:
Combine 1st 5 ingredients. Stir over low heat until
blended. Bring to a boil over moderate heat. Boil
slowly stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Remove from
heat. Stir in chocolate chips and vanilla until chocolate
is melted. Pour into buttered 9” x 9” pan. Let cool. Cut
before candy is completely cool.
Makes 2 ½ lb

Frosty Apple Bites

This recipe was shared by Helen Perrin. She received it from missionaries while stationed in Japan in 1964.

SIFT TOGETHER:
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Cream:
1/4 cup butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Blend in:
one unbeaten egg
1 tsp. vanilla. Beat well.
Add dry ingredients alternately with 2/3 cups pet milk.
Stir in 1 cup chopped walnuts, one cup
pared apples, and 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips.
Drop onto cookie sheet (greased).
Bake at 300-325 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool
and then frost.

Frosting: Cinnamon glaze
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter
1 tsp. cinnamon
add 2-3 tablespoons pet milk.
Store in glass or tin airtight container.

Cranberry Bars

This recipe was shared by Lyndy.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c graham cracker crumbs
1/2 c butter
1 1/2 c vanilla chips
1 1/2 c dried cranberries
1 c coconut
1 c chopped pecans
1 can condensed milk

Directions:
Mix butter and crumbs and spread into a 9X13 pan.
Mix everything else and spread on top of crust. Bake
@350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Peanut Butter Balls

This recipe was shared by Tanya Lock.

Ingredients:
1 Stick Oleo
3 cups, crushed rice krispies
1 box powdered sugar (approx 3 ¾ cups)
2 cups smooth peanut butter – 20 oz.

Directions:
Put in large bowl and mix well. Roll into balls the size of walnuts and refrigerate 3 or 4 hours. Melt white or dark chocolate. in top of double boiler and dip balls and let cool. (Dark choc. – melt 1- 7 ½ oz. choc. bar and 1 small pkg. of choc. chips and ½ bar paraffin.) I use 1 12 oz. pkg. milk choc. chips and 1 6oz. bag of semi-choc chips in place of the chocolate bar. For the white choc. I just use as many white chocolate squares as I think I need.

Nut Butter Balls

This recipe was shared by Celeste at http://averagejaneblogs.com.

Ingredients:
1 cup soft butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Powdered sugar

Directions:
Cream butter and sugar together. Add salt, vanilla,
flour and nuts. Mix well. Chill. Heat oven to 350 degrees
Fahrenheit. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and
place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15
minutes. Roll in powdered sugar while still warm.
Note: For the holidays, I like to mix decorative colored
sugars with the powdered sugar for little sparkles of
color.

Peanut Brittle

This was Ruth Adams’ (my grandmother) recipe.

Ingredients:
2 C sugar
½ C water
1 C Light syrup
1 pkg (10oz) raw peanuts
1/8 tsp salt
1 heaping tsp of Soda
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:
Stir together sugar, water and light syrup. Boil to a hard
boil stage over medium heat. Remove from heat and
add 1 pkg. raw peanuts, and 1/8 tsp salt. Return to heat
and cook to hard crack stage. Remove from heat and
add 1 heaping tsp of Soda and 1 tsp vanilla. Stir well.
Pour at once onto a well buttered cookie sheet. Cool
and break into pieces.

Peanut Clusters

This recipe was shared by Reta Adams.

Ingredients:
1/3 C paraffin
1 pkg. 12 oz. Chocolate Chips
1 pkg. 6 oz. Butterscotch chips
1 large bag Salted Peanuts

Directions:
Melt chips and paraffin well in top of double boiler,
then add peanuts and drop onto wax paper to set.