Monday, November 12, 2007

Chocolate Crackles

By Stephanie Boyle

This recipe tastes best if it is kept cool in the refrigerator.

Ingredients Required:

4 squares sweet chocolate
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
2 cups Rice Krispies

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate in saucepan over double boiler. let cool slightly.

2. Mix together coconut and Rice krispies. Pour on chocolate and mix together thoroughly using 2 forks.

3. Spoon heaped tablespoons of mixture into small paper cups or on wax paper lines baking sheets.

4. Refrigerate until set.

Makes 24 chocolate crackles.

Oatmeal Cookies

By Stephanie Boyle

Ingredients Required:

1 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips
1-1/4 cups quick cooking rolled oats

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375F.

2. Cream margarine with sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

3. Stir together flour, soda, salt and Cinnamon. Stir gradually into creamed mixture.

4. Add chocolate chips and oats.

5. Drop by the tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheets.

6. Bake for 12-14 mins.

Makes 4 dozen cookies

Shortbread Drop Cookies

By Stephanie Boyle

Ingredients required:

1 cup flour
1-3/4 cups flour
4 tbsp icing sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
vanilla to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Mix all ingredients together and beat well.

3. Bake in oven on greased cookies sheet for 12-15 mins.

Crunchy Peanut Butter Balls

By Stephanie Boyle

Ingredients required:

1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tbsp honey
1/2 cups peanuts coarsely chopped
1/4 skim milk powder
1 cup Rice Krispies cereal

Directions:

1. Blend together peanut butter and honey.

2. Stir in nuts and skim milk powder to make a fairly stiff dough. (Add more skim milk powder if necessary)

3. Roll mixture into 2.5cm balls. Coat with cereal, pressing peanut butter balls into the rice krispies.

4. Store in fridge, makes 18-20 peanut butter balls.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

By Stephanie Boyle

This is a great recipe to make for a bake sale or anything that needs a large amount of cookies. This recipe makes 6 dozen cookies.

Ingredients required:

1 cup Golden Crisco Shortening
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 Eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F.

2. Cream together shortening, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.

3. Beat in eggs and vanilla.

4. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, then blend into dry mixture.

5. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts/

6. Drop from a small spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet.

7. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden brown.

Oatmeal & Dried Fruit Cookies

By Stephanie Boyle

This is a great way to add fruit into a cookie recipe.

Ingredients required:

2 cups Whole wheat flour
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup chopped mixed dried fruits
2/3 cup corn oil
1/2 cup buttermilk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180C or 350F.

2. In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients including the dried fruit.

3. Add oil and buttermilk and mix well.

4. Roll out the mixture to 3 mm thickness.

5. Use a cookie cutter to cut into 9-cm circles.

6. Place on oiled cookie sheets with a spatula.

7. Bake for 15-20 mins.

8. Cool cookies on wire rack.

White Cake

By Stephanie Boyle

Ingredients needed:

1 scant cup of butter or crisco
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
2 cups unsifted flour (make sure it''s full)
2 tsp baking powder
4 eggs beaten
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp mace
1 tsp lemon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350-375 F. Grease and flour pan.

2. Mix all ingredients together except for eggs, beat those in last.

3. Bake for 1 hour keep checking to make sure it stays light and fluffy.