Recipe Party!!!

Ooops! I came to visit my Mom and Dad this week and missed posting yesterday!!!

Soooo... I will treat you all to TWO recipes for our Christmas Recipe Party! The two I am sharing tonight are high on the list of favourites in our households!!!

Melting Moments

3/4 cups brown sugar
1 cup margarine/butter
1 egg
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream sugar and butter. Add egg. Combine dry ingredients and add with vanilla. Roll tablespoon sized cookie dough balls and drop on parchment lined cookie sheet. Press with fork. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden.


Finger Cookies

1 cup butter
5 tbsp. white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tbsp. water
1 cup sliced almonds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix ingredients well. Roll into finger shaped cookies. Bake on a parchment lined cookie sheet for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and while warm, roll in white sugar.

I hope you all enjoy these recipes... they are so yummy!!!

Happy Baking!

Cookies

This is a easy recipe I found on another blog, Created by Diane and loved because it has rice krispies in it... the kids love the cereal because of the crispy-ness so what a perfect combination crispy rice and chocolate...definitely a keeper!!! Oh an you need to visit the blog by Diane for some scrumptious recipes and yumminess!!!


Chocolate Chip Rice Krispie Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup butter
¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup mini chocolate chips
2 cups Rice Krispie Cereal

Instructions
Beat butter, sugar until creamy.
Add vanilla, then one egg at a time, mixing well.
Add in flour with baking soda and salt. Stir in chips and one cup Rice Krispie cereal.
Roll into two tablespoon size balls and then roll into remaining Rice Krispie cereal.
Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.

Thanks Diane for the wonderful recipe!

Daily Christmas Recipe!

Here is one of Angela's favourite cookie recipes... you have to try them, they are delicious!!! I think I might have to make some soon too!

Danish Thumbprint Cookies

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 egg yolk beaten (save the egg white for an egg wash)
1 cup flour
1 cup coconut

raspberry jam (or your preferred flavour)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix butter, brown sugar, egg yolk, and flour in a medium bowl. Roll tablespoon sized balls of cookie dough. Dip cookie dough ball into the slightly beaten egg white and then roll in the coconut. Using your thumb, make a dimple in the middle of each cookie dough ball. Place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10-18 minutes, until golden brown. Add jam to the dimple while hot.

Happy Baking!

Another recipe for the party!

Since the Christmas recipe exchange party is so much fun, I think we will keep it going throughout the 75 days (74 now) until Christmas!  I've also created a page containing all of our Christmas recipes which will make them easily accessible!

Here's another tried and tested recipe!!

Hello Dolly Squares

1/2 cup margarine (melted)
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/4 cups coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts

Mix margarine and graham cracker crumbs for the base of the squares. Press into a 9 x 13 inch pan. Pour sweetened condensed milk over the base. Top evenly with the remaining ingredients: chocolate chips followed by coconut and then the walnuts. Press the toppings into the squares... combining all of the yummy goodness!!! Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden.

I made these for my family last year, they were super easy for me to make (since my daughter was born two weeks earlier) and didn't take a lot of prep! I hope you all enjoy these as much as we do!!!

Happy Baking!

Christmas Recipe Exchange!

Ahem.... on the 75th day of Christmas my true love gave to me... a recipe exchange party!! Ha-ha... I couldn't help it, I had to!!!

So, on this 75th day to Christmas, we begin with a Christmas Recipe Exchange Party! We will start with one of our favourites that our Mum made for us and we ask that you share your faves as well!!

Here we go!

Macaroons (a.k.a. Frogs)

2 cups white sugar
1 cup margarine
3/4 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla

3 cups oatmeal
6 tbsp. cocoa
1 1/2 cups coconut
a pinch of salt

Combine white sugar, margarine, and evaporated milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Immediately after the saucepan is removed from the heat, add the vailla and stir well.
In a separate bowl, have the oatmeal, cocoa, coconut, and salt mixed well. Add the heated mixture to the bowl and stir well.  Using a tablespoon, drop these cookies onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Chill in the refrigerator until hardened.

We hope your family enjoys these no-bake cookies as much as ours does!!! This is an easy recipe and tastes wonderful!!

Please share your recipes, we'd love to try some new ones!!!

Happy Baking!